1 Godspraak oor Moab. Waarlik, in die nag is Ar-Moab verwoes, vernietig! Waarlik, in die nag is Kir-Moab verwoes, vernietig!

2 Hulle gaan op na die tempel, en Dibon na die hoogtes om te ween; Moab huil op Nebo en in Med,ba; op al hulle hoofde is 'n kaalte, elke baard is afgeskeer.

3 Op hul strate het hulle rouklere aangegord; op hulle dakke en op hulle pleine huil alles en smelt weg in geween.

4 Hesbon en Ele le skreeu, hulle stem word gehoor tot Jahas toe; daarom hef die gewapende manne van Moab 'n angsgeskreeu aan, sy siel sidder.

5 My hart skreeu oor Moab, sy vlugtelinge kom tot by Soar, Eglat-Selisia. Want die hoogte van Luhit beklim hulle met geween; ja, op pad na Horon im laat hulle 'n geskreeu van verwoesting weerklink;

6 want die waters van Nimrim word 'n woesteny, ja, die gras is verdor, die grasspruitjies het vergaan, daar is geen groenigheid nie.

7 Daarom gaan hulle die oorwins wat hulle gemaak het, en hulle voorraad, oor die Wilgerspruit dra.

8 Want die geskreeu gaan rond in die grondgebied van Moab, sy gehuil tot by Eglaim en sy gehuil tot by Beër-Elim.

9 Want die waters van Dimon is vol bloed; want Ek sal oor Dimon nog meer bring, 'n leeu oor die van Moab wat ontvlug het, en oor die oorblyfsel van die land.

1 The burden of Moab.

For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought. 2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off. 3 In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly. 4 And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him. 5 My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing. 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows. 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof unto Eglaim, and the wailing thereof unto Beer-elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon them of Moab that escape, and upon the remnant of the land.