Joel 11JoelThe locusts and the day of the LordThe Holy Bible in the Dawuro language of Ethiopia, Latin script

The Holy Bible in the Dawuro language of Ethiopia, Latin scriptBerean Standard Bible

1. 1DWRLPutu'eela na'aa Iyu'eelakko Med'inaa Goday kiitteedda k'aalay hawaa.BSBBSB: This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
2. 2DWRLHinttenoo c'imatoo, hawaa sisite! Yihudaa gadiyaan de'iyaa asaw ubbaw, sisite! Hawaa malabay hintte wode woy hintte aawotuwaa wode hani erii?BSBBSB: Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
3. 3DWRLHewaa hintte naanaatoo odite; hintte naanay barenttu naanaatoo odino; k'ay unttunttu naanaykka kaalliyaa yeletaw odino.BSBBSB: Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
4. 4DWRLGondduwaappe atteeda katsaa wude boolii meedda; wude booliyaappe atteeda katsaa bumbburetsay meedda; k'ay bumbburetsaappekka atteeda katsaa kukubbay meedda.BSBBSB: What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
5. 5DWRLHinttenoo matsottiyaawanttoo, beegottiide yeekkite! Hinttenoo, woyniyaa eessaa ushiyaawanttoo ubbaa gede, zilaalite! Ayaw gooppe, mal"iyaa woyniyaa eessay hintte doonaappe atteeda.BSBBSB: Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
6. 6DWRLPayduu bayinna olanchchay ta gadiyaa mayyeedda. Unttunttu achchay gaammuwaa achchaa mala; k'ay unttunttu kasiliikka gaammatti kasiliyaa mala.BSBBSB: For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
7. 7DWRLUnttunttu ta woyniyaa turaa bayzzeeddino; ta balasiyaa mitsaakka c'oommeeddino. Unttunttu pok'uwaa ubbaa mi diggeedda diraw, woyniyaanne balasiyaa tashetuu ubbay boos's'eeddino.BSBBSB: It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
8. 8DWRLAttumawoo, bare yalagatetsan Aa giigeedda asinay hayk'k'ina, waaruwaa mayyaade yeekkiyaa geelayattiidan, ubbaykka yeekkite!BSBBSB: Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
9. 9DWRLKatsaa yarshshuunne ushshaa yarshshuu Med'inaa Godaa Geeshsha Golliyaa biyaawaa aggeeda; hewaa diraw, Med'inaa Godaw ootsiyaa k'eesatuu yeekkiino.BSBBSB: Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
10. 10DWRLShoyk'ay mela atteeda; biittaykka yeekkee. Ayaw gooppe, katsay d'ayeedda; woyniyaa turay meleedda; zayitiikka laafeedda.BSBBSB: The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
11. 11DWRLHinttenoo goshshanchchatoo, kayyottite! Hinttenoo, woyniyaa turaa tokkiyaawanttoo, zilaalite! Ayaw gooppe, c'akku gakkeedda zarggaynne banggay gaden d'ayikichcheedda.BSBBSB: Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
12. 12DWRLWoynniyaa turay meleedda; balasiyaa mitsaykka shulleedda; roomaaniyaa giyaa mitsay, temiriyaa giyaa mitsay, appiliyaa giyaa mitsaynne k'ay shoyk'aan de'iyaa hara mitsaa ubbaykka meleedda. Hewaa diraw, asaappe nashechchay haakkeedda.BSBBSB: The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
13. 13DWRLHinttenoo k'eesatoo, waaruwaa mayyiide yeekkite! Hinttenoo, yarshshiyaasan ootsiyaa k'eesatoo, ayee! ayee! giite; Hinttenoo, ta S'oossaa sintsan ootsiyaawanttoo, Geeshsha Golliyaa gelite; waaruwaa mayyiide ak'ite. Ayaw gooppe, katsaa yarshshuwaanne ushshaa yarshshuwaa S'oossaa Geeshsha Golliyaan yarshshiyaawe baawa.BSBBSB: Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
14. 14DWRLS'oomaa awaayite; geeshsha yaa'aw asaa s'eesiide shiishshite; c'imatuwaanne gadiyaan de'iyaa asaa ubbaa Med'inaa Godaa hintte S'oossaa Geeshsha Golliyaa shiishshite; yaatiide yan Med'inaa Godaakko waassite!BSBBSB: Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
15. 15DWRLMed'inaa Godaa gallassay mateedda; he gallassaw aayye ana! He gallassay Ubbaa Danddayiyaa S'oossaappe bashshaa gallassaa gidiide yee.BSBBSB: Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
16. 16DWRLNu ayifiyaa sintsaappe katsay, nu S'oossaa Geeshsha Golliyaappe nashechchaynne ililssay d'ayeedda gidennee?BSBBSB: Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17. 17DWRLZereteedda zeretsay biittaa giddon buuk'k'eedda; katsay meli kichcheedda diraw, Yeesiikka ubbay mela gideedda; diyetuukka koletteeddino.BSBBSB: The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
18. 18DWRLMehetuu loytsi waassiino; miizzaa wudiyawukka maatay bayinna diraw, yaanne haanne bichchaariino. Haray atto, dorssaa wudetuukka tuggatiino.BSBBSB: How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
19. 19DWRLAbeet Med'inaa Godaw, tamay bazzuwaan de'iyaa hentsaa gadetuwaa mi diggeedda dirawunne dembban de'iyaa mitsaa ubbaa lac'uu s'uuggi diggeedda diraw, taani neekko waassay.BSBBSB: To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
20. 20DWRLGoggiyaa haatsay meleedda dirawunne tamay bazzuwaan de'iyaa maataa mi diggeedda diraw, haray atto, bazzuwaa do'atuukka neekko waassiino.BSBBSB: Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.