Israel Will Be Destroyed
1I saw the Lord standing next to the altar in the temple. He said to me,
“Strike the tops of the temple pillars.
Then the heavy stones at the base of the entrance will shake.
Bring everything down on the heads of everyone there.
I will kill with my swords
those who are left alive.
None of the Israelites will escape.
None will get away.
2They might dig down deep.
But my powerful hand will take them out of there.
They might climb up to the heavens.
But I will bring them down from there.
3They might hide on top of Mount Carmel.
But I will hunt them down
and grab them.
They might hide from me at the bottom of the ocean.
But even there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4Their enemies might take them away
as prisoners to another country.
But there I will command Israel’s enemies
to cut them down with swords.
I will keep my eye on Israel to harm them.
I will not help them.”
5The Lord rules over all.
The Lord touches the earth, and it melts.
Everyone who lives in it mourns.
The whole land rises like the Nile River.
Then it settles back down again
like that river in Egypt.
6The Lord builds his palace high in the heavens.
He lays its foundation on the earth.
He sends for the waters in the clouds.
Then he pours them out on the surface of the land.
His name is the Lord.
7“You Israelites are just like
the people of Cush to me,”
announces the Lord.
“I brought Israel up from Egypt.
I also brought the Philistines from Crete
and the Arameans from Kir.
8“I am the Lord and King.
My eyes are watching the sinful kingdom of Israel.
I will wipe it off the face of the earth.
But I will not totally destroy the people of Jacob,”
announces the Lord.
9“I will give an order.
I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations.
They will be like grain that is shaken through a screen.
Not a pebble will fall to the ground.
10All the sinners among my people
will be killed by swords.
They say, ‘Nothing bad will ever happen to us.’
Israel Will Be Made Like New Again
11“The time will come when I will set up
David’s fallen shelter.
I will repair its broken walls.
I will rebuild what was destroyed.
I will make it what it used to be.
12Then my people will take control of those
who are left alive in Edom.
They will also possess all the nations
that belong to me,”
announces the Lord.
He will do all these things.
13“The days are coming,” announces the Lord.
“At that time those who plow the land
will catch up with those who harvest the crops.
Those who stomp on grapes
will catch up with those who plant the vines.
Fresh wine will drip from the mountains.
It will flow down from all the hills.
14I will bring my people Israel back home.
I will bless them with great success again.
They will rebuild the destroyed cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce.
They will make gardens and eat their fruit.
15I will plant Israel in their own land.
They will never again be removed
from the land I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Wɔbɛsɛe Israel
1Mehunuu Awurade sɛ ɔgyina afɔrebukyia no ho, na ɔkaa sɛ,
“Bɔ Asɔredan no afadum no atifi
na mma ne fapem no nwoso.
Mommubu ngu nnipa no nyinaa so;
wɔn a aka no mede akofena bɛkunkum wɔn.
Ɔbaako mpo rentumi nnwane
obiara remfiri mu mfi.
2Mpo sɛ wɔtu fam kɔ awumena mu a
ɛhɔ na me nsa bɛtwe wɔn afiri aba.
Mpo sɛ wɔforo kɔ ɔsoro a
ɛhɔ na mɛyi wɔn afiri aba fam.
3Mpo sɛ wɔkɔtetɛ bepɔ Karmel atifi a,
ɛhɔ na mɛti wɔn akɔkye wɔn aba.
Mpo sɛ wɔde wɔn ho sie me wɔ ɛpo ase a
ɛhɔ na mɛhyɛ ɔwɔ no ama wakɔkeka wɔn.
4Mpo, sɛ wɔn atamfoɔ de wɔn kɔ nnommumfa mu a,
ɛhɔ na mɛhyɛ akofena akunkum wɔn.
“Mɛgyene mʼani ahwɛ wɔn.
Mede ɔsɛeɛ bɛba wɔn so na meremmoa wɔn.”
5Awurade, Asafo Awurade,
Ɔno na ɔde ne nsa ka asase ma ɛnane,
ma wɔn a wɔte so nyinaa twa adwo.
Asase no nyinaa pagya te sɛ Nil
na ɛtwe te sɛ Misraim asubɔnten.
6Ɔno na ɔsi nʼahemfie a ɛkrɔn wɔ ɔsoro
na ɔto ne fapem wɔ asase so.
Ɔno na ɔboaboa ɛpo mu nsuo ano
na ɔhwie gu asase so.
Awurade ne ne din!
7“Mo Israelfoɔ,
mo ho hia me sene Etiopiafoɔ?”
Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
Manyi Israelfoɔ amfiri Misraim,
ne Filistifoɔ amfiri Kreta,
ɛne Aramfoɔ nso amfiri Kir anaa?
8“Ampa ara Otumfoɔ Awurade ani
wɔ nnebɔne ahennie no so.
Mɛpepa no afiri asase ani,
nanso, merensɛe Yakob efie korakora,”
sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
9“Na mɛhyɛ,
na mɛwoso Israel efie,
wɔ amanaman nyinaa mu,
sɛdeɛ wɔhuhu atokoɔ so wɔ huhuamoa mu
na aba fua mpo ntɔ fam no.
10Nnebɔneyɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ me nkurɔfoɔ mu nyinaa
bɛtotɔ wɔ akofena ano,
wɔn a wɔka sɛ,
‘Amanehunu rento yɛn anaa ɛremma yɛn so da.’
Israel Nsiesieɛ
11“Saa ɛda no, mɛsane aba abɛsi
“Dawid efie a abubu no bio.
Mɛsiesie ne baabi a asɛeɛ no,
na masi no sɛdeɛ na ɛteɛ no,
12na wɔafa Edom nkaeɛfoɔ no,
ne amanaman a me din da wɔn so.”
Awurade a waka no, ɔno na ɔbɛyɛ yeinom nyinaa.
13“Nna no reba,” sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie,
“A nnɔbaeɛ no bɛba ntɛm ama ɔtwafoɔ no,
na bobe no abu so ama deɛ ɔtiatia nsakyiamena no so no.
Nsa foforɔ bɛsɔne afiri mmepɔ no so
na atene wɔ nkokoɔ no nyinaa so.
14Mede me nkurɔfoɔ Israel nnommumfoɔ bɛsane aba.
“Wɔbɛsane asiesie nkuropɔn a asɛeɛ no na wɔatena mu.
Wɔbɛyɛ bobe nturo na wɔanom mu nsã;
wɔbɛyɛ mfikyifuo na wɔadi so nnuaba.
15Mede Israelfoɔ bɛdua wɔn ankasa asase so
a wɔrentu bio da
mfiri asase a mede ama wɔn no so,”
sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn seɛ nie.
