1 קִרְבוּ גֹויִם לִשְׁמֹעַ וּלְאֻמִּים הַקְשִׁיבוּ תִּשְׁמַע הָאָרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְכָל־צֶאֱצָאֶיהָ | 1 Come near and listen, you nations, pay attention, you peoples. Let the earth and its contents listen, theworld and its entire population. |
2 כִּי קֶצֶף לַיהוָה עַל־כָּל־הַגֹּויִם וְחֵמָה עַל־כָּל־צְבָאָם הֶחֱרִימָם נְתָנָם לַטָּבַח | 2 For Yahweh is angry with al the nations, enraged with al their hordes. He has vowed them todestruction, handed them over to slaughter. |
3 וְחַלְלֵיהֶם יֻשְׁלָכוּ וּפִגְרֵיהֶם יַעֲלֶה בָאְשָׁם וְנָמַסּוּ הָרִים מִדָּמָם | 3 Their dead wil be thrown away, the stench wil rise from their corpses, the mountains wil run with theirblood, |
4 וְנָמַקּוּ כָּל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וְנָגֹלּוּ כַסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמָיִם וְכָל־צְבָאָם יִבֹּול כִּנְבֹל עָלֶה מִגֶּפֶן וּכְנֹבֶלֶת מִתְּאֵנָה | 4 the entire array of heaven wil fall apart. The heavens wil be rol ed up like a scrol and al their array willfade away, as fade the leaves fal ing from the vine, as fade those fal ing from the fig tree. |
5 כִּי־רִוְּתָה בַשָּׁמַיִם חַרְבִּי הִנֵּה עַל־אֱדֹום תֵּרֵד וְעַל־עַם חֶרְמִי לְמִשְׁפָּט | 5 For my sword has drunk deep in the heavens: see how it now fal s on Edom, on the people vowed todestruction, to punish them. |
6 חֶרֶב לַיהוָה מָלְאָה דָם הֻדַּשְׁנָה מֵחֵלֶב מִדַּם כָּרִים וְעַתּוּדִים מֵחֵלֶב כִּלְיֹות אֵילִים כִּי זֶבַח לַיהוָה בְּבָצְרָה וְטֶבַח גָּדֹול בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדֹום | 6 Yahweh's sword is gorged with blood, it is greasy with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with thefat of the kidneys of rams. For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. |
7 וְיָרְדוּ רְאֵמִים עִמָּם וּפָרִים עִם־אַבִּירִים וְרִוְּתָה אַרְצָם מִדָּם וַעֲפָרָם מֵחֵלֶב יְדֻשָּׁן | 7 The wild oxen will fal with them, the bullocks with the bul s; their land wil be drenched with blood andtheir dust wil be greasy with fat. |
8 כִּי יֹום נָקָם לַיהוָה שְׁנַת שִׁלּוּמִים לְרִיב צִיֹּון | 8 For this wil be Yahweh's day of vengeance, the year of retribution in Zion's lawsuit. |
9 וְנֶהֶפְכוּ נְחָלֶיהָ לְזֶפֶת וַעֲפָרָהּ לְגָפְרִית וְהָיְתָה אַרְצָהּ לְזֶפֶת בֹּעֵרָה | 9 Its streams will turn into pitch, its dust into brimstone, its country wil turn into blazing pitch. |
10 לַיְלָה וְיֹומָם לֹא תִכְבֶּה לְעֹולָם יַעֲלֶה עֲשָׁנָהּ מִדֹּור לָדֹור תֶּחֱרָב לְנֵצַח נְצָחִים אֵין עֹבֵר בָּהּ | 10 Never quenched night or day, its smoke rising for ever, it wil lie waste age after age, no one wil travelthrough it for ever and ever. |
11 וִירֵשׁוּהָ קָאַת וְקִפֹּוד וְיַנְשֹׁוף וְעֹרֵב יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָהּ וְנָטָה עָלֶיהָ קַו־תֹהוּ וְאַבְנֵי־בֹהוּ | 11 It wil be the haunt of pelican and hedgehog, the owl and the raven wil live there; over it Yahweh wilstretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb-line of emptiness. |
12 חֹרֶיהָ וְאֵין־שָׁם מְלוּכָה יִקְרָאוּ וְכָל־שָׂרֶיהָ יִהְיוּ אָפֶס | 12 There will be no more nobles to proclaim the royal authority; there will be an end of al its princes. |
13 וְעָלְתָה אַרְמְנֹתֶיהָ סִירִים קִמֹּושׂ וָחֹוחַ בְּמִבְצָרֶיהָ וְהָיְתָה נְוֵה תַנִּים חָצִיר לִבְנֹות יַעֲנָה | 13 Brambles wil grow in its bastions, nettles and thorn-bushes in its fortresses, it will be the lair ofjackals, an enclosure for ostriches. |
14 וּפָגְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת־אִיִּים וְשָׂעִיר עַל־רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא אַךְ־שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנֹוחַ | 14 Wild cats wil meet hyenas there, satyr will cal to satyr, there Lilith too wil lurk and find somewhere torest. |
15 שָׁמָּה קִנְּנָה קִפֹּוז וַתְּמַלֵּט וּבָקְעָה וְדָגְרָה בְצִלָּהּ אַךְ־שָׁם נִקְבְּצוּ דַיֹּות אִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ | 15 The snake wil nest and lay eggs there, will hatch and gather its young into the shade; and there thevultures wil assemble, each one with its mate. |
16 דִּרְשׁוּ מֵעַל־סֵפֶר יְהוָה וּקְרָאוּ אַחַת מֵהֵנָּה לֹא נֶעְדָּרָה אִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ לֹא פָקָדוּ כִּי־פִי הוּא צִוָּה וְרוּחֹו הוּא קִבְּצָן | 16 Search in Yahweh's book, and read, not one of these will be missing, not one of them lacking a mate;for thus his mouth has ordained it, and his spirit has brought them together. |
17 וְהוּא־הִפִּיל לָהֶן גֹּורָל וְיָדֹו חִלְּקַתָּה לָהֶם בַּקָּו עַד־עֹולָם יִירָשׁוּהָ לְדֹור וָדֹור יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָהּ׃ ס | 17 He has thrown the lot for each, his hand has measured out their share; they wil possess it for ever,and live there age after age. |