Isaayyaas 15
1 Raajii waaʼee Moʼaab: Aari isheen Moʼaab keessaa diigamteerti; halkanuma tokkottis baddeerti! Qiir isheen Moʼaab keessaa diigamteerti; halkanuma tokkottis baddeerti!
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about the Moab [people-group]: In one night [two of your important cities], Ar and Kir, will be destroyed.
2 Diiboon gara mana qulqullummaatti, iddoowwan ol kaʼaatti booʼuuf ol baʼa; Moʼaabis Neboo fi Meedebaaf ni booʼa. Mataan hundinuu haadamaa dha; areedni hundinuus cicciramaa dha.
The people of Dibon, [your capital city, ] will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to [their shrines] on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of [what happened to] Nebo and Medeba [towns in the south]; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards [to show that they are grieving].
3 Isaan daandii irratti wayyaa gaddaa uffatu; bantii manaatii fi waltajjii sabaa irratti hundi isaanii ni booʼu; imimmaan isaaniis ni dhangalaasu.
In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their [flat] rooftops and in the [city] plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces.
4 Heshboonii fi Eleʼaaleen ni iyyu; sagaleen isaaniis hamma Yaahaziitti fagaatee dhagaʼame. Kanaafuu loltoonni Moʼaab ni iyyu; lubbuun isaaniis ni romʼite.
[The people of] Heshbon [city] and Elealeh [towns in the north of Moab] will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz [town in the south] will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].
5 Garaan koo Moʼaabiif iyya; kooluu galtoonni ishee hamma Zoʼaariitti, hamma Eglaati Sheelishiyaatti baqatu. Isaan booʼaa, gara Luuhiititti ol baʼu; karaa Hooronaayim irrattis, waaʼee badii isaanii faarsanii booʼu.
I feel very sorry for [the people of] Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah [towns in the far south]. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith [town]. All along the road to Horonaim [town] people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.
6 Bishaanonni Niimriim goganiiru; margis coollageera; biqiltuuwwan lafaa badaniiru; wanni magariisni tokko iyyuu hin hafne.
The water in Nimrim [Valley] will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will [all] be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.
7 Kanaafuu isaan qabeenya argatanii kuufatan sana Laga Alaltuu irraan baatanii dabarfatu.
The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
8 Iyyi isaanii hamma daarii Moʼaabitti dhagaʼame; wawwaachuun isaanii hamma Eglayiimitti faaruun booʼicha isaaniis hamma Beʼeer Eeliimiinitti dhagaʼame.
Throughout the country of Moab, [people] will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim [in the south] and Beer-Elim [in the north] will hear them wailing.
9 Bishaanonni Diimon dhiigaan guutamaniiru; ani immoo waan kana caalu iyyuu Diimonitti nan fida; warra Moʼaab keessaa baqatan kanneen biyya sanatti hafanitti leenca nan erga.
The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood [of people who have been killed], but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more [trouble]: Lions will attack those who [are trying to] escape from Moab and will [also] attack the people who remain in that country.
