The Lord Will Judge Nineveh
1How terrible it will be for Nineveh!
It is a city of murderers!
It is full of liars!
It is filled with stolen goods!
The killing never stops!
2Whips crack!
Wheels clack!
Horses charge!
Chariots rumble!
3Horsemen attack!
Swords flash!
Spears gleam!
Many people die.
Dead bodies pile up.
They can’t even be counted.
People trip over them.
4All of that was caused by the evil desires
of the prostitute Nineveh.
That woman who practiced evil magic
was very beautiful.
She used her sinful charms
to make slaves out of the nations.
She worshiped evil powers
in order to trap others.
5“Nineveh, I am against you,”
announces the Lord who rules over all.
“I will pull your skirts up over your face.
I will show the nations your naked body.
Kingdoms will make fun of your shame.
6I will throw garbage at you.
I will look down on you.
I will make an example out of you.
7All those who see you will run away from you.
They will say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed.
Who will mourn over it?’
Where can I find someone
to comfort your people?”
8Nineveh, are you better than Thebes
on the Nile River?
There was water all around that city.
The river helped to keep it safe.
The waters were like a wall around it.
9Cush and Egypt gave it all the strength it needed.
Put and Libya also helped it.
10But Thebes was captured anyway.
Its people were taken away as prisoners.
Its babies were smashed to pieces
at every street corner.
The Assyrian soldiers cast lots
for all its nobles.
They put them in chains
and made slaves out of them.
11People of Nineveh, you too will get drunk.
You will try to hide from your enemies.
You will look for a place of safety.
12All your forts are like fig trees
that have their first ripe fruit on them.
When the trees are shaken,
the figs fall into the mouths
of those who eat them.
13Look at your troops.
All of them are weak.
The gates of your forts
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire has destroyed the bars that lock your gates.
14Prepare for the attack by storing up water!
Make your walls as strong as you can!
Make some bricks out of clay!
Mix the mud to hold them together!
Use them to repair the walls!
15In spite of all your hard work,
fire will burn you up inside your city.
Your enemies will cut you down with their swords.
They will destroy you
just as a swarm of locusts eats up crops.
Multiply like grasshoppers!
Increase your numbers like locusts!
16You have more traders
than the number of stars in the sky.
But like locusts they strip the land.
Then they fly away.
17Your guards are like grasshoppers.
Your officials are like swarms of locusts.
They settle in the walls on a cold day.
But when the sun appears, they fly away.
And no one knows where they go.
18King of Assyria, your leaders are asleep.
Your nobles lie down to rest.
Your people are scattered on the mountains.
No one is left to gather them together.
19Nothing can heal your wounds.
You will die of them.
All those who hear the news about you clap their hands.
That’s because you have fallen from power.
Is there anyone who has not suffered
because of how badly you treated them?
Mwanangĩko Ũtangĩgirĩrĩka Nineve
13:1 Ezek 22:2; Thab 12:2Kaĩ itũũra inene rĩa Nineve rĩrĩa rĩitaga thakame rĩrĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Itũũra rĩu rĩiyũrĩtwo nĩ maheeni
na indo cia ũtunyani,
na rĩtiagaga andũ moragĩtwo.
2Rĩ na mwanũko wa mĩcaarica,
na mũrurumo wa magũrũ ma ngaari,
na mbarathi itengʼerete,
na ngaari cia ita ikũrũgarũga!
33:3 Isa 34:3Thigari cia mbarathi irahithũka,
ikahenũkia hiũ cia njora
na matimũ marahenia!
Andũ aingĩ nĩmooragĩtwo,
gũkagĩa na hĩba cia arĩa makuĩte,
na ciimba itangĩtarĩka,
nao andũ makahĩngwo nĩ ciimba icio:
43:4 Isa 47:9; Ezek 16:25-29maũndũ maya mothe marekĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũingĩ wa merirĩria ma mũmaraya,
ũrĩa ũguucĩrĩirie mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio mũrogi,
ũrĩa watuire ndũrĩrĩ ngombo na ũmaraya wake,
na agĩtua kĩrĩndĩ ngombo na ũragũri wake.
53:5 Nahu 2:13; Isa 47:3Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ,
“Niĩ nĩngũgũũkĩrĩra.
Ngũkũheta nguo ikũhumbĩre ũthiũ.
Nguonia ndũrĩrĩ njaga yaku,
na ngũconorithie mbere ya mothamaki.
63:6 Jer 51:37; Isa 14:16Ngũgũikĩria gĩko kĩrĩ magigi,
ngũnyarare ũtuĩke kĩndũ gĩa kũmakania gĩkĩonwo nĩ andũ.
73:7 Jer 15:5; Isa 51:19Arĩa othe magaakuona nĩmakoora makiugaga atĩrĩ,
‘Hĩ, Nineve nĩrĩanange, nũũ ũkaarĩcakaĩra?’
Mũndũ wa gũkũhooreria-rĩ, ingĩmũruta kũ?”
83:8 Amos 6:2; Jer 46:25Wee-rĩ, ũkĩrĩ mwega gũkĩra Thebesi,3:8 Thebesi rĩarĩ itũũra inene rĩa mwena wa rũgongo wa Rũũĩ rwa Nili. No rĩo rĩetagwo No kana No-Amoni.
itũũra rĩrĩa rĩakĩtwo Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Nili,
o rĩo rĩrigiicĩirio nĩ maaĩ?
Rũũĩ rũu nĩruo rũrĩgitagĩra,
naruo rũthingo rwarĩo nĩ maaĩ macio.
93:9 Kĩam 10:6; Ezek 27:10Kushi na Misiri nĩcio ciarĩ hinya warĩo ũtangĩathirire;
Putu na Lubimu maarĩ amwe a thiritũ narĩo.
103:10 2Ath 8:12; Ayub 6:27; Jer 40:1No rĩrĩ, nĩrĩatahirwo,
na andũ aarĩo magĩthaamio.
Tũkenge twarĩo twatungumanirio,
tũgĩtuĩka icunjĩ magomano-inĩ mothe ma njĩra.
Mĩtĩ nĩyacuukĩirwo andũ aarĩo arĩa maarĩ igweta,
anene othe aarĩo makĩohwo na mĩnyororo.
11Wee nawe nĩũkarĩĩo,
na nĩũkoora, wĩhithe,
wethe kĩĩhitho ũũrĩre thũ ciaku.
12Ciĩhitho ciaku nũmu ciothe ihaana ta mĩtĩ ya mĩkũyũ,
ĩrĩ na ngũyũ iria ciambĩte kwĩrua,
yainainio-rĩ,
ngũyũ ikagũa kanua-inĩ ka mũrĩi.
133:13 Isa 19:16Tarora, mbũtũ ciaku cia ita,
hĩ, ciothe ihaana ta andũ-a-nja!
Ihingo cia bũrũri waku
nĩ hingũrĩre thũ ciaku biũ,
mĩgĩĩko yacio ĩgacinwo na mwaki.
143:14 Nahu 2:1; 2Maũ 32:4Taha maaĩ ũige, ũgaakorwo namo hĩndĩ ya kũrigiicĩrio,
ciĩgitĩro ciaku cia hinya ũcirũmie wega!
Haarĩria rĩũmba,
kia ndoro,
ũthondeke maturubarĩ.
153:15 Joel 1:4; 2Sam 2:26Kũu nĩkuo mwaki ũgaakũniinĩra,
na rũhiũ rwa njora rũgũtemenge ũthire biũ,
rũkũrĩe o ta ũrĩa ũngĩrĩĩo nĩ itono.
Ciaranai ta itono,
mũciarane, mũingĩhe ta ngigĩ!
16Onjoria aku ũmaingĩhĩtie,
makaingĩha gũkĩra njata cia igũrũ,
no mahaana ta ngigĩ iria cianangaga bũrũri,
igacooka ikeyũmbũkĩra.
173:17 Jer 51:27Arangĩri aku matariĩ ta ngigĩ,
anene aku nao nĩ ta mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ,
ĩrĩa yũmbaga thingo-inĩ ciaku mũthenya wa heho,
no riũa rĩara, ĩkombũka ĩgathiĩ,
na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmenya kũrĩa yathiĩ.
183:18 Thab 76:5-6; 1Ath 2:17Atĩrĩrĩ, wee mũthamaki wa Ashuri, arĩithi aku nĩmakomete;
andũ aku arĩa marĩ igweta nĩmahuurũkĩte.
Andũ aku othe mahurunjũkĩire irĩma-inĩ,
na gũtirĩ wa kũmacookanĩrĩria.
193:19 Jer 30:13; Maca 2:15Kĩronda gĩaku gĩtingĩhona;
nguraro yaku nĩ ya gũkũũraga.
Mũndũ o wothe ũiguĩte ũhoro waku
arahũũra hĩ tondũ nĩũgwĩte,
nũũ ũtarĩ wahutio
nĩ kĩnyariirano gĩaku gĩtarĩ mũthia?
