Babilons di ǁnās
1 Nēs khaoǃgâ ta ge ǀnî ǀhomǃgāb ǀhomma xu ra ǁgôaxaba ge mû. ǁÎb ge kai ǁkhāsiba ge ūhâ i tsî ǁîb di ǂkhaisib ge ǃhūbaib hoaragaba ge ǃnâǃnâ. 2 Tsîb ge ǃgari dommi ǀkha ge ǂgaiǂui:
“ǁNās ge go!
Kai Babilons ge go ǁnā!
Tsîs ge go ǁgâuagu* di ǁanǃkhai kai,
hoa ǃanuoǃnâ gagagu
tsî ǃkharagaǃnâgu ǁgaisi tsî
ǃanuoǃnâ anin
tsî ǀgurun
di sâuǃkhais ase.
3 Hoa ǁaedi ge ǁîs ǂauxûib
ǀaib dib xa ge ǀhoro.
Gao-aogu ǃhūbaib digu
ge ǁîs ǀkha gere ǀai.
Tsî mâ ǂharugu-aob ǃhūbaib dib hoab ge ge ǃkhū,
ǁîs ûiǀgaub di ǁkhāsiba xu.”
4 Tsî ta ge ǀnî dommi ǀhomma xu nēti ra mîba ge ǁnâu:
“Ti khoedo ǂoaxa! ǁÎsa xu ǂoa!
Tā ǁîs di ǁoreb ǃnâ ǁhao;
î du tā ǁîs di ǁkharab ǃnâ amǃnâxa!
5 ǁÎs di ǁoreb ge ǀhommi kōse ge sī,
tsîb ge Eloba ǁîs di ǂkhaba daoga ǀuru tama ge i.
6 Sados ge dī-ūs ǁkhās xase ǁîs tsîna dī-ū re;
dīs gen hoan ai ǀgamǃnâguse mādawa-am si re.
ǁÎs di ǀgabisa ǀgam ǃnāra ǃnāsase
sados ge ǂnâbas xa ǀoaǀoa re.
7 ǁÎsa ǁnātikō ǃoab tsî tsûba mā re,
ǁîs ra ǁî-aitsama koasenū ǂkhaisib tsî ǂoaǂamsa ûib tsîn xa.
ǂGaob âs ǃnâs ge ra mîbasen:
‘Nē ta ge ǂnôa, gao-aose!
Tita ge ǃoatara tama hâ,
tsî ta tātsēs tsîna ǃoa-e ǂan tide.’
8 Tsîs ge ǁîsa nēs ǃaroma ǀgui tsēs ǃnâ
tsûtsû-ain ǀkha nî ǂnauhe,
ǀaesenain, ǃoab tsî ǃâtsūǀkhāb tsîn ǀkha.
Tsîs ge ǁîsa ǀaes ǀkha nî khauǃkhūhe
ǃKhūb Elob, ǁîsa ra ǀgoraǃgâb a ǀgaisa amaga.”
9 Tsî gu ge ǁnā gao-aogu ǃhūbaib digu, ǁîs di ǀaib tsî turagu ǃnâ gere ǁhaoga ǃās ǂama ǃoa tsî nî ā, ǀanni ǁîsa ra hîkākā ǀaes diba gu ga mûo. 10 ǁÎgu ge ǁîs ra tsâ tsûba ǃaob xa ǃnūse mâ tsî nî mî:
“Tsūba si! Tsūba si!
Sas kai tsî ǀgaisa ǃās Babilonse!
ǀGui iri ǃnâb ge sa ǁkharaba go hā!”
11 ǁKhāti gu ge ǃhūbaib di ǂharugu-aogu tsîna ā tsî ǁîs ǂama gere ǃoa, khoe-i xare-i ǁîgu di xūna ǃaruǀî ǁama tama xui-ao. 12 ǁÎgu di ǃhuniǀurib, ǀhaiǀurib, ǂoaǂamsa ǀuidi tsî pereldi; tsaura lapigu, ǂhoaǀapa saran, saib tsî ǃnâsaǀapa ǃkhain, hoaraga ǃgomhōsa haiǃnôan, ǂkhoaǁgûgu ǀkha kurusa ǂgui ǃkharagaǃnâgu xūn tsî ǃgomǀgausa hain ǀkha kurusa xūn, brons-i, ǀurin tsî marmeri ǀkha kurusan ge khoe-i xare-i xa ge ǁamahe tama hâ i. 13 ǁKhāti kanel-i, ǃgâihamxūn, ǃgâihamoli-i, miren, ǂhubihe ra ǃgâihamxūn, ǂauxûib tsî oli-i, mel-i tsî ǃhorob, goman tsî gūn, hān tsî hākunidi, khobon tsîn ge ge ǁamahe tama hâ i. 14 O gu ge ǁamaxū-aoga ǁîs ǃoa ge mî: “Sas gere tura xūn hoan ge go kā tsî sa hoaraga ǃkhūsib tsî ǂkhaib ge go bē tsîs ge ǁîna ǁkhawa hō tide!” 15 ǂHarugu-aon, nē ǃās ǃnâ ǂharugus xa ge ǃkhūn ge ǃnūse mâ tsî nî kō, ǁîs di tsâb ǃnâ ǁhaosan ra ǃao amaga. Ā tsî ǃoa 16 tsîn ge nî mî:
“Tsūba si
kai ǃāse!
ǁÎs ge ǁgā lapib,
ǂhoaǀapa
tsî ǃnâsa ǀapab ǀkha ge ǂgaeǂgāhe hâ i.
Tsîs ge ǃhuniǀurib,
ǃgomǀgausa ǀuidi
tsî pereldi ǀkha ge anisen hâ i!
17 Tsîs ge ǀgui iri ǃnâ
nē hoaraga ǃkhūsiba ge ǂoaǃnâ!”
Hoaraga doe-omdi di ǂgaeǂgui-aogu tsî ǃnariǀhao-aon, doe-omdi ai ra sîsen khoen tsî ǁnān hîa huriba xu ûi hân ge ǃnūse mâ 18 tsî ǁîsa ra hîkākā ǁhabub di ǀannan gere mûo gere ā. Tsîn ge “Tātsē xawe i ge nē ǃās khami ī ǃā-e ge hâ tama hâ i” ti gere mî. 19 Tsîn ge danadi ân ai tsaraba tsoro tsî ǃoa tsî ra āse gere mî:
“Tsūba si
kai ǃāse,
doe-omde ūhân hoan
ge ǁîs di ǃkhūsib
xa ge ǃkhū!
Xawes ge ǀgui iri ǃnâ
hoaraga xūn âsa ge ǂoaǃnâ!”
20 ǃGâiaǂgao re ǀhomtse,
hoa ǃanudu,
apostelgu* tsî kēbo-aogo!
Elob go Babilonsa sadu ǃoagus ūhâ ǀgoraǃgâs
ǃaroma a ǀgoraǃgâ xuige.
21 O i ge ǀgaisa ǀhomǃgā-e ǁkhamiǀuis khami kō kai ǀuisa ūkhâi tsî hurib ǃnâ aoǂgā tsî ge mî: “Nētis ge kai ǃās Babilonsa ǀgaib ǀkha nî aoǂnûihe tsî tātsēs tsîna ǁkhawa mûhe tide. 22 Harpdi di ǀōb tsî khoen di domgu tsî xâiǁnâde ra xâin ge ǁkhawas tsîna sas ǃnâ ǁnâuhe tide. ǂHarugu-ao-i xare-i ge sas ǃnâ hōhe tide, tsîb ge ǁkhāti ǁkhamiǀuis di ǀōb tsîna ǁkhawa ǁnâuhe tide. 23 Tātsēs tsîna i ge ǃamǀae-i di ǃnâ-e sas ǃnâ mûhe tide; ǃgame-aogu tsî ǃgametaradi tsîn di domgu ge ǃaruǀî sas ǃnâ ǁnâuhe tide. Sa ǂharugu-aogu ge ge ǃhūbaib di kai, tsîs ge sasa ǃgaib âs ǀkha ǃhūbaib di khoena ge ǂgaeǂhapu.”
24 Babilons ge kēbo-aogu tsî ǃanun di ǀaob ge ǁîs ǃnâ hōhe ǃkhais ǃaroma ge ǁkharahe, ǀaob ǃhūbaib ai ge ǃgamhen hoan diba.
Okuteka po kwaBabilon
1 Konima yaashi onda mona omweengeli umwe a kuluka meulu, e nepangelonghono linene, edu ola yela koshinge shaye. 2 Ndele ye okwa ingida nondaka inene ta ti:
“Sha teka po, sha teka po, Babilon, oshilando shinene,
sha ninga onhele yokukala eendemoni,
neumbo leemhepo di lili nadi lili da nyata,
onhele yokwoongala eedila di lili nadi lili
da nyata noda tondwa,
3 osheshi momaviinyu ehandu lasho oiwana aishe oya nwa mo,
neehamba dedu da haela nasho,
novashingifi voipindi yokombada yedu
ova punapala keenghono douyadipuna washo.”
4 Naame nda uda ondaka imwe meulu, tai ti:
“Djeni mo musho, nye ovanhu vange,
muha kwatafane noulunde washo,
muha hangike komahepeko asho.
5 Osheshi oulunde washo owa fika meulu,
nouhenouyuki washo, Kalunga okwe u dimbulukwa.
6 Shi ningileni ngaashi sho she mu ningila yo,
nye mu shi wedele luvali shi fike poilonga yasho.
Meholo eli sha tila mo, shi tilileni mo luvali.
7 Ngaashi she lifimanekifa mokukala mouyadipuna,
osho tuu shi peni oudjuu noluhodi pashiyelekifo osho,
osheshi otashi lipopile momwenyo washo tashi ti:
‘Ame ondi li apa omutumba ndihambakainhu,
ndele nghi fi omufiyekadi noitandi ka hangika koluhodi;’
8 Onghee hano omahepeko asho
otae shi hange efiku limwe alike,
efyo neefya nondjala,
ndele tashi xwikwa momundilo,
osheshi Omwene Kalunga Oye
omunaenghono ou e shi tokola.”
9 Neehamba dopedu edi kwa li da haela nasho, ndele de liondola nasho, otadi shi lilile ndele tadi shi nyematele, eshi tadi mono omwifi wepeya lasho; 10 mokutila omahepeko asho otadi ke shi kalela ofika kokule tadi, ti:
“Woo, Woo, oshilando ove shinene,
Babilon, oshilando ove u neenghono,
etokolo loye ole ku hanga mokafimbo kamwe akeke.”
11 Novashingifi vopedu otava lili noku shi nyikila oluhodi, osheshi kape na vali ou ta lande oipindi yavo, 12 oshingoldo noshisiliveli nomamanya ondilo nouwe noshiyata sholiina nopurpuri noshofei naai itilyana nomiti adishe doidimba iwa, noilongwa i lili noi lili yomayoo eendjaba, noikwatelwa i lili noi lili yomiti diwa i nondilo noyoshikushu noyoivela noyomarmori, 13 nokaneli noinyepekifi noitwimifo nomaadi omirha, neka lokutwimifa nomaviinyu nomaadi olumono noufila womudiva noilya neengobe needi neenghambe nomatemba novapika neemwenyo dovanhu. 14 Noiimati oyo omwenyo woye we i hokwa ya ya: “Noinima aishe ya yela, oinima youpuna noyoufuuli ye ku kana noitai ka monika vali nande kwoove.” 15 Novashingifi voinima ei kwa li va punapalifwa koshilando eshi, otava ka kala ofika kokule molwoumbada womahepeko asho, mokulila nomokunyika oluhodi, 16 otava ti: “Woo, Woo, oshilando osho shinene, sha li she lidika oikutu yoliina nopurpuri naai itilyana, nosha li sha wapekwa noshingoldo nomamanya ondilo nouwe; 17 oupuna u fike opo, eshi wa hanaunwa po mokafimbo kamwe akeke.”
Novashingi veeskepa nongudu aishe yomeeskepa novalongi vomeeskepa naaveshe ava tava ende mefuta, ova kala ofika kokule, 18 ndele eshi va mona omwifi wepeya lasho, ova ingida, tava ti: “Shilipipo shinene shi fike poshilando eshi?” 19 Ndele ove lifundila edu momitwe davo ndele tava ingida pombada nokulila nokunyemata, tava ti: “Woo, Woo, oshilando ove shinene, omo aveshe ava va kala ve neeskepa mefuta, va likola moupuna washo, osheshi sha hanaunwa po mokafimbo kamwe akeke.
20 “Shi nyakukilweni, eulu novayapuki novayapostoli novaxunganeki, osheshi Kalunga okwe shi tokola noku shi kwatela onghone molweni.” 21 Nomweengeli omunaenghono okwa kufa emanya linene, ngaashi emanya linene loshini, okwe li ekela mefuta ndele ta ti: “Osho ngaha Babilon, oshilando eshi shinene, tashi ekelwashi mekupulo limwe, ndele itashi monika vali nande. 22 Ndele mwoove itamu udika vali eshiko lonyalilo nondaka yovaimbi noyovashiki veefilita novomanghuma, noitamu monika vali nande omunongo wakeshe tuu oshilonga shounongo, mwoove itamu udika nande vali omufindo wemanya loshini. 23 Nomutemo wolamba itau minikile vali mwoove, mwoove itamu udika vali ondaka yonghalu yomuhomboli noyomuhombolwa; osheshi ovashingifi voipindi yoye ova li ovakulunhu vedu, osheshi oiwana aishe ya hongaulwa koupule woye, 24 ndele musho omwa monikile ohonde yovaxunganeki, nohonde yovayapuki noyaava aveshe va dipawa kombada yedu.”
