Ondjovo yOmwene kovatumwa vokuEtiopia
1 Woo, oove edu lomapopilo omavava, li li kombada yomilonga daEtiopia; 2 hali tumu ovatumwa kuNil hava ende mouwato veembungu kombada yomeva! Indeni ko, onye ovatumwa hamu endelele kovanhu vale va twima, koshiwana sha tilika popepi nokokule, koshiwana oshinaenghono noshifindani, edu lasho tali taululwa komilonga. 3 Taleni, ovakwaunyuni nye amushe, noonakukala kombada yedu, taleni epandela fiku tali yelulwa pombada keemhunda! Pwilikineni enghuma ngeenge tali shikwa.
4 Osheshi Omwene osho a lombwela nge, ndele ta ti: “Ame onda hala ndi mwene filu nokudakamena monhele yange ngaashi epupyu lomutenya wokwenye nongaashi oshilemo shomume mefimbo lomutenya weteyo. 5 Shaashi fimbo elikolo inali fika, eenhemo eshi da teta nomonhemo mwa dja engongwa lomuviinyu la pya. Oye ota ka teta omashila noshikashulifo, ndele ta hanauna po, ta tete po oitai. 6 Onduba yayo aishe otai fiilwa eedila doilyani dokeemhunda noifitukuti yopedu; eedila doilyani oko tadi ka kala efimbo alishe lokulombo noifitukuti aishe yedu oko tai ka panga ko efimbo lokufu.”
7 Pefimbo tuu olo Omwene womatanga ovakwaita ota ka twaalelwa oshali kovanhu vale, va twima, oshiwana hashi tilika popepi nokokule, oshiwana oshinaenghono noshifindani, edu lasho tali taululwa komilonga, okonhele oko ku na edina lOmwene womatanga ovakwaita, okomhunda yaSion.
Ethiopia Will Be Punished
1 Downstream from Ethiopia
lies the country of Egypt,
swarming with insects.
2 Egypt sends messengers
up the Nile River
on ships made of reeds.
Send them fast to Ethiopia,
whose people are tall
and have smooth skin.
Their land is divided by rivers;
they are strong and brutal,
feared all over the world.
3 Everyone on this earth,
listen with care!
A signal will be given
on the mountains,
and you will hear a trumpet.
4 The Lord said to me,
“I will calmly look down
from my home above—
as calmly as the sun at noon
or clouds in the heat
of harvest season.”
5 Before the blossoms
can turn into grapes,
God will cut off the sprouts
and hack off the branches.
6 Ethiopians will be food
for mountain vultures
during the summer
and for wild animals
during the winter.
7 Those Ethiopians are tall and their skin is smooth. They are feared all over the world, because they are strong and brutal. But at that time they will come from their land divided by rivers, and they will bring gifts to the Lord All-Powerful, who is worshiped on Mount Zion.
