1 מַשָּׂא מֹואָב כִּי בְּלֵיל שֻׁדַּד עָר מֹואָב נִדְמָה כִּי בְּלֵיל שֻׁדַּד קִיר־מֹואָב נִדְמָה | 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent. |
2 עָלָה הַבַּיִת וְדִיבֹן הַבָּמֹות לְבֶכִי עַל־נְבֹו וְעַל מֵידְבָא מֹואָב יְיֵלִיל בְּכָל־רֹאשָׁיו קָרְחָה כָּל־זָקָן גְּרוּעָה | 2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: ton all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven. |
3 בְּחוּצֹתָיו חָגְרוּ שָׂק עַל גַּגֹּותֶיהָ וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶיהָ כֻּלֹּה יְיֵלִיל יֹרֵד בַּבֶּכִי | 3 In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping. |
4 וַתִּזְעַק חֶשְׁבֹּון וְאֶלְעָלֵה עַד־יַהַץ נִשְׁמַע קֹולָם עַל־כֵּן חֲלֻצֵי מֹואָב יָרִיעוּ נַפְשֹׁו יָרְעָה לֹּו | 4 Hesebon shall cry, and Eleale, their voice is heard even to Jasa. For this shall the well appointed men of Moab howl, his soul shall howl to itself. |
5 לִבִּי לְמֹואָב יִזְעָק בְּרִיחֶהָ עַד־צֹעַר עֶגְלַת שְׁלִשִׁיָּה כִּי ׀ מַעֲלֵה הַלּוּחִית בִּבְכִי יַעֲלֶה־בֹּו כִּי דֶּרֶךְ חֹורֹנַיִם זַעֲקַת־שֶׁבֶר יְעֹעֵרוּ | 5 My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction. |
6 כִּי־מֵי נִמְרִים מְשַׁמֹּות יִהְיוּ כִּי־יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר כָּלָה דֶשֶׁא יֶרֶק לֹא הָיָה | 6 For the waters of Nemrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away, the spring is faded, all the greenness is perished. |
7 עַל־כֵּן יִתְרָה עָשָׂה וּפְקֻדָּתָם עַל נַחַל הָעֲרָבִים יִשָּׂאוּם | 7 According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows. |
8 כִּי־הִקִּיפָה הַזְּעָקָה אֶת־גְּבוּל מֹואָב עַד־אֶגְלַיִם יִלְלָתָהּ וּבְאֵר אֵילִים יִלְלָתָהּ | 8 For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof. |
9 כִּי מֵי דִימֹון מָלְאוּ דָם כִּי־אָשִׁית עַל־דִּימֹון נֹוסָפֹות לִפְלֵיטַת מֹואָב אַרְיֵה וְלִשְׁאֵרִית אֲדָמָה | 9 For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood: for I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. |