Damascus Will Be Punished
1 This is a message about Damascus:
Damascus is doomed!
It will end up in ruins.
2 The villages around Aroer
will be deserted,
with only sheep living there
and no one to bother them.
3 Israel will lose its fortresses.
The kingdom of Damascus
will be destroyed;
its survivors will suffer
the same fate as Israel.
The Lord All-Powerful
has promised this.
Sin and Suffering
4 When that time comes,
the glorious nation of Israel
will be brought down;
its prosperous people
will be skin and bones.
5 Israel will be like wheat fields
in Rephaim Valley
picked clean of grain.
6 It will be like an olive tree
beaten with a stick,
leaving two or three olives
or maybe four or five
on the highest
or most fruitful branches.
The Lord God of Israel
has promised this.
7 At that time the people will turn and trust their Creator, the holy God of Israel. 8 They have built altars and places for burning incense to their goddess Asherah, and they have set up sacred poles for her. But they will stop worshiping at these places.
9 Israel captured powerful cities and chased out the people who lived there. But these cities will lie in ruins, covered over with weeds and underbrush.
10 Israel, you have forgotten
the God who saves you,
the one who is the mighty rock
where you find protection.
You plant the finest flowers
to honor a foreign god.
11 The plants may sprout
and blossom
that very same morning,
but it will do you no good,
because you will suffer
endless agony.
God Defends His People
12 The nations are a noisy,
thunderous sea.
13 But even if they roar
like a fearsome flood,
God will give the command
to turn them back.
They will be like dust,
or like a tumbleweed
blowing across the hills
in a windstorm.
14 In the evening
their attack is fierce,
but by morning
they are destroyed.
This is what happens to those
who raid and rob us.
Kiilaariyaa kumoo Aramunkoolu niŋ Banisirayilankoolu la kuwo to
1 Kiilaariyaa kumoo fele Damasiku la kuwo to.
Yaawe* ko, “Ali a juubee, Damasiku te kumandi la saatewo la kotenke,
kaatu a be naa ke la tumbuŋ tuŋo le ti.
2 Aroweri dandanna saatewolu be kenseŋyaa la le,
ka ke beeyaŋolu la koorewo ti.
Ì si i laa jee, moo te ì silandi la.
3 Efurayimu* tatoolu be kasaara la le,
mansayaa semboo ye buruka Damasiku.
Too meŋ tuta Aramu bankoo kaŋ, be ke la le
ko Banisirayila jikiraŋ semboo yeemanta ñaameŋ.”
Yaawe Alihawaa Maariyo* le ye a fo.
4 Yaawe ko, “Wo luŋo la, Yaakuba jikiraŋ semboo be jii la le,
a la fankamaayaa ye naa labaŋ fuwaareyaa la.
5 A be muluŋ na le ko siimaŋ kunkoo,
ì ye meŋ karaŋ feefee fo a kenseŋo loota.
A kenseŋyaata ko Refayimu Wulumbaŋo
ì ye a karaŋ ne fo a banta.
6 Banisirayila si muluŋ ko olifu* yiroo,
ì ye meŋ diŋolu konkoŋ a bala,
fo diŋ fula doroŋ waraŋ saba tuta a bala santo,
kiliŋ-kiliŋolu ye tara a duuma la.”
Yaawe Banisirayila la Alla le ye a fo.
7 Wo luŋo la, moolu be ì ñaa loo la Daamansoo kaŋ ne,
ì ye ì ñaa tiliŋ Banisirayila la Senuŋ Baa la.
8 Ì te ì ñaa loo la sadaabodulaalu* kaŋ,
ì faŋo buloolu ye mennu dadaa.
Ì te ì ñaa tiliŋ na ì la jalaŋolu la,
wo Asera* dokoolu,
aniŋ ì la cuuraayi siisindidulaalu,
ì faŋolu buloolu ye mennu dadaa.
9 Wo waatoo la, Banisirayila saatee tatariŋolu be ke la dulaa kiideeriŋolu le ti. Ì be ke la le ko wo saatewolu, Hiwinkoolu niŋ Amorinkoolu ye mennu tu jee, kabiriŋ Banisirayilankoolu ye jee boyinkaŋ. Jee bee be ke la tumbuŋo le ti.
10 Kaatu ali ñinata Alla la le, ali Kiisandirilaa,
ali hakiloo maŋ bula ali la semberaŋ beroo la, ali la tatoo.
Ali ye fiifeŋ ñiimaalu tutu,
ka bantala jalaŋo batu.
11 Hani niŋ ì falinta kuuke le,
fo ì ye firoolu bondi,
wo soomandaa meŋ na ali ye ì tutu,
ali te hani diŋ kiliŋ ne kati la jee.
Wo luŋo la, niitoora koleŋo le be tara la keriŋ,
aniŋ dimiŋ jaarabaloo.
Jawoolu la bankoolu la kasaaroo
12 Hee, maakaŋ waroo banku jamaa kaŋ,
ì kumakaŋo be le ko baa maakaŋo!
Hee, bumbuŋ kaŋo banku jamaa kaŋ,
ì bumbuŋ kaŋo be le ko fankaasoo bumbuŋ kaŋo!
13 Bankoolu la maakaŋ waroo ka bumbuŋ ne ko fankaasoo,
bari niŋ Yaawe ye ì jalayi, ì si bori dulaa jaŋ,
foñoo ye ì samba ko fuufulewo meŋ be konkoo kaŋ,
waraŋ ko niŋ saafoñotoo be kankaŋo tindi kaŋ.
14 Wo luŋo wulaaroo,
teremmatoo silaŋ baa le be tara la keriŋ!
Janniŋ fanoo ka ke, ì si yeemaŋ.
Ñiŋ ne mu ǹ ñapinkannaalu niyo ti,
aniŋ ǹ kasaaralaalu taa.
