Moabu inowokolomodziwa
1 Dama ngekwe Moabu.
Ngoti nzi nkulu Ari wakolomogwa busiku gung'ompela,
Moabu yapalala,
ngoti nzi nkulu Ari wakolomogwa busiku gung'ompela
Moabu yapalala.
2 Diboni watathila ku magalo awe ekunamata kunolila,
Moabu inolilila mizi mikulu Nebo ne Medeba.
Nsholo mmwe ne mmwe watesegwa
ne ndendu dzakeriwa.
3 Mu zila bakazwipomba nge masaka,
pezhugwi kwe ng'umba ne mu mashanganilo,
mmwe ne mmwe unolila etebula mishodzi.
4 Bathu be Heshibhoni ne Eleale banolila,
mahwi abo akahwika kule kunoti ku Jahazi,
ndizo babhayani be Moabu banolilila pezhugwi,
moyo yabo inotetema.
5 Moyo wangu unolilila Moabu,
batizhi bayo banotizhila ku Zowa
ne ku Egila Shelishiya.
Ngoti panotathuka Luhiti
banoyenda belila,
mu zila ye Horonayimi
banolila tjililo tje golomodzo.
6 Vula dze Nimirimu dzapkhwa,
bushwa gwabuna,
zwinomela butshwa zotimbama,
akutjina mazhani matshwa.
7 Ndizo thundu yabakashaba
ne zwabakabe bakubunganya
bakazwitutila seli kwe Gorokoro le Mipopula.
8 Ngoti tjililo tjayenda
nge shango yose ye Moabu;
guwo loswika ku Egilaimu,
ne ku Bheerelimu.
9 Ngoti vula dze Dimoni dzizhele malopa,
koga nditjawozhisa mu Dimoni zwinyanya,
ndowozhisila shumba ibabo bakapudzumuka be Moabu
ne malimbelimbe mu shango.
God Will Destroy Moab
1 This is a message about Moab.
The cities of Ar and Kir are destroyed in a single night, and silence covers the land of Moab. 2 The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief. 3 The people in the streets are dressed in sackcloth; in the city squares and on the rooftops people mourn and cry. 4 The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone. 5 My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith, weeping as they go; some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly. 6 Nimrim Brook is dry, the grass beside it has withered, and nothing green is left. 7 The people go across the Valley of Willows, trying to escape with all their possessions. 8 Everywhere at Moab's borders the sound of crying is heard. It is heard at the towns of Eglaim and Beerelim. 9 At the town of Dibon the river is red with blood, and God has something even worse in store for the people there. Yes, there will be a bloody slaughter of everyone left in Moab.