1Onus Moab.The burden of Moab.Quia nocte vastata est Ar Moab,Because Ar of Moab has been destroyed by night,conticuit;it is utterly silent.quia nocte vastatus est murus Moab,Because the wall of Moab has been destroyed by night,conticuit.it is utterly silent.

2Ascendit domus, et Dibon ad excelsa,The house has ascended with Dibon to the heights,in planctum super Nabo; et super Medaba,in mourning over Nebo and over Medeba.Moab ululavit;Moab has wailed.in cunctis capitibus ejus calvitium,There will be baldness on all of their heads,et omnis barba radetur.and every beard will be shaven.

3In triviis ejus accincti sunt sacco;At their crossroads, they have been wrapped with sackcloth.super tecta ejus et in plateis ejus omnis ululatus descendit in fletum.On their rooftops and in their streets, everyone descends, wailing and weeping.

4Clamabit HesebonHeshbon will cry out with Elealeh.et Eleale,Their voice has been heard as far as Jahaz.usque Jasa audita est vox eorum;Over this,super hoc expediti Moab ululabunt,the well-equipped men of Moab wail;anima ejus ululabit sibi.each soul will wail to itself.

5Cor meum ad Moab clamabit;My heart will cry out to Moab;vectes ejus usque ad Segor,its bars will cry out even to Zoar,vitulam conternantem;like a three-year-old calf.per ascensum enim Luith flens ascendet,For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith.et in via Oronaim clamorem contritionis levabunt.And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.

6Aquæ enim Nemrim desertæ erunt,For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate,quia aruit herba,because the plants have withered,defecit germen,and the seedling has failed,viror omnis interiit.and all the greenery has passed away.

7Secundum magnitudinem operis,This is in accord with the magnitude of their workset visitatio eorum:and of their visitation.ad torrentem Salicum ducent eos.They will lead them to the torrent of the willows.

8Quoniam circuivit clamor terminum Moab;For an outcry has circulated along the border of Moab;usque ad Gallim ululatus ejus,its wailing even to Eglaim,et usque ad puteum Elim clamor ejus.and its clamor even to the well of Elim.

9Quia aquæ Dibon repletæ sunt sanguine;Because the waters of Dibon have been filled with blood,ponam enim super Dibon additamenta;I will place even more upon Dibon:his qui fugerint de Moab leonem,those from Moab who flee the lion,et reliquiis terræ.and the survivors of the earth.