¹The burden of the wilderness of the sea. `Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come, From a fearful land.

¹Kanu waa warka culus ee ku saabsan cidlada badda ku ag taal. Sida cirwareentu koonfur uga timaado oo kale ayuu cidlada oo ah dal cabsi badan uga yimaadaa.

²A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.

²Waxaa lay tusay muujin culus. Khaa'inkii khiyaanuu sameeyaa, oo kan wax dhacaana wax buu dhacaa. Reer Ceelaamow, ku kac, reer Maadayow, hareeree. Taahiddii oo dhan anigu waan joojiyey.

³Therefore filled have been my loins [with] great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.

³Sidaas daraaddeed naxdin baa cidhiidhi i gelisay, oo waxaa i qabtay xanuun badan sida naag foosheed oo kale, oo xanuun aawadiis waxba waan maqli kari waayay, oo naxdin aawadeed waxba waan arki kari waayay.

⁴Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,

⁴Waan qalbitakhtakhay, oo cabsi baa i argaggixisay. Fiidkii aan istareexa ka filanayay gariir buu iigu rogmaday.

⁵Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,

⁵Miis bay diyaarsadaan, oo gogol bay gogladaan, wax bayna cunaan oo cabbaan. Amiirradow, sara joogsada, oo gaashaanka subka.

⁶For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.`

⁶Waayo, Sayidku wuxuu igu yidhi, Tag, oo waardiye meel dhig, oo isna wuxuu arko ha sheego.

⁷And he hath seen a chariot — a couple of horsemen, The rider of an ass, the rider of a camel, And he hath given attention — He hath increased attention!

⁷Oo markaasuu arkay ciidan fardo fuushan oo laba laba u socda, iyo ciidan dameerro fuushan, iyo ciidan rakuubbo fuushan, aad buuna u dhegaystay oo aad iyo aad buu uga fikiray.

⁸And he crieth — a lion, `On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights.

⁸Oo wuxuu u qayliyey sidii libaax oo kale oo yidhi, Sayidow, maalintii oo dhan waxaan had iyo goorba ku kor taagnahay munaaradda waardiyaha, oo habeen walbana waxaan joogaa meeshayda waardiyaha.

⁹And lo, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.` And he answereth and saith: `Fallen, fallen hath Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth.

⁹Oo bal eeg, waxaa soo socda ciidan fardo fuushan oo laba laba u socda. Oo isna waa u jawaabay oo wuxuu yidhi, Baabuloon waa dhacday, waa dhacday, oo sanamyadeedii xardhanaa oo ilaahyadeedu way wada jajabeen oo dhulkay daadsan yihiin.

¹⁰O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!`

¹⁰Dadkayga sida hadhuudh la tumayow, wixii aan Rabbiga ciidammada oo ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil ka maqlay waan idin ogeysiiyey.

¹¹The burden of Dumah. Unto me is [one] calling from Seir `Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?`

¹¹Kanu waa warka culus ee Duumah ku saabsan.

¹²The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.`

¹²Oo waardiyihiina wuxuu yidhi, Waagu waa beryayaa, habeenkuna waa soo socdaa, haddii aad wax weyddiinaysaan, weyddiiya, soo noqda oo kaalaya.

¹³The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.

¹³Kanu waa warka culus ee dalka Carabta ku saabsan.

¹⁴To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.

¹⁴Kuwa oomman biyo u keena, kuwa dalka Teemaa degganow, kuwa qaxay cunto kala hor taga.

¹⁵For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.

¹⁵Waayo, iyagu seef bay ka carareen, taas oo ahayd seef gal la', iyo qaanso xodan iyo dagaal aad u kulul.

¹⁶For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

¹⁶Waayo, Sayidku wuxuu igu yidhi, Muddo sannad ah oo ah sida sannadaha shaqaalaha ayaa sharafta Qedaar oo dhammu ku baabbi'i doontaa.Oo intii ka hadhay tirada ragga qaansaleyda ah oo ah ragga xoogga badan oo reer Qedaarna way yaraan doontaa, waayo, Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil ayaa saas ku hadlay.

¹⁷And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!`

¹⁷Oo intii ka hadhay tirada ragga qaansaleyda ah oo ah ragga xoogga badan oo reer Qedaarna way yaraan doontaa, waayo, Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil ayaa saas ku hadlay.