< Isaiah 58 >
1 Cry with a full throat, spare not, like the cornet lift up thy voice, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Wowoyak ke kuiyom nufon! Fahk nu sin mwet luk mwet Israel ke ma koluk lalos!
2 Yet me do they ever seek day by day, and to know my ways do they always desire; as a nation that hath done righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God: continually do they ask of me the ordinances of justice—do they desire to draw nigh unto God.
Elos alu nu sik len nukewa, ac fahk mu elos kena etu mwe luti luk ac in akos ma sap luk. Elos fahk mu elos lungse nga in sang nu selos ma sap suwohs, ac elos insewowo na in alu nu sik.”
3 “Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest it not? have we afflicted our soul, and thou regardest it not?” Behold, on the day of your fasting ye follow your business, and all your acquired gains do ye exact.
Mwet uh siyuk, “Efu ku kut in lalo LEUM GOD El fin tiana liye? Mwe mea kut in tia mongo El fin tia lohma nu sesr?” LEUM GOD El fahk nu selos, “Mweyen ke pacl kowos lalo uh, kowos oru na lungse lowos sifacna, ac kowos akkohsye mwet orekma lowos.
4 Behold, for contention and strife do ye fast, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not so at this day, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
Lalo lowos uh oru kowos in mongsa, na kowos akukuin ac anwuk. Ya kowos nunku mu nga ac lohng pre lowos ke lalo ouinge?
5 Is such then the fast which I can choose? a day that a man afflicteth his soul? to bend his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes for his couch? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day of acceptability unto the Lord?
Pacl kowos lalo, kowos sifacna oru kowos in keok. Kowos suwoli nwe ten oana soko loa kuruweni, ac kowos laknelik nuknuk yohk eoa ac sang apat nu fac kowos in ona fac. Ya kowos pangon mu pa ingan lalo uh? Ya kowos nunku mu nga engankin?
6 Is not this [rather] the fast that I will choose? to open the snares of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye should break asunder every yoke?
“Kain lalo se ma nga lungse uh pa inge: tulalosla su kapir ke nununku sesuwos, ac aksukosokye mwet su kowos akkeokye.
7 Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house! when thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh?
Sang mongo nun mwet masrinsral, ac usak mwet sukasrup ma wangin lohm se nu in lohm suwos. Sang nuknuk nu sin mwet su enenu nuknuk, ac tia srangesr in kasru mwet in sou lowos sifacna.
8 Then shall break forth as the morning-dawn thy light, and thy healing shall speedily spring forth; and before thee shall go thy righteousness, the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
“Na kulang luk fah tolkowosyak oana kalmen faht in lotutang, ac kinet keiwos ac fah sa in mahla. Nga fah wi kowos pacl nukewa in moli kowos. Ac nga fah loangekowos yen nukewa.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here am I. If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, the stretching out of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
Pacl kowos pre, nga fah topuk kowos. Pacl kowos pang nu sik, nga fah lohng kowos. “Kowos fin tulokinya ma upa kowos sang akkeokye mwet, ac tia sifil aklusrongtenye mwet, ku fahk kas in pirakak lain mwet,
10 And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light, and thy obscurity be as the noonday;
ac kowos fin kite mwet masrinsral, ac kasrelos su muta in enenu, na lohsr su apinkowosla fah ekla oana kalmen faht ke infulwen len.
11 And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the waters of which will never deceive.
Na nga fah kol kowos pacl nukewa, ac akfalye mwe enenu lowos ke kowos fahsr yen mwesis. Nga fah akkeye kowos ac oru kowos in ku na. Kowos ac fah oana sie ima yohk kof we, oana sie unon in kof ma tiana mihnla.
12 And they that spring from thee shall build up the ancient ruins; the foundations of many generations shalt thou raise up again: and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breaches, The restorer of paths to the dwelling-place.
Mwet lowos fah sifil musaela lohm ma musalla pacl na loeloes. Musa sacn ac orek fin pwelung meet ah. Ac fah eteyuk mu kowos mwet su sifilpa musaeak pot lun siti uh, ac sifil tulokunak lohm ma tuh musalla ah.”
13 If thou restrain thy foot for the sake of the sabbath, not doing thy business on my holy day; and if thou call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord, honorable; and honor it by not doing thy usual pursuits, by not following thy own business, and speaking [vain] words:
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Kowos fin oru len Sabbath in sie len mutal, ac tia ukwe lungse lowos sifacna ke len sac; kowos fin saokkin len mutal luk, ac akfulatye ke kowos tia fufahsryesr loes, ku orekma, ac tia fahk kas lusrongten ke len sac,
14 Then shalt thou find delight in the Lord; and I will cause thee to tread upon the high places of the earth, and I will cause thee to enjoy the inheritance of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
na kowos ac fah pulakin insewowo ke sripen kowos kulansupweyu. Nga ac fah oru mwet in mutunfacl nukewa in akfulatye kowos, ac kowos ac fah usrui facl se su nga tuh sang nu sel Jacob, papa matu tomowos. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.”