1. Listen, Ethiopia—land of fluttering sailsthat lies at the headwaters of the Nile,
2. that sends ambassadorsin swift boats down the river.Go, swift messengers!Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people,who are feared far and widefor their conquests and destruction,and whose land is divided by rivers.
3. All you people of the world,everyone who lives on the earth—when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look!When I blow the ram’s horn, listen!
4. For the lord has told me this:“I will watch quietly from my dwelling place—as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day,or as the morning dew forms during the harvest.”