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.
1Sonkhanani pamodzi, sonkhanani pamodzi,
inu mtundu wochititsa manyazi,
2isanafike nthawi yachiweruzo,
nthawi yanu isanawuluke ngati mungu,
usanakufikeni mkwiyo woopsa wa Yehova,
tsiku la ukali wa Yehova lisanafike pa inu.
3Funafunani Yehova, inu nonse odzichepetsa a mʼdziko,
inu amene mumachita zimene amakulamulani.
Funafunani chilungamo, funafunani kudzichepetsa;
mwina mudzatetezedwa
pa tsiku la mkwiyo wa Yehova.
Za Afilisti
4Gaza adzasiyidwa
ndipo Asikeloni adzasanduka bwinja.
Nthawi yamasana Asidodi adzakhala wopanda anthu
ndipo Ekroni adzazulidwa.
5Tsoka inu okhala mʼmbali mwa nyanja,
inu mtundu wa Akereti;
mawu a Yehova akutsutsa
iwe Kanaani, dziko la Afilisti.
“Ndidzakuwononga
ndipo palibe amene adzatsale.”
6Dziko la mʼmbali mwa nyanja, kumene kumakhala Akereti,
lidzakhala malo a abusa ndi la makola a nkhosa.
7Malowa adzakhala a anthu otsala a nyumba ya Yuda;
adzapezako msipu.
Nthawi ya madzulo adzagona
mʼnyumba za Asikeloni.
Yehova Mulungu wawo adzawasamalira;
adzabwezeretsa mtendere wawo.
Za Mowabu ndi Amoni
8“Ndamva kunyoza kwa Mowabu
ndi chipongwe cha Amoni,
amene ananyoza anthu anga
ndi kuopseza kuti alanda dziko lawo.
9Choncho, pali Ine Wamoyo,”
akutero Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli,
“Ndithu, Mowabu adzasanduka ngati Sodomu,
Amoni adzasanduka ngati Gomora;
malo a zomeramera ndi maenje a mchere,
dziko la bwinja mpaka muyaya.
Anthu anga otsala adzawafunkha;
opulumuka a mtundu wanga adzalandira dziko lawo.”
10Ichi ndi chimene adzalandire chifukwa cha kunyada kwawo,
chifukwa chonyoza ndi kuchitira chipongwe anthu a Yehova Wamphamvuzonse.
11Yehova adzawachititsa mantha kwambiri
pamene adzawononga milungu yonse ya mʼdzikomo.
Ndipo mitundu ya anthu pa dziko lonse idzamulambira,
uliwonse ku dziko la kwawo.
Za Kusi
12“Inunso anthu a ku Kusi,
mudzaphedwa ndi lupanga.”
Za Asiriya
13Yehova adzatambasulira dzanja lake kumpoto
ndi kuwononga Asiriya,
kusiya Ninive atawonongekeratu
ndi owuma ngati chipululu.
14Nkhosa ndi ngʼombe zidzagona pansi kumeneko,
pamodzi ndi nyama zakuthengo za mtundu uliwonse.
Akadzidzi a mʼchipululu ndi akanungu
adzakhala pa nsanamira zake.
Kulira kwawo kudzamveka mʼmazenera,
mʼmakomo mwawo mudzakhala zinyalala zokhazokha,
nsanamira za mkungudza zidzakhala poonekera.
15Umenewu ndiye mzinda wosasamala
umene kale unali wotetezedwa.
Unkanena kuti mu mtima mwake,
“Ine ndine, ndipo palibenso wina wondiposa.”
Taonani lero wasanduka bwinja,
kokhala nyama zakutchire!
Onse owudutsa akuwunyoza
ndi kupukusa mitu yawo.