Isaiah 21
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh about Babylonia], [a land that is] near the [Persian] Gulf [but which will soon be] a desert. [An army] will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south.
Amo sia: ne iasu da Ba: bilone soge fi ilia hou olelesa. Ba: bilone wadela: su liligi da soge amoma dunu da beda: i, amoga sisiga: su fo agoane manebe ba: mu.
2 Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. [In the vision I saw an army] that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions [after they conquer them]. [Yahweh said], “You armies from Elam and Media, surround [Babylon] and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning [and suffering] that Babylon caused to cease!”
Na da esala ba: su amo ganodini, se nabasu hou misunu amola hohonosu hou amola soge wadela: mu hou ba: i dagoi. Ila: me dadi gagui dunu! Doagala: ma! Midia dadi gagui dunu! Moilai bai bagadega doagala: ma! Ba: bilone fi ilia hamobeba: le, dunu bagohame da se bagade nabi. Be Gode da ilia hou hedofamu.
3 Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see [what God is planning to do], I am shocked.
Na esala ba: su amo ganodini liligi ba: beba: le, se bagade nabi amola beda: i bagade ba: i. Amo se nabasu da uda da mano lalelegesea se naba, amo defele ba: i.
4 I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified.
Na dialuma da feloasa. Na da bagade beda: iba: le, yagugusa. Na da daeya doaga: ma: ne, bagade hanai galu. Be daeya doaga: loba, beda: i fawane ba: i.
5 [In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia] were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs [for people to sit on]; everyone was eating and drinking. [But] they should get up and prepare their shields, [because they are about to be attacked]!
Na esala ba: su ganodini, na da lolo nabe momagei dagoi ba: i. Misi dunu fima: ne, debea da fa: si dagoi. Ilia da hahawane ha: i amola waini hano naha esalebe ba: sa. Hedolodafa, sia: bagade naba, “Dadi gagui ouligisu! Dilia da: igene gaga: su liligi momagema!”
6 Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman [on the wall of Jerusalem], and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees.
Amalalu, Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i, “Sosodo aligisu dunu ilegele asunasima! E da ea ba: i liligi sia: ne iasima: ne sia: ma.
7 Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and [men riding] camels and donkeys, [coming from Babylon]. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!”
E da dunu aduna aduna hosi amoga fila heda: le, amola dunu dougi amola ga: mele amo da: iya fila heda: le, manebe ba: sea, e da ili ha: giwane ba: ma: ne sia: ma.”
8 [So I did that], and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
Sosodo aligisu dunu da amane wele sia: sa, “Hina! Na da na sosodo aligisu sogebi amoga mae fisili, eso amola gasi ganodini lelu.”
9 Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. [I called out to him], and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’”
Amalalu, hedolowane ilia da manebe goea! Dunu aduna aduna, hosi da: iya fila heda: le, manebe. Sosodo aligisu dunu da sia: ne iaha amane, “Ba: bilone da dafai dagoi. Loboga hamoi ‘gode’ liligi amoga ilia da nodone sia: ne gadoi, da mugululi, osoboga dafane wadela: lesi dagoi dialebe ba: sa.
10 My people [in Judah], [the army of Babylon has caused] you to suffer greatly [as though] [MET] you were grain that was threshed and (winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff). [But now] I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis [worship], told me [about Babylon].
Na fi dunu! Isala: ili fi! Dilia da widi defele, dabi dagoi ba: sa. Be wali na da sia: ida: iwane gala, amo na da Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili dunu ilia Gode, amoma nabi, na da dilima olelei dagoi.
11 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? [DOU]”
Amo sia: da Idome soge ea hou olelesa. Dunu afae Idome sogega esala da nama amane adole ba: sa, “Sosodo aligisu! Gasi da habogala dagoma: bela: ? Amo se nabasu da habogala dagoma: bela: , nama adoma!
12 [I], the watchman, replied, “It will [soon] be morning, but after that, it will [soon] be night again. If you want to inquire [again about what will happen in our country], come back and inquire again.”
Na da bu adole iaha, “Hahabe da mabe. Be gasi da bu misunu. Di da nama bu adole ba: musa: dawa: sea, defea, bu adole ba: ma: ne misa.”
13 [I received] this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan [town in northwest Arabia], who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
Amo sia: da Ala: ibia soge ea hou olelesa. Dilia Dida: ne fi dunu, dilia da abula diasu Ala: ibia hafoga: i soge ganodini esala!
14 And you people who live in Tema [city in northwest Arabia], must bring food for the (refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies).
Hano hanai dunu da dilima masea, hano ilima ima. Dima sogega fi dunu! Mugululi asi dunu da dilima doaga: sea, ha: i manu ilima ima.
15 They are fleeing in order not to be killed by [their enemies’] swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
Ha lai dunu da dunu eno gobihei amola dadi amoga medole legemusa: dawa: lala. Amaiba: le, dunu da gegesu amoma beda: iba: le, gadili hobeasa.
16 Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar [area in Arabia] will end.
Amalalu, Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i, “Ode afadafa fawane da gidigisia, Gida fi ilia gasa bagade hou da ebelei dagoi ba: mu.
17 Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Gida fi oulali gagui dunu, ilia nimi gasa hou da eno Gida dunu ilia hou baligisa, be bagahame fawane esalebe ba: mu. Na, Isala: ili Hina Gode da sia: i dagoi.”
