1Momfa nguantenmma sɛ sonkahiri
nkɔma asase no sodifo,
efi Sela fa nweatam no so,
kɔka Ɔbabea Sion bepɔw no so.
2Te sɛ nnomaa a wɔaka wɔn afi berebuw mu
na wotu nenam wim no
saa na Moabfo mmea te
wɔ Arnon asutwabea.
3Moab ka se, “Munsi mo adwene pi,
monna mo gyinaesi adi.
Monyɛ mo sunsuma sɛ anadwo,
awia ketee.
Momfa aguanfo no nhintaw
munnyi atubrafo no mma.
4Momma Moabfo aguanfo no ne mo ntena;
monyɛ wɔn bammɔ wɔ ɔsɛefo no ho.”
Ɔhyɛsoni no bɛba nʼawie
na adesɛe to betwa;
opoobɔfo no bɛyera wɔ asase no so.
5Ɔdɔ mu na Onyankopɔn besi ahengua bi;
ɔbarima bi de nokwaredi bɛtena so,
obi a ofi Dawid fi,
nea atemmu mu no ɔpɛ atɛntrenee
na ɔntwentwɛn adetreneeyɛ ho.
6Yɛate Moab ahantan a ɔyɛ,
nʼani a atra ne ntɔn mmoroso,
nʼahomaso ne nʼasoɔden
nanso hwee nni nʼahomaso no mu.
7Enti Moabfo twa adwo,
wɔbɔ mu su ma Moab.
Wodi awerɛhow na wɔbɔ abubuw,
ma Kir Hereset bobe aba ɔfam.
8Hesbon mfuw no hyew,
Sibma bobe mfuw nso saa ara.
Aman sodifo no atiatia bobe papa no so,
nea kan na wɔde kɔ Yaser
na ɛtrɛtrɛw kɔ nweatam so no.
Wɔn mman trɛtrɛw kɔka mpoano pɛɛ.
9Enti misu sɛnea Yaser su,
de ma Sibma bobe mfuw.
Hesbon ne Eleale,
mede misu fɔw mo!
Mo aduaba a abere ho ahurusi
ne otwabere de no aka.
10Ahosɛpɛw ne anigye nni mfikyifuw no mu;
obiara nto dwom, na ɔnteɛteɛ mu wɔ bobeturo mu;
obiara nkyi nsa wɔ nsakyiamoa so,
efisɛ mede nteɛteɛmu aba nʼawiei.
11Misi apini wɔ me koma mu wɔ Moab ho
te sɛ sankuten so kwadwom;
na me yam hyehye me ma Kir Hereset.
12Sɛ Moab kɔ ne sorɔnsorɔmmea a
ɔhaw ne ho kwa;
sɛ ɔkɔ nʼabosonnan mu kɔbɔ mpae a,
ɛrenkosi hwee.
13Eyi ne asɛm a Awurade aka dedaw afa Moab ho. 14Nanso mprempren Awurade ka se, “Mfe abiɛsa mu, sɛnea akoa a nhyehyɛe kyekyere no no bebu nna no, wobebu Moab anuonyam ne ne nkurɔfo dodow no nyinaa animtiaa, na ne nkae no bɛyɛ kakraa bi a wonni ahoɔden.”
1Send lambs as tribute
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.
2Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,
so are the women of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
3‘Make up your mind,’ Moab says.
‘Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night –
at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,
do not betray the refugees.
4Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
be their shelter from the destroyer.’
The oppressor will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5In love a throne will be established;
in faithfulness a man will sit on it –
one from the house16:5 Hebrew tent of David –
one who in judging seeks justice
and speeds the cause of righteousness.
6We have heard of Moab’s pride –
how great is her arrogance! –
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
7Therefore the Moabites wail,
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
8The fields of Heshbon wither,
the vines of Sibmah also.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled down the choicest vines,
which once reached Jazer
and spread towards the desert.
Their shoots spread out
and went as far as the sea.16:8 Probably the Dead Sea
9So I weep, as Jazer weeps,
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,
I drench you with tears!
The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests have been stilled.
10Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;
no-one sings or shouts in the vineyards;
no-one treads out wine at the presses,
for I have put an end to the shouting.
11My heart laments for Moab like a harp,
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
12When Moab appears at her high place,
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine to pray,
it is to no avail.
13This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14But now the Lord says: ‘Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendour and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.’
