< Isaiah 21 >

1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. Like windstorms in the south for passing through, It has come from the wilderness, From a fearful land.
Ọ̀rọ̀-ìmọ̀ tí ó kan aginjù lẹ́bàá Òkun. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìjì líle ti í jà kọjá ní gúúsù, akógunjàlú kan wá láti aginjù, láti ilẹ̀ ìpayà.
2 A hard vision has been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, I have caused all its sighing to cease.
Ìran tí a ń fojú ṣọ́nà fún ni a ti fihàn mí ọlọ̀tẹ̀ ti tu àṣírí, fọ́lé fọ́lé ti kẹ́rù. Elamu kojú ìjà! Media ti tẹ̀gùn! Èmi yóò mú gbogbo ìpayínkeke dópin, ni ó búra.
3 Therefore my loins have been filled [with] great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing.
Pẹ̀lú èyí, ìrora mu mi lára gírígírí, ìrora gbá mi mú, gẹ́gẹ́ bí i ti obìnrin tí ń rọbí, mo ta gbọ̀nọ́ngbọ̀nọ́n nítorí ohun tí mo gbọ́, ọkàn mi pòruurù nípa ohun tí mo rí.
4 My heart has wandered, trembling has terrified me, He has made the twilight of my desire a fear to me,
Ọkàn mí dàrú, ẹ̀rù mú jìnnìjìnnì bá mi, ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí mo ti ń fẹ́ ẹ́ rí ti wá di ìpayà fún mi.
5 Arrange the table, watch in the watchtower, Eat, drink, rise, you heads, anoint the shield,
Wọ́n tẹ́ tábìlì, wọ́n tẹ́ ẹní àtẹ́ẹ̀ká, wọ́n jẹ, wọ́n mu! Dìde nílẹ̀, ẹ̀yin ọmọ-aládé, ẹ fi òróró kún asà yín!
6 For thus said the Lord to me: “Go, station the watchman, Let him declare that which he sees.”
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa sọ fún mi: “Lọ, kí o bojúwòde kí o sì wá sọ ohun tí ó rí.
7 And he has seen a chariot—a couple of horsemen, The rider of a donkey, the rider of a camel, And he has given attention—He has increased attention!
Nígbà tí ó bá rí àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun àti àkójọpọ̀ àwọn ẹṣin, àwọn tó ń gun kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ tàbí àwọn tí ó gun ìbákasẹ, jẹ́ kí ó múra sílẹ̀, àní ìmúra gidigidi.”
8 And he cries, “A lion, my lord! I am continually standing on a watchtower by day, And I am stationed on my ward whole nights.
Òun sì kígbe pé, kìnnìún kan, “Láti ọjọ́ dé ọjọ́, olúwa mi, mo dúró lórí ilé ìṣọ́ ní ọ̀sán, a sì fi mí ìṣọ́ mi ní gbogbo òru.
9 And behold, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.” And he answers and says: “Fallen, fallen has Babylon, And He has broken all the carved images of her gods to the earth.
Wò ó, ọkùnrin kan ni ó ń bọ̀ wá yìí nínú kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun àti àkójọpọ̀ àwọn ẹṣin. Ó sì mú ìdáhùn padà wá: ‘Babeli ti ṣubú, ó ti ṣubú! Gbogbo àwọn ère òrìṣà rẹ̀ ló fọ́nká sórí ilẹ̀!’”
10 O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!”
Ẹ̀yin ènìyàn mi, tí a gún mọ́lẹ̀ ní ilẹ̀ ìpakà, mo sọ ohun tí mo ti gbọ́ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run Israẹli.
11 The burden of Dumah. [One] is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
Ọ̀rọ̀-ìmọ̀ tí ó kan Dumahi. Ẹnìkan ké sí mi láti Seiri wá, “Alóre, kí ló kù nínú òru náà?”
12 The watchman has said, “Morning has come, and also night, If you inquire, inquire, return, come.”
Alóre náà dáhùn wí pé, “Òwúrọ̀ súnmọ́ tòsí, àti òru náà pẹ̀lú. Bí ìwọ yóò bá béèrè, béèrè; kí o sì tún padà wá.”
13 The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, O caravans of Dedanim.
Ọ̀rọ̀-ìmọ̀ tí ó kan Arabia. Ẹ̀yin ẹgbẹ́ èrò ti Dedani, tí ó pàgọ́ sínú igbó Arabia,
14 Inhabitants of the land of Tema Have brought water to meet the thirsty, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
gbé omi wá fún àwọn tí òǹgbẹ ń gbẹ; ẹ̀yin tí ó ń gbé Tema, gbé oúnjẹ wá fún àwọn ìsáǹsá.
15 For they fled from the face of destructions, From the face of an outstretched sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
Wọ́n sá kúrò lọ́wọ́ idà, kúrò lọ́wọ́ idà tí a fàyọ, kúrò lọ́wọ́ ọrun tí a fàyọ àti kúrò nínú ìgbóná ogun.
16 For thus said the Lord to me: “Within a year, as years of a hired worker, All the glory of Kedar has been consumed.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa sọ fún mi: “Láàrín ọdún kan, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwọ̀fà tí ó wà lábẹ́ ọgbà, í ti í kà á, gbogbo ògo ìlú Kedari yóò wá sí òpin.
17 And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar, are few, For YHWH, God of Israel, has spoken!”
Àwọn tafàtafà tí ó sálà, àwọn jagunjagun ìlú Kedari kò ní tó nǹkan.” Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli ni ó ti sọ̀rọ̀.

< Isaiah 21 >