A Prophecy Against Cush
1How terrible it will be for the land
whose armies are like large numbers of flying insects!
That land is along the rivers of Cush.
2Its people send messengers on the Nile River.
They travel over the water in papyrus boats.
Messengers, hurry back home!
Go back to your people,
who are tall and have smooth skin.
Everyone is afraid of them.
They are warriors whose language is different from ours.
Their land is divided up by rivers.
3Pay attention, all you people of the world!
Listen, all you who live on earth!
Banners will be lifted up on the mountains.
And you will see them.
Trumpets will be blown.
And you will hear them.
4The Lord says to me,
“I will look down from heaven, where I live.
I will be as quiet as summer heat in the sunshine.
I will be as quiet as a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5A farmer cuts off new growth with pruning knives.
He cuts down spreading branches and takes them away.
He does it before the grapes are harvested.
That’s when the blooms are gone and the grapes are ripe.
In the same way, the Lord will cut off the nations
that are gathered against his people.
6Their dead bodies will be left for the birds of the mountains to eat.
They will be left for the wild animals.
The birds will eat the dead bodies all summer long.
The wild animals will eat them all through the winter.
7At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord who rules over all.
The people who are tall and have smooth skin will bring them.
Everyone is afraid of those people.
They are warriors whose language is different from ours.
Their land is divided up by rivers.
They will bring their gifts to Mount Zion. That’s where the Lord who rules over all has put his Name.
에티오피아에 대한 예언
1나일강 상류에 날개치는 소리가 들리는 땅이 있으니
2그 땅에서 사절단이 갈대로 만든 배를 타고 나일강으로 내려오 는구나. 날쌘 사자들아, 집으로 돌아가거라. 땅이 강으로 나누어진 나라, 막강하여 다른 민족을 짓밟는 너희 나라로 돌아가거라. 키가 크고 탄력 있는 피부를 가진 백성, 온 세상을 두렵게 하던 너희 백성에게 돌아가거라.
3세상에 사는 모든 사람들아, 들어라! 산꼭대기에 기를 세우거든 너희는 그것을 보고, 나팔을 불거든 그 소리에 귀를 기울여라.
4여호와께서 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “추수 때의 따뜻한 밤에 이슬이 말없이 맺히고 한낮에 햇볕이 소리 없이 내리쬐듯이 내가 하늘에서 조용히 내려다보리라.
5추수하기 전, 꽃이 떨어지고 포도가 맺혀 익어갈 때에 한창 뻗어 나가는 포도나무 가지를 잘라 버리듯이 내가 앗시리아군을 쳐서
6그들의 시체를 독수리와 들짐승에게 던져 줄 것이니 여름에는 독수리가 먹고 겨울에는 들짐승이 먹을 것이다.”
7땅이 강으로 나누어진 나라, 막강하여 다른 민족을 짓밟는 나라, 키가 크고 탄력 있는 피부를 가진 백성, 온 세상을 두렵게 하던 이 나라 백성들에게 전능하신 여호와께서 예물을 받을 날이 있을 것이니 그들이 전능하신 여호와가 경배를 받으시는 시온산을 찾을 것이다.
