1Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;2.1 not…: or, not desirous 2Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come upon you. 3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.
4¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 5Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. 6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 7And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.2.7 for the LORD: or, when, etc
8¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.2.11 famish: Heb. make lean
12¶ Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.2.14 cormorant: or, pelican2.14 upper…: or, knops, or, chapiters2.14 for…: or, when he hath uncovered 15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
1Mommoaboa mo ho ano, mommoaboa mo ho ano,
mo, animguaseman,
2ansa na bere a wɔahyɛ no adu,
na da no resen te sɛ ntɛtɛ,
ansa na Awurade abufuwhyew no
aba mo so,
ansa na Awurade abufuw da no
aba mo so.
3Monhwehwɛ Awurade, ahobrɛasefo a mowɔ asase so,
mo a moyɛ nʼahyɛde.
Monhwehwɛ trenee, monhwehwɛ ahobrɛase;
ebia ɔbɛkora mo so
Awurade abufuw da no.
Atemmu A Etia Filistia
4Wobegyaw Gasa
na wɔagyaw Askelon sɛ amamfo.
Owigyinae na wɔbɛma Asdod ada mpa mu
na wɔatutu Ekron ase.
5Munnue, mo a mote mpoano,
mo Keretifo;
Awurade asɛm tia mo.
Kanaan, Filistifo asase.
Mɛtɔre mo ase,
na obiara renka.
6Asase a ɛda mpoano, faako a Keretifo te
bɛyɛ atenae ama nguanhwɛfo
ne wɔn nguannan.
7Saa asase no bɛyɛ Yudafi nkae no de;
ɛhɔ na wobenya mmoa adidibea.
Anwummere, wɔbɛdeda wɔ
Askelon afi mu.
Na Awurade, wɔn Nyankopɔn bɛhwɛ wɔn,
na ɔde wɔn ahonyade nyinaa bɛsan ama wɔn.
Atemmu A Etia Moab Ne Amon
8“Mate Moab nsopa ne
Amonfo atweetwee;
wɔn a wɔsopaa me nkurɔfo
na wohunahunaa wɔn wɔ wɔn asase ho.
9Enti sɛ mete ase yi,”
sɛnea Asafo Awurade,
Israel Nyankopɔn, se ni,
“Ampa ara Moab bɛyɛ sɛ Sodom,
na Amonfo ayɛ sɛ Gomora,
faako a nwura ne nkyene amoa wɔ,
bɛyɛ asase a ɛda mpan afebɔɔ.
Me man nkae bɛfow wɔn afa;
me manfo a wobenya wɔn ti adidi mu no bɛfa wɔn asase.”
10Wɔn ahantan so akatua a wobenya ni,
sɛ wɔyeyaw na wodi Asafo Awurade nkurɔfo ho fɛw nti.
11Awurade ho suro bɛba wɔn so
bere a ɔbɛsɛe asase no so anyame nyinaa.
Mpoano aman nyinaa bɛsɔre no,
wɔ wɔn ankasa wɔn asase so.
Atemmu A Etia Kus
12“Mo Etiopiafo nso,
mʼafoa ano na wobekunkum mo.”
Atemmu A Etia Asiria
13Awurade bɛteɛ ne nsa wɔ atifi aman so
na wasɛe Asiria,
na wama Ninewe ada mpan koraa
na so awo wosee sɛ nwea pradada so.
14Nguankuw ne anantwi bɛdeda hɔ,
mmoadoma nyinaa.
Sare so patu ne abonsamnoma
bɛtena nʼadum no so.
Wɔn su begyigye afa mfɛnsere mu,
nnwiriwii besisiw apon ano akwan,
mpuran a wɔde sida ayɛ no ho bɛdeda hɔ.
15Eyi ne kuropɔn a edi ahurusi
na ɛte asomdwoe mu.
Ɔhoahoaa ne ho se,
“Me ne no, obiara nte sɛ me.”
Hwɛ sɛnea atetew apansam,
na ayɛ nkekammoa atenae!
Obiara a otwa mu wɔ hɔ no serew no,
him ne nsa fɛwdi so.
