What the Lord Says about the Philistines
1 Before the king of Egypt attacked the town of Gaza, the Lord told me to say to the Philistines:
2 I, the Lord, tell you
that your land will be flooded
with an army from the north.
It will destroy your towns
and sweep you away,
moaning and screaming.
3 When you hear the thunder
of horses and chariots,
your courage will vanish,
and parents will even abandon
their own children.
4 You refugees from Crete,
your time has now come,
and I will destroy you.
None of you will be left
to help the cities
of Tyre and Sidon.
5 The Anakim who survive
in Gaza and Ashkelon
will mourn for you
by shaving their heads
and sitting in silence.
6 You ask how long will I continue
to attack you with my sword,
then you tell me to put it away
and leave you alone.
7 But how can my sword rest,
when I have commanded it
to attack Ashkelon
and the seacoast?
Lazo OPI ro ta Filisitia rota
1 OPI atate märi ta Filisitia rota, käti teinye dri 'bädri'ba Ezipeto ro ri Gaza gota ako. 2 Nda ekye:
“Mindre! Gyi kate ezioga ni mä'dudrisi
ago ogana a'dona 'da oso äru golo ro ronye.
Ànya takonayi wari 'da ndi ŋgase cini kigye iyi be,
'bakicii ndi lidri se koriyibe kigye lau iyi be.
Lidri uzina läzi 'da ta ŋgaopa rota;
ago 'dicini se 'bädri ya ono liyinayi 'da amba.
3 Ànya erinayi kporo uwi potoko Farasii kyila ro 'da,
ndi kporo idi arabia kyila robe,
ndi kporo uwi pa ŋguluro na be.
Täpii uninayi ko ogone kovole ŋgwai ànyaro ta;
drìi ànyaro odrana 'da 'boṛi'boriro.
4 Tana tu kate esa Filisitia'bai cini tufuza,
ŋgaopa se toto ke'bebe.
Ni Tura ndi Sidona be ya edrena 'da.
Oko ma, OPI, mezana Filisitia'bai 'da,
se cini ke'bebe Kurete kalasi iyi.
5 Tusu 'desi esate lidri Gaza ro dri,
ago lidri Asekelona ro kayite rueza.
Anjoko Filisitia'bai ro uguna liyi tuna mu'du eŋwanyeya?
6 Nyà totre amba mìkye: ‘Bando OPI ro ni!
Bando uguna ŋga toga tuna mu'du eŋwanye loli ako ya?
Migo miso mi kovole foro miro ya,
miri lau ago nyololi!’
7 Oko bando lolina eŋwanye,
ondro ka'do mozo losi ni rigye oyene ya?
Mozo ota te anya ri Asekelona gotane
ndi lidri se koriyibe kototisi iyi be.”