1
Jikusanyeni, naam, jikusanyeni, Ee taifa lisilo na haya;
Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,
2
kabla haijazaa hiyo amri, kabla haijapita siku ile kama makapi, kabla haijawajilia hasira kali ya Bwana, kabla haijawajilia siku ya hasira ya Bwana.
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
3
Mtafuteni Bwana, enyi nyote mlio wanyenyekevu wa dunia, ninyi mliozitenda hukumu zake; itafuteni haki, utafuteni unyenyekevu; huenda mtafichwa katika siku ya hasira ya Bwana.
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
4
Kwa kuwa Gaza utaachwa, na Ashkeloni utakuwa ukiwa; wataufukuzia mbali Ashdodi wakati wa adhuhuri, na Ekroni utang'olewa.
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
5
Ole wao wakaao karibu na pwani ya bahari, taifa la Wakerethi! Neno la Bwana li juu yenu, Ee Kanaani, nchi ya Wafilisti; mimi nitakuangamiza, asibaki mtu akaaye kwako.
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
6
Na hiyo nchi ya pwani itakuwa malisho, yenye vibanda vya wachungaji, na mazizi ya makundi ya kondoo.
So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
7
Na hiyo nchi ya pwani itakuwa nchi ya watu wa nyumba ya Yuda waliosalia; watalisha makundi yao huko; watalala katika nyumba za Ashkeloni wakati wa jioni; kwa maana Bwana, Mungu wao, atawajilia na kuwarudisha wafungwa wao.
The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
8
Mimi nimeyasikia matukano ya Moabu, na dhihaka za wana wa Amoni, ambazo kwa hizo wamewatukana watu wangu, na kujitukuza juu ya mpaka wao.
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
9
Basi kama niishivyo, asema Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, Hakika Moabu atakuwa kama Sodoma, na wana wa Amoni kama Gomora, yaani, milki ya upupu, na mashimo ya chumvi, ukiwa wa daima; watu wangu waliosalia watawateka nyara, na watu wa taifa langu waliobaki watawarithi.
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
10
Mambo hayo yatawapata kwa sababu ya kiburi chao, kwa kuwa wamewatukana watu wa Bwana wa majeshi, na kujitukuza juu yao.
This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
11
Bwana atakuwa mwenye kuwatisha sana; kwa maana atawafisha kwa njaa miungu yote ya dunia; na watu watamsujudia yeye, kila mtu toka mahali pake; naam, nchi zote za mataifa.
The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
12
Na ninyi Wakushi pia, mtauawa kwa upanga wangu.
“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
13
Naye atanyosha mkono wake juu ya upande wa kaskazini, na kuiangamiza Ashuru; naye ataufanya Ninawi kuwa ukiwa, kuwa mahali pakavu kama jangwa.
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
14
Na makundi ya wanyama watalala kati yake, wanyama wote wa mataifa; mwari-nyuni na nungu watakaa juu ya vichwa vya nguzo zake; sauti yao itasikiwa madirishani; vizingitini mwake mtakuwa ukiwa; kwa maana ameifunua kazi ya mierezi.
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
15
Huu ndio mji ule wa furaha, Uliokaa pasipo kufikiri, Uliosema moyoni mwake, Mimi niko, Wala hapana mwingine ila mimi. Jinsi ulivyokuwa ukiwa, Mahali pa kulala pa wanyama wa bara! Kila mtu apitaye atazomea, Na kutikisa mkono wake.
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.