1
Pelekeni wana-kondoo, kodi yake aitawalaye nchi toka Sela kuelekea jangwani, mpaka mlima wa binti Sayuni.
Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
2
Na binti za Moabu watakuwa kama ndege warukao huko na huko, kama kioto cha ndege waliotiwa hofu, kwenye vivuko vya Arnoni.
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
3
Lete shauri; kata neno; fanya kivuli chako kuwa kama usiku kati ya mchana; wafiche waliofukuzwa; usiwachongee waliopotea.
“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
4
Watu wangu waliofukuzwa waache wakae pamoja nawe; katika habari za Moabu, uwe sitara kwake mbele ya uso wake anayeharibu; maana yeye atozaye kwa nguvu amekoma; afanyaye ukiwa ametoweka; waliokanyaga watu wametoka katika nchi.
Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
5
Na kiti cha enzi kitafanywa imara kwa rehema; na mmoja ataketi juu yake katika kweli, katika hema ya Daudi; akifanya hukumu, akitaka sana yaliyo haki, mwepesi wa kutenda haki.
in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
6
Tumesikia habari za kiburi cha Moabu, ya kwamba ni mwenye kiburi kingi; habari za majivuno yake, na kiburi chake, na ghadhabu yake; majivuno yake si kitu.
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
7
Kwa sababu hiyo Moabu atalia kwa ajili ya Moabu, kila mmoja atalia, maana mtaiombolezea mikate ya zabibu ya Kir-Haresethi, mkipigwa sana.
Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
8
Maana makonde ya Heshboni yamenyauka, na mzabibu wa Sibma; mabwana wa mataifa wameyavunja matawi yake mateule; yamefika hata Yazeri, yalitanga-tanga hata nyikani; matawi yake yalitapakaa, yaliivuka bahari.
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
9
Basi, naililia mizabibu ya Sibma kwa kilio cha Yazeri, nitawanyeshea machozi yangu, Ee Heshboni na Eleale, kwa kuwa kelele za vita zimeyaangukia mavuno ya matunda yako, na mavuno ya mizabibu yako.
So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
10
Na furaha imeondolewa, na shangwe toka mashamba yaliyozaa sana; hapana kuimba katika mashamba ya mizabibu, wala sauti za furaha; akanyagaye hakanyagi divai katika mashinikizo; nimeikomesha sauti ya furaha yake akanyagaye.
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
11
Kwa sababu hiyo mtima wangu unamlilia Moabu kama kinubi, na matumbo yangu kwa ajili ya Kir-Heresi.
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
12
Tena itakuwa, Moabu akionekana, na kujichosha kwa kulia juu ya mahali pa juu, na kuingia katika patakatifu pake aombe, hatapata kushinda.
When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
13
Hilo ndilo neno lile alilolisema Bwana juu ya Moabu zamani.
This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
14
Lakini sasa Bwana asema hivi, Katika muda wa miaka mitatu, kama miaka ya mtu wa mshahara, utukufu wa Moabu utadharauliwa, pamoja na wingi wake wote; mabaki yake yatakuwa machache sana, kama si kitu kabisa.
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”