Isaiah 13
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩkoniĩ Babuloni, ĩrĩa Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu onire:
2 Set up a banner on the bare mountain. Lift up your voice to them. Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
Atĩrĩrĩ, haandai bendera kĩrĩma igũrũ kĩrĩa gĩtarĩ mĩtĩ, anĩrĩrai na mũmahenerie, nĩguo matoonyere ihingo-inĩ cia arĩa marĩ igweta.
3 I have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also called my mighty men to carry out my anger, my proudly exulting ones.
Nĩnjathĩte andũ akwa arĩa atheru, nĩndũmanĩire njamba ciakwa, o icio ikenagĩra ũhootani wakwa, ciũke ikinyanĩrie marakara makwa.
4 The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together. Jehovah of hosts is mustering the army for the battle.
Ta thikĩrĩriai, mũigue inegene rĩrĩ irĩma-inĩ igũrũ, inegene rĩhaana ta rĩa kĩrĩndĩ kĩingĩ! Ta thikĩrĩriai mũigue ngũĩ gatagatĩ ka mothamaki, taarĩ ndũrĩrĩ irarũrũngana hamwe! Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩwe ũracookanĩrĩria ita rĩa kũrũa mbaara.
5 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Andũ acio marooka moimĩte mabũrũri ma kũraya, makoima ituri-inĩ cia kũũrĩa igũrũ. Ti-itherũ Jehova nĩarooka na indo cia mbaara cia mangʼũrĩ make, nĩguo aanange bũrũri wothe.
6 Wail; for the day of Jehovah is at hand. It will come as destruction from Shaddai.
Girĩkai, nĩgũkorwo mũthenya wa Jehova nĩũkuhĩrĩirie; ũgooka ũtariĩ ta mwanangĩko uumĩte kũrĩ Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone's heart will melt.
Tondũ ũcio moko mothe nĩmakaregera, na ngoro ya mũndũ o wothe ĩringĩke.
8 They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.
Andũ makaanyiitwo nĩ kĩmako kĩnene, na magwatwo nĩ ruo na kĩeha, na manyiitwo nĩ ruo o ta rwa mũndũ-wa-nja akĩrũmwo. O mũndũ akaagegio nĩ ũrĩa ũngĩ, na mothiũ mao mahaane ta nĩnĩmbĩ cia mwaki.
9 Look, the day of Jehovah comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.
Atĩrĩrĩ, mũthenya ũcio wa Jehova nĩũrooka, na gũtikaiguanĩrwo tha; ũgaakorwo ũrĩ mũthenya wa mangʼũrĩ na marakara mahiũ, ma gũtũma thĩ ĩkire ihooru, na ũniine ehia arĩa magaakorwo kuo.
10 For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
Nĩgũkorwo njata cia igũrũ na iria cionekaga irĩ gĩtutu itigacooka kwara na ũtheri wacio. Narĩo riũa rĩkĩratha rĩgaatuĩka nduma, naguo mweri ũtige gũcooka kwara.
11 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible.
Nĩngaherithia thĩ nĩ ũndũ wa ũũru wayo, na herithie andũ arĩa aaganu nĩ ũndũ wa mehia mao. Nĩnganiina mwĩĩkĩrĩro wa andũ arĩa etĩĩi, na nyiihie mwĩtĩĩo wa arĩa matarĩ tha.
12 I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
Ũgaakorwo ũrĩ ũndũ mũritũ mũno kuona mũndũ, gũkĩra kuona thahabu therie, kana kuona thahabu ya ofiri.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngatũma igũrũ rĩinaine; nayo thĩ nĩĩgaathingitha, yehere gĩikaro kĩayo, nĩ ũndũ wa mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, mũthenya ũrĩa marakara make makarĩrĩmbũka.
14 It will happen that like a hunted gazelle, and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.
O ta thwariga ĩrĩa ĩkũguĩmwo, na o ta ũrĩa ngʼondu itarĩ na mũrĩithi ciũraga, ũguo no taguo mũndũ o mũndũ agaacookerera andũ ao kĩũmbe, na o mũndũ oore acooke bũrũri wao kĩũmbe.
15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
Mũndũ ũrĩa wothe ũkaanyiitwo mũgwate agaathecwo atũrĩkanio; nao arĩa othe makaanyiitwo makooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
16 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
Twana twao tũkaabacanio thĩ tũtuĩke icunjĩ makĩĩonagĩra na maitho; indo ciao cia nyũmba igaatahwo, na atumia ao manyiitwo na hinya.
17 Look, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngarahũra andũ a Amedi mamookĩrĩre, arĩa matarĩ bata wa betha, na matakenagio nĩ thahabu.
18 Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.
Nĩmakooraga aanake na mĩguĩ yao; o na matikaiguĩra twana tha, kana macaĩre ciana.
19 Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Itũũra rĩa Babuloni, o rĩo inagĩ rĩa mothamaki, na nĩrĩo rĩtũmaga andũ a Babuloni metĩĩe nĩ ũndũ wa riiri warĩo, nĩrĩkangʼaũranio nĩ Ngai, o ta ũrĩa Sodomu na Gomora kwangʼaũranirio.
20 It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
Gũtirĩ hĩndĩ rĩgaacooka gũtũũrwo o na rĩ, kana rĩikarwo nĩ andũ njiarwa na njiarwa; gũtirĩ Mũarabu ũkaamba hema yake kuo, na gũtirĩ mũrĩithi ũkaarahia mahiũ make kuo.
21 But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
No rĩrĩ, gũgaakomagwo nĩ nyamũ cia werũ, nacio nyũmba ciarĩo igaikaragwo nĩ mbwe; kũu nĩkuo ndundu igaatũũraga, na nokuo mbũri cia gĩthaka-inĩ igaatũũhagĩra.
22 Wolves will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
Hiti ikaagambagĩra ciĩgitĩro-inĩ ciakuo, na mbwe ciikarage nyũmba iria njega cia ũthamaki. Na rĩrĩ, ihinda rĩa ituĩro rĩu nĩikinyu, na matukũ marĩo matikongererwo.
