What the Lord Says about the Philistines
1 Before the king of Egypt attacked the town of Gaza, the Lord told me to say to the Philistines:
2 I, the Lord, tell you
that your land will be flooded
with an army from the north.
It will destroy your towns
and sweep you away,
moaning and screaming.
3 When you hear the thunder
of horses and chariots,
your courage will vanish,
and parents will even abandon
their own children.
4 You refugees from Crete,
your time has now come,
and I will destroy you.
None of you will be left
to help the cities
of Tyre and Sidon.
5 The Anakim who survive
in Gaza and Ashkelon
will mourn for you
by shaving their heads
and sitting in silence.
6 You ask how long will I continue
to attack you with my sword,
then you tell me to put it away
and leave you alone.
7 But how can my sword rest,
when I have commanded it
to attack Ashkelon
and the seacoast?
ǃKhūb di mîs Filisteǁîn ǃoagu
1 ǃKhūb di mîs kēbo-aob Jeremiab ǃoa ge hās, Filisteǁîn ǂama hâs, Faraob Gasasa nî ǁnāǂams aiǃâ. 2 Nētib ge ǃKhūba ra mî:
“ǁGamgu ge ǀapasa xu ra khâi,
tsî gu ge nî dâuǂam ra ǃā kai.
ǁÎgu ge ǃhūb tsî ǁîb ǃnâ hân hoana nî dâuǂam,
ǃādi tsî ǁîdi ǁanǂgāsaben tsîna.
Khoen ge nî ǃauǂgai,
ǃhūb di ǁanǂgāsaben hoan ge nî ā.
3 Hāgu ǁkhoradi ǀōban ga ǁnâuo,
torokunidi ǂkhupiba,
ǀnūdi di ǀōba.
ǁGûgu ge ǀgôan âgu ǃoa ǂnan tide,
ǃomgu âgu di ǂkhabusasib xa.
4 Tsēs ge go hā Filisteǁîn nî hîkākāhesa,
Tirus tsî Sidons tsîra ǃgauba hâ hui-ao-i
hoa-i nî ūbēhesa.
ǃKhūb ge Filisteǁîna nî hîkākā,
Kretaǃnāǃnuis di ǃgau hân hoana.
5 Gasas ge nî ǃgoradana,
Askelons ge ge hîkākāhe.
Sadu hîa ǂgāb ai ge ǃgau do,
mâtikōse du nî ǃgaosen?
6 Ae ǃKhūb di gôatse,
mâ ǁaeb kōsets kha sâ tide?
ǁHōb âts ǃnâ ǂgâ re,
sâ, î ǃnō re.
7 Mâtib kha ǁnâi nî sâ ǁkhā,
ǃKhūb ga mîmā bio?
Askelons ǃoagu tsî huri-ammi ǃoagub
ge ǁîba ge mîmā.”
