< Isaiah 21 >
1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩkoniĩ Werũ ũrĩa ũrĩ Hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia Iria: Atĩrĩrĩ, o ta ũrĩa ihuhũkanio iria nene ihurutanaga ituĩkanĩirie bũrũri wa gũthini, ũguo noguo mũtharĩkĩri agooka oimĩte werũ-inĩ, kuuma bũrũri wa kũguoyohania.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Niĩ nĩnyonetio kĩoneki gĩa kũmakania mũno: Mũkunyanĩri no arakunyanĩra, nake mũtahani no aratahana. Wee Elamu tharĩkĩra! Nawe Media, thiũrũrũkĩria! Gũcaaya kũrĩa anagũcaaithia nĩngagũkinyia mũthia.
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that labors: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo mwĩrĩ wakwa nĩũiyũrĩtwo nĩ ruo, ruo rũnene nĩrũũnyiitĩte, o ta ruo rwa mũtumia akĩrũmwo; ngagĩtururio nĩ maũndũ marĩa ndĩraigua, na ngagegeario nĩ maũndũ marĩa ndĩrona.
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear unto me.
Ngoro yakwa nĩĩratumatuuma, na ngainaina nĩ guoya; hwaĩ-inĩ ũrĩa ndĩriragĩria ũtuĩkĩte ũndũ wa kũũmakia mũno.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, all of you princes, and anoint the shield.
Nao nĩmaarĩte metha, na makaara mĩgeka, nĩguo marĩe na manyue! Ũkĩrai inyuĩ anene, mũhake ngo maguta!
6 For thus has the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.
Jehova anjĩĩrĩte atĩrĩ: “Thiĩ, ũige mũrangĩri wa gũcũthĩrĩria na ũmwĩre amenyithanie ũrĩa aroona.
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
Rĩrĩa angĩona ngaari cia ita irĩ na mbarathi ihaanaine, na andũ magĩũka mahaicĩte ndigiri kana ngamĩĩra-rĩ, nĩaikare eiguĩte, akeigua biũ.”
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Nake mũrangĩri akĩanĩrĩra, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũthenya o mũthenya, mwathi wakwa, ndũgamaga gĩtara-inĩ kĩa mũrangĩri; na ũtukũ o ũtukũ njikaraga handũ hakwa ha kũrangĩra.
9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken unto the ground.
Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩharooka mũndũ akuuĩtwo nĩ ngaari ya ita, ĩrĩ na mbarathi ihaanaine. Nake aracookia ũhoro akoiga atĩrĩ: ‘Babuloni nĩrĩgũu, ĩĩ nĩrĩgwĩte! Mĩhianano yothe ya ngai ciakuo nĩmĩhehenje, ĩkaharagana thĩ!’”
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Inyuĩ andũ akwa, o inyuĩ mũthuthĩirwo kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano-rĩ, ngũmwĩra ũrĩa njiguĩte kuuma kũrĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, kuuma kũrĩ Ngai wa Isiraeli.
11 The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Ĩno nĩ ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩkoniĩ Duma: Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũraanjĩta kuuma Seiru, akanjũũria atĩrĩ, “Mũrangĩri, ũtukũ ũkinyĩte ha? Mũrangĩri ũyũ, ũtukũ ũkinyĩte ha?”
12 The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if all of you will enquire, enquire all of you: return, come.
Nake mũrangĩri akamũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Gũkiriĩ gũkĩa, no rĩrĩ, nĩgũgũcooka gũtuke. Angĩkorwo kũrĩ ũndũ ũkũũria-rĩ, ũria; ũcooke ũũke hĩndĩ ĩngĩ.”
13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall all of you lodge, O all of you travelling companies of Dedanim.
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩkoniĩ bũrũri wa Arabia: Inyuĩ ikundi cia agendi a Adedani, o inyuĩ mwambĩte hema ithaka-inĩ cia Arabia-rĩ,
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
twarĩrai andũ arĩa anyootu maaĩ; na inyuĩ mũtũũraga bũrũri wa Tema, tũngiai andũ acio maroora irio
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Nĩgũkorwo maroorĩra rũhiũ rwa njora, o rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũcomoretwo, makoorĩra ũta mũgeete, na makoima kũrĩa mbaara ĩĩhĩire.
16 For thus has the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a worker, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Mwathani aranjĩĩra atĩrĩ: “Mwaka ũmwe ũtanathira, ũtarĩtwo ta ũrĩa mĩaka ya mũndũ wa kwandĩkwo wĩra ĩrĩkanagĩrwo-rĩ, riiri wothe wa Kedari nĩũgaathira.
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it.
Andũ arĩa magaatigario nĩ thigari iria ciikagia mĩguĩ, o acio njamba cia ita cia Kedari-rĩ, magaakorwo marĩ o anini.” Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli nĩwe warĩtie ũhoro ũcio.