Aisaia 21
1 Amo sia: ne iasu da Ba: bilone soge fi ilia hou olelesa. Ba: bilone wadela: su liligi da soge amoma dunu da beda: i, amoga sisiga: su fo agoane manebe ba: mu.
[I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
2 Na da esala ba: su amo ganodini, se nabasu hou misunu amola hohonosu hou amola soge wadela: mu hou ba: i dagoi. Ila: me dadi gagui dunu! Doagala: ma! Midia dadi gagui dunu! Moilai bai bagadega doagala: ma! Ba: bilone fi ilia hamobeba: le, dunu bagohame da se bagade nabi. Be Gode da ilia hou hedofamu.
Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
3 Na esala ba: su amo ganodini liligi ba: beba: le, se bagade nabi amola beda: i bagade ba: i. Amo se nabasu da uda da mano lalelegesea se naba, amo defele ba: i.
Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
4 Na dialuma da feloasa. Na da bagade beda: iba: le, yagugusa. Na da daeya doaga: ma: ne, bagade hanai galu. Be daeya doaga: loba, beda: i fawane ba: i.
I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
5 Na esala ba: su ganodini, na da lolo nabe momagei dagoi ba: i. Misi dunu fima: ne, debea da fa: si dagoi. Ilia da hahawane ha: i amola waini hano naha esalebe ba: sa. Hedolodafa, sia: bagade naba, “Dadi gagui ouligisu! Dilia da: igene gaga: su liligi momagema!”
[In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
6 Amalalu, Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i, “Sosodo aligisu dunu ilegele asunasima! E da ea ba: i liligi sia: ne iasima: ne sia: ma.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
7 E da dunu aduna aduna hosi amoga fila heda: le, amola dunu dougi amola ga: mele amo da: iya fila heda: le, manebe ba: sea, e da ili ha: giwane ba: ma: ne sia: ma.”
Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
8 Sosodo aligisu dunu da amane wele sia: sa, “Hina! Na da na sosodo aligisu sogebi amoga mae fisili, eso amola gasi ganodini lelu.”
[So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
9 Amalalu, hedolowane ilia da manebe goea! Dunu aduna aduna, hosi da: iya fila heda: le, manebe. Sosodo aligisu dunu da sia: ne iaha amane, “Ba: bilone da dafai dagoi. Loboga hamoi ‘gode’ liligi amoga ilia da nodone sia: ne gadoi, da mugululi, osoboga dafane wadela: lesi dagoi dialebe ba: sa.
Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
10 Na fi dunu! Isala: ili fi! Dilia da widi defele, dabi dagoi ba: sa. Be wali na da sia: ida: iwane gala, amo na da Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili dunu ilia Gode, amoma nabi, na da dilima olelei dagoi.
My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
11 Amo sia: da Idome soge ea hou olelesa. Dunu afae Idome sogega esala da nama amane adole ba: sa, “Sosodo aligisu! Gasi da habogala dagoma: bela: ? Amo se nabasu da habogala dagoma: bela: , nama adoma!
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
12 Na da bu adole iaha, “Hahabe da mabe. Be gasi da bu misunu. Di da nama bu adole ba: musa: dawa: sea, defea, bu adole ba: ma: ne misa.”
[I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
13 Amo sia: da Ala: ibia soge ea hou olelesa. Dilia Dida: ne fi dunu, dilia da abula diasu Ala: ibia hafoga: i soge ganodini esala!
[I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
14 Hano hanai dunu da dilima masea, hano ilima ima. Dima sogega fi dunu! Mugululi asi dunu da dilima doaga: sea, ha: i manu ilima ima.
And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
15 Ha lai dunu da dunu eno gobihei amola dadi amoga medole legemusa: dawa: lala. Amaiba: le, dunu da gegesu amoma beda: iba: le, gadili hobeasa.
They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
16 Amalalu, Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i, “Ode afadafa fawane da gidigisia, Gida fi ilia gasa bagade hou da ebelei dagoi ba: mu.
Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
17 Gida fi oulali gagui dunu, ilia nimi gasa hou da eno Gida dunu ilia hou baligisa, be bagahame fawane esalebe ba: mu. Na, Isala: ili Hina Gode da sia: i dagoi.”
Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
