Judgment Against the Nations
1Come near, you nations, and listen;
pay attention, you peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
the world, and all that comes out of it!
2The Lord is angry with all nations;
his wrath is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy34:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5. them,
he will give them over to slaughter.
3Their slain will be thrown out,
their dead bodies will stink;
the mountains will be soaked with their blood.
4All the stars in the sky will be dissolved
and the heavens rolled up like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall
like withered leaves from the vine,
like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
5My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,
the people I have totally destroyed.
6The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood,
it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah
and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7And the wild oxen will fall with them,
the bull calves and the great bulls.
Their land will be drenched with blood,
and the dust will be soaked with fat.
8For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.
9Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her dust into burning sulfur;
her land will become blazing pitch!
10It will not be quenched night or day;
its smoke will rise forever.
From generation to generation it will lie desolate;
no one will ever pass through it again.
11The desert owl34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain. and screech owl34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain. will possess it;
the great owl34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain. and the raven will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom
the measuring line of chaos
and the plumb line of desolation.
12Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
all her princes will vanish away.
13Thorns will overrun her citadels,
nettles and brambles her strongholds.
She will become a haunt for jackals,
a home for owls.
14Desert creatures will meet with hyenas,
and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures will also lie down
and find for themselves places of rest.
15The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
she will hatch them, and care for her young
under the shadow of her wings;
there also the falcons will gather,
each with its mate.
16Look in the scroll of the Lord and read:
None of these will be missing,
not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth that has given the order,
and his Spirit will gather them together.
17He allots their portions;
his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
and dwell there from generation to generation.
Hukumu Dhidi Ya Mataifa
134:1 Isa 43:9; Kum 4:26; 32:1; Za 24:1; Isa 33:13Njooni karibu, enyi mataifa, nanyi msikilize;
sikilizeni kwa makini,
enyi kabila za watu!
Dunia na isikie, navyo vyote vilivyo ndani yake,
ulimwengu na vyote vitokavyo ndani yake!
234:2 Isa 13:5; Zek 5:3; Isa 10:25; 30:25Bwana ameyakasirikia mataifa yote;
ghadhabu yake ni juu ya majeshi yao yote.
Atawaangamiza kabisa,
atawatia mikononi mwa wachinjaji.
334:3 Yoe 2:20; Amo 4:10; Eze 38:22; Isa 5:25; Za 110:6; Eze 5:17; 14:19Waliouawa watatupwa nje,
maiti zao zitatoa uvundo,
milima itatota kwa damu zao.
434:4 2Pet 3:10; Yoe 2:31; Eze 32:7-8; Ay 9:7; Ufu 6:13; Isa 13:13; Mt 24:29; Ay 8:12; Mk 13:15; Isa 15:6; Ebr 1:12Nyota zote za mbinguni zitayeyuka
na anga litasokotwa kama kitabu,
jeshi lote la angani litaanguka
kama majani yaliyonyauka kutoka kwenye mzabibu,
kama tini iliyonyauka kutoka kwenye mtini.
534:5 Yer 49:7; 46:10; Zek 13:7; 2Sam 8:13-14; Yos 6:17; Kum 32:41-42; Amo 3:14-15; Yer 47:6; Eze 21:5; 2Nya 28:17; Amo 1:11-12; 6:11; Mal 1:4Upanga wangu umekunywa na kushiba huko mbinguni,
tazama, unashuka katika hukumu juu ya Edomu,
wale watu ambao nimeshawahukumu,
kuwaangamiza kabisa.
634:6 Kum 32:41; Law 3:9; Mwa 36:33; Isa 30:25; Yer 25:34; Ufu 19:17Upanga wa Bwana umeoga katika damu,
umefunikwa na mafuta ya nyama:
damu ya kondoo na mbuzi,
mafuta kutoka figo za kondoo dume.
Kwa maana Bwana ana dhabihu huko Bosra,
na machinjo makuu huko Edomu.
734:7 Hes 23:22; Za 68:30; 2Sam 1:22Nyati wataanguka pamoja nao,
ndama waume na mafahali wakubwa.
Nchi yao italowana kwa damu,
nayo mavumbi yataloa mafuta ya nyama.
834:8 Isa 2:12; 1:24; 59:18; Yoe 3:4; Eze 25:12-17; Amo 1:6-10Kwa sababu Bwana anayo siku ya kulipiza kisasi,
mwaka wa malipo,
siku ya kushindania shauri la Sayuni.
934:9 Mwa 19:24Vijito vya Edomu vitageuka kuwa lami,
mavumbi yake yatakuwa kiberiti kiunguzacho,
nchi yake itakuwa lami iwakayo!
1034:10 Ufu 14:10-11; 19:3; Yer 49:18; Mal 1:3; Isa 13:20; Eze 29:12; 35:3Haitazimishwa usiku wala mchana,
moshi wake utapaa juu milele.
Kutoka kizazi hadi kizazi itakuwa ukiwa,
hakuna mtu yeyote atakayepita huko tena.
1134:11 Law 11:16-18; Ufu 18:2; Mao 2:8; Amo 7:8; Kum 14:15-17; Yoe 3:19; 2Fal 21:13Bundi wa jangwani na bundi mwenye sauti nyembamba wataimiliki,
bundi wakubwa na kunguru wataweka viota humo.
Mungu atanyoosha juu ya Edomu
kamba ya kupimia ya machafuko matupu,
na timazi ya ukiwa.
1234:12 Isa 41:11-12; Za 107:10; Ay 12:21; Isa 40:23; Eze 24:5; Yer 39:6Watu wake wa kuheshimiwa hawatakuwa na chochote
kitakachoitwa ufalme huko,
nao wakuu wao wote watatoweka.
1334:13 Hos 9:6; Isa 32:13; 13:22; Yer 9:11; Isa 7:19; Za 44:19Miiba itaenea katika ngome za ndani,
viwawi na michongoma itaota
kwenye ngome zake.
Itakuwa maskani ya mbweha,
makao ya bundi.
1434:14 Za 74:14; Isa 13:22; Ufu 18:2Viumbe vya jangwani vitakutana na fisi,
nao mbuzi-mwitu watalia wakiitana;
huko viumbe vya usiku vitastarehe pia
na kujitafutia mahali pa kupumzika.
1534:15 Za 17:8; Kum 14:13Bundi wataweka viota huko na kutaga mayai,
atayaangua na kutunza makinda yake
chini ya uvuli wa mabawa yake;
pia huko vipanga watakusanyika,
kila mmoja na mwenzi wake.
1634:16 Isa 30:8; Dan 7:10; Isa 1:20; 58:14; 48:13Angalieni katika gombo la Bwana na msome:
Hakuna hata mmoja katika hawa atakayekosekana,
hakuna hata mmoja atakayemkosa mwenzi wake.
Kwa kuwa ni kinywa chake Mungu kimeagiza,
na Roho wake atawakusanya pamoja.
1734:17 Za 78:55; Isa 17:14; Yer 13:25Huwagawia sehemu zao,
mkono wake huwagawanyia kwa kipimo.
Wataimiliki hata milele
na kuishi humo kutoka kizazi hadi kizazi.
