Yelemaia 49

1 Hina Gode da A: mone fi ilia hou dawa: le, amane sia: i, “Isala: ili dunu da habila: ? Ilia soge gaga: ma: ne, dunu da hame esalabala? Abuliba: le ilia da dunu fi amo da ogogosu ‘gode’ Moulegema nodone sia: ne gadosa, amo Ga: de soge esaloma: ne lamusa: , logo doasibala: ?

[This message is] about the Ammon people-group. This is what Yahweh says: “There are [RHQ] plenty of Israeli people left to occupy [the land of the tribe of] Gad. So, why are [RHQ] [the people who worship the god] Molech living in those towns?

2 Be eso da misunu, amoga, Na hamobeba: le, moilai bai bagade La: ba amo ea fi dunu da gegemusa: ha lasu nabimu. Amasea, La: ba da mugului dagoi amola ea moilai fonobahadi sisiga: le diala amo laluga nei dagoi ba: mu. Amasea, Isala: ili fi dunu da ilia soge bu samogemu.

There will be a time when I will sound the battle-cry [for their enemies] to attack [their capital city], Rabbah. [Then] it will become a heap of ruins, and [all] the nearby towns will be burned. Then [the people of] Israel will again possess the land that the Ammon people-group took away from them.

3 Hesiabone fi dunu! Wele sia: ma! A: iai moilai bai bagade da wadela: lesi dagoi. La: ba uda dilia! Didigia: ma! Wadela: i eboboi abula salawane, da: i dione didigia: ma! Udigili gagoudusa: ili hehenama! Dilia ogogosu ‘gode’ Moulege amola ea gobele salasu amola ouligisu dunu da gilisili gadili mugululi asi dagoi ba: mu.

You people of Heshbon [city] [MTY], wail, because Ai [town nearby] will be destroyed. You people of Rabbah [city], weep; put on (rough clothing/sackcloth) [to show you are mourning]; run back and forth [in confusion] inside the city walls, because [your god] Milcom, along with its priests and officials, will be taken away (in exile/to other countries).

4 Dilia hohonosu dunu da abuliba: le hidale sia: sala: ? Dilia gasa da fisilala. Dilia abuliba: le dilia gasa bagadeba: le, dunu eno da dilima beda: iba: le, dilima hame doagala: mu, amo dafawaneyale dawa: beba: le, sia: dalala: ?

You are [RHQ] very proud of your very fertile valleys, [but they will soon be ruined]. You rebellious people, you trusted in your wealth, and you said, ‘Certainly no [RHQ] army will be able to attack us!’

5 Na da ilegeiba: le, beda: su da dilima sisiga: mu. Dilia da hobeamu. Dunu afae afae da hi esalusu gaga: ma: ne hobeamu. Amola dilia dadi gagui dunu bu gilisimusa: , dunu afae da hame ba: mu.

But listen to this: 'I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will cause you to become terrified. You will all be forced to flee [to other countries], and no one will be able to bring you together [again].'

6 Be amogalu fa: no agoane, Na da A: mone bu bagade gaguiwane hamomu. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.”

But some day I will enable the Ammon people-group to return to their land. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”

7 Hina Gode Bagadedafa da Idome fi ilia hou dawa: le, amane sia: i, “Idome fi dunu da ilia noga: i asigi dawa: su fisibala: ? Ilia fada: i sia: su dunu da ilima fada: ne sia: mu gogoleila: ? Ilia asigiga dawa: digisu huluane da fisi dagobela: ?

[This message is] about the Edom people-group. This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “It seems that [RHQ] there are no wise people in Teman [district in Edom]! There are no people left who can give others [good] advice. The people who were wise [PRS] have disappeared.

8 Dida: ne dunu! Sinidigili, hobeama! Na da Iso egaga fi amo wadela: lesimu. Bai ilima se imunu eso ilegei da doaga: i dagoi.

You people of Dedan [city in the south of Edom], turn and flee and hide in deep [caves], because when I cause the Edom people-group to experience disaster, I will punish you, too.

9 Dunu da waini fage faisia, ilia waini fage afae afae waini efega yolesisa. Amola wamolasu dunu da gasia masea, ilia hanai liligi fawane laha.

Those who harvest grapes always [RHQ] leave some on the vines. When thieves come at night, they surely [RHQ] steal only as much as they want.

10 Be Na da Iso egaga fi huluanedafa fadegai dagoi. Amola Na da ilia wamoaligisu dedebosu huluane, amo ilia bu wamoaligimu hamedei ba: ma: ne, fadegai dagoi. Idome dunu fi huluane da wadela: lesi dagoi. Afae esalebe hame ba: sa.

But I will cause everything in Edom to be destroyed, and there will be nothing left, and there will be no place for people to hide. [Many of] [HYP] the children, their relatives and their neighbors, will die, and Edom will not exist any more.

11 Dilia guluba: mano huluane Na ouligima: ne yolesima! Dilia didalo uda! Mae dawa: ma! Na da dili noga: le ouligimu.

But I will protect the orphans, and the widows [also] will [be able to] depend on me [to help them].”

12 Dunu eno da wadela: i hou hame hamosu, amo da se iasu lai dagoi. Amaiba: le, dilia da abuliba: le se iasu hame ba: mu dawa: sala: ? Hame mabu! Dilia da se iasu dafawane ba: mu.

And this is [also] what Yahweh says: “If those who do not deserve to suffer [MET] must suffer, you people of Edom must [RHQ] suffer much more [DOU]! You will not escape being punished.

13 Na Nisu da ilegei dagoi. Bosela da wadela: i hafoga: i soge agoane ba: mu. Dunu eno da amo beda: iwane fofogadigili ba: muba: le, ilia da ema oufesega: ne, amo ea dioba: le, gagabusu aligima: ne ilegemu. Moilai gagai fonobahadi amo huluane ema gadenene diala da mugululi dagole, eso huluane amaiwane dialebe ba: mu. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.”

I, Yahweh, have solemnly promised, using my own name, that [your chief city] Bozrah will become a place that people will be horrified about. It will be a heap of ruins. People will make fun of it and use its name when they curse people. All the nearby towns and villages will be a ruins forever.”

14 Na (Yelemaia) da amane sia: i, “Idome fi dunu! Hina Gode da nama sia: i dagoi. E da sia: adole iasu dunu amo fifi asi gala ilia dadi gagui wa: i gilisili, dilima doagala: musa: momagema: ne amo adomusa: asunasi.

I heard this message from Yahweh: “I have sent an ambassador to [many] nations, [to tell them to] gather together to attack Edom. They must prepare for battle!”

15 Hina Gode da hamobeba: le, dilia da gasa hame ba: mu. Amasea, dunu eno da dilima hame nodomu.

[And Yahweh says to the people of Edom, ] “I will cause your nation to become very unimportant among the [other] nations. They will all despise your country.

16 Dilia gasa fi hou da dilima ogogoi dagoi. Dilisu da dunu eno da dilima beda: i amo dawa: sa. Be ilia da dilima bagade hame beda: i. Dilia fedege agoane gadodili goumi gafulu amoga buhiba ea esalebe hou defele esala. Be Hina Gode, da dilia dafama: ne hedofamu. Hina Gode da sia: i dagoi.”

You have caused [people of other nations] to be terrified, and you [MTY] have been very proud, but you have deceived yourselves. You live in caves in the rock cliffs; [you think that you are safe there because] you live high up there. But even if you make your homes as high up as the eagles’ nests, I will cause you to come [crashing] down.

17 Hina Gode da amane sia: i, “Na da Idome amo bagadewane wadela: lesimu. Amasea, dunu eno da baligili ahoasea, ilia da beda: iba: le bagadewane fofogadigimu.

Edom will become a place about which people are horrified; people who pass by will be horrified and will (gasp/be shocked) when they see the destruction.

18 Sodame amola Goumola amola moilali ela sisiga: le diala, amo da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: i. Amo wadela: su defele da Idome fi ilima doaga: mu. Amo soge da eso huluane, dunu fi esalebe hamedei soge ba: mu. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.

Edom will be destroyed as [completely as] Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns were destroyed [long ago]. [As a result, ] no one will live there [any more] [DOU].

19 Laione wa: me da Yodane Hano bega: iwila amo yolesili, bulamagau ha: i manu mola: ya: i gisi soge amoga manebe, amo defele, Na da Idome dunu ilia sogega misini, ili hobeama: ne sefasimu. Amasea, Na da ouligisu dunu amo fi ouligima: ne ilegemu. Nowa da Na agoanela: ? Nowa da Nama doagala: ma: bela: ? Nowa ouligisu dunu da Nama ha lai hamoma: bela: ?

I will come to Edom [suddenly] like [SIM] a lion comes out of the jungle and [leaps on the sheep that are] eating in the good pastureland. I will quickly chase the people of Edom from their land. And [then] I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose; [I can do that] because there is no one [RHQ] like me who can object to what I do. No ruler can oppose me.

20 Amaiba: le, Na ilegebe nabima! Na da Idome soge fi dunu amola Dima: ne moilai bai bagade dunu ilima se imunu. Ilia mano amola da ga hiougiligai dagoi ba: mu. Amola dunu huluane da amo hou beda: iwane fofogadigili ba: mu.

Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Teman [town] and [the rest of] Edom: Even the little children will be dragged away, and I will completely get rid of the people [MET] who live there.

21 Idome soge da dafasea, ha lasu bagade nababeba: le, osobo bagade da igugumu. Amola, Agaba Hano Adobo da sedadewane diala. Be beda: ma: ne ha lasu da bagadeba: le, ilia amola da amo sia: nabimu.

When Edom is destroyed, the noise [will be extremely great], with the result that the earth will shake, and the wailing of the people will be heard [as far away as] the Red Sea.

22 Buhiba da ea ougia ilua: le, gududili wa: le ahoa, amo defele, ha lai dunu da Bosela doagala: mu. Amo esoha, uda da mano lamu gadenesea beda: i, amo defele Idome dadi gagui dunu da beda: mu.”

Look! The enemy troops will swoop/rush down over Bozrah like an eagle spreads its wings when it swoops down [to seize an animal]. On that day, [even the strongest] warriors of Edom will [be afraid] like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth.”

23 Hina Gode da Dama: sagase fi ilia hou dawa: le amane sia: i, “Ha: ima: de amola Aba: de moilai bai bagade dunu da da: i dioi sia: nababeba: le, da: i dione dawa: lala. Hano wayabo bagade ea gafului da sa: iboso amoga heda: sa, amo defele da: i dioi da ilima heda: beba: le, ilia da helefimu hame dawa:

[This message is] about Damascus. [This is what Yahweh says]: “[The people in the nearby cities of] Hamath and Arpad are confused, because they have heard bad news [about Damascus]. They are very anxious and restless, like [SIM] a sea in a big storm.

24 Dama: sagase fi dunu da gasa hame amola beda: iba: le, hobeale asi dagoi. Uda da mano lamu gadenesea, se naba amola hahawane hame ba: sa, amo defele ilia da hamosa.

The people of Damascus have become very weak, and [they all] have (panicked/fled [because] they are very afraid). The people are anguished and in pain like [SIM] a woman [experiences] who is about to give birth.

25 Musa: Dama: sagase moilai bai bagade da bagade ba: i amola hahawane dialu. Be wali, amo ganodini, dunu esalebe da hame ba: sa.

That famous city, that I was [previously] pleased with, will be abandoned.

26 Amo esoga Na da ema se iasea, ea ayeligi dunu da ea logo ganodini medole legei dagoi ba: mu, amola ea dadi gagui wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu.

Its young men will fall in the streets. Its soldiers will all be killed in one day.

27 Na da Dama: sagase ea gagoi dobea laluga ulagimu amola hina bagade Beneha: ida: de ea diasu laluga ulagimu. Na, Hina Gode Bagadedafa, da sia: i dagoi.”

And I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will start a fire to burn the walls that surround Damascus, and the palaces of [King] Ben-Hadad will be burned down.”

28 Hina Gode da Gida fi amola soge amo da Ha: iso fi ilia ouligi (amo soge Ba: bilone hina bagade Nebiuga: denese da hasalalu lai) ilima amane hamoma: ne sia: i, “Gida fi ilima doagala: ma! Amo gusudili fi wadela: lesima!

[This is a message] about the Kedar [people-group] and the kingdom of Hazor which [the army of] Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says: “[I will cause an army to] advance to attack Kedar and destroy those people who live east [of Judah].

29 Ilia abula diasu amola sibi fi wa: i amola ilia diasu abula amola ilia liligi huluane abula diasu ganodini diala, amo lama! Ilia ga: mele amola lama! Amola fi dunu ilima, ‘Beda: su da dilima sisiga: sa’ olelema!

Their tents and their flocks [of sheep] will be captured. The curtains [in their tents] and their camels and their other possessions will be taken away. [Everywhere] men will shout, ‘We are terrified [because terrible things are happening] all around us!’

30 Ha: iso dunu! Na da dilima sisasu iaha! Wamoaligimusa: , sedagawane hobeama! Ba: bilone hina bagade, Nebiuga: denese, da dilima doagala: ma: ne ilegei dagoi. E da amane sia: sa,

So [I, ] Yahweh, say, ‘Run away [quickly]! You people who live in Hazor, go and hide in deep [caves], because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon wants to attack you [with his army]; he is planning to destroy you!’

31 ‘Defea! Amo dunu fi da hahawane gaga: i dagoi, ilisu dawa: sa. Be ninia da ilima doagala: mu. Ilia moilai da logo ga: su hame gala amola hame gagili sali agoane ba: sa.’

But I say [to Nebuchadnezzar], ‘Go up and attack that nation whose people feel secure; they do not have allies [who will help them] and do not have [walls with] gates that have bars in them.

32 Ilia ga: mele amola laigebo huluane lale dagoma! Na da la: idi huluane amoga amo fi ilia dialuma hinabo dunumuni dadamuni, afagogomu. Amola la: ididili la: ididili, amoga ilima wadela: lesisu iasimu.

Your troops will seize their camels and [other] livestock. I will scatter in every direction [IDM] those people who live in remote places (OR, who cut their hair short). I will cause them to experience disasters from every direction.

33 Na da Ha: iso amo hafoga: i soge agoane eso huluane dialoma: ne hamomu. Sigua wa: me fawane da amo ganodini esalebe ba: mu. Amo ganodini, eso huluanedafa, dunu fi da hame esalebe ba: mu. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.”

Hazor will become a place where jackals/wolves live, and it will be deserted forever. No one will live there again; no one will settle there [DOU].’”

34 Sedegaia da Yuda soge hina bagade ouligisu hou lai. Amogalu, Hina Gode Bagadedafa da hou amo E da Ila: me fi ilima ilegei, amo nama olelei.

I received this message from Yahweh when King Zedekiah was starting to rule Judah.

35 E amane sia: i, “Dadi gagui dunu ilia hamobeba: le, Ila: me da gasa lai. Be Na da dadi gagui dunu huluane medole legemu.

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “The men of Elam are famous (archers/men who shoot arrows well); that is how they have made their country very powerful. But I will get rid of them [MET].

36 Na sia: beba: le, fo bagade da la: idi huluane amoga Ila: me wadela: ma: ne misunu. Na da ea fi dunu fifi asi gala huluanedafa amo ganodini esaloma: ne, afagogomu.

I will bring their enemies from all directions [IDM, DOU], and they will scatter the people of Elam in all directions. The people of Elam will be exiled to every nation on the earth [LIT, HYP].

37 Na hamobeba: le, Ila: me fi dunu da ilia ha lai amo da ili medole legemusa: hanai, ilima bagade beda: mu. Na da ougi bagadeba: le, Na da dadi gagui wa: i ili huluane wadela: lesima: ne, ilima asunasili, dunu afae esalebe hame ba: mu.

Because I am very angry with the people of Elam, I will enable their enemies to smash Elam; I will cause the people of Elam to experience great disasters. I will enable their enemies, who want to kill them, to pursue them [and kill them] with swords until I completely get rid of all of them.

38 Na da ilia hina bagade amola ouligisu dunu huluane wadela: lesimu. Amasea, amogawi, Na da Na fisu gaguli, ili ouligimu.

I, Yahweh, will judge them there [MTY], and [then] I will get rid of their king and [his] officials.

39 Be fa: nodafa, Na da Ila: me dunu ilia bu hahawane gaguiwane buhagima: ne, logo doasimu. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.”

But some day, I will enable the people of Elam to return to their land. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”