< Isaiah 48 >

1 “Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the Name of YHWH, And make mention of the God of Israel, Not in truth nor in righteousness.
Oe Jakop imthung, Isarel telah min kaw e lah kaawm e, Judah tuikhu thung hoi ka lawng e Jehovah e min lahoi thoebo e, yuemkamcu hoeh e, a lawk hoi kamcu hoeh lah, Isarel Cathut min ka pholen e, ka lawk thai haw.
2 For they have been called from the Holy City, And been supported on the God of Israel, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.
Kathounge khopui taminaw telah amamouh a min a kâphung awh teh, ransahu BAWIPA lah kaawm e, Isarel Cathut kakânguenaw, ka lawk thai awh haw.
3 I declared the former things from that time, And they have gone forth from My mouth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it comes.
Ka awm tangcoung e hnonaw hah, nangmouh koe ka dei toe. Ka pahni dawk hoi ka tâco sak teh, na thaisak awh toe. Tang ka sak dawkvah a kuep awh.
4 From My knowing that you are obstinate, And your neck—a sinew of iron, And your forehead—bronze,
Bangkongtetpawiteh, a lung ka patak e tami lah na o awh teh, na lahuen teh sumtaboung doeh. Na tampa teh rahum tampa doeh tie yo ka panue toe.
5 And from that time I declare [it] to you, Before it comes I have caused you to hear, Lest you say, My idol has done them, And my carved image, And my molten image commanded them.
Ayan hoi doeh nangmouh koe ka dei toe. Hno a pha hoehnahlan na panue sak toe. Hatdawkvah, nang ni kaie meikaphawk teh na sak toe. Kai ni ka sakhlawn e meikaphawk, ka hlun e meikaphawk ni, hete hno a sak e doeh na ti payon awh han.
6 You have heard, see the whole of it, And you, do you not declare? I have caused you to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that you did not know.
Na panue awh toe. Hetnaw pueng heh khenhaw! namamouh ni na dei awh mahoeh maw. Atu hoi teh hno katha na panue awh boihoeh e, ka panuek e lah na o awh han.
7 Now they have been produced and not from that time, Indeed, before the day, and you have not heard them, Lest you say, Behold, I have known them.
Hotnaw teh atu doeh sak e lah ao. Sut la sak e nahoeh. Nangmouh ni sahnin totouh na thai awh hoeh. Hatdawkvah, nangmouh ni yo la ka thai awh toe na te payon awh vaih.
8 Indeed, you have not heard, Indeed, you have not known, Indeed, your ear has not opened from that time, For I have known you deal treacherously, And [are] a transgressor from the belly, One is crying to you.
Na panuek roeroe awh hoeh. Na thai boi awh hoeh. Ayan hoi na hnâkâko awh hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, nang teh yuem na kamcu hoeh. Vonthung hoi patenghai nang teh, kâlawk na ka tapoe e telah kaw e lah na o tie ka panue toe.
9 I defer My anger for My Name’s sake, And [for] My praise I restrain for you, So as not to cut you off.
Koung na raphoe awh hoeh nahanelah, ka min kecu dawk ka lungkhueknae teh, ka panguep han. Oup e lah ka o nahanelah, nangmouh dawk ka panguep han.
10 Behold, I have refined you, and not with silver, I have chosen you in a furnace of affliction.
Khenhaw! na thoung sak awh toe. Hatei, ngun sôlêi e patetlah nahoeh. Rucatnae tahmanghmai hoi na tanouk awh han.
11 For My sake, for My own sake, I do [it], For how is it defiled? And I do not give My glory to another.
Kama hanelah kai ni na sak han rah. Ka min teh bangkong a mathoe han. Bawilennae teh tami alouke koe ka poe mahoeh.
12 Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;
Oe Jakop hoi ka kaw e Isarel, Ka lawk thai awh haw. Kai teh Cathut doeh. Ahmaloe e hoi a hnukteng poung lahai ka o.
13 Also, My hand has founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling to them, they stand together.
Ka kut ni talai du hah a ung. Aranglae kut hoi kalvannaw ka sak toe. Ka kaw teh hmuen touh koe a kamkhueng awh.
14 Be gathered, all of you, and hear, Who among them declared these things? YHWH has loved him, He does His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [is on] the Chaldeans.
Koung kamkhueng awh nateh, thai awh haw. Nangmouh thung dawk hoi apinimaw hete hnonaw hah a dei boi. BAWIPA a lung ka pataw e Babilon khopui dawk a ngainae a kuep sak han. A kut hah Khaldean taminaw koe a pha sak han.
15 I have spoken, indeed, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he has made his way prosperous.
Kai kama roeroe ni lawk ka dei. Ahni teh, ka kaw. Ka ceikhai vaiteh, a lamthung a cawn han.
16 Come near to Me, hear this, I have not spoken in secret from the beginning, From the time of its being, I [am] there, And now Lord YHWH has sent Me, and His Spirit.”
Na hnai awh nateh, hete lawk hah thai awh haw. Apuengcue hoi arulahoi lawk ka dei boihoeh. Apuengcue hoi hawvah ka o toe. Atuvah, Bawipa Jehovah Cathut e Muitha ni kai hah na patoun toe.
17 Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I [am] your God YHWH, teaching you to profit, Causing you to tread in the way you go.
Nangmanaw na ka ratang e, Isarelnaw e Kathoung Poung e BAWIPA ni a dei e lawk teh, kai heh nangmae Jehovah na Cathut, na hawi awh nahanlah nangmouh na kacangkhaikung, na dawn awh hanelah lamthung dawk nangmouh ka cetkhai hanelah doeh ka o.
18 O that you had attended to My commands, Then your peace is as a river, And your righteousness as billows of the sea,
Oe kâpoelawknaw na poe e tarawi awh haw khe. Hottelah na sak awh pawiteh, roumnae teh palang tui patetlah thoseh, na lannae teh tuipui tuicapa ka thaw e patetlah thoseh, ao han.
19 And your seed is as sand, And the offspring of your bowels as gravel, His name would not be cut off nor destroyed before Me.”
Na catounnaw hai sadi patetlah pap vaiteh, na catounnaw hai sadi patetlah a pap awh han. A min teh ka hmaitung hoi raphoe e lah awm mahoeh.
20 Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, Declare with a voice of singing, Cause this to be heard, Bring it forth to the end of the earth, Say, “YHWH has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
Babilon khopui thung hoi tâcawt awh. Khaldeannaw hai yawng takhai awh. Hetheh, la sak pawlawk hoi thai sak nateh, dei awh. Talai pout totouh kamthang sak awh. BAWIPA ni a san Jakop hah a ratang toe telah dei awh atipouh.
21 And they have not thirsted in wastelands, He has caused them to go on, He has caused waters from a rock to flow to them, Indeed, he cleaves a rock, and waters flow.
Thingyeiyawn lahoi a hrawi awh navah, tui kahran boi awh hoeh. Lungsong thung hoi ahnimouh han tui a lawng sak. Lungsong a kâbawng sak teh, tui hah a tâco sak.
22 “There is no peace,” said YHWH, “for the wicked!”
Tami kahawihoehnaw hanelah, roumnae awm hoeh telah BAWIPA ni a dei.

< Isaiah 48 >