The Lord Will Destroy Nineveh
1Nineveh, armies are coming to attack you.
Guard the forts!
Watch the roads!
Get ready!
Gather all your strength!
2Assyria once took everything of value from God’s people.
Its army destroyed all their vines.
But the Lord will bring back
the glory of Jacob’s people.
He’ll make Israel glorious again.
3The shields of the soldiers are red.
The warriors are dressed in bright red uniforms.
The metal on their chariots flashes
when they are prepared for war.
Their spears made out of juniper are ready to use.
4The chariots race through the main streets.
They rush back and forth through them.
They look like flaming torches.
They dart around like lightning.
5Nineveh sends for their special troops.
But they trip and fall on their way.
They run toward the city wall.
They keep their shield in front of them.
6The attackers open the gates that hold back
the waters of the river.
And the palace falls down.
7The attackers order that Nineveh’s people
be taken away as prisoners.
The female slaves sound like doves as they mourn.
They beat their chests.
8Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop running away!” someone cries out.
But no one turns back.
9“Steal the silver!” the attackers shout.
“Grab the gold!”
The supply is endless.
There is plenty of wealth
among all the city’s treasures.
10Nineveh is destroyed, robbed and stripped!
Hearts melt away in fear.
Knees give way.
Bodies tremble with fear.
Everyone’s face turns pale.
11Assyria is like a lion.
Where is the lions’ den now?
Where did they feed their cubs?
Where did all the lions go?
In their den they had nothing to fear.
12The lion killed enough for his cubs to eat.
He choked what he caught for his mate.
He filled his home with what he had killed.
He brought to his dens what he had caught.
13“Nineveh, I am against you,”
announces the Lord who rules over all.
“I will burn up your chariots with fire.
Your young lions will be killed by swords.
I will leave you nothing on earth to catch.
The voices of your messengers
will no longer be heard.”
Ninewe Asehweɛ
1Ɔtohyɛsoɔni reba wo so, Ninewe
bɔ aban no ho ban,
wɛn ɛkwan no,
bɔ wo ho so
na boa wʼahoɔden nyinaa ano!
2Awurade de Yakob animuonyam bɛsane ama no
te sɛ Israel deɛ no,
ɛwom sɛ, asɛefoɔ no ama ada mpan
na wɔasɛe ne bobe mfuo.
3Asraafoɔ no akokyɛm yɛ kɔkɔɔ;
akofoɔ no hyehyɛ kɔben akotaadeɛ.
Nnadeɛ a wɔde yɛɛ nteaseɛnam no
twa nyinam nyinam sɛ da a wɔyɛeɛ no;
mpea a wapoma wɔ nnua so no rehim.
4Nteaseɛnam no twi fa mmɔntene so,
na wɔdi akɔneaba.
Wɔte sɛ ogyatɛn a ɛrederɛ;
wɔbɔ yerɛdɛ te sɛ anyinam.
5Ɔfrɛfrɛɛ nʼakofoɔ a wodi mu
nanso wɔsuntisunti wɔ ɛkwan mu.
Wɔde mmirika kɔ kuropɔn no afasuo ho;
na wɔyɛ wɔn akokyɛm krado.
6Wɔbuebue asubɔnten apono no,
na ahemfie no dwiri gu fam.
7Wɔhyɛ mmaraden sɛ
wɔmfa kuropɔn no nnommum
na wɔmfa wɔn nkɔ.
Ne mfenaa de wɔn nsa gu wɔn koko so
su te sɛ mmorɔnoma.
8Ninewe te sɛ ɔtadeɛ a
emu nsuo resene korɔ.
Woteam sɛ, “Monnyina hɔ! Monnyina hɔ!”
Nanso, obiara ansane nʼakyi.
9Momfom dwetɛ no!
Momfom sikakɔkɔɔ no!
Ahonyadeɛ a ɛwɔ akoradan mu nyinaa!
Na ahonyadeɛ no dɔɔso.
10Wɔabɔ Ninewe korɔno, wɔayɛ no pasaa!
Akoma boto, na nkotodwe woso woso,
nnipa ho popo na wɔn anim to hoa.
11Seesei ɛhe na gyatabuo no wɔ,
baabi a wɔma wɔn mma aduane no,
baabi a gyatanini ne gyatabereɛ korɔ
na wɔn mma nso kɔ a wɔnsuro?
12Gyata akum deɛ ɛbɛmee ne mma.
Wabobɔ ahaboa ama gyatabereɛ no.
Ɔde deɛ wakum ahyɛ ne bɔn ma
na ɔde ahaboa ahyɛ nʼatuo mama.
13“Me ne wo nnka,”
sɛdeɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ ni,
“Mɛhye wo nteaseɛnam na adane wisie
na akofena bɛkunkum wʼagyata mma.
Merennya wo ahaboa biara wɔ asase so.
Wɔrente wʼasomafoɔ no nne bio.”
