Ufunuo juu ya bara ya bahari. Kama tufani za Negebu zikaribiavyo kwa kasi,inakuja kutoka bara,toka nchi itishayo.
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
Nimeonyeshwa maono magumu; atendaye hila anatenda hila, mharibu anaharibu. Panda juu, Ee Elamu; husuru, Ee Umedi; mimi ninakomesha maombolezo yake yote.
A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; besiege, Media; all the sighing of it have I made to cease.
Kwa sababu hiyo viuno vyangu vimejaa maumivu, utungu umenishika, kama utungu wa mwanamke azaaye; ninaumwa sana, nisiweze kusikia; nimefadhaishwa wa hofu, nisiweze kuona.
Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I can't hear; I am dismayed so that I can't see.
Moyo wangu unapiga-piga, utisho umenitaabisha, gizagiza la jioni nilipendalo limegeuka likanitetemesha.
My heart flutters, horror has frightened me; the twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
Wanaandika meza, wanaweka ulinzi, wanakula, wanakunywa. Simameni, enyi wakuu, itieni ngao mafuta.
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, you princes, anoint the shield.
Maana Bwana ameniambia hivi, Enenda, weka mlinzi; aonayo na ayatangaze.
For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he sees:
Naye akiona kundi la wapanda farasi, wakienda wawili wawili, na kundi la punda, na kundi la ngamia; asikilize sana, akijitahidi kusikiliza.
and when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with much heed.
Ndipo akalia kama simba, Ee Bwana, mimi nasimama daima juu ya mnara wakati wa mchana, na kila usiku ninakaa katika zamu ya ulinzi wangu.
He cried as a lion: Lord, I stand continually on the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
Na, tazama, linakuja kundi la watu, wapanda farasi, wakienda wawili wawili. Akajibu na kusema, Babeli umeanguka, umeanguka; na sanamu zote za miungu yake zimevunjwa chini.
and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. He answered, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
Ewe niliyekufikicha, na nafaka ya sakafu yangu; Hayo niliyoyasikia kwa Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, nimewapasha habari zake.
You my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you.
Ufunuo juu ya Duma. Mtu ananililia toka Seiri, Ee mlinzi, habari gani za usiku? Ee mlinzi, habari gani za usiku?
The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Mlinzi akasema, Mchana unakuja na usiku pia; mkitaka kuuliza, ulizeni; njoni tena.
The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."
Ufunuo juu ya Arabuni. Ndani ya msitu wa Arabuni mtalala, Enyi misafara ya Wadedani.
The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.
Waleteeni wenye kiu maji, Enyi wenyeji wa nchi ya Tema; Nendeni kuwalaki wakimbiao na chakula chao.
To him who was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
Kwa maana wanakimbia mbele ya panga, Upanga uliofutwa, na upinde uliopindwa, Na mbele ya ukali wa vita.
For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
Kwa sababu Bwana ameniambia hivi, Katika muda wa mwaka, kama miaka ya mtu mwenye kuajiriwa, utaangamia utukufu wote wa Kedari.
For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
Na mabaki ya hesabu ya wavuta pinde, hao mashujaa wa Kedari watakuwa wachache; maana Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, amenena neno hili.
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.