When Leto arrived to Thebes, fetal Apollo prophesied from his mother's womb that in the future, he would punish a slanderous woman in Thebes (Niobe), and so he did not want to be born there.
wˌɛn lˈiːɾoʊ ɚɹˈaɪvd tə θˈiːbz, fˈiːɾəl ɐpˈɑːloʊ pɹˈɑːfəsid fɹʌm hɪz mˈʌðɚz wˈuːm ðæt ɪnðə fjˈuːtʃɚ, hiː wʊd pˈʌnɪʃ ɐ slˈændɚɹəs wˈʊmən ɪn θˈiːbz nɪˈoʊb, ænd sˌoʊ hiː dɪdnˌɑːt wˈɔnt təbi bˈɔːɹn ðˈɛɹ.