1The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. 2And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 4Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.9.7 blood: Heb. bloods 8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.9.9 having…: or, saving himself 10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.9.11 by…: or, whose covenant is by blood
12¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; 13When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 14And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 15The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.9.15 with…: or, the stones of the sling9.15 be…: or, fill both the bowls, etc 16And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.9.17 cheerful: or, grow, or, speak
Atemmu A Etia Israel Atamfo
1Nkɔmhyɛ:
Awurade asɛm tia Hadrak asase
na ɛbɛka Damasko
efisɛ, nnipa ne Israel mmusuakuw nyinaa
ani wɔ Awurade so.
2Na ɛbɛka Hamat a ɔne no bɔ hye,
ɛbɛka Tiro ne Sidon, ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔyɛ anyansafo.
3Tiro asi abandennen ama ne ho;
waboa dwetɛ ano te sɛ mfutuma,
ne sikakɔkɔɔ ano te sɛ dɔte a ɛwɔ mmɔnten so.
4Nanso Awurade begye nʼahode nyinaa
na wasɛe ne tumi a ɔwɔ wɔ po so,
na wɔde ogya bɛhyew no dwerɛbee.
5Askelon behu na wasuro
Gasa de ɔyaw bebubu ne mu,
na Ekron nso saa ara, efisɛ nʼanidaso bɛsa.
Gasa bɛhwere ne hene
na wobegyaw Askelon ofituw.9.5 Askelon…Gasa…Ekron: Filistifo nkuropɔn abiɛsa. Nʼanidaso bɛsa: Esiane sɛ Ekron da Filistiman atifi pɛɛ nti, ɛno na ebedi kan ahu amane. Nʼanidaso sɛ Tiro begyina mu ama no ɔhaw anaa abɛbrɛsɛ bi mu no renkosi hwee so.
6Ananafo bɛtena Asdod,
na metwa Filistifo ahantan agu.
7Meyi mogya9.7 Mogya—Egyina hɔ ma abosom afɔrebɔ. Akyiwade nnuan—Nnapɔnna nnuan a ho ntew. Yebusifo—Nnipa bi a wɔtenaa Yerusalem tete bere mu a wɔbɛfraa Yudafo mu. (2 Sam 24.16-24). afi wɔn ano,
akyiwade nnuan nso meyi afi wɔn ano.
Nkae no bɛyɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn de;
wɔbɛyɛ Yuda ntuanofo,
na Ekron bɛyɛ sɛ Yebusifo.
8Nanso mɛbɔ me Fi ho ban
wɔ wɔn a wɔtetɛw bɔ korɔn ho.
Ɔhyɛsoni biara ntumi mfa me nkurɔfo so bio,
efisɛ afei merewɛn.
Sion Hene Ba
9Di ahurusi, Ɔbabea Sion!
Teɛ mu, Ɔbabea Yerusalem!
Hwɛ, wo hene reba wo nkyɛn.
Ɔteɛ na ɔwɔ nkwagye,
odwo, na ɔte afurum so,
afurum ba so na ɔte.
10Megye nteaseɛnam afi Efraim
ne akofo apɔnkɔ afi Yerusalem,
na akodi tadua no wobebubu mu.
Ɔbɛpae mu aka asomdwoe nsɛm akyerɛ aman no.
Nʼahenni befi po akɔka po;
ebefi Asubɔnten no akɔpem nsase ano.
11Na wo de, esiane me ne wo mogya apam no nti,
meyi wo nneduafo afi amoa a nsu nni mu mu.
12Monsan nkɔ mʼaban mu, nneduafo a mowɔ anidaso;
mprempren mpo merebɔ mo nkae sɛ mɛhyɛ mo anan mu mmɔho.
13Mɛkom Yuda sɛnea mikuntun me tadua
na mede Efraim bɛhyɛ mu.
Mɛkanyan wo mmabarima, Sion,
atia wo Hela mmabarima,
na mɛyɛ wo sɛ ɔkofo afoa.
14Afei Awurade bɛda ne ho adi wɔ wɔn so;
nʼagyan betwa yerɛw te sɛ anyinam.
Otumfo Awurade bɛhyɛn torobɛnto no;
ɔbɛbɔ nsra wɔ atɔe fam ahum mu,
15Asafo Awurade bɛkata wɔn so.
Wɔde ahwimmo bɛsɛe
na wɔde adi nkonim.
Wɔbɛnom na wɔabobɔ mu sɛnea wɔanom nsa;
wɔbɛyɛ ma te sɛ kuruwa a
wɔde pete afɔremuka ntwea so.
16Awurade wɔn Nyankopɔn, begye wɔn saa da no
sɛ oguanhwɛfo gye ne nguan.
Wobetwa yerɛw yerɛw wɔ nʼasase so,
sɛ abohemaa a ɛbobɔ ahenkyɛw ho.
17Sɛnea wɔn ho betwa na wɔn ho ayɛ fɛ afa!
Aduan bɛma mmerante anyin ahoɔden so
na nsa foforo bɛma mmabaa anyin saa ara.
