Isaiah 18
1 Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
Tsoka kwa anthu a ku Kusi. Kumeneko kumamveka mkokomo wa mapiko a dzombe.
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!
Dziko limenelo limatumiza akazembe pa mtsinje wa Nailo, mʼmabwato amabango amene amayandama pa madzi, ndikunena kuti, “Pitani, inu amithenga aliwiro, kwa mtundu wa anthu ataliatali a khungu losalala, ndi woopedwa ndi anthu. Akazembe anatumidwa ku dziko la anthu amphamvu ndi logonjetsa anthu ena. Dziko lawo ndi logawikanagawikana ndi mitsinje.”
3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the horn is blown, hear ye.
Inu nonse anthu a pa dziko lonse, inu amene mumakhala pa dziko lapansi, pamene mbendera yakwezedwa pa mapiri yangʼanani, ndipo pamene lipenga lilira mumvere.
4 For thus hath the LORD said unto me: I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Pakuti Yehova akunena kwa ine kuti, “Ndili chikhalire ku malo anga kuno, ndidzakhala chete, ndi kumangoyangʼana, monga momwe dzuwa limawalira nthawi yotentha, monganso momwe mame amagwera usiku pa nthawi yotentha yokolola.”
5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.
Pakuti, anthu asanayambe kukolola, maluwa atayoyoka ndiponso mphesa zitayamba kupsa, Iye adzadula mphukira ndi mipeni yosadzira, ndipo adzadula ndi kuchotsa nthambi zotambalala.
6 They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Mitembo ya anthu ankhondo adzasiyira mbalame zamʼmapiri zodya nyama ndiponso zirombo zakuthengo; mbalame zidzadya mitemboyo nthawi yonse ya chilimwe, ndipo zirombo zidzayidya pa nthawi yonse yachisanu.
7 In that time shall a present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people tall and of glossy skin, and from a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
Pa nthawi imeneyo anthu adzabwera ndi mphatso kwa Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, zochokera kwa anthu ataliatali ndi osalala, kuchokera kwa mtundu wa anthu woopedwa ndi anthu apafupi ndi akutali omwe, mtundu wa anthu amphamvu ndi a chiyankhulo chachilendo, anthu amene dziko lawo ndi logawikanagawikana ndi mitsinje. Adzabwera nazo mphatso ku Phiri la Ziyoni, ku malo a Dzina la Yehova Wamphamvuzonse.
