A Message About the Philistines
1This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:
2This is what the Lord says:
“See how the waters are rising in the north;
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail
3at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.
4For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre and Sidon.
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.47:4 That is, Crete
5Gaza will shave her head in mourning;
Ashkelon will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut yourselves?
6“ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.’
7But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”
Àṣọtẹ́lẹ̀ ní tí àwọn ará Filistini
147.1-7: Isa 14.29-31; El 25.15-17; Am 1.6-8; Sf 2.4-7; Sk 9.5-7.Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tó tọ wòlíì Jeremiah wá nípa àwọn Filistini, kí ó tó di pé Farao dojúkọ Gasa:
2Báyìí ni Olúwa wí:
“Wo bí omi ti ń ru sókè ní àríwá,
wọn ó di odò tí ń bo bèbè mọ́lẹ̀.
Wọn kò ní borí ilẹ̀ àti ohun gbogbo tó wà lórí rẹ̀,
ìlú àti àwọn tó ń gbé nínú wọn.
Àwọn ènìyàn yóò kígbe;
gbogbo olùgbé ilẹ̀ náà yóò hu
3Nígbà tí wọ́n bá gbọ́ ìró títẹ̀lé pátákò ẹsẹ̀ ẹṣin alágbára
nígbà tí wọ́n bá gbọ́ ariwo kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun ọ̀tá ńlá
àti iye kẹ̀kẹ́ wọn.
Àwọn baba kò ní lè ran àwọn ọmọ lọ́wọ́;
ọwọ́ wọn yóò kákò.
4Nítorí tí ọjọ́ náà ti pé
láti pa àwọn Filistini run,
kí a sì mú àwọn tí ó là
tí ó lè ran Tire àti Sidoni lọ́wọ́ kúrò.
Olúwa ti ṣetán láti pa Filistini run,
àwọn tí ó kù ní agbègbè Kafitori.
5Gasa yóò fá irun orí rẹ̀ nínú ọ̀fọ̀.
A ó pa Aṣkeloni lẹ́nu mọ́;
ìyókù ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀,
ìwọ yóò ti sá ara rẹ lọ́gbẹ́ pẹ́ tó?
6“Ẹ̀yin kígbe, ‘Yé è, idà Olúwa,
yóò ti pẹ́ tó tí ìwọ yóò sinmi?
Padà sínú àkọ̀ rẹ;
sinmi kí o sì dákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́.’
7Ṣùgbọ́n báwo ni yóò ṣe sinmi,
nígbà tí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún un,
nígbà tí ó ti pa á láṣẹ
láti dojúkọ Aṣkeloni àti agbègbè rẹ̀.”
