Isaiah 13
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩkoniĩ Babuloni, ĩrĩa Isaia mũrũ wa Amozu onire:
2 Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the 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, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even 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 in the mountains, like as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! the LORD of hosts mustereth the host 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 the LORD, 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 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Girĩkai, nĩgũkorwo mũthenya wa Jehova nĩũkuhĩrĩirie; ũgooka ũtariĩ ta mwanangĩko uumĩte kũrĩ Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
7 Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:
Tondũ ũcio moko mothe nĩmakaregera, na ngoro ya mũndũ o wothe ĩringĩke.
8 and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold [of them]; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall 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 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof 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 heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her 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 And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low 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 a man more rare than fine gold, even a man 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 to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD 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 And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his 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 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
Mũndũ ũrĩa wothe ũkaanyiitwo mũgwate agaathecwo atũrĩkanio; nao arĩa othe makaanyiitwo makooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
16 Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Twana twao tũkaabacanio thĩ tũtuĩke icunjĩ makĩĩonagĩra na maitho; indo ciao cia nyũmba igaatahwo, na atumia ao manyiitwo na hinya.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngarahũra andũ a Amedi mamookĩrĩre, arĩa matarĩ bata wa betha, na matakenagio nĩ thahabu.
18 And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
Nĩmakooraga aanake na mĩguĩ yao; o na matikaiguĩra twana tha, kana macaĩre ciana.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be as 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 shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to 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 beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance 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 And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall 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.
