Kalunga ta teya po Etiopia
1 Pomilonga dhaEtiopia ope na oshilongo mpoka oshihomo shomawawa tashi uvika. 2 Okuza koshilongo shoka oontumwa otadhi ende moowato dhomanenge muNiili. Galukileni kegumbo, ne oontumwa mu na ontuku! Faaleleni elaka koshilongo sheni sha kambakanwa komilonga, koshigwana sheni sha kola sho shi na omatha, kaantu yeni aaleeleka ye na oshipa tashi adhima, mboka taa tilika kuuyuni auhe.
3 Pulakeneni, amuhe mboka mwa kala kombanda yevi! Taleni utale epandela tali yeluthwa koondungu dhoondundu! Pulakeneni ekugagano lyenkuma! 4 Omuwa okwa lombwele ndje a ti: “Otandi ka entamena ndi li megulu ndi ilongelela nda fa omata gomume muusiku wopothinge, ndi ilongelela nda fa etango tali minikile moshanga shomutenya. 5 Omandjembele manga inaaga toononwa, oongala sho dha yagumuka nomandjembele taga tiligana, aatondi otaa ka teya po Etiopia nuupu ya fa ombele tayi pompona ko iitayi komuviinu. 6 Omidhimba dhaakwiita yawo otadhi ka thigilwa oondhila niithitukuti. Othinge otaa lika po komambiimbili nokufu okiithitukuti.”
7 Esiku otali ya, uuna Omuwa Omunankondoawike ta ka taamba omayambo koshilongo shika sha kambakanwa komilonga, koshigwana shika sha kola noshinankondo, kaantu mbaka aaleeleka ye na oshipa tashi adhima, mboka haa tilika kuuyuni auhe. Otaa ke ya kondundu Sion, nkoka Omuwa Omunankondoawike ta simanekelwa.
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.
