Atemmuo A Ɛtia Amanaman No
1Montwi mmɛn, mo amanaman, na montie;
monyɛ aso, mo ɔmanfoɔ!
Momma asase ne deɛ ɛwɔ so nyinaa ntie,
ewiase ne deɛ ɛfiri mu ba nyinaa!
2Awurade bo afu amanaman no;
nʼabufuhyeɛ no tia wɔn akodɔm nyinaa.
Ɔbɛsɛe wɔn pasaa,
ɔbɛma wɔakunkum wɔn.
3Wɔbɛto wɔn mu atɔfoɔ no agu,
wɔn afunu no bɛyi hwa;
wɔn mogya bɛfɔ mmepɔ no.
4Ɔsoro nsoromma nyinaa bɛyera
na wɔbɛbobɔ ɔsoro te sɛ nwoma mmobɔeɛ;
ɔsoro atumfoɔ bɛhwe ase
sɛdeɛ nhahan te firi bobe so,
sɛdeɛ mman a awo firi borɔdɔma dua ho.
5Mʼakofena anom deɛ ɛmee no wɔ soro;
hwɛ, ɛresiane de atemmuo aba Edom so,
wɔn a masɛe wɔn koraa no.
6Mogya adware Awurade akofena ho,
wɔde sradeɛ asra ho,
nnwammaa ne mpɔnkye mogya,
nnwennini sawa mu sradeɛ.
Awurade wɔ afɔrebɔ bi bɔ wɔ Bosra
ne okum kɛseɛ wɔ Edom.
7Anantwie aniɔdenfoɔ ne wɔn bɛtotɔ,
anantwinini nketewa ne akɛseɛ.
Mogya bɛfɔ wɔn asase no,
na sradeɛ ayɛ ɛso dɔteɛ no sɔkyee.
8Na ɛyɛ Awurade aweretɔ da
a ɔbɛdi ama Sion.
9Edom nsuwa nsuwa bɛdane agodibea,
ne dɔteɛ bɛdane sɔfe a ɛdɛre
nʼasase bɛyɛ agoprama a ɛdɛre!
10Ɛrennum awia anaa anadwo;
ne wisie bɛfiri a ɛtoɔ rentwa da.
Ɛbɛda mpan firi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ akɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ;
obiara remfa ho bio koraa.
11Anweatam so patuo ne ɔbonsamnoma
bɛgye hɔ afa;
ɔpatuo ne anene bɛtena hɔ.
Onyankopɔn bɛtwe basabasayɛ ahoma
wɔ Edom so,
ɔde bɛsɛe ɔman no.
12Nʼatitire renya biribiara a ɛbɛma wɔafrɛ no ahennie,
nʼahenemma mmarima nyinaa bɛtu ayera.
13Nkasɛɛ bɛgye nʼabankɛsewa afa,
nsansono ne nkasɛɛ bɛfu wɔ nʼabankɛsewa hɔ.
Ɛhɔ bɛyɛ adompo atuo,
ne apatuo tenabea.
14Anweatam so mmoa ne mpataku bɛhyia adi afra,
mpɔnkye aniɔdenfoɔ bɛsu akyerɛ wɔn ho;
ɛhɔ na anadwo mmoa bɛdeda
na wɔde ayɛ wɔn homebea.
15Ɛhɔ na ɔpatuo bɛyɛ ne pirebuo, na wato ne nkosua.
Ɔbɛhwane ne mma, na ɔde ne ntaban akata wɔn so;
ɛhɔ na nkorɔma bɛboaboa wɔn ho ano,
obiara ne deɛ ɔka ne ho.
16Hwɛ Awurade nwoma mmobɔeɛ no mu, na kenkan:
Yeinom mu biara renyera,
obiara bɛnya deɛ ɔka ne ho.
Ɛfiri sɛ nʼanom na ɔhyɛ asɛm no firie,
na ne honhom bɛboaboa wɔn ano.
17Ɔde wɔn kyɛfa rema wɔn;
ɔde ne nsa yɛ susudua kyekyɛ.
Wɔbɛfa no sɛ wɔn dea afebɔɔ
na wɔfiri awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ akɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ atena hɔ.
The Lord Will Judge the Nations
1Nations, come near and listen to me!
Pay attention to what I’m about to say.
Let the earth and everything in it listen.
Let the world and everything that comes out of it pay attention.
2The Lord is angry with all the nations.
His anger is against all their armies.
He will totally destroy them.
He will have them killed.
3Those who are killed won’t be buried.
Their dead bodies will be thrown on the ground.
They will stink.
Their blood will cover the mountains.
4All the stars in the sky will vanish.
The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll.
All the stars in the sky will fall like dried-up leaves from a vine.
They will drop like wrinkled figs from a fig tree.
5The sword of the Lord will finish its deadly work in the sky.
Then it will come down to strike Edom.
He will totally destroy that nation.
6His sword will be red with blood.
It will be covered with fat.
The blood will flow like the blood
of lambs and goats being sacrificed.
The fat will be like the fat
taken from the kidneys of rams.
That’s because the Lord will offer a sacrifice
in the city of Bozrah.
He will kill many people in the land of Edom.
7The people and their leaders will be killed
like wild oxen and young bulls.
Their land will be wet with their blood.
The dust will be covered with their fat.
8That’s because the Lord has set aside a day to pay Edom back.
He has set aside a year to pay them back. He will pay them back for what they did to Zion.
9The streams of Edom will be turned into tar.
Its dust will be turned into blazing sulfur.
Its land will become burning tar.
10The fire will keep burning night and day.
It can’t be put out.
Its smoke will go up forever.
Edom will lie empty for all time to come.
No one will ever travel through it again.
11The desert owl and screech owl will make it their home.
The great owl and the raven will build their nests there.
God will use his measuring line
to show how completely Edom will be destroyed.
He will use his plumb line
to show how empty Edom will become.
12Edom’s nobles won’t have anything left there
that can be called a kingdom.
All its princes will vanish.
13Thorns will cover its forts.
Bushes and weeds will cover its safest places.
It will become a home for wild dogs.
It will become a place where owls live.
14Desert creatures will meet with hyenas.
Wild goats will call out to each other.
Night creatures will also lie down there.
They will find places where they can rest.
15Owls will make their nests and lay their eggs there.
And they will hatch them.
They will take care of their little ones
under the shadow of their wings.
Male and female falcons will also gather there.
16Look in the book of the Lord. Here is what you will read there.
None of those animals will be missing.
Male and female alike will be there.
The Lord himself has commanded it.
And his Spirit will gather them together.
17The Lord will decide what part of the land goes to each animal.
Then he will give each one its share.
It will belong to them forever.
And they will live there for all time to come.
