Isaiah 28
1 Ephraim yamuhrinaw e kâoupnae bawilakhung hai thoseh, misur meng kaparuinaw e talai kahawi monsom hoi kamyai thai e amamae lentoenae a pei hai thoseh, yawthoe lah ao.
Woe to the crown of pride, of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious ornament, which is on the eminence of the fat valley of those who are struck down by wine!
2 Khenhaw! Bawipa koe athakaawme teh, roun, cakho patetlah thoseh, athakaawme tûili patetlah thoseh, amae kut hoi talai totouh a tâkhawng han.
Behold, [it cometh] mighty and strong from the Lord, as a tempest of hail, a storm of destruction; as a tempest of mighty overflowing waters, will he cast it down to the earth with force.
3 Ephraim yamuhrinaw e kâoupnae bawilakhung teh kho rahim reprep coungroe lah ao han.
Under feet shall be trodden the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim:
4 Talai kahawi e monsom hoi kamyai thai e amamae lentoenae a pei teh kompawi hoehnahlan hmaloe kahmin e a paw patetlah ao han. Hote a paw ka hmawt e tami teh, amae kut dawk a pha tahma he tang a ca han.
And the fading flower of his glorious ornament, which is on the eminence of the fat valley, shall be as its early ripe fruit before the summer; which one, when he just seeth it, while it is scarcely in his hand, hastily devoureth.
5 Hote hnin dawkvah, ransahu BAWIPA ni, kacawie a taminaw koe bawilennae lukhung, ka talue e bawilakhung lah ao han.
On that day will the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
6 Lawkcengnae koe katahungnaw hanelah, lannae muitha lah ao vaiteh, tarannaw e longkha koehoi kabannaw hanelah, thaonae lah ao han.
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to those that drive back the battle to the gate [of the enemy].
7 Ahnimouh teh misur yamu kecu dawk rawrawcawt awh vaiteh, yamu kecu dawk a kamrit awh han. Vaihma hoi profetnaw teh rawrawcawt awh vaiteh, misur hoi hmoungti awh toe. Yamu kecu a kamrit awh toe. Vision hmunae koe a kamrit awh teh, lawkcengnae koe paletpalut lah ao awh.
But these also are now stumbling through wine, and reeling through strong drink: priest and prophet are stumbling through strong drink, they are overpowered with wine, they reel through strong drink; they stumble in [divine] vision, they are unsteady in giving judgment.
8 Ahnimae canei pawi pueng teh, hmuen houng laipalah palo hoi a kawi.
For all tables are full of vomit of filthiness, there is no place [clean].
9 Ahnimouh ni, apimouh panuenae ka cangkhai awh han va. Kamthang hah apimouh ka deicai pouh han va. Nene nueng pâphei e naw nama. Nene ka net lahun e naw nama.
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he give to understand doctrine? those that are weaned from the milk, those that are taken from the breasts.
10 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kâlawk van kâlawk, kâlawk van kâlawk, langri van langri, langri van langri, hitueng youn touh haw tueng youn touh lah bo ao vaw.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.
11 Hatdawkvah, tamitavannaw e pahni hoi ramlouknaw e lawk hoi hete miphunnaw koe ahni ni lawk a dei han.
For [as] with stammering lips and a foreign tongue will he speak to this people;
12 Lawk a dei hane teh, het hateh, kâhatnae doeh. Ka tâwn e naw kâhat naseh, duem kâhat naseh, telah ahnimouh koe a dei pouh ei, ahnimouh ni thai ngai awh hoeh.
When he said unto them, This is the rest, cause ye the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing; but they would not hear.
13 Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh teh a cei awh teh, hnuklah a rawp awh teh, a rawkphai awh teh, tangkam dawk a kâman awh teh, man lah ao awh nahan, BAWIPA e kâlawk teh ahnimae van vah, kâlawk van kâlawk, kâlawk van kâlawk, langri van langri, langri van langri, hitueng youn touh haw tueng youn touh lah ao han.
Therefore shall be unto them the word of the Lord, precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; in order that they may go, and stumble backward, and be broken, and snared, and caught.
14 Hatdawkvah, Jerusalem kho vah, hete miphunnaw ka uk niteh, ka dudam e naw, BAWIPA e a lawk teh thai awh haw.
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem.
15 Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmouh ni, kaimouh teh duenae hoi lawkkam ka sak awh toe. Phuen hoi lawkkâcat awh toe. Lacik kathout a tho toteh, kaimouh koe tho mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Laithoe hah kâuepnae lah ao teh, dumyennae dawk kâhro awh toe, telah na dei awh. (Sheol h7585)
Because ye have said, “We have entered into a covenant with death, and with the nether world have we made an agreement; the overflowing scourge, when it passeth by, shall not come at us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we sought a hiding-place.” (Sheol h7585)
16 Hatdawkvah, Bawipa Jehovah ni, khenhaw! talung, tanouknae talung, ka talue e a takinlung hah im du lah Zion mon dawkvah ka hruek toe. Ka yuem e tami teh kalue tâsuenae awm mahoeh.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I have laid in Zion as a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone, well founded: he that believeth will not make haste.
17 Kai ni lannae hah bangnuenae rui lah ka coung sak vaiteh, lannae hah bangnuenae paw lah ka o sak han. Roun ni laithoe kâuepnae hah raphoe vaiteh, a kâhronae hmuen hai tui ni muen a khu han.
And I will make of justice a measuring line, and of righteousness a plummet: and the hail shall sweep off the refuge of lies, and the hiding-place against the waters shall these flood away.
18 Duenae hoi lawkkam na sak e teh a rawk han. Phuen hoi lawkkam na sak e hai kangcoung mahoeh. Runae a pha toteh, nangmouh hah reprep na coungroe awh han. (Sheol h7585)
And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with the nether world shall not have permanence; the overflowing scourge, when it passeth by—then shall ye be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)
19 Hote a cei toteh, nangmouh hai na ceikhai awh han. Hot teh amom buet touh hnukkhu amom buet touh a cei han. Kamthang na thai e ni karum khodai kaluekalapnae duengdoeh a tâcokhai han.
As often as it passeth by shall it take you; for morning by morning shall it pass by, by day and by night; and the mere understanding of the report shall cause terror.
20 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ikhun teh ma cawng hoeh hane totouh a duem, hni hai kâkhu thai hoeh hanlah a thoung.
For the bed shall be too short for [a man] to stretch himself out [on it]: and the covering too narrow to wrap himself in.
21 BAWIPA ni a thaw ka talue e thaw hah tawk hane hoi ouk a tawk e lah kaawm hoeh e thaw hah tawk hanelah, Perazim mon dawk e patetlah a thaw sak han. Gibeon yawn dawk e patetlah a kâhlaw sak han.
For as on mount Perazim will the Lord rise up, as in the valley of Gib'on will he be wroth, that he may do his work, his singular work; and to accomplish his labor, his strange labor.
22 Atuvah nangmouh teh, dudamnae sak awh hanh. Hoehpawiteh, puenghoi yuenae na khang awh han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ram pueng dawk rawknae hoi lawkcengnae hah ransahu Bawipa Jehovah koehoi thai awh toe.
And now be ye no longer scornful, lest your bonds be made strong; for as completed and fully decreed have I heard it from the Lord Eternal of hosts over all the earth.
23 Kaie ka lawk hah na hnâpakeng awh nateh thai awh haw. Ka lawk hah takuetluet thai awh haw.
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.
24 Cati patue nahanelah laikawk ka tawk e ni kanîruirui talai a thawn maw. Talai hah patuenpatuen a pâpawn teh a thawn maw.
Doth the ploughman plough all the time to sow? doth he open and harrow his ground [continually]?
25 A palat toteh, catun hoi catun hah patue laipalah ouk ao maw. Catun hah aruirui lah a patue teh, catun hah a kawkkawk lah patue laipalah ouk ao maw.
Is it not so? that, when he hath made level its surface he scattereth fennel, and streweth about cumin, and planteth the wheat in rows, and barley on its assigned [place], and millet on its proper spot?
26 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahni hah a cangkhai toe. A Cathut ni ahni hai a cangkhai toe.
For his God instructed him rightly, taught him [so to do].
27 Catun hah palatnae thingphek hoi kanawk hoeh. Catun hai lengkhok hoi palet sin hoeh. Catun hoi catun hah bongpai hoi doeh ouk hem.
Truly not with a threshing instrument is fennel threshed, and a wagon-wheel is not turned about upon cumin; but fennel is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a stick.
28 Vaiyei lah sak hane catun hah ouk tip sak awh. Hatei, pou kanek hoeh. Rangleng hah marang hoi a sawn sak eiteh, tip sak e nahoeh.
Bread-corn is crushed; but not for ever doth [man] keep threshing it; and though he drive over it the wheel of his wagon and his horses, he will not [thereby] crush it.
29 Hethateh, ransahu BAWIPA koehoi doeh a tho. BAWIPA teh pouknae poenae koe kângairu hanelah ao teh, a pouknae hai a len.
This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts; wonderful is he in counsel, and excellent in [his] wise deeds.
