1
Ufunuo juu ya Moabu. Maana katika usiku mmoja Ari wa Moabu umeharibiwa kabisa na kuangamizwa; maana katika usiku mmoja Kiri wa Moabu umeharibiwa kabisa na kuangamizwa.
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
2
Wanapanda juu hata Bayithi na Diboni, mpaka mahali palipo juu ili walie; juu ya Nebo na juu ya Medeba Wamoabi wanalia; Wana upaa juu ya vichwa vyao vyote; kila ndevu zimenyolewa.
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
3
Wanajivika nguo za magunia katika njia kuu zao; juu ya dari zao, na katika mitaa yao, kila mtu analia, anamwaga machozi.
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
4
Heshboni analia na Eleale; mpaka Yahasa sauti ya kulia kwao inasikiwa; hata watu wa Moabu waliovaa silaha wanapiga kelele sana kwa sababu hiyo; nafsi yake inatetemeka ndani yake.
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
5
Moyo wangu unamlilia Moabu; wakuu wake wanakimbilia Soari kama ndama wa miaka mitatu; kwa maana wanapanda mbavu za Luhithi wakilia; maana katika njia iendayo hata Horonaimu wanapaliza sauti ya kukata tamaa.
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
6
Kwa maana maji ya Nimrimu yamekuwa mahali palipoharibika, kwa kuwa majani yamekauka, miche imenyauka, majani mabichi yamekoma.
The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
7
Kwa hiyo vitu walivyojipatia tele, na akiba yao, wanavichukua hata kijito cha mierebi.
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
8
Maana kilio hicho kimezunguka mipaka ya Moabu, malalamiko yao yamefika hata Eglaimu, na malalamiko yao hata Beer-Elimu.
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
9
Maana maji ya Dimoni yamejaa damu; maana ninaweka tayari msiba mpya juu ya Dimoni, simba juu ya watu wa Moabu waliokimbia, na juu ya mabaki yao.
The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.