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| 1"Send a lamb to the ruler of the land, from Selah, by way of the desert, to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion. | 1Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of Daughter Zion. |
| 2Like fluttering birds, like an abandoned nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River. | 2Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. |
| 3"Give us advice; reach a decision! Cast your shadow as if night had come at high noon. Shelter the fugitives, And don't betray a single refugee. | 3"Make up your mind," Moab says. "Render a decision. Make your shadow like night-- at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees. |
| 4Let the fugitives from Moab settle among you; be a shelter to them from the destroyer. When the oppressor comes to an end, and destruction has ceased, and the marauder has vanished from the land, | 4Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer." The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land. |
| 5then a throne will be established in gracious love, and there will sit in faithfulness— in the Tent of David— one who judges, seeks justice, and is swift to do what is right." | 5In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it-- one from the house of David-- one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness. |
| 6"We've heard about Moab's pride— so very proud he became!— his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; therefore he is alone. | 6We have heard of Moab's pride-- how great is her arrogance!-- of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; but her boasts are empty. |
| 7Therefore, let Moab not wail, let everyone wail for Moab. Lament and grieve deeply for the ruined remains of Kir-hareseth. | 7Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. |
| 8For the fields of Heshbon wither, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have struck down its choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and pushed to the desert. Its shoots spread out and passed over the sea." | 8The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea. |
| 9"Therefore I weep with the tears of Jazer for the vines of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh— for the shouts of joy over your summer fruit and your grain harvest have ended. | 9So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. Heshbon and Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled. |
| 10Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards, in the vineyards people will sing no songs, and no cheers are raised. No vintner treads out wine in the presses, because I've put an end to the shouting. | 10Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; no one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting. |
| 11Therefore my insides moan like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir-hareseth. | 11My heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir Hareseth. |
| 12When Moab appears, when he arrives upon the high place and comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail." | 12When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail. |
| 13This was the message that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past. | 13This is the word the LORD has already spoken concerning Moab. |
| 14But now the LORD has spoken again: "Within three years, like the years of a contract worker, Moab's glory will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and its survivors will be very few and of no importance." | 14But now the LORD says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble." |
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