Moab Will Be Punished
1 This is a message about Moab:
The towns of Ar and Kir
were destroyed in a night.
Moab is left in ruins!
2 Everyone in Dibon has gone up
to the temple and the shrines
to cry and weep.
All of Moab is crying.
Heads and beards are shaved
because of what happened
at Nebo and Medeba.
3 In the towns and at home,
everyone wears sackcloth
and cries loud and long.
4 From Heshbon and Elealeh,
weeping is heard in Jahaz;
Moab's warriors scream
while trembling with fear.
Pity Moab
5 I pity Moab!
Its people are running to Zoar
and to Eglath-Shelishiyah.
They cry on their way up
to the town of Luhith;
on the road to Horonaim
they tell of disasters.
6 The streams of Nimrim
and the grasslands
have dried up.
Every plant is parched.
7 The people of Moab are leaving,
crossing over Willow Creek,
taking everything they own
and have worked for.
8 In the towns of Eglaim
and of Beerelim
and everywhere else in Moab
mournful cries are heard.
9 The streams near Dimon
are flowing with blood.
But the Lord will bring
even worse trouble to Dimon,
because all in Moab who escape
will be attacked by lions.
Vēstījums par Moābu
1 Vēstījums par Moābu.
Tik vienā naktī izdeldēta,
Moāba Āra nopostīta,
tik vienā naktī izdeldēta,
Moāba pilsēta nopostīta!
2 Bajita un Dībona kāpa
augstienēs raudāt,
pār Nebo, pār Mēdbu
Moābs gaudo –
visas galvas ir plikas,
nodzītas visas bārdas!
3 Ielās tiem apjozti maisi,
uz jumtiem un laukumos
visi kauc un iztek raudās,
4 un brēc Hešbona un Elāle,
līdz Jahacai viņu balsis dzirdamas,
tādēļ Moāba gurni ļogās,
par to viņam dvēsele ļimst!
5 Mana sirds par Moābu brēc!
Viņa bēgļi jau pie Coaras, pie Eglat-Šelīšijas!
Luhītas pārejā
raudas rāpjas augšā!
Horonaimas ceļā
kāpj sagrāves brēcieni!
6 Jo Nimrīmas ūdeņi
pagalam izsīkuši –
zāle nokaltusi,
ne dīgsta,
ne zaļuma nav!
7 Tādēļ – ko sakrājuši, ko sarūpējuši,
to pār Arabīmas strautu projām nes!
8 Brēkšana sagrābusi
visas Moāba robežas –
līdz Eglaimai kauc,
līdz Beēr-Elīmai kauc!
9 Taču Dīmonas ūdeņi asiņu pilni,
bet es sadošu Dīmonai vēl:
kas Moābā izbēgs – tiem lauvas,
un tiem, kas uz vietas paliks, – arī!
