Isaiah 41
1 Sanglak te kai hmaiah duem omuh. Namtu rhoek khaw thadueng cawn saeh lamtah ha mop uh saeh. Te vaengah, “Laitloeknah ah tun capit uh sih,” ti uh saeh.
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2 Khocuk lamloh aka haenghang te unim? Anih te a kho kungah duengnah la a khue. Namtom rhoek te a mikhmuh ah a tloeng pah. Manghai rhoek te a hnaa tih a cunghang neh laipi bangla a saii, a liva te divawt bangla a khoek.
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3 Amih loh a hloem vaengah a kho loh a cawt noek pawh caehlong te sading la a poeng.
He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 A lu lamloh a saii tih a khuen phoeiah cadilcahma aka khue te unim? Lamhma khaw kai Yahovah ni, a hnukkhueng taengah khaw kamah ka om.
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I Yhwh, the first, and with the last; I am he.
5 Sanglak rhoek loh a hmuh uh tih a rhih uh. Diklai khobawt rhoek khaw a lakueng uh dongah ha tawn uh tih halo uh.
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 Hlang loh a hui te bom uh saeh lamtah a manuca te, “Thaahuel lah,” ti nah saeh.
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7 Kutthai loh sui aka cilpoe te a thaphoh. Kilung neh aka picai loh thilung aka hnaa te, “Khangtui khaw khaw then ngawn,” a ti nah. A tuen pawt ham thicung neh a khing.
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8 Tedae ka lungnah Abraham tiingan, ka sal Israel nang neh Jakob nang la kan tuek.
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Diklai khobawt lamloh nang kan doek tih, a hlahloei lamkah ni nang kang khue. Nang te, “Ka sal ni,” ka ti dongah nang kan coelh. Te dongah nang te kan hnawt moenih.
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Rhih boeh, nang taengah kamah ka om. Mangthong ngawn boeh kai he na Pathen ni. Na nam kan ning sak vetih nang kam bom ngawn bitni. Kamah kah duengnah bantang kut neh nang kan moem bitni.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Nang taengah aka lungoe boeih tah yak uh vetih a hmaithae uh ni. Namah taengah tuituknah aka khueh hlang rhoek a hong la om vetih milh uh ni.
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Na rhalcak te hlang na tlap cakhaw na hmu mahpawh. Nang kah caemtloek hlang rhoek te a hong neh a poei-oep la om ni.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 Kai tah na bantang kut aka moem tih nang taengah, “Rhih boeh nang te kamah loh kam bom bitni,” aka ti Yahovah na Pathen ni.
For I Yhwh thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Jakob talam, Israel hlang loh rhih boeh. Kamah loh nang kan bom bitni. Israel kah hlangcim nang aka tlan, BOEIPA kah olphong ni.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Yhwh, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Nang te tloep dongkah thingphael no a thai kah kungmah la kang khueh ni. Tlang na til vetih na tip sak ni. Som khaw cangkik bangla na khueh ni.
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Amih te na rhuek vaengah yilh loh a khuen vetih hlipuei loh a taekyak ni. Tedae nang tah BOEIPA dongah na omngaih vetih Israel kah a cim dongah na thangthen bitni.
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in Yhwh, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Mangdaeng neh khodaeng loh tui a tlap. Tuihalh dongah a lai om kolla koh coeng. Kai Israel Pathen Yahovah loh amih te ka doo tih amih te ka hnoo moenih.
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I Yhwh will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 Caphoei cuk ah tuiva, kolbawn laklung ah tuisih ka phuet sak ni. Khosoek te tuibap tui la, khohmuen rhamrhae te tui hnun la ka khueh ni.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 Khosoek ah lamphai, thingkoi, cuihal neh situi thing ka khueh ni. kolken ah hmaical, kungkang neh ta-aw thing khaw tun a khueh.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
20 Te vaengah BOEIPA kut loh a saii tih Israel kah a cim loh a suen te hmu uh saeh lamtah ming uh saeh, dueh uh saeh lamtah tun yakming uh saeh.
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yhwh hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 BOEIPA loh, “Nangmih kah tuituknah phoe puei uh,” a ti. Jakob manghai long tah, “Namamih kah oelhnah te tawn uh,” a ti.
Produce your cause, saith Yhwh; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Hnukbuet kah aka thoeng te mamih taengah tawn saeh lamtah thui uh saeh. Amih loh mebang a thui akhaw mamih kah lungbuei ah khueh uh sih. A hmailong ah mamih kah n'yaak bangla a thoeng te ming uh sih.
Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23 A hnuk ah aka lo te thui lamtah nangmih na pathen uh te kam hmat uh eh. Na thae na then khaw ka uem uh vetih ka sawt khaw ka sawt mai bitni.
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24 Nangmih te tangkik tanglai ni he. Na bisai khaw a hong lakah nah. Nangmih aka coelh te khaw tueilaehkoi ni.
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
25 Tlangpuei lamloh ka haeng tih khocuk khomik taeng lamloh halo. Ka ming te a phuk tih ukkung rhoek te amlai bangla a pah. Te vaengah amsai bangla tangnong a daep.
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 A tong lamkah unim aka puen tih mikhmuh lamkah khaw ka ming vetih thuem ka ti uh eh. Aka puen khaw om pawh, aka yaak sak khaw om pawh, na ol aka ya khaw om pawh.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27 Amih he lamhma la Zion taengah khaw, Jerusalem taengah khaw aka phong la ka paek coeng he.
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 Ka hmuh nawn khaw hlang om pawh. Amih ka dawt vaengah ol mael hamla amih aka uen khaw om pawh.
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Amih te boeih ah boethae ni ke. A bibi khaw a poei-oep, a tuisi khaw a khohli neh a hinghong ni.
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
