Isaiah 41
1 Oe tuilumnaw, a hmalah sairasuep lah awm awh. Taminaw ni tha hoi bout kawi awh naseh. Rek hnai awh naseh, lawk dei awh naseh. Lawkcengnae koe kahnaicalah tho awh naseh.
Keep silence before mee, O ylands, and let the people renue their strength: let the come neere, and let them speake: let vs come together into iudgement.
2 Kanîtholah hoi tami buet touh hah apinimaw a kangdue sak, apimaw lannae koe a khok rahim vah a kaw. Apinimaw a hmalah miphun hah a poe teh, siangpahrangnaw e lathueng vah lawk a ceng sak. Apinimaw vaiphu patetlah a tahloi koe a poe teh, cahik kahlî ni a palek e patetlah apinimaw licung koe a poe.
Who raised vp iustice from the East, and called him to his foote? and gaue the nations before him, and subdued the Kings? he gaue them as dust to his sword, and as scattered stubble vnto his bowe.
3 Apinimaw ahnimanaw hah a pâlei teh, a khok hoi a coungroe boihoeh e lam dawk hoi a yawngtahrei.
He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feete.
4 Apinimaw hete hnonaw hah a sak teh, miphunnaw hah a kamtawngnae koehoi a kaw vaw. Kai Jehovah, ahmaloe poung e hoi a hnukteng poung e koe kaawm e kasakkung teh kai doeh.
Who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye same.
5 Tuilumnaw ni a hmu awh teh a taki awh. Talai poutnae naw teh a pâyaw awh. Rek a hnai awh teh, a kamkhueng awh.
The yles sawe it, and did feare, and the ends of the earth were abashed, drew neere, and came.
6 A imri buet touh hoi buet touh a kâkabawp awh teh, tha kâlat nateh na taranhawi sak awh telah tha a kâpoe awh.
Euery man helped his neighbour, and saide to his brother, Be strong.
7 Kutsakkathoum e ni suihlunkathoum e hah tha a poe. Cakkin hoi ka pacai e nihai, sum ka dêi ni teh kahei ka pacawng e tami hanlah ahawi atipouh. Ahnimouh ni hote meikaphawk hah a kâroe hoeh nahanlah sum hoi kacaklah a het awh.
So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.
8 Hatei, nang Isarel, ka san, kai ni na rawi e Jakop, ka hui Abraham e catoun,
But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.
9 Kai ni nang teh talai poutnae koehoi ka kut hoi na sawn teh, ahlapoungnae hmuen koehoi na kaw teh, nang teh kaie thaw ka tawk e lah na o. Kai ni nang teh na rawi toe. Kai ni nang teh na pahnawt hoeh.
For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Taket hanh. Kai teh nang hoi rei ka o. Na lungpuen hanh. Kai teh na Cathut lah ka o, tha na o sak han. Na kabawp han. Lawkkamcaknae aranglae ka kut hoi na tawm han.
Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.
11 Nang koe a lung ka khuek e naw teh, yeiraipo awh vaiteh, minhmai a kaya awh han.
Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.
12 Nang na katuknaw hah na tawng hai na hmawt mahoeh toe. Nang hoi taran ka tuk e naw teh ayawmyin patetlah ahrawnghrang patetlah ao awh han.
Thou shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought.
13 Bangkongtetpawiteh, nange Jehovah na Cathut ni nang hanelah, na lungpuen hanh, na kabawp han ati teh, nange aranglae kut hah a kuet.
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I wil helpe thee.
14 Oe Tangraet Jakop, miphun kathoengcae Isarel, taket hanh. Kai ni na kabawp han. Nang karatangkung teh, Isarelnaw e kathounge Bawipa lah ao telah BAWIPA ni a ti.
Feare not, thou worme, Iaakob, and ye men of Israel: I wil helpe thee, sayth the Lord and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel.
15 Khenhaw! Cangkatinnae seh katha, kahran e, hâ ka tawn e lah na coungsak awh han. Monnaw hah katin vaiteh kâbawng sak han. Monruinaw hah cahik patetlah ao sak han.
Behold, I wil make thee a roller, and a newe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and bring them to pouder, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.
16 Na hut awh vaiteh kahlî ni ahnimanaw hah a palek awh han. Cakho ni hai a palek awh han. Nang teh BAWIPA dawk na lunghawi han. Isarelnaw e kathounge Bawipa hah na lentoesak awh han.
Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carie them away, and the whirlewinde shall scatter them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, and shalt glory in the holy one of Israel.
17 Ka mathoe e hoi kavoutthoupnaw ni tui a tawng awh teh a hmu awh hoeh dawkvah, tui a kahran awh toteh, Kai BAWIPA ni ahnimouh hah ka pato han. Isarelnaw e Cathut Jehovah lah kaawm e Kai ni ahnimanaw hah ka pahnawt mahoeh.
When the poore and the needy seeke water, and there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lord will heare them: I the God of Israel will not forsake them)
18 Arasangnae cailum hmuen koe palangnaw thoseh, ayawnnaw lungui vah tuiphueknaw thoseh, ka tâco sak han. Kahrawng thingyei hah tuikamuem lah ka coung sak vaiteh, ka ke e talai hah palang lah ka coung sak han.
I will open riuers in the toppes of the hils, and fountaines in the middes of the valleis: I will make the wildernesse as a poole of water, and the waste land as springs of water.
19 Thingyei um vah sidar thing, anri thing, tuihan thing hoi olive thingnaw hah ka ung han. Kahrawngum dawkvah, hmaica thing, saipres thing, kongkang thingnaw hah ka pâw sak han.
I will set in the wildernesse the cedar, the shittah tree, and the mirre tree, and the pine tree, and I will set in the wildernesse the firre tree, the elme and the boxe tree together.
20 Hettelah hoi BAWIPA e kut ni hete hnonaw hah a sak teh, Isarelnaw e kathounge Bawipa ni hotnaw a sak tie hah, hmawt awh vaiteh, panuek awh vaiteh, pouk awh vaiteh, a thaipanuek awh han doeh.
Therefore let them see and knowe, and let them consider and vnderstande together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holy one of Israel hath created it.
21 Nangmae hno ka tâcawt e hah pâpho awh haw telah BAWIPA ni ati. Kacake kapanuekkhaikung hah na patue awh haw telah Jakop miphun e siangpahrang ni a ti.
Stand to your cause, saith the Lord: bring forth your strong reasons, saith ye King of Iaakob.
22 Ka tâcawt hane naw hah pâpho awh nateh, dei awh naseh. Ka pouk awh vaiteh, ka panue thai awh nahanelah, yampa e naw hah dei awh naseh. Hoehpawiteh, ka tâcawt hane naw hah kaimouh koe dei awh naseh.
Let them bring foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for to come.
23 Nangmouh teh cathutnaw lah na o awh e ka panue awh nahanelah, ka tâcawt hane naw hah dei awh haw. Kaimouh teh buet touh hoi buet touh kâkhet teh, ka taki awh nahan kahawi e hoehpawiteh, kahawihoehe hnonaw hah dei awh naseh.
Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, doe good or doe euill, that we may declare it, and beholde it together.
24 Khenhaw! Nangmouh teh ayawmyin doeh toe. Nangmae na tawksak awh e hai ahrawnghrang hlak a rahnoum. Nangmouh na ka rawi e teh panuet a tho.
Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them.
25 Buet touh hah atung lahoi ka tâcosak vaiteh, ahni teh a tho han. Kanîtholah hoi buet touh a tho vaiteh, ahni ni ka min hah a kaw han. Hlaamkabokung ni amhru hah a katin e patetlah ahni ni bawinaw hah amhru patetlah a katin han.
I haue raised vp from the North, and he shall come: from the East sunne shall he cal vpon my Name, and shall come vpon princes as vpon clay, and as the potter treadeth myre vnder the foote.
26 Kaimouh ni ka panue awh nahan, bokheiyah sut ka ti awh nahan, ahmaloe hoi apinimaw a dei boi. Ka dei e awm hoeh. Ka pâpho e awm hoeh. Hothloilah nangmae lawk hah ka thai boi e buet touh hai awm hoeh.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may knowe? or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that sheweth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth your wordes.
27 Kai teh Zion kho hah khenhaw! haw o ho hmaloe ka tet e lah ka o. Kamthang kahawi ka dei hane tami hai Jerusalem lah ka patoun.
I am the first, that saieth to Zion, Beholde, beholde them: and I will giue to Ierusalem one that shall bring good tidings.
28 Hatei, ka khet navah buet touh boehai awm hoeh. Bout dei hanelah ahnimanaw hah ka pacei torei teh, ahnimouh thungvah, kâpankhaikung buet touh boehai awm hoeh.
But when I behelde, there was none, and when I inquired of them, there was no counsellor, and when I demaunded of them, they answered not a woorde.
29 Khenhaw! Ahnimouh pueng teh dumyennae buet touh duengdoeh kaawm. Ahnimouh ni a tawksaknae hai ayawmyin doeh. Ahnimouh ni a hlun awh e meikaphawk hai kahlî hrawnghrang lah doeh ao.
Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their images are wind and confusion.
