1 Ai da terra onde há o roçar de muitas asas de insetos, que está além dos rios da Etiópia; 2 que envia embaixadores por mar em navios de papiro sobre as águas, dizendo: Ide, mensageiros velozes, a uma nação de homens altos e de pele brunida, a um povo terrível, de perto e de longe; a uma nação poderosa e esmagadora, cuja terra os rios dividem. 3 Vós, todos os habitantes do mundo, e vós, os moradores da terra, quando se arvorar a bandeira nos montes, olhai; e, quando se tocar a trombeta, escutai. 4 Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Olhando da minha morada, estarei calmo como o ardor quieto do sol resplandecente, como a nuvem do orvalho no calor da sega. 5 Porque antes da vindima, caída já a flor, e quando as uvas amadurecem, então, podará os sarmentos com a foice e cortará os ramos que se estendem. 6 Serão deixados juntos às aves dos montes e aos animais da terra; sobre eles veranearão as aves de rapina, e todos os animais da terra passarão o inverno sobre eles.

7 Naquele tempo, será levado um presente ao Senhor dos Exércitos por um povo de homens altos e de pele brunida, povo terrível, de perto e de longe; por uma nação poderosa e esmagadora, cuja terra os rios dividem, ao lugar do nome do Senhor dos Exércitos, ao monte Sião.

1 Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; 2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide! 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.

4 For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down. 6 They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. 7 In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

1 Woe to the land of whirring wings "along the rivers of Cush, [^2]

2 which sends envoys by sea in papyrus boats over the water. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

3 All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it.

4 This is what the LORD says to me: "I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

5 For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives, and cut down and take away the spreading branches.

6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey and to the wild animals; the birds will feed on them all summer, the wild animals all winter.

7 At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD Almighty from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers — the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD Almighty.