Isaiah 30
1 “Ipi lung genthei nan na ngao ham, thu'a nunglou kachate ho,” tin Pakai in aseije. “Keija toh akikalin thilgon nanei un ahi. Ka lhagao in adeilou hotoh kigop khomna nanei jun, hichun na chonset nao na sesang toupeh taovin ahi.
Woe [to] apostate sons, A declaration of YHWH! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My Spirit, So as to add sin to sin.
2 Ajehchu keima donglou vin, nache suh un Egypt panpina naga thum uve. Pharaoh huhbitna chu natahsan un ahi. Ama lima chun nakisel gu uvin ahi.
Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My mouth, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.
3 Ahin Pharaoh natahsan jeh uva suh molphou'a naumdiu, amachunga nakingap jeh uva jachatna a naum diu ahi.
And the strength of Pharaoh Has been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,
4 Ahin thaneina Zoan chan gei a keh beh in um jeng jongleh a noidou ho Hanes gei hung lhung ta jong leu,
For his princes were in Zoan, And his messengers reach Hanes.
5 ama tahsan jouse chun jumna amudiu ahi. Aman nakithopiu malah a na suhmol phoudiu ahi.”
He made all ashamed of a people that do not profit, Not for help, and not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!
6 Negev a gancha ho chung changa thuhil kahenga hitin ahung lhunge; Kholjin hon tijat umtah in nelgam ahin jot nun, Egypt gei adin olin akitolui- ahaonao jouse sangan ho chunga ahin pouvin, agou luhou sangongsao chunga ahin pouve-Egypt ten aventup nadiuva abonna pehding atiu ahi. Gamthip gam ahin jot un, keipi bahkai achal le anu umna mun, gulse ho leh gunei gul ho umna mun ho ahin jotpao vin ahi. Hiche jouse hi ahin, Egypt in imacha nahin pehle lou ding ahi.
The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, From where [are] viper and flying, burning serpent, They carry their wealth on the shoulder of donkeys, And their treasures on the hump of camels, To a people not profitable.
7 Egypt kihahselna ho chu panna bei ahibouve! Hijeh chun, Rahab tin kakouve-setna neilou Dragon.
Indeed, Egyptians [are] vanity, and help in vain, Therefore I have cried concerning this: “Their strength [is] to sit still.”
8 Tun chenlang hiche thucheng hohi sun lhan. Lekhabu a sun lut in. Phat kichai kah adinga hettoh sah a pang diu ahitai.
No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And inscribe it on a scroll, And it is for a latter day, for a witness for all time,
9 Hichu, hiche mite hi milouchal midouhat ho ahiuvin, Pakai thuhil lunglutna ngaiding nomlou ahiu ve.
That this [is] a people of rebellion, sons—liars, Sons not willing to hear the Law of YHWH.
10 Mitvah neiho jah'a hitin asei uve, “Themgao ho jah a, Thudih neiseipeh hih uvin. Ngainom um chacha neisei peh uvin. Jouthu leh semthu ho neisei peh un.
Who have said to seers, “Do not see,” And to prophets, “Do not prophesy to us straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
11 Lung jin nahi sumil soh in. Nalampi jim akonin kichondoh in Israel Mitheng Pa chungthu neiseh peh u, ngadoh tan.”
Turn aside from the way, Decline from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us.”
12 Hiche hi Israel Mitheng Pan adonbutna ahi: “Kathu seipeh ho namusit jeh leh nabolgim ho, jou le nal natahsan joh jeh in,
Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel: “Because of your kicking against this word, And you trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,
13 phulou helouva vangsetna nachunga hung chu ding ahi-bangho pohdoh a, khikeh a lhuh tobang ding ahi. Apet pet in hung chim lhan tin, bong hel hulin hung lha tan te.
Therefore this iniquity is to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction comes suddenly, in an instant.
14 Bel keh banga naki suchip ding ahi-achip dan dan chu halneo khat a jong mei am kiloh theilou, tuikul a kon'a jong tui themkhat chabeh jong kithal thei lou ahi.
And He has broken it As the breaking of the potters’ bottle, Beaten down—He does not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.”
15 Thaneipen Pakai, Israel Mitheng Pan, hitin aseije: “Ka henga hung kinung le hobou, keija kicholdo hobou huhdoh a na umdiu ahi. Lungneng sel leh tahsan nachu na thahat nao ahi. Ahin khatcha nachan lou diu ahi.
For thus said Lord YHWH, The Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might,” And you have not been willing.
16 Nangman naseiyin, ' Ahipoi Egypt akon panpina kamu diu ahin, galsat nadinga sakol hattah ho eipeh diu ahi,' nati ahin, gangtah leh hattah namu diu chu ahileh nagal mi teuvin hattah leh gangtah a nahin del diu chu ahi bouve!
And you say, “No, for we flee on a horse,” Therefore you flee, And, “We ride on the swift!” Therefore your pursuers are swift.
17 Alah uva khatnin ahindel ding chu nangho sangkhat hiding ahi. Alah uva nga in nabonu va najamsah soh diu ahi. Thinglhang chunga ponlah khom khat bou kidalha banga na kidalha ding nahin, molvum'a ponlap kikhai pheleng leng toh nabah ding ahi. Hijeh a chu Pakai in ama kom'a nahung ding anga teiding, hitia chu aman nangailut dan leh nakhoto dan chu nahetsah nom ahi. Ajehchu Pakai hi tahsan umtah Pathen ahi. Apan pina ngahjing ho chu a nunnom ahiuve.
One thousand [flee] because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five you flee, Until you have surely been left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.
And therefore YHWH waits to favor you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For YHWH [is] a God of judgment, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.
19 Aw Jerusalem'a cheng, Zion mite, nangho naka kit loudiu ahitai. Ahenga panpina nathum uleh Ama chu mi lungset them ahi. Na kanau awgin chu Aman adonbut teitei ding ahi.
For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Do not weep—weeping, Pitying, He pities you at the voice of your cry, When He hears He answers you.
20 Pakai in an adin vangsetna, chuleh don din thoh natna nahin pe jong lechun, nahil din nakom'a umjing nalai di ahi. Na hil'a chu namit tah'a namu ding ahi.
And the Lord has given to you bread of adversity, And water of oppression. And your teachers remove no longer, And your eyes have seen your teachers,
21 Na nakol tah a najah ding ahi. Na nunglang tah a kon thu hung kisei ding,”Hiche lampi hi ahi nachena got chu,” Jetlang hihen, veilang hijong le.
And your ear hears a word behind you, saying, “This [is] the way, go in it,” When you turn to the right, And when you turn to the left.
22 Chuteng na dangka a kisem milim kihou, chule nagou lutah sana'a kisem lim hochu, na suhmang ding ahi. Ponse nen paimang banga na paimang ding, “Phasel to!” tia nasei khum ding ahi.
And you have defiled the covering of Your carved images of silver, And the ephod of your molten image of gold, You scatter them as a sickening thing, “Go out,” you say to it.
23 Chuteng Pakai in gojuh a phatthei naboh ding ahi, thil tuphat ahiteng. Kidang tah'a agaho naki khop khom ding, chuleh na ganchate nehding hamhing ninglhing setna umding ahi.
And He has given rain [for] your seed, With which you sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it has been fat and plentiful, Your livestock enjoy an enlarged pasture in that day.
24 Loukhoi bongchal ho leh sangan hon anpha anehdiu, avai vang huijin alhoh mang ding ahi.
And the oxen and the young donkeys serving the ground, Eat fermented provender, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.
25 Hiche nikho teng leh na galmi hou akitha a, insang ho ahung lhuh teng, vadung tui ho mol le lhang jouse hung longlha ding ahi.
And there has been on every high mountain, And on every exalted hill, Streams—conduits of waters, In a day of much slaughter, in the falling of towers.
26 Lha chu nisa vah bangin vah intin, chuleh nisa vah chu jat sagi'a vah cheh ding ahi- nisagi sunga vah chu nikhat'a vah tobang ahi! Hitichu hiding ahi Pakai in amite sudam dinga akipatna, akisuh khah nao maha hou damna ahin peh teng.
And the light of the moon has been as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun is sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day of YHWH’s binding up the breach of His people, When He heals the stroke of its wound.
27 Ven! Pakai chu mun gamlatah akonin ahunge, lungsa pum leh meikhu nasatah in atomkhum in ahi. Amuh hoa lunghan na adimmin; athuho, meiyin asuhmang toh abange.
Behold, the Name of YHWH is coming from far, His anger is burning, and the flame [is] great, His lips have been full of indignation, And His tongue [is] as a devouring fire.
28 Ahaina hu sat chu tuisoh'a galmi ho ngong chan aphah bangin akisunglha abange. Chitin namtin kiletsah ho chu suhmang dinga asepchil ding ahi. Nahkhao akhi peh'a, mangthai dinga ahoidoh ding ahi.
And His breath [is] as an overflowing stream, It divides to the neck, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, [Is] on the jaws of the peoples.
29 Ahin Pathen miten golnop phatah kibolna'a la kisa ho banga kipa la asah diu ahi. Theile mutpan mun thenga Pathen houva cheho honkhat Jerusalem, Pakai lhangchung-Israel te Songpi'a apui banga, kipana' adimset dingu ahi.
Singing is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, To go to the mountain of YHWH, To the rock of Israel.
30 Chuleh Pakai in aloupina aw ajahsah ding ahi. Abanthahat thaneina avetsah ding ahi. Meikong in aval lhum bangin hung kum lhan tin, van gin holeh gelchang lentah tah hung lhabanga hung kum lhading ahi.
And YHWH has caused The splendor of His voice to be heard, And the coming down of His arm He shows with the raging of anger, And the flame of a consuming fire, Scattering, and inundation, and hailstone.
31 Pakai thupeh dungjui a Assyrian te ahal hal 'a kehdiu ahi. A leng tenggol'a ajeplhuh gamdiu ahi.
For from the voice of YHWH Asshur [is] broken down, He strikes with a rod.
32 Hitia Pakai in amol'a ajep uva, gotna apeh teng uleh, amiten selangdah atum uva, khong akhet uva golnop abol diu ahi. Abanthahat ahin doptouva, Assyria te ahin dou ding ahi.
And every passage of the settled staff, That YHWH causes to rest on him, Has been with tambourines and with harps, And in battles of shaking He has fought with it.
33 Topheth-meikou na mun-Assyria lengpa dinga phatsotna gontohsa kikoi ahitai; akigo nading thingho sangtah in akiselom tai. Pakai haina hu chun, meikong hung kikhodoh banga ahin halkou ding ahi.
For Tophet is arranged from former time, Even it is prepared for the king, He has made deep, He has made large, Its pile [is] fire and much wood, The breath of YHWH, As a stream of brimstone, is burning in it!
