1 שִׁלְחוּ־כַר מֹשֵׁל־אֶרֶץ מִסֶּלַע מִדְבָּרָה אֶל־הַר בַּת־צִיֹּון | 1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. |
2 וְהָיָה כְעֹוף־נֹודֵד קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח תִּהְיֶינָה בְּנֹות מֹואָב מַעְבָּרֹת לְאַרְנֹון | 2 For 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. |
3 [הָבִיאוּ כ] (הָבִיאִי ק) עֵצָה עֲשׂוּ פְלִילָה שִׁיתִי כַלַּיִל צִלֵּךְ בְּתֹוךְ צָהֳרָיִם סַתְּרִי נִדָּחִים נֹדֵד אַל־תְּגַלִּי | 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. |
4 יָגוּרוּ בָךְ נִדָּחַי מֹואָב הֱוִי־סֵתֶר לָמֹו מִפְּנֵי שֹׁודֵד כִּי־אָפֵס הַמֵּץ כָּלָה שֹׁד תַּמּוּ רֹמֵס מִן־הָאָרֶץ | 4 Let 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. |
5 וְהוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כִּסֵּא וְיָשַׁב עָלָיו בֶּאֱמֶת בְּאֹהֶל דָּוִד שֹׁפֵט וְדֹרֵשׁ מִשְׁפָּט וּמְהִר צֶדֶק | 5 And 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. |
6 שָׁמַעְנוּ גְאֹון־מֹואָב גֵּא מְאֹד גַּאֲוָתֹו וּגְאֹונֹו וְעֶבְרָתֹו לֹא־כֵן בַּדָּיו׃ ס | 6 We 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. |
7 לָכֵן יְיֵלִיל מֹואָב לְמֹואָב כֻּלֹּה יְיֵלִיל לַאֲשִׁישֵׁי קִיר־חֲרֶשֶׂת תֶּהְגּוּ אַךְ־נְכָאִים | 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. |
8 כִּי שַׁדְמֹות חֶשְׁבֹּון אֻמְלָל גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה בַּעֲלֵי גֹויִם הָלְמוּ שְׂרוּקֶּיהָ עַד־יַעְזֵר נָגָעוּ תָּעוּ מִדְבָּר שְׁלֻחֹותֶיהָ נִטְּשׁוּ עָבְרוּ יָם | 8 For 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. |
9 עַל־כֵּן אֶבְכֶּה בִּבְכִי יַעְזֵר גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה אֲרַיָּוֶךְ דִּמְעָתִי חֶשְׁבֹּון וְאֶלְעָלֵה כִּי עַל־קֵיצֵךְ וְעַל־קְצִירֵךְ הֵידָד נָפָל | 9 Therefore 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. |
10 וְנֶאֱסַף שִׂמְחָה וָגִיל מִן־הַכַּרְמֶל וּבַכְּרָמִים לֹא־יְרֻנָּן לֹא יְרֹעָע יַיִן בַּיְקָבִים לֹא־יִדְרֹךְ הַדֹּרֵךְ הֵידָד הִשְׁבַּתִּי | 10 And 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. |
11 עַל־כֵּן מֵעַי לְמֹואָב כַּכִּנֹּור יֶהֱמוּ וְקִרְבִּי לְקִיר חָרֶשׂ | 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. |
12 וְהָיָה כִי־נִרְאָה כִּי־נִלְאָה מֹואָב עַל־הַבָּמָה וּבָא אֶל־מִקְדָּשֹׁו לְהִתְפַּלֵּל וְלֹא יוּכָל | 12 And 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. |
13 זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹואָב מֵאָז | 13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. |
14 וְעַתָּה דִּבֶּר יְהוָה לֵאמֹר בְּשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר וְנִקְלָה כְּבֹוד מֹואָב בְּכֹל הֶהָמֹון הָרָב וּשְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר לֹוא כַבִּיר׃ ס | 14 But 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. |