Ishacyaah 18
1 Dalka baalasha hadhsanaya wuxuu ka sii shisheeyaa webiyaasha Kuush!
Terrible things will happen to [you people] of Ethiopia! In your land there are many sailboats at the upper part of the Nile River.
2 Ergooyin ayuu badda ku diraa, oo xataa doonniyo caw ah ayuu biyaha korkooda ku diraa oo yidhaahdaa, Wargeeyayaasha dheereeyow, waxaad u tagtaan quruun dheer oo sulubsan, oo ah dad tan iyo bilowgoodii aad looga cabsado, oo ah quruun xoog badan oo wax ku tumata, oo dalkeeda webiyadu kala qaybiyaan!
Your rulers send ambassadors that sail [quickly] down the river in papyrus boats. You messengers to Ethiopia, go quickly! Go [up the river] to people who are tall and who have smooth skin. People everywhere are afraid of those people, because they conquer and destroy [other nations]; they live in a land that is divided by branches of one large river.
3 Kuwiinna dunida deggan oo dhammow, kuwiinna dhulka joogow, markii buuraha korkooda calan laga taago fiiriya, oo markii buunka la yeedhiyana maqla.
[You messengers] must tell people everywhere, to people everywhere, “Look when I lift up my battle flag on top of the mountain, and listen when I blow the ram’s horn [to signal that the battle is about to begin].”
4 Waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu igu yidhi, Anigoo aamusan, ayaan hoygayga wax ka soo fiirin doonaa sida kulaylka widhwidhaya ee qorraxda, iyo sida daruur darab ah oo xilliga beergoosadka hooraysa.
[Listen] because Yahweh has told me this: “I will watch quietly from where I live. I will watch as quietly as [SIM] the heat waves shimmer as they rises on a hot summer day, as quietly as the dew forms [on the ground] during harvest time.”
5 Waayo, beergoosadka ka hor markuu ubaxu dhammaado, oo uu ubaxu canab bislaanaya noqdo ayuu manjo laamaha yaryar ku gooyn doonaa, oo laamaha waaweyn ee sii faafayana wuu gooyn doonaa oo fogayn doonaa.
But [even] before the army of Ethiopia starts to attack, while their plans are [slowly forming] like [SIM] grapes that are ripening, Yahweh will [get rid of them like a farmer who] [MET] cuts off the new shoots of the grapevines with his shears, and prunes the branches that have become very long.
6 Oo iyaga waxaa dhammaantood looga wada tegi doonaa haadka buuraha iyo dugaagga dhulka, oo haadka ayaa iyaga kulaylka ka hadhsan doonaa, oo dugaagga dhulka oo dhammuna iyagay qabowga ka dugsan doonaan.
All [the soldiers in the army of Ethiopia] will be killed, and their corpses will lie in the fields for vultures to eat their flesh in the (summer/hot season). Then wild animals will [chew on their bones] all during the (winter/cold season).
7 Oo wakhtigaas waxaa Rabbiga ciidammada loo keeni doonaa hadiyad laga keenay dadka dheer oo sulubsan oo ah dad tan iyo bilowgoodii aad looga cabsado, oo ah quruun xoog badan oo wax ku tumata, oo dalkeeda webiyadu kala qaybiyaan, oo waxaa la keeni doonaa Buur Siyoon oo ah meesha magaca Rabbiga ciidammada.
At that time, the people of that land that is divided by the branches of that one big river will take gifts to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Those tall people who have smooth/dark skin, whom people everywhere are afraid of, because they conquer and destroy many countries, will take gifts to Jerusalem, the city where the Commander of the armies of angels lives.
