Isaiah 49
1 Sanglak rhoek loh kamah taengkah he hnatun uh saeh lamtah khohla lamkah namtu rhoek loh hnatung uh saeh. BOEIPA loh kai he bungko khuiah ng'khue coeng tih a nu bung khuiah ni ka ming a sum coeng.
Listen to me, ye distant lands! Attend, ye nations from afar! Jehovah called me at my birth; In my very childhood he called me by name.
2 Ka ka he cunghang haat bangla a khueh tih a kut dongkah hlipkhup ah kai n'thuh. Kai he thaltang la n'khueh tih amah kah liva dongah a meet tangtae la kai n'thuh.
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of his hand did he hide me. He made me a polished shaft; In his quiver did he hide me.
3 Kai taengah tah, “Kamah kah sal tah Israel nang, namah dongah ni ka ko ka hang eh.
He said to me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
4 Tedae kai loh a poeyoek la ka ti coeng. A hinghong la ka kohnue tih ka thadueng khaw a honghi coeng. Ka tiktamnah he BOEIPA taengah, ka thaphu te ka Pathen taengah ka bawt.
Then I said, I have labored in vain; For naught, for vanity, have I spent my strength; Yet my cause is with Jehovah, And my reward with my God.
5 Bungko khui lamloh amah kah sal la kai aka hlinsai BOEIPA loh Jakob te amah taengla mael sak ham neh Israel te amah taengla coi ham te a thui coeng. Te dongah BOEIPA mikhmuh ah ka thangpom uh tih ka Pathen tah ka sarhi la om.
And now thus saith Jehovah, Who formed me from my birth to be his servant To bring Jacob to him again, And that Israel might be gathered to him, —For I am honored in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God is my strength, —
6 Jakob koca te thoh ham neh Israel a kueinah tih mael puei ham khaw kamah kah sal la na om te rhaemaih. Nang tah diklai khobawt duela kamah kah khangnah a om sak ham neh namtom rhoek kah vangnah la kang khueh ni,” a ti.
He said, It is a small tiling that thou shouldst be my servant, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also make thee the light of the nations, That my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.
7 Israel aka tlan tih anih kah a cim Yahovah loh hinglu kah a hnaep taengah, namtom kah a tuei taengah, aka taemrhai rhoek kah sal taengah, “Manghai rhoek loh a hmuh uh vaengah mangpa rhoek khaw thoo uh vetih a bawk uh bitni. Israel kah a cim BOEIPA tah a uepom dongah ni nang n'coelh.
Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised by men, abhorred by the people, To the servant of tyrants; Kings shall see, and stand up, Princes, and they shall pay homage, On account of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
8 BOEIPA loh, “Kolonah tue vaengah nang kan doo tih khangnah khohnin ah nang kan bom. Nang te kang kueinah vetih aka pong tangtae khohmuen aka thoh ham neh rho aka pang pilnam patai la nang te kang khueh ni.
Thus saith Jehovah; In the time of favor will I hear thee; In the day of deliverance will I help thee; I will preserve thee, and make thee a mediator for the people, To restore the land, to distribute the desolated inheritances;
9 Amih hmaisuep ah a khih rhoek te, 'Ha pawk uh lamtah ha mop uh,’ ti nah. Longpuei ah luem uh vetih caphoei cuk boeih te amih kah rhamtlim la poeh ni.
To say to the prisoners, Go forth! To them that are in darkness, Come to the light! They shall feed in the ways, And on all high places shall be their pasture.
10 Lamlum uh pawt vetih halthi uh mahpawh. Amih te unghae neh khomik loh do mahpawh. Amih aka haidam loh amih te a hmaithawn vetih tuisih tui taengla a khool ni.
They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; Neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; For he that hath compassion on them shall lead them; To springs of water shall he guide them.
11 Kamah kah tlang boeih te long la ka khueh vetih ka longpuei te ka pomsang ni.
And I will make all my mountains a highway; And my roads shall be prepared.
12 Khohla lamkah rhoek te ha pawk uh ni ke. Tlangpuei lamkah rhoek neh tuitun lamkah ke khaw, Sinim kho lamkah rhoek khaw.
Behold! these shall come from far; And behold! these from the North and from the West, And these from the land of Sinim.
13 Vaan rhoek loh tamhoe uh lamtah diklai khaw omngaih saeh. Tlang rhoek khaw tamlung neh rhong la rhong uh saeh. BOEIPA loh a pilnam te a hloep tih mangdaeng rhoek te a haidam coeng.
Sing, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth! Break forth into singing, ye mountains! For Jehovah comforteth his people, And hath compassion on his afflicted ones.
14 Zion loh, “Yahovah loh kai n'hnoo tih ka Boeipa loh kai n'hnilh coeng,” a ti.
Zion saith, “Jehovah hath forsaken me; The Lord hath forgotten me.”
15 Huta loh a ca cahni te a hnilh a? A bungko khuikah a ca te a haidam ta. Te rhoek loh hnilh uh mai cakhaw kai long he nang kan hnilh mahpawh.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, So as not to have compassion on the son of her womb? Yet, should they forget, I will never forget thee!
16 Kutpha dongah nang kan tarhit coeng tih na vongtung khaw kamah hmaiah om yoeyah coeng he.
Behold, I have graven thee on the palms of my hands; Thy walls are ever before my eyes.
17 Na ca rhoek loh namah n'koengloeng uh paitok tih namah lamkah aka thoeng rhoek loh nang n'khah uh.
Thy children shall make haste; They that destroyed and laid thee waste shall depart from thee.
18 Na mik te huel kilkoel lamtah hmu van lah. Amih te boeih coi uh thae tih nang taengla ha pawk uh coeng. Kai, hingnah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Amih boeih te kamrhui bangla na vah vetih na langa bangla na hlaengtang ni.
Lift up thine eyes around, and see! They all assemble themselves, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, Thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with a rich dress; Thou shalt bind them on thee, as a bride her jewels.
19 Namah kah imrhong neh na ponah kho na pong sak. Khosa taeng lamloh n'daengdaeh pawn vetih nang aka yoop rhoek khaw lakhla uh bitni.
For thy waste and desolate places, and thy land laid in ruins, Shall now be too narrow for the inhabitants; And they that devoured thee shall be far away.
20 Nang hlangmoeng ca rhoek na hna khuiah, “Kai ham a hmuen caek coeng tih kamah ham han thoeih lamtah kho ka sa eh?,” a ti uh ni.
Thou, that hast been childless, shalt yet hear thy sons exclaim: “The place is too narrow for me; make room for me that I may dwell.”
21 Te vaengah na thinko nen tah, “Kai aka cun te unim? Kai dueidah laemhong neh pumhong he a hliphen tih n'rhoe sut. Te dongah te rhoek aka puel sak te unim? Kai kamah bueng ka sueng vaengah melae amih eh?,” na ti ni.
And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these? I surely was childless and unfruitful, An exile, and an outcast; who then hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, then, where were they?
22 Ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a thui. Namtom taengah ka kut ka thueng vetih pilnam hamla ka rholik ka thoh pah ni. Te vaengah tah na ca rhoek te poehla neh ham pawk puei uh vetih na tanu rhoek te laengpang dongah a poeh uh ni.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will lift up my hand to the nations, And set up my standard to the kingdoms; They shall bring thy sons in their arms, And thy daughters upon their shoulders.
23 Manghai rhoek te nang aka kaem la, a boeinu rhoek khaw nang aka khut la om uh ni. Nang taengah a talung neh diklai la bakop uh vetih na kho dongkah laipi a laem uh ni. Te vaengah kai Yahovah neh kai aka lamtawn rhoek loh yah a poh pawt te na ming uh ni.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, And queens thy nursing mothers; Upon their faces shall they bow down before thee, And lick the dust of thy feet. Thus shalt thou know that I am Jehovah; And they who trust in me shall not be put to shame.
24 Hlangrhalh kah hnorhawt te a loh vetih aka dueng kah tamna te a loeih khaming a?
Shall the prey be taken away from the mighty? Or shall the spoil of the terrible be rescued?
25 Tedae BOEIPA loh, “Hlangrhalh tamna khaw a loh pah vetih hlanghaeng a dang khaw a khong pah ni. Na lungawn taengah kai loh kang rhoe vetih na ca rhoek te kamah loh ka khang ni.
Yea, thus saith Jehovah, The prey shall be taken away from the mighty, And the spoil of the terrible shall be rescued; For with him that contendeth with thee will I contend, And I will save thy children.
26 Nang aka vuelvaek rhoek te a saa ka cah vetih a thii te thingtui bangla rhuihmil uh ni. Te vaengah pumsa boeih loh kai tah nang kah khangkung Yahovah neh nang aka tlan Jakob kah samrhang la a ming uh ni.
And I will cause thine oppressors to eat their own flesh; With their own blood shall they be drunk, as with new wine; And all flesh shall know that I Jehovah am thy saviour; That thy redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.
