Isaias 21
1 Ti pakaammo maipanggep iti disierto nga adda iti igid ti baybay. Kas iti napigsa nga angin a dumalapus iti Negev, lumasatto daytoy manipud iti let-ang, manipud iti nakabutbuteng a daga.
The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 Maysa a makapaupay a sirmata ti naited kaniak: ti mangliliput a tao ket agtigtignay a sililiput, ken ti manangdadael ket mangdaddadael. Sumang-at ket rumautkayo, Elam; manglakubkayo, Media; Pasardengekto amin ti panagas-asugna.
A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.
3 Gapu iti daytoy, nakariknaak iti ut-ot kadagiti lumok; ti ut-ot a kas iti ut-ot ti agpasikal a babai ti nangtengngel kaniak; napadumogak iti nangngegak; naburiburak iti nakitak.
Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.
4 Agkibkibbayo ti barukongko; agtigtigergerak iti buteng; ti rabii a segseggaak ket nagbalin a nakabutbuteng kaniak.
My heart withered. The darkness stupefied me. Babylon, my beloved, has become a wonder to me.
5 Insaganada ti lamisaan, inyaplagda dagiti alfombra ket agkakaan ken aggiinomda; tumakderkayo, dakayo a prinsipe, sapsapoanyo iti lana dagiti kalasagyo.
Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!
6 Ta daytoy ti kinuna ni Yahweh kaniak, “Mapanka, mangdutokka iti guardia; masapul nga ipakaammona ti makitana.
For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”
7 No makakita isuna iti karwahe, iti sagdudua a lallaki a nakakabalio, kadagiti nakasakay iti asno, kadagiti nakasakay iti kamelio ket ngarud masapul nga agsiput ken agalibtak unay.”
And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on a donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.
8 Nagpukkaw ti guardia, “Apo, iti pagwanawanan, agtaktakderak nga agmalmalem, inaldaw ken iti disso a pagwanawanak ket agtaktakderak nga agpatpatnag.”
And a lion cried out: “I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night.
9 Adtoyen ti maysa a nakakarwahe ket adda kaduana a bunggoy ti lallaki, sagdudua a lallaki a nakakabalio. Ipukpukkawna, “Naparmeken, naparmeken ti Babilonia ket dagiti amin a nakitikitan nga imahen dagiti diosda ket naburaken iti daga.”
Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!
10 Nairik ken naitaep a tattaok, annak ti pagirikak! Impakaammok kadakayo ti nangngegko manipud kenni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin, a Dios ti Israel.
O my threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”
11 Ti pakaammo maipanggep iti Duma. Adda umaw-awag kaniak manipud iti Seir. “Guardia, kasano pay kabayag ti rabii? Guardia, kasano pay kabayag ti rabii?”
The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes the night?”
12 Kinuna ti guardia, “Dumtengen ti agsapa ken kasta met ti rabii: No agsaludsodka, agsaludsodka ket kalpasanna, agsublikanto manen.”
The watchman said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”
13 Ti pakaaammo maipanggep iti Arabia. Agpatpatnagkayo iti let-ang ti Arabia, dakayo a bunggoy a taga-Dedan.
The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.
14 Mangiyegkayo iti danum para kadagiti mawaw; dakayo nga agnanaed iti daga ti Tema, mangipankayo iti tinapay kadagiti tattao a naglibas.
You who inhabit the land of the south: upon meeting the thirsty, bring water; meet the fugitive with bread.
15 Ta intarayanda ti kampilan, manipud iti nauyos a kampilan, manipud iti napilko a pana ken manipud iti dagsen ti gubat.
For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle.
16 Ta daytoy ti imbaga ti Apo kaniak, “Iti las-ud ti makatawen, agpatingganto amin ti dayag ti Kedar, a kas iti mapasamak iti panagtrabaho ti matangtangdanan nga agtrabaho iti makatawen.
For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.
17 Manmanonto laeng ti mabati kadagiti pumapana, dagiti mannakigubat ti Kedar” ta ni Yahweh, a Dios ti Israel, ti nagsao.
And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
