Chapter 16

1Dispatch as messenger The ruler of the land, From Sela in the wilderness To the mount of Fair Tzion:

shil-KHU-khar mo-SHEL E-retz mi-SE-lah mi-d'-BA-ra el ha-RA bat-TZI-yon

אשִׁלְחוּ־כַ֥ר מֹשֵֽׁל־אֶ֖רֶץ מִסֶּ֣לַע מִדְבָּ֑רָה אֶל־הַ֖ר בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃

2“Like fugitive birds, Like nestlings driven away, Moab's villagers linger By the fords of the Arnon.

v'-ha-YA k'-of no-DAYD KEN m'-shu-LAKH tih-YAY-nah b'-NOT mo-AV ma-ba-ROT l'-ar-NOHN

בוְהָיָ֥ה כְעוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֽוֹן׃

3Give advice, Offer counsel. At high noon make Your shadow like night: Conceal the outcasts, Betray not the fugitives.

(ha-vee-U) [ha-vee-EE] e-tza a-SU fe-lee-LAH, shee-TEE ka-la-YEEL tzi-LEKH b'-toch tzo-ho-RA-yim, sa-TE-ree ni-DA-kheem no-DED al te-ga-LEE.

ג(הביאו) [הָבִ֤יאִי] עֵצָה֙ עֲשׂ֣וּ פְלִילָ֔ה שִׁ֧יתִי כַלַּ֛יִל צִלֵּ֖ךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ צׇהֳרָ֑יִם סַתְּרִי֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים נֹדֵ֖ד אַל־תְּגַלִּֽי׃

4Let Moab's outcasts Find asylum in you; Be a shelter for them Against the despoiler.” For violence has vanished, Rapine is ended, And marauders have perished from this land.

ya-GU-ru VAK ni-DA-khai MO-av he-VEE-se-TER la-MO mi-p'-NEI sho-DED, KI-a-FES ha-METS ka-LAH SHOD TA-mu ro-MES min ha-A-retz. (SA)

דיָג֤וּרוּ בָךְ֙ נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־אָפֵ֤ס הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה שֹׁ֔ד תַּ֥מּוּ רֹמֵ֖ס מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

5And a throne shall be established in goodness In the tent of David, And on it shall sit in faithfulness A ruler devoted to justice And zealous for equity.

v'-hu-KHAN ba-KHE-sed ki-SAY v'-ya-SHAV a-LAV be-e-MET b'-O-hel da-VID sho-FAYT v'-do-RAYSH mish-PAT um-HEER TZE-dek

הוְהוּכַ֤ן בַּחֶ֙סֶד֙ כִּסֵּ֔א וְיָשַׁ֥ב עָלָ֛יו בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת בְּאֹ֣הֶל דָּוִ֑ד שֹׁפֵ֛ט וְדֹרֵ֥שׁ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּמְהִ֥ר צֶֽדֶק׃

6“We have heard of Moab's pride— Most haughty is he— Of his pride and haughtiness and arrogance, And of the iniquity in him.”

sha-ma-NU ge-ON mo-AV GE me-OD ga-a-VA-to u-ge-O-no ve-e-v'-RA-to lo-KHEN ba-DA-yo

ושָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאוֹן־מוֹאָ֖ב גֵּ֣א מְאֹ֑ד גַּאֲוָת֧וֹ וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ וְעֶבְרָת֖וֹ לֹא־כֵ֥ן בַּדָּֽיו׃

7Ah, let Moab howl; Let all in Moab howl! For the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth You shall moan most pitifully.

la-KHEN ye-YE-leel mo-AV le-mo-AV ku-LOH ye-YE-leel la-a-shi-SHEI kir-kha-RET teh-GU akh-ne-kha-EEM

זלָכֵ֗ן יְיֵלִ֥יל מוֹאָ֛ב לְמוֹאָ֖ב כֻּלֹּ֣ה יְיֵלִ֑יל לַאֲשִׁישֵׁ֧י קִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂת תֶּהְגּ֖וּ אַךְ־נְכָאִֽים׃

8The vineyards of Heshbon are withered, And the vines of Sibmah; Their tendrils spread To Baale-goiim, And reached to Jazer, And strayed to the desert; Their shoots spread out And crossed the sea.

KI shad-MOT khe-SHON um-LAL GE-fen si-VE-ma ba-a-LEI go-YIM ha-LE-mu se-RO-k'-YA ad ya-EZER na-GA-u TA-u mid-BAR she-lu-KO-tei-HA nit-T'-SHU o-v'-RU yam

חכִּ֣י שַׁדְמוֹת֩ חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן אֻמְלָ֜ל גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י גוֹיִם֙ הָלְמ֣וּ שְׂרוּקֶּ֔יהָ עַד־יַעְזֵ֥ר נָגָ֖עוּ תָּ֣עוּ מִדְבָּ֑ר שְׁלֻ֣חוֹתֶ֔יהָ נִטְּשׁ֖וּ עָ֥בְרוּ יָֽם׃

9Therefore, As I weep for Jazer, So I weep for Sibmah's vines; O Heshbon and Elealeh, I drench you with my tears. Ended are the shouts Over your fig and grain harvests.

al-KEN ev-KEH bi-v'KHI ya-EZER GE-fen si-v'MA a-ra-YA-vekh dim-a-TI khes-BON v'-el-a-LEH ki al-KEI-tsek v'-al-k'-tzi-REKH hee-DAD na-FAL

טעַל־כֵּ֡ן אֶבְכֶּ֞ה בִּבְכִ֤י יַעְזֵר֙ גֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֔ה אֲרַיָּ֙וֶךְ֙ דִּמְעָתִ֔י חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן וְאֶלְעָלֵ֑ה כִּ֧י עַל־קֵיצֵ֛ךְ וְעַל־קְצִירֵ֖ךְ הֵידָ֥ד נָפָֽל׃

10Rejoicing and gladness Are gone from the farm land; In the vineyards no shouting Or cheering is heard. No more does the treader Tread wine in the presses— The shouts have been silenced.

v'-ne-e-SAF sim-KHA va-GIL min ha-KAR-mel u-va-k'-ra-MEEM lo ye-ru-NAN, lo ye-ro-A, ya-YIN ba-y'-ka-VIM lo yid-ROKH ha-do-REKH, hee-DAD hish-BA-tee

יוְנֶאֱסַ֨ף שִׂמְחָ֤ה וָגִיל֙ מִן־הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל וּבַכְּרָמִ֥ים לֹֽא־יְרֻנָּ֖ן לֹ֣א יְרֹעָ֑ע יַ֗יִן בַּיְקָבִ֛ים לֹא־יִדְרֹ֥ךְ הַדֹּרֵ֖ךְ הֵידָ֥ד הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃

11Therefore, Like a lyre my heart moans for Moab, And my very soul for Kir-heres.

al-KEN, me-AI l'-mo-AV, ka-ki-NOR ye-he-MU, v'-kir-BI l'-KIR kha-RESH

יאעַל־כֵּן֙ מֵעַ֣י לְמוֹאָ֔ב כַּכִּנּ֖וֹר יֶהֱמ֑וּ וְקִרְבִּ֖י לְקִ֥יר חָֽרֶשׂ׃

12And when it has become apparent that Moab has gained nothing in the outdoor shrine, he shall come to pray in his temple—but to no avail.

v'-ha-YA ki-nir-AH ki-ni-LAH mo-AV al ha-ba-MA, u-VA el mik-DA-sho l'-hit-pa-LAYL v'-LO yu-KHAL.

יבוְהָיָ֧ה כִֽי־נִרְאָ֛ה כִּֽי־נִלְאָ֥ה מוֹאָ֖ב עַל־הַבָּמָ֑ה וּבָ֧א אֶל־מִקְדָּשׁ֛וֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל וְלֹ֥א יוּכָֽל׃

13That is the word that Hashem spoke concerning Moab long ago.

ZEH ha-DA-var a-SHER di-BER a-do-NAI el mo-AV me-AZ.

יגזֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל־מוֹאָ֖ב מֵאָֽז׃

14And now Hashem has spoken: In three years, fixed like the years of a hired laborer, Moab's population, with all its huge multitude, shall shrink. Only a remnant shall be left, of no consequence.

v'-a-TAH di-BER a-do-NAI lay-MOR, b'-sha-LOSH sha-NEEM kish-NAY sa-KHEER v'-nik-LAH k'-VOD mo-AV b'-KOL he-ha-MON ha-RAV u-sh'-AR m'-AT miz-AR lo kha-BEER.

ידוְעַתָּ֗ה דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהֹוָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בְּשָׁלֹ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י שָׂכִ֔יר וְנִקְלָה֙ כְּב֣וֹד מוֹאָ֔ב בְּכֹ֖ל הֶהָמ֣וֹן הָרָ֑ב וּשְׁאָ֥ר מְעַ֛ט מִזְעָ֖ר ל֥וֹא כַבִּֽיר׃