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Chapter 18

Translation and Transliteration of 

Listen to this chapter in Hebrew:

1Ah, land in the deep shadow of wings, Beyond the rivers of Nubia!

HOY e-RETZ tzil-TZAL ke-NA-fa-YIM a-SHER me-E-ver le-na-ha-REI-KUSH

אה֥וֹי אֶ֖רֶץ צִלְצַ֣ל כְּנָפָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵעֵ֖בֶר לְנַהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ׃

2Go, swift messengers, To a nation far and remote, To a people thrust forth and away— A nation of gibber and chatter— Whose land is cut off by streams; Which sends out envoys by sea, In papyrus vessels upon the water!*

ha-SHO-le-akh ba-YAM tzi-RIM u-vi-k'-LEI go-ME al p'-NAY ma-YIM, l'-KU mal-a-KHEEM ka-LEEM el go-Y mem-u-SHAKH u-mo-RAT el am no-RA min-HU va-ha-LE-a, go-Y kav-KAV u-m'-BU-sa a-SHER ba-Z'-u ne-ha-REEM ar-TZO

בהַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּיָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹ֘מֶא֮ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֒יִם֒ לְכ֣וּ ׀ מַלְאָכִ֣ים קַלִּ֗ים אֶל־גּוֹי֙ מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט אֶל־עַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה גּ֚וֹי קַו־קָ֣ו וּמְבוּסָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְא֥וּ נְהָרִ֖ים אַרְצֽוֹ׃

3[Say this:] “All you who live in the world And inhabit the earth, When a flag is raised in the hills, take note! When a shofar is blown, give heed!”

kol yo-sh'-VAY tay-VAYL v'-sho-kh'-NAY A-retz kin-so NAYS ha-REEM tir-U v'-khit-KO-a sho-FAR tish-MA-u

גכׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵ֖ל וְשֹׁ֣כְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ כִּנְשֹׂא־נֵ֤ס הָרִים֙ תִּרְא֔וּ וְכִתְקֹ֥עַ שׁוֹפָ֖ר תִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃

 18:3   When a flag is raised in the hills, take note

The word nays (נס) in this verse means ‘flag’ or ‘banner,’ but the same word also means ‘miracle.’ Just as a banner serves as a reminder to onlookers, a miracle is also meant to remind “all inhabitants of the world” that Hashem directs all events from behind the scenes.

4For thus Hashem said to me: “I rest calm and confident in My habitation— Like a scorching heat upon sprouts, Like a rain-cloud in the heat of reaping time.”

ki kho a-MAR a-do-NAI e-LAI (esh-ko-TAH) [esh-ko-TAH] v'-a-BI-tah b'-m'-kho-NEE, k'-KHOm tzakh a-LEI-or, k'-aV tal b'-KHOm ka-TZEER.

דכִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י (אשקוטה) [אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה] וְאַבִּ֣יטָה בִמְכוֹנִ֑י כְּחֹ֥ם צַח֙ עֲלֵי־א֔וֹר כְּעָ֥ב טַ֖ל בְּחֹ֥ם קָצִֽיר׃

5For before the harvest, yet after the budding, When the blossom has hardened into berries, He will trim away the twigs with pruning hooks, And lop off the trailing branches.

ki-lif-NEI ka-TZIR k'-TAM pe-RACH u-BO-ser go-MEL yi-HE-yeh ni-TZAH, v'-ka-RAT ha-zal-za-LEEM ba-maz-ME-ROT, v'-et ha-ne-TEE-shot he-SIR he-TAZ

הכִּֽי־לִפְנֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ כְּתׇם־פֶּ֔רַח וּבֹ֥סֶר גֹּמֵ֖ל יִֽהְיֶ֣ה נִצָּ֑הֿ וְכָרַ֤ת הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת וְאֶת־הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹת הֵסִ֥יר הֵתַֽז׃

6They shall all be left To the kites of the hills And to the beasts of the earth; The kites shall summer on them And all the beasts of the earth shall winter on them.

ye-a-Z'VU yakh-DAV l'-AYT ha-REEM u-l'-ve-he-MAT ha-A-retz v'-KATZ a-LAV ha-A-yit v'-kol be-he-MAT ha-A-retz a-LAV te-KHE-raf.

ויֵעָזְב֤וּ יַחְדָּו֙ לְעֵ֣יט הָרִ֔ים וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְקָ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ הָעַ֔יִט וְכׇל־בֶּהֱמַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ עָלָ֥יו תֶּחֱרָֽף׃

7In that time, Tribute shall be brought to the lord of Hosts [From] a people far and remote, From a people thrust forth and away— A nation of gibber and chatter, Whose land is cut off by streams— At the place where the name of the lord of Hosts abides, At Mount Tzion.

ba-EYT ha-HEE yu-VAL-sha-Y la-a-do-NAI t'-va-OT, am me-mu-SHAKH u-mo-RAT, u-may-AM no-RA min-hu va-ha-le-AH, goy KAV-KAV u-m'-BU-sa a-SHER bo-ZU ne-ha-RIM ar-TZO el m'-KOM shem a-do-NAI t'-va-OT, har tzi-YON.

זבָּעֵת֩ הַהִ֨יא יוּבַל־שַׁ֜י לַֽיהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת עַ֚ם מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט וּמֵעַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה גּ֣וֹי ׀ קַו־קָ֣ו וּמְבוּסָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּזְא֤וּ נְהָרִים֙ אַרְצ֔וֹ אֶל־מְק֛וֹם שֵׁם־יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת הַר־צִיּֽוֹן׃