Lu Ezana Kusa 'da
1 Wari aza orivoya goloŋwai Kusa ro kundusi se eri kporo kufui rote kigye. 2 Lazo'bai kayi ikyi ni nasi Naile yasi, toŋboi se edebe dradra si iyi si. Mìgo kovole ami lazo'bai se paosiekye ono! Mìgo kovole lidri amiro se dämbäṛäṛä lomvo biliro kai re, se uturi tawi 'bädri cini yasi ono mìgo lazo be tu'de se mbäräkä ago mbaraekye ana re, se wari na goloi kolonyi yana be ana ya.
3 Nyèri dri, ami 'dicini se nyàbe ori 'bädri ya ono! Mìndrevo bere se taka'daro ro oyebe eŋgane driku'du'du 'bereŋwai ro yasi ono te! Mìga bi ovo cekuṛe ro tana erine! 4 OPI atate märi ekye: “Mandrena vo 'da ni vo'buyakuru yasi liaro pere oso ŋgaeyi kitu ro kitu eme si 'do ronye oso nduruṛi kabe oso ŋgäkyi si eme jee tu jalia ro si 'do ronye. 5 Teinye dri doŋgo topiako, ondro fo na kalayite kpeye ago doŋgo kate oka oko, kyila'baazi tufuna lidri Kusa ro 'da kpeye rritiako oso iṛi kabe gwoṛii kono ro olona 'do ronye. 6 E'bena avo ànyaro ro 'da bädru vurusi arii ri ndi koronyai vocowa robe ri, duru si arii onyana avo ànyaro ayani, ago meṛi si oko koronyai vocowa ro onyana avoi ànyaro teni.”
7 Tu ana si OPI Mbaraekye usuna ŋgapäṛi 'da ni lidri se dämbäṛäṛä lomvo biliro, se uturi tawi 'bädri cini yasi ono resi ni tu'de se mbäräkä ago mbaraekye, wari na goloi kolonyi yana be ono yasi Ànya ikyinayi 'da 'Bereŋwa Zaiona ya, vose abe OPI mätu kigye ono ya.
God Will Punish Ethiopia
1 Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia there is a land where the sound of wings is heard. 2 From that land ambassadors come down the Nile in boats made of reeds. Go back home, swift messengers! Take a message back to your land divided by rivers, to your strong and powerful nation, to your tall and smooth-skinned people, who are feared all over the world.
3 Listen, everyone who lives on earth! Look for a signal flag to be raised on the mountaintops! Listen for the blowing of the bugle! 4 The Lord said to me, “I will look down from heaven as quietly as the dew forms in the warm nights of harvest time, as serenely as the sun shines in the heat of the day. 5 Before the grapes are gathered, when the blossoms have all fallen and the grapes are ripening, the enemy will destroy the Ethiopians as easily as a knife cuts branches from a vine. 6 The corpses of their soldiers will be left exposed to the birds and the wild animals. In summer the birds will feed on them, and in winter, the animals.”
7 A time is coming when the Lord Almighty will receive offerings from this land divided by rivers, this strong and powerful nation, this tall and smooth-skinned people, who are feared all over the world. They will come to Mount Zion, where the Lord Almighty is worshiped.