1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. 7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. 13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. 14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

1 Stuur die lammers van die regeerder van die land uit die rotsstreek weg na die woestyn, na die berg van die dogter van Sion.

2 En soos voëls wat vlug, 'n nes wat verjaag is, sal die dogters van Moab wees by die driwwe van die Arnon.

3 Gee raad, gee beslissing, maak jou skaduwee soos die nag op die volle middag, verberg die wat verdryf is, verraai die vlugteling nie!

4 Laat my mense wat verdryf is, by jou vertoef! Aangaande Moab, wees vir hulle 'n skuilplek vanweë die verwoester. Want gedaan is die verdrukker, klaar is dit met die verwoesting, weg is die vertrappers uit die land!

5 En opgerig is deur goedgunstigheid 'n troon, en daarop sit een in getrouheid in Dawid se tent, 'n regter wat die reg soek en gou is in geregtigheid.

6 Ons het gehoor van die trotsheid van Moab -- hy is baie trots! -- van sy hoogmoed en sy trotsheid en sy grimmigheid, sy onbehoorlike grootpratery.

7 Daarom sal Moab oor Moab huil, almal saam huil; oor die druiwekoeke van Kir-Har,set sal julle sug, heeltemal verslae.

8 Want die wingerde van Hesbon het verwelk; die wingerdstok van Sibma -- sy edele druiwe het die beheersers van die nasies neergewerp; dit het gekom tot by Ja,ser, dit het in die woestyn ingedwaal; sy ranke het uitgesprei, het oor die see gegaan.

9 Daarom beween ek die wingerdstok van Sibma met die geween van Ja,ser; ek maak jou nat met my trane, Hesbon en Ele le, omdat die vreugdegeroep jou somervrugte en jou oes oorval het,

10 en vreugde en gejuig weggeneem is uit die vrugteboord, en in die wingerde nie gejubel of gejuig word nie; die druiwetrapper trap geen wyn in die parskuipe nie; Ek het die vreugdegeroep laat ophou.

11 Daarom klaag my ingewande oor Moab soos 'n siter, en my binneste oor Kir-Heres.

12 En as Moab verskyn, as hy hom vermoei op die hoogte en in sy heiligdom ingaan om te aanbid, dan sal hy niks uitrig nie.

13 Dit is die woord wat die HERE tevore teen Moab gespreek het.

14 En nou spreek die HERE en sê: Binne drie jaar -- soos die jare van 'n dagloner -- sal die heerlikheid van Moab veragtelik gemaak word saam met die hele groot menigte; en die oorblyfsel sal min, gering, onmagtig wees.