Ethiopia
1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Ole wa nchi ya uvumi wa mabawa, Iliyoko mbali kupita mito ya Kushi;
2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying , Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Ipelekayo wajumbe wake kwa njia ya bahari, Na katika vyombo vya manyasi juu ya maji. Nendeni, wajumbe wepesi, kwa watu warefu, laini; Watu watishao tangu mwanzo wao hata sasa; Taifa la wenye nguvu, wakanyagao watu, Ambao mito inakata nchi yao.
3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
Enyi watu mkaao katika ulimwengu wote, na wenyeji wa dunia, bendera ikiinuliwa milimani, angalieni; na wakipiga tarumbeta, sikieni.
4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Maana Bwana ameniambia hivi, Mimi nitatulia, na kuangalia katika makazi yangu, kama wakati wa mwangaza mweupe wa jua kali, mfano wa wingu la umande katika hari ya mavuno.
5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Maana kabla ya mavuno, maua yaangukapo, na maua yakawa zabibu zianzazo kuiva, ndipo atakapoyakata matawi kwa miundu, na kuviondoa vitawi vilivyopanuka na kuvikata.
6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Wote pamoja wataachiwa ndege wakali wa milimani, na hayawani wa nchi; ndege wakali watakaa juu yao wakati wa jua, na hayawani wote wa nchi watakaa juu yao wakati wa baridi.
7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
Wakati huo Bwana wa majeshi ataletewa hedaya na watu warefu, laini; Watu watishao tangu mwanzo wao hata sasa; Taifa la wenye nguvu, wakanyagao watu, Ambao mito inakata nchi yao; mpaka mahali pa jina la Bwana wa majeshi, mlima Sayuni.
