1
Ole wa nchi ya uvumi wa mabawa, Iliyoko mbali kupita mito ya Kushi;
Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
2
Ipelekayo wajumbe wake kwa njia ya bahari, Na katika vyombo vya manyasi juu ya maji. Nendeni, wajumbe wepesi,kwa watu warefu,laini; Watu watishao tangu mwanzo wao hata sasa; Taifa la wenye nguvu,wakanyagao watu, Ambao mito inakata nchi yao.
which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
3
Enyi watu mkaao katika ulimwengu wote, na wenyeji wa dunia, bendera ikiinuliwa milimani, angalieni; na wakipiga tarumbeta, sikieni.
All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
4
Maana Bwana ameniambia hivi, Mimi nitatulia, na kuangalia katika makazi yangu, kama wakati wa mwangaza mweupe wa jua kali, mfano wa wingu la umande katika hari ya mavuno.
For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5
Maana kabla ya mavuno, maua yaangukapo, na maua yakawa zabibu zianzazo kuiva, ndipo atakapoyakata matawi kwa miundu, na kuviondoa vitawi vilivyopanuka na kuvikata.
For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.
6
Wote pamoja wataachiwa ndege wakali wa milimani, na hayawani wa nchi; ndege wakali watakaa juu yao wakati wa jua, na hayawani wote wa nchi watakaa juu yao wakati wa baridi.
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
7
Wakati huo Bwana wa majeshi ataletewa hedaya na watu warefu, laini; Watu watishao tangu mwanzo wao hata sasa; Taifa la wenye nguvu, wakanyagao watu, Ambao mito inakata nchi yao; mpaka mahali pa jina la Bwana wa majeshi,mlima Sayuni.
At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.