The Lord Will Judge Judah and Jerusalem Along With the Nations
God Calls Judah to Turn Away From Their Sins
1Gather together,
you shameful nation of Judah!
Gather yourselves together!
2Come together before the Lord’s judgment arrives.
The day of the Lord’s judgment will sweep in
like straw blown by the wind.
Soon the Lord’s great anger will come against you.
The day of his wrath will come against you.
3So look to him, all you people in the land
who worship him faithfully.
You always do what he commands you to do.
Continue to do what is right.
Don’t be proud.
Then perhaps the Lord will keep you safe
on the day he pours out his anger on the world.
A Message About Philistia
4Gaza will be deserted.
Ashkelon will be destroyed.
Ashdod will be emptied out at noon.
Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.
5How terrible it will be for you Kerethites
who live by the Mediterranean Sea!
Philistia, the Lord has spoken against you.
What happened to Canaan will happen to you.
The Lord says, “I will destroy you.
No one will be left.”
6The land by the sea will become grasslands.
It will have wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.
7That land will belong to those who are still left alive
among the people of Judah.
They will find grasslands there.
They will take over
the houses in Ashkelon and live in them.
The Lord their God will take care of them.
He will bless them with great success again.
A Message About Moab and Ammon
8The Lord says,
“I have heard Moab make fun of my people.
The Ammonites also laughed at them.
They told them that bad things
would happen to their land.
9So Moab will become like Sodom,”
announces the Lord who rules over all.
“Ammon will be like Gomorrah.
Weeds and salt pits will cover those countries.
They will be dry and empty deserts forever.
Those who are still left alive among my people
will take all their valuable things.
So they will receive those lands as their own.
And that is just as sure as I am alive.”
The Lord is the God of Israel.
10Moab and Ammon will be judged
because they are so proud.
They made fun of the Lord’s people.
They laughed at them.
11The Lord who rules over all will terrify Moab and Ammon.
He will destroy all the gods on earth.
Then distant nations will bow down to him.
All of them will serve him in their own lands.
A Message About Cush
12The Lord says, “People of Cush,
you too will die by my sword.”
A Message About Assyria
13The Lord will reach out his powerful hand against the north.
He will destroy Assyria.
He’ll leave Nineveh totally empty.
It will be as dry as a desert.
14Flocks and herds will lie down there.
So will creatures of every kind.
Desert owls and screech owls
will rest on its pillars.
The sound of their hooting will echo through the windows.
The doorways will be full of trash.
The cedar beams will be showing.
15Nineveh was a carefree city.
It lived in safety.
It said to itself,
“I am the one!
No one is greater than I am.”
But it has been destroyed.
Wild animals make their home there.
All those who pass by laugh
and shake their fists at it.
12:1 Joel 1:14; Jer 3:3Mwĩcookanĩrĩriei hamwe, mwĩcookanĩrĩriei hamwe
inyuĩ rũrĩrĩ rũrũ rũtarĩ thoni.
22:2 Isa 17:13; Jer 4:4Mwĩcookanĩrĩriei mbere ya ihinda rĩrĩa rĩtuĩtwo gũkinya,
mũthenya ũcio ũmũkorerere ta ũrĩa mũũngũ ũmbũragwo nĩ rũhuho,
mbere ya marakara mahiũ ma Jehova mamũkore,
mbere ya mũthenya ũcio wa mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova kũmũkora.
32:3 Amos 5:6; Isa 1:17Cariai Jehova, inyuĩ andũ othe arĩa enyiihia a bũrũri,
inyuĩ arĩa mwĩkaga ũrĩa aathanĩte.
Mwĩcarĩriei ũthingu, mwĩcarĩriei kwĩnyiihia;
no gũkorwo nĩmũkagitĩrwo
mũthenya ũcio wa marakara ma Jehova.
Ũrathi wa Gũũkĩrĩra Filistia
42:4 Amos 1:6-8; Zek 9:5-7Itũũra rĩa Gaza nĩrĩgatiganĩrio,
narĩo itũũra rĩa Ashikeloni rĩanangwo.
Andũ a Ashidodi makaarutũrũrwo mũthenya barigici,
narĩo itũũra rĩa Ekironi rĩthario ta mũtĩ ũkũmunywo.
52:5 1Sam 30:14; Amos 3:1Inyuĩ arĩa mũtũũraga ndwere-inĩ cia iria,
o inyuĩ Akerethi, kaĩ mũrĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova nĩ ĩgũũkĩrĩire,
wee Kaanani, bũrũri wa Afilisti.
“Nĩngakũniina,
na gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe ũgaatigara.”
6Bũrũri ũcio ũrĩ ndwere-inĩ cia iria, o kũu Akerethi matũũraga,
gũgaatuĩka kũndũ gwa gwakwo ithũnũ cia arĩithi, na ciugũ cia ngʼondu.
7Bũrũri ũcio ũgaatuĩka wa matigari ma nyũmba ya Juda;
kũu nĩkuo makoona ũrĩithio.
Hwaĩ-inĩ magaakomaga nyũmba cia Ashikeloni.
Nake Jehova Ngai wao nĩakamamenyerera, na atũme magaacĩre rĩngĩ.
Ũrathi wa Gũũkĩrĩra Moabi na Amoni
82:8 Ezek 25:3; Maca 3:61“Nĩnjiguĩte irumi cia Moabi
na inyũrũri cia Aamoni,
acio maarumire andũ akwa
na makĩĩhĩta gũũkĩrĩra bũrũri wao.”
92:9 Gũcook 29:23; Jer 49:1-6; 2Ath 19:31Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ,
“Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ,
Moabi gũgaatuĩka o ta Sodomu,
naguo bũrũri wa Aamoni ũtuĩke ta Gomora,
kũndũ kwa riya, na marima ma cumbĩ,
kũndũ gũtakũraga kĩndũ kuuma tene.
Matigari ma andũ akwa nĩmakaamataha;
nao andũ a rũrĩrĩ rwakwa arĩa makaahonoka nĩmakagaya bũrũri wao.”
10Maũndũ macio nĩmakamakora nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩtĩĩo wao,
na nĩ ũndũ wa kũruma na kũnyũrũria andũ a Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
112:11 Joel 2:11; Zef 3:9Jehova nĩagetigĩrwo nĩo
rĩrĩa akaananga ngai ciothe cia bũrũri ũcio.
Ndũrĩrĩ iria irĩ hũgũrũrũ-inĩ ciothe cia iria nĩikamũhooya,
o rũrĩrĩ rũrĩ bũrũri waruo kĩũmbe.
Ũrathi wa Gũũkĩrĩra Kushi
12“O na inyuĩ, andũ a Kushi,
nĩmũkooragwo na rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora.”
Ũrathi wa Gũũkĩrĩra Ashuri
132:13 Nahu 1:1; Mik 5:6Nĩagatambũrũkia guoko gwake okĩrĩre andũ a gathigathini
na aniine Ashuri,
atige Nineve gũkirĩte ihooru,
na kũũmagarĩte o ta werũ.
142:14 Kũg 18:2Ndũũru cia mbũri na ngʼombe igaakoma kuo,
hamwe na ciũmbe cia mĩthemba yothe.
Ndundu cia werũ na ndundu iria ngʼambi
nĩikomba itugĩ-inĩ ciakuo.
Kayũ ka mĩgambo yacio gakaiguuagwo ndirica-inĩ,
hĩba cia mahiga igaakorwo mĩrango-inĩ,
nayo mĩgamba ya mĩtarakwa ĩtigwo ũtheri.
152:15 Isa 47:8; Ezek 27:36Rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo itũũra rĩrĩa rĩratũire na gĩkeno,
o na rĩtarĩ na ũgwati.
Rĩrĩa rĩeĩĩraga atĩrĩ,
“Niĩ no niĩ, na gũtirĩ ũngĩ tiga niĩ.”
Kaĩ nĩrĩkĩanangĩtwo,
rĩgatuĩka o kĩmamo kĩa nyamũ cia gĩthaka-ĩ!
Arĩa othe mahĩtũkagĩra harĩ rĩo
no kũrĩnyũrũria na kũrĩorota.
