Atemmu A Etia Amanaman No
1Muntwiw mmɛn, mo amanaman, na muntie;
monyɛ aso, mo ɔmanfo!
Momma asase ne nea ɛwɔ so nyinaa ntie,
wiase ne nea efi mu ba nyinaa!
2Awurade bo afuw amanaman nyinaa;
nʼabufuwhyew no tia wɔn asraafo nyinaa.
Ɔbɛsɛe wɔn pasaa,
ɔbɛma wɔakunkum wɔn.
3Wɔbɛtow wɔn mu atɔfo no agu,
wɔn afunu no beyi hua;
wɔn mogya afɔw mmepɔw no.
4Ɔsoro nsoromma nyinaa bɛyera
na wɔbɛbobɔw ɔsoro te sɛ nhoma mmobɔwee;
ɔsoro atumfo bɛhwe ase
sɛnea nhaban tew fi bobe so,
sɛnea mman a awo pan fi borɔdɔma dua ho.
5Mʼafoa anom nea ɛmee no no wɔ ɔsoro;
hwɛ, ɛresian de atemmu aba Edom so,
wɔn a masɛe wɔn koraa no.
6Mogya aguare Awurade afoa ho,
wɔde srade asra ho,
nguantenmma ne mmirekyi mogya,
adwennini asaabo mu srade.
Awurade wɔ afɔre bi bɔ wɔ Bosra
ne okum kɛse wɔ Edom.
7Anantwi anuɔdenfo ne wɔn bɛtotɔ,
anantwinini nketewa ne akɛse.
Mogya afɔw wɔn asase no,
na srade ayɛ so dɔte no sɔkyee.
8Na Awurade wɔ aweretɔ da
ananmuhyɛ afe, a obedi ama Sion.
9Edom nsuwansuwa bɛdan agodibea,
ne dɔte bɛdan sufre a ɛdɛw
nʼasase bɛyɛ agoprama a ɛdɛw!
10Ɛrennum awia anaa anadwo;
ne wusiw befi a ɛto rentwa da.
Ɛbɛda mpan fi awo ntoatoaso akosi awo ntoatoaso;
obiara remfa ho bio koraa.
11Nweatam so patu ne ɔbonsamnoma
begye hɔ afa;
patu ne kwaakwaadabi bɛtena hɔ.
Onyankopɔn bɛtwe wɔ Edom so
basabasayɛ susuhama
ne amamfoyɛ kirebennyɛ susudua.
12Nʼatitiriw rennya biribiara a ɛbɛma wɔafrɛ no ahenni,
nʼahenemma mmarima nyinaa betu ayera.
13Nsɔe begye nʼabankɛse afa,
nsansono ne nsɔe befuw wɔ nʼabankɛse hɔ.
Hɔ bɛyɛ adompo atu,
ne mpatu tenabea.
14Nweatam so mmoa ne mpataku behyia adi afra,
mmirekyi anuɔdenfo besu akyerɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho;
hɔ na anadwommoa bɛdeda
na wɔde ayɛ wɔn homebea.
15Ɛhɔ na patu bɛyɛ ne berebuw, na watow ne nkesua.
Obesow ne mma, na ɔde ne ntaban akata wɔn so;
ɛhɔ na nkorɔma bɛboaboa wɔn ho ano,
obiara ne nea ɔka ne ho.
16Hwɛ Awurade nhoma mmobɔwee no mu, na kenkan:
Eyinom mu biara renyera,
obiara benya nea ɔka ne ho.
Efisɛ nʼanom na ɔhyɛ asɛm no fi,
na ne honhom bɛboaboa wɔn ano.
17Ɔde wɔn kyɛfa ma wɔn;
ɔde ne nsa yɛ susudua kyekyɛ.
Wɔbɛfa no sɛ wɔn de afebɔɔ
na wofi awo ntoatoaso akosi awo ntoatoaso atena hɔ.
Judgment Against the Nations
1Come near, you nations, and listen;
pay attention, you peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
the world, and all that comes out of it!
2The Lord is angry with all nations;
his wrath is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy34:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5. them,
he will give them over to slaughter.
3Their slain will be thrown out,
their dead bodies will stink;
the mountains will be soaked with their blood.
4All the stars in the sky will be dissolved
and the heavens rolled up like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall
like withered leaves from the vine,
like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
5My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,
the people I have totally destroyed.
6The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood,
it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah
and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7And the wild oxen will fall with them,
the bull calves and the great bulls.
Their land will be drenched with blood,
and the dust will be soaked with fat.
8For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
9Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her dust into burning sulfur;
her land will become blazing pitch!
10It will not be quenched night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.
From generation to generation it will lie desolate;
no one will ever pass through it again.
11The desert owl34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain. and screech owl34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain. will possess it;
the great owl34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain. and the raven will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom
the measuring line of chaos
and the plumb line of desolation.
12Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
all her princes will vanish away.
13Thorns will overrun her citadels,
nettles and brambles her strongholds.
She will become a haunt for jackals,
a home for owls.
14Desert creatures will meet with hyenas,
and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures will also lie down
and find for themselves places of rest.
15The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
she will hatch them, and care for her young
under the shadow of her wings;
there also the falcons will gather,
each with its mate.
16Look in the scroll of the Lord and read:
None of these will be missing,
not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth that has given the order,
and his Spirit will gather them together.
17He allots their portions;
his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
and dwell there from generation to generation.
