1
Karibuni, enyi mataifa, mpate kusikia; sikilizeni, enyi kabila za watu; dunia na isikie, nacho kiijazacho, ulimwengu na vitu vyote viutokavyo.
Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
2
Maana Bwana ana ghadhabu juu ya mataifa yote, na hasira kali juu ya jeshi lao lote; amewaangamiza kabisa, amewatoa waende kuchinjwa.
The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
3
Watu wao waliouawa watatupwa nje, na uvundo wa maiti zao utapaa juu, na milima itayeyushwa kwa damu yao.
Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
4
Na jeshi lote la mbinguni litafumuliwa, na mbingu zitakunjwa kama karatasi, na jeshi lao lote litanyauka kama vile jani la mzabibu linyaukavyo na kupukutika, na kama jani la mtini linyaukavyo na kupukutika.
All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
5
Maana upanga wangu umekunywa na kushiba mbinguni; tazama, utashukia Edomu, na juu ya watu wa laana yangu, ili kuwahukumu.
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
6
Upanga wa Bwana umeshiba damu, umenona kwa unono, kwa damu ya wana-kondoo na mbuzi, kwa mafuta ya figo za kondoo waume; maana Bwana ana dhabihu huko Bozra, machinjo makubwa katika nchi ya Edomu.
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7
Na nyati watatelemka pamoja nao, na mahasai pamoja na mafahali, na nchi yao italewa kwa damu, na mavumbi yake yatanoneshwa kwa shahamu.
And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
8
Maana ni siku ya kisasi cha Bwana, mwaka wa malipo, ili kushindania Sayuni.
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9
Na vijito vyake vitageuzwa kuwa lami, na mavumbi yake yatageuzwa kuwa kiberiti, na ardhi yake itakuwa lami iwakayo.
Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
10
Haitazimwa mchana wala usiku, moshi wake utapaa milele; tangu kizazi hata kizazi itakuwa ukiwa; hapana mtu atakayepita kati yake milele na milele.
It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
11
Kaati na nungu wataimiliki, bundi na kunguru watakaa huko, naye atanyosha juu yake kamba ya ukiwa na timazi ya utupu.
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
12
Watawaitia wakuu wake ufalme, lakini hawatakuwapo; wakuu wake wote wamekuwa si kitu.
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
13
Miiba itamea majumbani mwake, upupu na mbigili ndani ya maboma yake; nayo itakuwa kao la mbweha, na ua la mbuni.
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
14
Na hayawani wa nyikani watakutana na mbwa-mwitu, na beberu anamwita mwenziwe; naam, babewatoto anakaa huko na kujipatia raha.
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
15
Huko pili atafanya kioto chake na kuzaa na kuotamia, na kukusanya watoto wake katika kivuli chake; naam, huko watakusanyika tai, kila mmoja na mwenzake.
There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
16
Tafuteni katika kitabu cha Bwana mkasome; hapana katika hao wote atakayekosa kuwapo, hapana mmoja atakayemkosa mwenzake; kwa maana kinywa changu kimeamuru, na roho yake imewakusanya.
Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
17
Naye amewapigia kura, na mkono wake umewagawanyia kwa kamba; wataimiliki hata milele, watakaa ndani yake kizazi hata kizazi.
He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.