Ombara yousemba
1 Tara, eyuva rimwe mape kara ombara, ndji mai honapara nousemba, novahongore mbu mave nana oviwaṋa osemba. 2 Auhe wawo ma kara otja omawameno kombepo, notja poṋa pomaundiro kotjivepo tjombura. Owo mave sana noturonḓu tu tu pupa mokuti onguza, nomuzire woruuwa orunene mehi nda kukuta. 3 Omeho wa imba mbe muna, kaye nokupoṱupara; nomatwi wa imba mbe zuva, maye kengeza. 4 Owo kave tji nokukara nokuhinomuretima rukwao, nungwari mave ungura nozondunge, nu mave hungire nawa ongahukiro imbi mbi mave hee. 5 Kape na ngu me ripura kutja eyova eye omutengwandu poo ngu ma tja omundu otjiporoporo eye omuṱakame. 6 Eyova ri hungira ouyova nu ri ripura okutjita ouvi. Imbi mbi ri tjita, na imbi mbi ri ripura, ovyo ondjambu ku Muhona; noro kamaari parura ovanandjara, nu kamaari kovisa ovananyota. 7 Omundu omunavineya eye u tjita ouvi, nu u ripura okutjita ozondjito zouvi kutja a nyonene po ovasyona novizeze vye, nokutja a tjaere ovahepe okumuna ousemba wawo. 8 Nungwari omundu omutengwandu eye omuṱakame mozondjito ze, nu u zikama mousemba.
Okupangura nokuyarura ko
9 Oweṋe, vakazendu, mbu mu hupa oupupu nokuhinomerikendero, purateneye ku imbi mbi me hungire! 10 Eṋe nandi mwa kowa nambano, oruveze tjingero ndwi mombura ndji mai yende mamu yaraara, orondu tji ku hi nokukara omandjembere eṋe okunikora, novihape okupora. 11 Eṋe mwa hupa oupupu, nokuhinomerikendero; nungwari nambano zezereye nondira! Hukureye ozombanda zeṋu nu mu rivarange nozombanda zoruhoze pomahuri. 12 Ritoneye moviari vyeṋu moruhoze, ovikunino ovihapise nomivite tjinga avya nyonwa, 13 novihwa vyomakuiya nominanyiva tjinga avya hapa movikunino vyotjiwaṋa tjandje. Ririreye ozondjuwo azehe ovandu mu va kara nondjoroka, notjihuro tji tja ri nenyando tjinene. 14 Nangarire ondjuwo youhona mai isiwa tjo, notjihuro ohongora matji isiwa ongaango oparukaze. Ondunda yotjiṱunga noruhungu romatjeverero mavi rire omatundu nga aruhe. Ozongoro zokuti maze ryanga mo, norupanda rwozonyanda maru ri mo.
15 Nungwari otjikando tjimwe rukwao Ndjambi ma tirire Ombepo ye kombanda yetu. Ehi nda ri onguza otji mari rire ehapise, nomahi womakunino maye eta ovihape ovingi oviwa. 16 Akuhe mehi, mokuti onguza na mehi ehapise, ousemba nouṱakame mau tjitwa. 17 Auhe tjinga ama tjiti imbi mbi ri ovisemba, otjinga amape kara ohange norusuvo orukarerere. 18 Otjiwaṋa tja Ndjambi matji kara nokuhinongendo, nu mozonganda zatjo mamu kara ohange nokuhinatjipo. 19 Nungwari ozombawe zombura maze wire momahwa, notjihuro matji yandekwa. 20 Oweṋe ovaṋingandu mbu mamu kunu momeva omengi, nu mbu mamu risa ozongombe nousino momaryo wouyara!
Justice Will Rule
1 A king and his leaders
will rule with justice.
2 They will be a place of safety
from stormy winds,
a stream in the desert,
and a rock that gives shade
from the heat of the sun.
3 Then everyone who has eyes
will open them and see,
and those who have ears
will pay attention.
4 All who are impatient
will take time to think;
everyone who stutters
will talk clearly.
5 Fools will no longer
be highly respected,
and crooks won't be given
positions of honor.
6 Fools talk foolishness.
They always make plans
to do sinful things,
to lie about the Lord,
to let the hungry starve,
and to keep water from those
who are thirsty.
7 Cruel people tell lies—
they do evil things,
and make cruel plans
to destroy the poor and needy,
even when they beg
for justice.
8 But helpful people
can always be trusted
to make helpful plans.
Punishment for the Women of Jerusalem
9 Listen to what I say,
you women who are carefree
and careless!
10 You may not have worries now,
but in about a year,
the grape harvest will fail,
and you will tremble.
11 Shake and shudder,
you women without a care!
Strip off your clothes—
put on sackcloth.
12 Slap your breasts in sorrow
because of what happened
to the fruitful fields
and vineyards,
13 and to the happy homes
in Jerusalem.
The land of my people
is covered with thorns.
14 The palace will be deserted,
the crowded city empty.
Fortresses and towers
will forever become
playgrounds for wild donkeys
and pastures for sheep.
God's Spirit Makes the Difference
15 When the Spirit is given to us
from heaven,
deserts will become orchards
thick as fertile forests.
16 Honesty and justice
will prosper there,
17 and justice will produce
lasting peace and security.
18 You, the Lord's people,
will live in peace,
calm and secure,
19 even if hailstones flatten
forests and cities.
20 You will have God's blessing,
as you plant your crops
beside streams,
while your donkeys and cattle
roam freely about.
