Tsoka la Ninive
1Tsoka kwa mzinda wopha anthu,
mzinda wodzaza ndi mabodza,
mzinda wodzaza ndi anthu olanda zinthu anzawo,
mu mzinda mʼmene simusowa anthu osautsidwa nthawi zonse!
2Kulira kwa zikwapu,
mkokomo wa mikombero,
kufuwula kwa akavalo
ndiponso phokoso la magaleta!
3Kuthamanga kwa anthu okwera pa akavalo,
kungʼanima kwa malupanga
ndi kunyezimira kwa mikondo!
Anthu ambiri ophedwa,
milumilu ya anthu akufa,
mitembo yosawerengeka,
anthu akupunthwa pa mitemboyo.
4Zonsezi ndi chifukwa cha zilakolako za mkazi wachiwerewere,
wokopa anthu uja, mkazi wochita zamatsenga,
amene anakopa mitundu ya anthu ndi zachiwerewere zake,
ndiponso anthu a mitundu ina ndi zaufiti zake.
5Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti,
“Ine ndikutsutsana nawe.
Ndidzakuvula chovala chako.
Anthu a mitundu ina ndidzawaonetsa umaliseche wako
ndipo udzachita manyazi pamaso pa maufumu onse.
6Ndidzakuthira zonyansa,
ndidzakuchititsa manyazi
ndiponso kukusandutsa chinthu choseketsa.
7Onse amene adzakuona adzakuthawa ndipo adzati,
‘Ninive wasanduka bwinja,
adzamulira ndani?’
Kodi ndingamupeze kuti munthu woti nʼkukutonthoza?”
8Kodi ndiwe wopambana Tebesi,
mzinda wokhala mʼmbali mwa Nailo,
wozunguliridwa ndi madzi?
Mtsinjewo unali chitetezo chake,
madziwo anali linga lake.
9Mphamvu zake zinali Kusi ndi Igupto,
Puti ndi Libiya anali ena mwa abwenzi ake.
10Komabe anthu a ku Tebesi anagwidwa
ndipo anapita ku ukapolo.
Ana ake anawaphwanyitsa pansi
mʼmisewu yonse ya mu mzindamo.
Anachita maere ogawana anthu ake otchuka,
ndipo anthu ake onse amphamvu
anamangidwa ndi maunyolo.
11Iwenso Ninive udzaledzera;
udzabisala
ndipo udzafunafuna malo othawirako kuopa mdani.
12Malo ako onse otetezedwa ali ngati mitengo ya mkuyu
yokhala ndi zipatso zoyambirira kucha;
pamene agwedeza mitengoyo,
nkhuyuzo zimagwera mʼkamwa mwa wofuna kuzidya.
13Tayangʼana ankhondo ako,
onse ali ngati akazi!
Zipata za dziko lako zatsekukira adani ako;
moto wapsereza mipiringidzo yake.
14Tungani madzi woti mudzamwe nthawi ya kuzunguliridwa kwanu,
limbitsani chitetezo chanu!
Pondani dothi,
ikani mʼchikombole,
konzani khoma la njerwa!
15Kumeneko moto udzakupserezani;
lupanga lidzakukanthani
ndipo lidzakuwonongani ngati likuwononga ziwala.
Chulukanani ngati ziwala,
chulukanani ngati dzombe!
16Mwachulukitsa chiwerengero cha anthu a malonda anu
mpaka kupambana nyenyezi za mlengalenga,
koma iwo ngati dzombe akuwononga dziko
ndipo kenaka akuwuluka nʼkuchoka.
17Akalonga ako ali ngati dzombe,
akuluakulu ako ali ngati gulu la dzombe
limene lamatirira pa khoma nthawi yozizira,
koma pamene dzuwa latuluka limawuluka,
ndipo palibe amene amadziwa komwe lapita.
18Iwe mfumu ya ku Asiriya,
abusa ako agona tulo;
anthu ako olemekezeka amwalira.
Anthu ako amwazikira ku mapiri
popanda ndi mmodzi yemwe wowasonkhanitsa.
19Palibe chimene chingachize bala lako;
chilonda chako sichingapole.
Aliyense amene amamva za iwe
amawomba mʼmanja chifukwa cha kugwa kwako,
kodi alipo amene sanazilawepo
nkhanza zako zosatha?
1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;3.1 bloody…: Heb. city of bloods 2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:3.3 the bright…: Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear 4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. 7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?3.8 populous…: or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.3.9 thy helpers: Heb. in thy help 10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. 12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. 14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. 15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.3.16 spoileth: or, spreadeth himself 17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.3.18 nobles: or, valiant ones 19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?3.19 healing: Heb. wrinkling
