to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
10:5
አሌ፡ ሎሙ፡ ለፋርስ፤ በትረ፡ መዓትየ፡ ወመንሱት፡ ውስተ፡ እዴሆሙ።
亞述是我怒氣的棍， 手中拿我惱恨的杖。
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.
For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, I have gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
10:21
ወይጸንዑ፡ በእግዚአብሔር፡ እለ፡ ተርፉ፡ እምያዕቆብ።
所剩下的，就是雅各家所剩下的，必歸回全能的上帝。
A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
10:23
እስመ፡ ኅሉቀ፡ ወምቱረ፡ ነገረ፡ በጽድቅ።
因為主－萬軍之耶和華在全地之中必成就所定規的結局。
For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says, “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
10:25
እስመ፡ ዓዲ፡ ኅዳጠ፡ ወይቈርር፡ መዓትየ፡ ወመቅሠፍትየ፡ ላዕለ፡ ምክሮሙ።
因為還有一點點時候，向你們發的忿恨就要完畢，我的怒氣要向他發作，使他滅亡。
For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”
Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.
It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.