Kiilaariyaa kumoo Kusinkoolu ye
1 Kooni, wo bankoo,
meŋ na basakuluŋolu be tariyaariŋ,
meŋ be Kusi* boloŋolu kankuŋ doo la,
2 bankoo meŋ ka kiilaalu kii niŋ baa la,
ì niŋ seyiŋ kala kuluŋolu.
Alitolu kiilaalu, ali i tariyaa ka seyi ali la moo jaŋolu yaa,
mennu baloo be malamalariŋ.
Moolu be daa-wo-daa, ì silata ì la le.
Banku baa, sembemaa,
boloŋolu ye bankoo meŋ talaŋ-talaŋ.
3 Alitolu duniyaa moolu mennu be baluuriŋ ñiŋ saŋ kuloo koto,
niŋ bandeeroo wulindita konkoo turoo kaŋ, ali a juubee,
niŋ saakotoŋ binoo* feeta, ali dandalaaroo moyi.
4 Kaatu Yaawe* ko n ye le ko:
“M be tara la tenkundiŋ n sabatidulaa to le,
ka koroosiroo ke,
ko niŋ tiloo deyiriŋo be mala la,
ka tara deyiriŋ,
ko niŋ komboo be jii la katiri waatoo.
5 Kaatu janniŋ katiroo, niŋ firoo bee bota ka diŋ doroŋ,
ì be soroŋolu kuntu la muroo le la,
ì ye yiribulu biireeriŋolu jasi.
6 Ì be kasaara la wo le ñaama,
Ì be tu la duwoolu le ye aniŋ suluwolu.
Duwoolu le be baluu la ì la samaa kono,
suluwolu, tilikandoo kono.”
7 Waati le be naa, buuñaa feŋolu be naa Yaawe Alihawaa Maariyo* ye le,
ka bo moo jaŋolu yaa,
mennu baloo be malamalariŋ.
Moolu be daa-wo-daa, ì silata ì la le.
Banku baa, sembemaa,
boloŋolu ye bankoo meŋ talaŋ-talaŋ.
Buuñaa feŋolu be taa Siyoni* Konkoo le to,
Yaawe Alihawaa Maariyo too be daameŋ.
God Will Punish Ethiopia
1 Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia there is a land where the sound of wings is heard. 2 From that land ambassadors come down the Nile in boats made of reeds. Go back home, swift messengers! Take a message back to your land divided by rivers, to your strong and powerful nation, to your tall and smooth-skinned people, who are feared all over the world.
3 Listen, everyone who lives on earth! Look for a signal flag to be raised on the mountaintops! Listen for the blowing of the bugle! 4 The Lord said to me, “I will look down from heaven as quietly as the dew forms in the warm nights of harvest time, as serenely as the sun shines in the heat of the day. 5 Before the grapes are gathered, when the blossoms have all fallen and the grapes are ripening, the enemy will destroy the Ethiopians as easily as a knife cuts branches from a vine. 6 The corpses of their soldiers will be left exposed to the birds and the wild animals. In summer the birds will feed on them, and in winter, the animals.”
7 A time is coming when the Lord Almighty will receive offerings from this land divided by rivers, this strong and powerful nation, this tall and smooth-skinned people, who are feared all over the world. They will come to Mount Zion, where the Lord Almighty is worshiped.
