Nkɔmhyɛ A Etia Kus
1Due asase a ntaban nnyigyei wɔ so
wɔ Kus nsubɔnten ho,
2ɔsoma ananmusifo a wɔnam po so
wɔde paparɔso akorow fa nsu ani.
Monkɔ, asomafo ahoɔharefo,
monkɔ nnipa a wɔwoware na wɔn honam yɛ trontrom,
nnipa a wɔn ho yɛ hu wɔ mmaa nyinaa,
anuɔdenfo man a yɛnte wɔn kasa,
na nsubɔnten akyekyɛ nʼasase mu no nkyɛn.
3Mo wiasefo nyinaa,
mo a motete asase so,
sɛ wɔma frankaa so wɔ bepɔw no so a,
mubehu
sɛ wɔhyɛn torobɛnto a,
mobɛte.
4Sɛɛ na Awurade ka kyerɛ me,
“Mɛtena mʼatenae, na mahwɛ biribiara dinn.
Mɛyɛ dinn te sɛ owia a ɛrebɔ,
te sɛ bɔ a esi wɔ otwabere mu.”
5Ennya nnuu twabere, a nhwiren bere atwam no
na nhwiren no anyin adan bobe no,
wɔde asosɔw betwitwa mman no,
wobetwitwa mman a ɛredennan no akɔ.
6Wobegyaw wɔn nyinaa ama bepɔw so nnomaa
a wokum mmoa we ne wuram mmoa;
nnomaa no bedi wɔn nam wɔ ahuhuru bere mu.
Wuram mmoa bɛwe wɔn nam wɔ awɔw bere mu.
7Saa bere no, wɔde akyɛde bɛbrɛ Asafo Awurade
ebefi nnipa a wɔwoware na wɔn honam yɛ trontrom hɔ,
nnipa a wɔn ho yɛ hu wɔ mmaa nyinaa,
aniɔdenfo man a yɛnte wɔn kasa,
na nsubɔnten akyekyɛ nʼasase mu,
wɔde akyɛde bɛba Sion Bepɔw so, faako a Asafo Awurade din atim no.
A prophecy against Cush
1Woe to the land of whirring wings18:1 Or of locusts
along the rivers of Cush,18:1 That is, the upper Nile region
2which sends envoys by sea
in papyrus boats over the water.
Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,
to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers.
3All you people of the world,
you who live on the earth,
when a banner is raised on the mountains,
you will see it,
and when a trumpet sounds,
you will hear it.
4This is what the Lord says to me:
‘I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling-place,
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,
like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.’
5For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,
and cut down and take away the spreading branches.
6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey
and to the wild animals;
the birds will feed on them all summer,
the wild animals all winter.
7At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord Almighty
from a people tall and smooth-skinned,
from a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers –
the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.
