Khākhoen ǃoagu hâ ǁgoaǂuis
1 Libanontse, ǁkhowa-am re ǂgâ-amdi âtsa,
îs ǀaesa sa sederhaide khauǃkhū!
2 Ā re sipreshaiso,
sederhais go ǁnā xuige;
ǂkhaisa haidi go hîkākāhe xuige!
ǃOa, î ā re Basanni aikehaiso
ǁau haiǀgoms go hîkākāhe xuige!
3 ǃÛi-aogu āb di ǀōb ge hâ;
ǂkhaisib âgu ge hîǀhuruhe hâ.
ǂKham xamn di ǃoros dommi ge hâ,
Jordanni di ǃgurib ge hîkākāhe hâ!
ǀGam ǃûi-aokha
4 Nētib ge ǃKhūb, ti Eloba ge mî: “ǃÛi-ao kaiba re ǂāgūna. 5 ǁÎna ra ǁaman ge ǁîna ǀhapitsâsen-i tsîn ose ra ǃgam tamas ka ion ge ǁîna ra ǁamaxūna ‘Kare re ǃKhūba, ǃkhū ta ge go!’ ti ra mî. ǁÎn di ǂhunuma ǃûi-aon tsîn ge ǁîna ǀkhom tama hâ.
6 “ǁKhawa ta ge ǃhūb di ǁanǂgāsabena ǀkhom tide” tib ge ǃKhūba ra mî. “Mû, tita ge mâ-i hoa-i ǁî-i ǀgūkhoe-i ǃomǁae nî ǁnā ǃkhaisa nî ǃaroma. Tsî ǁîb gao-aob ǃomǁaen ge ǃhūba nî ǂnauǂkhū tsî ta ge ǁîna ǁîgu ǃomǁaeba xu ore tide.”
7 Tita ge ǂāgūna gere ǃûi, ǀkhomǀkhomsan ge i amaga. Tsî ta ge ǃhôara ge ūbasen. ǀGuisa ta ge ǀKhom ti ge ǂgai tsî nausa ǃGaeǀhaos ti, tsî ta ge gūna ge ǃûi. 8 Tsî ta ge ǃnona ǃûi-aoga ǀgui ǁkhâb ǃnâ ge hîkākā. Ti ǀoms ge ǁîgu ǂama ǁaixa tsî ǁîgu ǀoms on ge tita ǂhara xui-ao. 9 O ta ge gūn ǃoa “Sado ta ge ǃûi tide. A-i ǁō ǂgao ka-e ǁō, ǁnān hîkākāhe nîna hîkākāhe, în ǁnān ûiǃgau kana ǁîǃnābe hapugu” ti ge mî. 10 Tsî ta ge ǀKhom ti ǀon hâ ǃûihaiba ū tsî ǁîba ge ǃgaoǃā, hoaraga khoen ǀkha ta ge dī ǃgaeǀhaosa nî khôase. 11 Tsîs ge ǃgaeǀhaosa ǁnā tsēs ai ge ǁauǁauhe, tsîn ge gūn di ǀkhomǀkhomsaben, tita ǃoa gere kōna ge mûǂan ǁnās a ǃKhūb di mî ǃkhaisa. 12 O ta ge ǁîga ge mîba: “Sago mûǁae i ga ǃgâi io matare te re, tsî ǁnāti tamas ka io tā dī.” O gu ge ǃnonadisi ǀhaiǀurimaride ge ǃgôaǂuiba te ti matares ase.
13 Ob ge ǃKhūba ge mî: “Sūǂnubi-aoba aoba! ǁNāb ge ǁkhāsib tita ǁîn ǃoagu anu hâba.” O ta ge ǁnā ǃnonadisi ǀhaiǀurimaride sūǂnubi-aob ǃaroma ū tsî ǃKhūb di Tempeli ǃnâ ge aoǂgā. 14 ǁNās khaoǃgâ ta ge ǀgamǁî ǃûihaib, ǃGaeǀhaos ti ǀon hâba ge khôa, Judab tsî Israeli di khoeǃgâgusisa nî khôase.
15 Ob ge ǃKhūba “ǁKhawa ǃûi-aosis ǁâtanin, gâre ǃûi-aob dina ūbasen re” ti ge mî. 16 Mû tita ge ǃhūb ǃnâ ǃûi-aoba nî ūkhâi, ǁnā-i kā ra-i ǀkha dīxū-e ūhâ tamab, ǀgaruǀgaruhe hâ-e ǀhaoǀhao tamab, khôa hâ-e ǂgauǂgau tamab, tsî ǂuruse mâ-e ǃkhōǂhomi tamab, xawe kausa gū-i di ǁgan-e ǂû tsîb ge ǁkhoradi â-e nî tsuruǁnâba. 17 Tsūba ǁnā tsū ǃûi-aob gūna ra ǁnāxūba. Gôaba ab ǁîb ǁôab ai hâ tsî amǀkhāb di mûs âb ai. Ab ǁôab âba hoaragase ǂnâ tsî amǀkhāb mûs âba hoaragase ǂgī.
The Fall of the Tyrants
1 Open your doors, Lebanon,
so that fire can burn down your cedar trees!
2 Weep and wail, cypress trees—
the cedars have fallen;
those glorious trees have been destroyed!
Weep and wail, oaks of Bashan—
the dense forest has been cut down!
3 The rulers cry out in grief;
their glory is gone!
Listen to the roaring of the lions;
their forest home along the Jordan is destroyed!
The Two Shepherds
4 The Lord my God said to me, “Act the part of the shepherd of a flock of sheep that are going to be butchered. 5 Their owners kill them and go unpunished. They sell the meat and say, ‘Praise the Lord! We are rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no pity on them.”
( 6 The Lord said, “I will no longer pity anyone on earth. I myself will put all the people in the power of their rulers. These rulers will devastate the earth, and I will not save it from their power.”)
7 Those who bought and sold the sheep hired me, and I became the shepherd of the sheep that were going to be butchered. I took two sticks: one I called “Favor” and the other “Unity.” And I took care of the flock. 8 I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month. 9 Then I said to the flock, “I will not be your shepherd any longer. Let those die who are to die. Let those be destroyed who are to be destroyed. Those who are left will destroy one another.” 10 Then I took the stick called “Favor” and broke it, to cancel the covenant which the Lord had made with all the nations. 11 So the covenant was canceled on that day. Those who bought and sold the sheep were watching me, and they knew that the Lord was speaking through what I did. 12 I said to them, “If you are willing, give me my wages. But if not, keep them.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver as my wages.
13 The Lord said to me, “Put them in the Temple treasury.” So I took the thirty pieces of silver—the magnificent sum they thought I was worth—and put them in the Temple treasury. 14 Then I broke the second stick, the one called “Unity,” and the unity of Judah and Israel was shattered.
15 Then the Lord said to me, “Once again act the part of a shepherd, this time a worthless one. 16 I have put a shepherd in charge of my flock, but he does not help the sheep that are threatened by destruction; nor does he look for the lost, or heal those that are hurt, or feed the healthy. Instead, he eats the meat of the fattest sheep and tears off their hoofs. 17 That worthless shepherd is doomed! He has abandoned his flock. War will totally destroy his power. His arm will wither, and his right eye will go blind.”
