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Wax Sii Sheegid Ka Gees Ah Kuush

18 Dalka baalasha hadhsanaya wuxuu ka sii shisheeyaa webiyaasha Kuush! 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! Kuwiinna dunida deggan oo dhammow, kuwiinna dhulka joogow, markii buuraha korkooda calan laga taago fiiriya, oo markii buunka la yeedhiyana maqla. 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. 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. 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. 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.

A Prophecy Against Cush

18 Woe(A) to the land of whirring wings[a]
    along the rivers of Cush,[b](B)
which sends envoys(C) by sea
    in papyrus(D) boats over the water.

Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,(E)
    to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive(F) nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers.(G)

All you people of the world,(H)
    you who live on the earth,
when a banner(I) is raised on the mountains,
    you will see it,
and when a trumpet(J) sounds,
    you will hear it.
This is what the Lord says to me:
    “I will remain quiet(K) and will look on from my dwelling place,(L)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,(M)
    like a cloud of dew(N) in the heat of harvest.”
For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
    and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off(O) the shoots with pruning knives,
    and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(P)
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey(Q)
    and to the wild animals;(R)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
    the wild animals all winter.

At that time gifts(S) will be brought to the Lord Almighty

from a people tall and smooth-skinned,(T)
    from a people feared(U) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
    whose land is divided by rivers(V)

the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.(W)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 18:1 Or of locusts
  2. Isaiah 18:1 That is, the upper Nile region