Ndzimu banowoloba Itopiya
1 Yee mme wee, shango ye nsindo we mapapilo,
iseli kwe njizi dze Itopiya,
2 inotumila bamilili nge gungwa,
bali mu vula mu zwikepe zwakathamiwa nge shanga dze gwizi!
Yendani imwi batumwa bana majatu,
ku itjaba tjakakula tjina ganda buyanana,
yendani ku bathu banotjiwa pejo na kule,
itjaba tjakasima gunokunda,
guna shango yakathubukanyiwa nge njizi.
3 Imwi mose bagali be lubumbo,
imwi mugele mu shango,
ha tjilakidzo tjimilidziwa pezhugwi kwe matombo, mulinge!
Lunyanga ha gulidziwa muhwe!
4 Ngoti Yahwe bakati kundili,
“Ndowolinga ndilinyelele kudwa mu magalo angu
se kupisa kunodwa mu kupenya kwe zhuba,
kufanana ne gole le khawa kupisa mu nsi we kuvuna.”
5 Kowoti kusathu kukavungwa, maluba asinoshashamuka,
zhambi dzoyendila kubidwa dzishanyuka,
unowothubula thabi tshwa dzinokula nge mipanga inosunulila
ebe ekuthubulila pasi thabi dzinopasha.
6 Bose koga banowosiigwa
nyuni dze matombo dzinoja nyama
ne zwibandana zwe shango.
Nyuni dzinoja nyama dzowopitsha tjilimo nabo dzibaja,
zwibandana zose zwe shango zwikapitsha mbaba nabo.
7 Mu tjibaka itjetjo zwipo zowozhisiwa kuna Yahwe Masimbawose
zwizhisiwa nge bathu balefu be ganda buyanana,
bathu banotjiwa pejo na kule,
ludzi gwakasima gunokunda,
be shango yakathubugwanyiwa nge njizi.
Banowozha ku Dombo le Ziyoni
bugalo gwe zina la Yahwe Masimbawose.
Ethiopia Will Be Punished
1 Downstream from Ethiopia
lies the country of Egypt,
swarming with insects.
2 Egypt sends messengers
up the Nile River
on ships made of reeds.
Send them fast to Ethiopia,
whose people are tall
and have smooth skin.
Their land is divided by rivers;
they are strong and brutal,
feared all over the world.
3 Everyone on this earth,
listen with care!
A signal will be given
on the mountains,
and you will hear a trumpet.
4 The Lord said to me,
“I will calmly look down
from my home above—
as calmly as the sun at noon
or clouds in the heat
of harvest season.”
5 Before the blossoms
can turn into grapes,
God will cut off the sprouts
and hack off the branches.
6 Ethiopians will be food
for mountain vultures
during the summer
and for wild animals
during the winter.
7 Those Ethiopians are tall and their skin is smooth. They are feared all over the world, because they are strong and brutal. But at that time they will come from their land divided by rivers, and they will bring gifts to the Lord All-Powerful, who is worshiped on Mount Zion.