1أَرْسِلُوا خِرْفَانَ حَاكِمِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ سَالِعَ نَحْوَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ إِلَى جَبَلِ ابْنَةِ صِهْيَوْنَ.2وَيَحْدُثُ أَنَّهُ كَطَائِرٍ تَائِهٍ، كَفِرَاخٍ مُنَفَّرَةٍ تَكُونُ بَنَاتُ مُوآبَ فِي مَعَابِرِ أَرْنُونَ.3هَاتِي مَشُورَةً. اصْنَعِي إِنْصَافاً. اجْعَلِي ظِلَّكِ كَاللَّيْلِ فِي وَسَطِ الظَّهِيرَةِ. اسْتُرِي الْمَطْرُودِينَ. لاَ تُظْهِرِي الْهَارِبِينَ.4لِيَتَغَرَّبْ عِنْدَكِ مَطْرُودُو مُوآبَ. كُونِي سِتْراً لَهُمْ مِنْ وَجْهِ الْمُخَرِّبِ، لأَنَّ الظَّالِمَ يَبِيدُ، وَيَنْتَهِي الْخَرَابُ، وَيَفْنَى عَنِ الأَرْضِ الدَّائِسُونَ.5فَيُثَبَّتُ الْكُرْسِيُّ بِالرَّحْمَةِ، وَيَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ بِالأَمَانَةِ فِي خَيْمَةِ دَاوُدَ قَاضٍ، وَيَطْلُبُ الْحَقَّ وَيُبَادِرُ بِالْعَدْلِ.6قَدْ سَمِعْنَا بِكِبْرِيَاءِ مُوآبَ الْمُتَكَبِّرَةِ جِدّاً عَظَمَتِهَا وَكِبْرِيَائِهَا وَصَلَفِهَا بُطْلِ افْتِخَارِهَا.7لِذَلِكَ تُوَلْوِلُ مُوآبُ. عَلَى مُوآبَ كُلُّهَا يُوَلْوِلُ. تَئِنُّونَ عَلَى أُسُسِ قِيرَ حَارِسَةَ. إِنَّمَا هِيَ مَضْرُوبَةٌ.8لأَنَّ حُقُولَ حَشْبُونَ ذَبُلَتْ. كَرْمَةُ سَبْمَةَ كَسَّرَ أُمَرَاءُ الأُمَمِ أَفْضَلَهَا. وَصَلَتْ إِلَى يَعْزِيرَ. تَاهَتْ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ. امْتَدَّتْ أَغْصَانُهَا. عَبَرَتِ الْبَحْرَ.9لِذَلِكَ أَبْكِي بُكَاءَ يَعْزِيرَ عَلَى كَرْمَةِ سَبْمَةَ. أُرْوِيكُمَا بِدُمُوعِي يَا حَشْبُونُ وَأَلْعَالَةُ. لأَنَّهُ عَلَى قِطَافِكِ وَعَلَى حَصَادِكِ قَدْ وَقَعَتْ جَلَبَةٌ10وَانْتُزِعَ الْفَرَحُ وَالاِبْتِهَاجُ مِنَ الْبُسْتَانِ، وَلاَ يُغَنَّى فِي الْكُرُومِ وَلاَ يُتَرَنَّمُ، وَلاَ يَدُوسُ دَائِسٌ خَمْراً فِي الْمَعَاصِرِ. أَبْطَلْتُ الْهُتَافَ.11لِذَلِكَ تَرِنُّ أَحْشَائِي كَعُودٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ مُوآبَ وَبَطْنِي مِنْ أَجْلِ قِيرَ حَارِسَ.12وَيَكُونُ إِذَا ظَهَرَتْ، إِذَا تَعِبَتْ مُوآبُ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَةِ وَدَخَلَتْ إِلَى مَقْدِسِهَا تُصَلِّي، أَنَّهَا لاَ تَفُوزُ.13هَذَا هُوَ الْكَلاَمُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ مُوآبَ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ.14وَالآنَ تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً، فِي ثَلاَثِ سِنِينٍَ كَسِنِي الأَجِيرِ يُهَانُ مَجْدُ مُوآبَ بِكُلِّ الْجُمْهُورِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَتَكُونُ الْبَقِيَّةُ قَلِيلَةً صَغِيرَةً لاَ كَبِيرَةً.
1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.2For it shall be, that , as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.5And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.10And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.13This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.14But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.