47

Nau Phat Dôih Ma Ƀon Babylôn

¹"Trŭnh jêh ri gŭ hom tâm ndruyh neh, Ơ kon bu ur druh ƀon Babylôn. Gŭ hom ta neh mâu geh sưng hađăch ôh, Ơ kon bu ur phung Kaldê! Yor lah bu mâu mră rnha ma may rdơ̆ rƀăn ueh lăng ôh. ²Sŏk hom mpăl jêh ri kĭn ranih; sŏk hom bok nkŭm muh măt may, doh lơi ao jâr may, lơi nkŭm tơm blu may ôh, rgăn hom dak krong. ³Nau rih hôk may mra mpơl, jêh ri bu mra saơ nau may bêk. Gâp mra har plơng bôk, gâp mâu mra nhhuach du huê ôh." ⁴Nơm Tâm-Chuai he, amoh păng Yêhôva ma phung tahan jêng Nơm Kloh Ueh phung Isarael.
⁵Gŭ rklăk hom, jêh ri hăn du ta ntŭk ngo, Ơ kon bu ur phung Kaldê, yor lah bu mâu mra rnha ay ôh hađăch ma lĕ rngôch ƀon hađăch. ⁶Gâp ji nuih jêh ri ma phung ƀon lan gâp, gâp ƀư ƀơ̆ jêh phung jêng drăp ndơn gâp; gâp jao jêh khân păng tâm ti may. May mâu mâp yô̆ ôh ma khân păng, hŏ dơm jêh mbăk mâng jâk ngăn ta kalơ bunuyh ranh. ⁷Ay lah jêh. 'Gâp mra jêng hađăch bu ur n'ho ro,' ƀiă lah ay mâu mâp mĭn ma nau aơ, mâu lĕ ay kah gĭt ma nau mra tât ta kêng dŭt. ⁸"Yor nây, aƀaơ aơ iăt hom nau aơ, Ơ nơm rŏng ma nau kơnh, nơm gŭ ma nau rnơm jêh ri lah tâm nuih n'hâm ay nơm, 'Kanŏng gâp yơh, jêh ri rlau ma gâp mâu geh nơm êng ôh. Gâp mâu mra jêng bu ndrô sai ôh, jêh ri gâp mâu mra roh phung kon gâp ôh! ⁹Ƀiă lah bar nau tât aơ mra tât ma ay ƀât lât tâm du nar: nau roh phung kon jêh ri nau bu ur ndrô sai. Khân păng mra tât ma ay hŏ nŭm jêh ma ay nđâp tơ lah ay jêng n'hŭm njêh jêh ri geh nau brah toyh blau rƀên kađôi lĕ. ¹⁰Ay mĭn ay geh nau rnơm tâm nau ƀai ay. Ay lah. "Mâu geh nơm saơ gâp ôh! Nau njêh jêh ri nau ay gĭt rbăng tâm nkhah đah ay, tơ lah ay lah jêh tâm nuih n'hâm.' Kanŏng gâp yơk, jêh ri rlau ma gâp mâu geh nơm êng ôh'. ¹¹Ƀiă lah nau iơh mhĭk mra tât ma ay, ay mâu gĭt ôh mbah ta păng văch; nau rêh ni mra tŭp ta ay, ay mâu dơi geh nau yô̆ an ôh; jêh ri nau ƀư rai mra tât ma ay bât lât dơm, ay mâu năn gĭt ôh.
¹²"Gŭ ƀư hom nau rƀên ay jêh ri tâm nau ay jêng n'hŭm njêh. Tâm nau nây ay pah kan jêh bơh rnôk ay hôm druh. Năng ai ay mra geh nau dơi, klăp lah ay dơi nhhu bu. ¹³Ay rgănh jêh ma nau ay tâm nchră âk; ăn nau nchră nây văch tâm rklaih ay; ăn phung gĭt năl trôk, phung sek mănh, phung sek khay mhe, ŭch dâk tâm rklaih ay ma nau mra tât ma ay. ¹⁴Aơ, khân păng jêng tâm ban ma rhe, ŭnh sa khân păng. Khân păng mâu dơi tâm nklaih khân păng nơm ôh bơh nau brah mpiăt ŭnh. Ŭnh aơ mâu jêng ôh tâm ban ma saônh bu njâr! ¹⁵Phung pah kan jêh ndrel ma ay jêng dơm dam tâm ban pô nây đŏng ma ay, phung ay tăch rgâl jêh bơh rnôk ay hôm druh. Ăp nơm khân păng nsong mblêng tĭng nâm trong tih păng nơm, mâu dơi geh nơm tâm rklaih ay ôh.

47

The Fall of Babylon

¹“Go down, sit in the dust,
Virgin Daughter Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.⚓
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.
²Take millstones and grind flour;
take off your veil.
Lift up your skirts, bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
³Your nakedness will be exposed
and your shame uncovered.
I will take vengeance;
I will spare no one.”

⁴Our Redeemer—the Lord Almighty is his name—
is the Holy One of Israel.

⁵“Sit in silence, go into darkness,
queen city of the Babylonians;
no more will you be called
queen of kingdoms.
⁶I was angry with my people
and desecrated my inheritance;
I gave them into your hand,
and you showed them no mercy.
Even on the aged
you laid a very heavy yoke.
⁷You said, ‘I am forever—
the eternal queen!’
But you did not consider these things
or reflect on what might happen.

⁸“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
lounging in your security
and saying to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.
I will never be a widow
or suffer the loss of children.’
⁹Both of these will overtake you
in a moment, on a single day:
loss of children and widowhood.
They will come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries
and all your potent spells.
¹⁰You have trusted in your wickedness
and have said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you
when you say to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
¹¹Disaster will come upon you,
and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
will suddenly come upon you.

¹²“Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your many sorceries,
which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
perhaps you will cause terror.
¹³All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!
Let your astrologers come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save you from what is coming upon you.
¹⁴Surely they are like stubble;
the fire will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
from the power of the flame.
These are not coals for warmth;
this is not a fire to sit by.
¹⁵That is all they are to you—
these you have dealt with
and labored with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
there is not one that can save you.