Isaiah 21
1 Pa inge sie kas in fahkak ke acn Babylonia. Mwe ongoiya lulap ac fah tuku liki sie facl aksangeng, oana sie eng fohru ma pokla acn mwesis.
The prophecy concerning the desert of the sea. As storms which rush along through the south, So it cometh from the desert, From the terrible land.
2 Nga liye sie aruruma ke orekma sulallal ma ac sikyak, sie aruruma ke kutasrik ac kunausten. Un mwet mweun lun Elam, kowos sroang mweun! Un mwet mweun lun Media, kowos in kuhlusya siti uh! Mwe keok ma Babylon orala God El fah tulokinya in tui.
A grievous vision was revealed to me; The plunderer plundereth, and the destroyer destroyeth. “Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All sighing do I make to cease.”
3 Aruruma sac nwekyula ke sangeng ac ngal — oana sie mutan su keok in pacl in isus lal. Nga foroti ke ma nga lohng, ac nga tuninfongla ke ma nga liye.
Therefore are my loins full of pain; Pangs have seized me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; For convulsions I cannot hear; For anguish I cannot see.
4 Nunak luk uh fohsak, ac nga rarrar ke sangeng. Nga salka in tari ekela, tusruktu ke ekela tuku nga sangeng mukena.
My heart panteth, Terror hath seized upon me; The evening of my desire is changed into horror.
5 In aruruma sac, oasr sie kufwa akoeyuk; mwe loeyuk lohm elakelik nu sin mwet uh in muta fac. Na ke elos mongo ac nim, pusra na yohk se wola ac fahk: “Kowos, captain lun un mwet mweun, akoela mwe loeyuk lowos an!”
The table is prepared; the watch is set; They eat; they drink; “Arise, ye princes! Anoint the shield!”
6 Na Leum El fahk nu sik, “Fahla likiya sie mwet san, ac fahkang nu sel elan fahk kutena ma el liye.
For thus said the Lord unto me: “Go, set a watchman, Who shall declare what he seeth.”
7 El fin liye mwet kasrusr fin horse tuku kais luo, ac mwet muta fin donkey ac camel, elan lohang nu selos akwoya.”
And he saw a troop, horsemen in pairs, Riders on asses, and riders on camels, And he watched with the utmost heed.
8 Na mwet san sac wowoyak ac fahk, “Leum se, nga nuna tu san in se inge ke len ac fong.”
Then he cried like a lion: “My Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the daytime, And keep my post all the night;
9 Kitin pacl ah na elos kasrusr tuku fin horse, kais luo. Mwet san sac sulkakin, “Acn Babylon musalla! Ma sruloala nukewa ma elos alu nu kac fokfoki oan infohk uh.”
And behold, there cometh a troop, Horsemen in pairs.” Again also he lifted up his voice, and said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods are cast broken to the ground.”
10 Kowos mwet luk mwet Israel, sringsring kowos oana wheat uh, tusruktu inge nga fahkak tari nu suwos pweng wo ma nga lohng sin LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel.
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, That have I declared to you.
11 Sie kas in fahkak ke acn Edom pa inge. Mwet se pangma nu sik Edom me, “Mwet san, fukunyen fong uh inge? Fahkma lah ac lenelik ngac.”
The prophecy concerning Dumah. A voice came to me from Seir: “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
12 Na nga topuk, “Akuranna lenelik, tusruktu fong ac sifil tuku. Kom fin lungse sifil siyuk, kom tufah foloko siyuk.”
The watchman saith: “Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire! Return, come!”
13 Sie kas in fahkak ke acn Arabia pa inge. Mwet Dedan, kowos su mutangan aktuktuk yen mwesis in Arabia,
The prophecy against the Arabians. In the thickets of Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedan!
14 sang kof nimen mwet malu su tuku nu yuruwos. Kowos mwet in facl Tema, sang mwe mongo nu sin mwet kaingla liki acn selos.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema Bring water to the thirsty; They come to meet the fugitive with bread.
15 Mwet uh kaingkin cutlass ma akoeyukla tari in onelosi, liki mwe pisr ma akola in pisrikyuk, ac liki mwe sensen mukewa lun mweun.
For they flee from swords, From the drawn sword, And from the bent bow, And from the fury of war.
16 Na Leum El fahk nu sik, “Wolana lun sruf Kedar ac fah safla tukun yac na fal se, in oana ke sie mwet el eis molin orekma lal ke el akfalye yac nufon se.
For thus saith the Lord to me: Within one year, according to the years of a hireling, Shall all the glory of Kedar be consumed.
17 Inmasrlon mwet Kedar, mwet pisr lalos pa pulaik oemeet, tusruktu mwet na pu selos ac painmoulla. Nga, LEUM GOD lun Israel, pa fahk ma inge.”
The remainder of the mighty bowmen of the sons of Kedar shall be diminished; For Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath said it.
