1Woe to the land of whirring wings⚓ along the rivers of Cush,⚓ 2which sends envoys by sea in papyrus boats over the water.
Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
3All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it. 4This is what the Lord says to me: “I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” 5For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives, and cut down and take away the spreading branches. 6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey and to the wild animals; the birds will feed on them all summer, the wild animals all winter. 7At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord Almighty from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.
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Vajtswv Yuav Rau Txim Rau Cov Sudas
1Tsuas hnov tej suab tis ntxuaj nrov tim tej ntug dej hauv lub tebchaws Sudas uas 2muaj cov nomtswv tsav cov nkoj uas muab tej tauj npaig ua tawm hauv lub tebchaws taug tus dej Niles tuaj. Nej cov neeg xa xov uas khiav ceev heev, nej cia li mus rau hauv lub tebchaws uas muaj cov neeg loj thiab nqaij tawv mos nyoos, mus rau ntawm haivneeg uas nyob deb thiab nyob ze los luag ntshai, thiab mus rau ntawm haivneeg uas muaj hwjchim thiab muaj zog heev uas muaj dej quas lawv lub tebchaws lawm. 3Txhua tus uas nyob hauv ntiajteb no cia li mloog! Tsa qhovmuag saib tus chij uas tsa rau saum hauv roob! Thiab thaum hnov luag tshuab raj tshuab xyu cia li mloog! 4Tus TSWV hais rau kuv hais tias, “Kuv yuav nyob saum ntuj no saib tuaj ib yam li ntsu lwg thaum hmo ntuj lub caij ntuj tsaug uas sau qoobloo thiab ib yam li tshav tuaj ziab thaum nruab hnub. 5Thaum ua ntej sau qoobloo uas tej paj txiv hmab zeeg thiab tej txiv hmab pib siav, yeebncuab yuav tuaj tua cov Sudas yoojyim ib yam li muab riam txiav tej ceg txiv hmab. 6Luag yuav muab lawv cov tubrog uas tuag lawm tso tseg rau tej tsiaj qus thiab noog noj. Lub caij ntuj qhua noog yuav tau noj lawv thiab lub caij ntuj no tej tsiaj yuav tau noj lawv.” 7Thaum txog lub sijhawm ntawd, tus TSWV uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus yuav tau txais tej khoom fij uas luag coj tim lub tebchaws uas muaj dej quas nruab nrab tuaj pub rau nws. Haivneeg ntawd yog haivneeg uas muaj zog thiab muaj hwjchim heev. Lawv loj thiab nqaij tawv mos nyoos, tej neeg uas nyob deb thiab nyob ze los puavleej ntshai lawv. Lawv yuav tuaj rau saum Roob Xi-oos, qhov chaw uas pehawm tus TSWV tus uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus.