Isaiah 28
1 We nu sin tokosrai lun Israel! Wolana lal efla oana losr ma oan fin sifen mwet kol sruhi lalos. Insuf filang lalos onola keng na, tusruktu elos sruhilana oan ac tia etalos.
Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious adornment, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine.
2 Leum El akoela tari sie su ku ac fokoko in mweun nu selos — sie su fah tuku oana sie paka in af na yohk kosra, oana sie af matol ma oana sie sronot fungme ac afunla acn uh.
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail [and] a destroying tempest; as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, shall he cast down to the earth with might.
3 Filang lun mwet kol sruhi lalos ac fah lolongyuki.
The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
4 Wolana lun mwet kol filang lalos fah wanginla, oana fahko se meet ke sak fig ke pacl la, sifeyukyak ac mongola ke tufahna mwesrla.
and the fading flower of his glorious adornment which is on the head of the fat valley shall be like an early fig before the summer: as soon as he that seeth it perceiveth it, scarcely is it in his hand, he swalloweth it down.
5 Sie len ac tuku ke LEUM GOD Kulana El ac fah oana sie losr wolana nu sin mwet lal su moulla.
In that day will Jehovah of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the remnant of his people;
6 El ac fah sang ngunin nununku suwohs nu sin mwet nununku, ac akpulaikyalos su liyaung mutunpot lun siti in lain mwet lokoalok.
and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
7 Finne mwet palu ac mwet tol, elos arulana sruhi, oru elos fahsr tukulkul. Yokla nim wain ac mwe nim ku, oru elos nukanulosla ac fahsr toptop. Mwet palu elos arulana sruhi ac tia kalem ke aruruma ma God El supu, ac mwet tol elos arulana sruhi ac tia ku in oru nununku suwohs nu ke mwe elya lun mwet uh.
But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled [in] judgment.
8 Tepu ma elos muta kac afla ke woht, ac wangin acn nasnas lula fac.
For all tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no [more] place.
9 Elos torkaskas keik ac fahk, “Ku El nunku mu su El luti uh? Su enenu kas lal? Ma na nu sin tulik fusr ma tufahna liktitla!
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the report? Them that are weaned from the milk, withdrawn from the breasts?
10 Ma na fisrasr pa El luti nu sesr: El kalweni kais sie leta, lain nu ke lain, mwe luti nu ke mwe luti.”
For [it is] precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. ...
11 Kowos fin tia porongeyu, na God El ac supwaot kutu mwetsac su orekmakin kas sakirik ma kowos tia kalem kac in luti kowos.
For with stammering lips and a strange tongue will he speak to this people;
12 El kena akwoye kowos ac sot mongla nu suwos nukewa, a kowos srunga porongal.
to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.
13 Pa pwanang LEUM GOD El ac kalweni kais sie leta, lain nu ke lain, ac mwe luti nu ke mwe luti. Na kowos fah tukulkul yen nukewa kowos fahsr we. Kowos ac fah kinkineta, sremla ke kwasrip, ac utukla nu in sruoh.
And the word of Jehovah was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little: that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14 Inge, kowos mwet enum su leum fin mwet inge in acn Jerusalem, porongo ma LEUM GOD El fahk.
Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Kowos konkin mu kowos orala sie wuleang yurin misa, ac kowos insesela yurin mwet in facl sin mwet misa. Kowos nunku mu mwe ongoiya ac fah aliki kowos ke pacl se ac tuku, mweyen kowos lulalfongi ke kikiap ac kutasrik lowos in loangekowos. (Sheol h7585)
For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. (Sheol h7585)
16 Pa inge ma LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk: “Nga likiya sie pwelung in Zion ma oakwuki ku. Nga filiya sie eot insruwasrik saok ac ku kac, ac kas inge simla fac: ‘Lulalfongi se su ku el oayapa mongfisrasr.’
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that trusteth shall not make haste.
17 Nununku suwohs pa mwe srikasrak nu fin pwelung uh, ac pwaya pa mwe srikasrak nu ke siska ah, tenyak nu lucng.” Af yohk kosra fah pokla kikiap nukewa ma kowos lulalfongi, ac sronot ac fah kunausla acn kowos lulalfongi in wikla we.
And I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
18 Wuleang ma kowos orala yurin misa ac fah sisila, ac insesela lowos yurin mwet in facl lun misa fah ikilyukla wanginla ku la. Ke mwe ongoiya lulap ac tuhme, ac fah afinkowosi ac kunauskowosla. (Sheol h7585)
And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it. (Sheol h7585)
19 Ac fah kalkalwen in pokkowosla ke lotutang nukewa. Kowos ac fah keokkin ke len ac fong. Kais sie kas sin God me ac fah mwe aksangeng yohk nu suwos!
As it passeth through it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night; and it shall be terror only to understand the report.
20 Kowos ac fah oana mukul se in soakas se inge: mwe oan kial fototola elan asrosrelik fac, ac kaot lal oasriksrikla elan afinilya kac.
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.
21 LEUM GOD El ac fah mweun in oana El tuh oru Fineol Perazim ac infahlfal lun Gibeon, Elan ku in orala ma El nunku in oru, finne mukuikui lal uh sie liki na ma mwet uh tawi. El fah aksafye orekma lal su mwet uh tia ku in kalem kac.
For Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted act.
22 Nimet isrun kas in sensenkakin nga sot nu suwos! Kowos fin isrun, ac fah upala nu suwos in kaingkunla. Nga lohng pwapa lun LEUM GOD Kulana in kunausla mutunfacl nufon se inge.
Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of hosts a consumption, and [one] determined, upon the whole land.
23 Porongo ma nga fahk uh, ac lohang nu ke ma nga fahk nu suwos.
Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
24 Wangin mwet ima kalwenina in akfisrasrye acn in ima lal ac tia yukwiya.
Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?
25 Ke pacl se el akoela fohk uh wo, na el yukwiya fiten mahsrik oana dill ac cumin. El yukwi tah in wheat ac barley, ac ke sisken ima lal el yukwi kutu pac kain fita.
Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?
26 El etu lah el ac oru orekma lal fuka, mweyen God El lotel.
His God doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.
27 El tia orekmakin sak toasr in puokla fiten dill ku fiten cumin; a el orekmakin sak mulala ac fal lupa.
For the dill is not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but dill is beaten out with a staff, and cummin with a rod.
28 El ac tia puok na puok wheat uh nwe ke na mukutkuti, a el etu lah el ac srungulla kolo uh ke el patok sie mwe wiwa fac in mau tia itungya wheat uh.
Bread [corn] is crushed, because he will not ever be threshing it; and if he drove the wheels of his cart and his horses [over it], he would not crush it.
29 Lalmwetmet inge nukewa tuku sin LEUM GOD Kulana. Lemlem ma God El oru uh lalmwetmet, ac pacl nukewa safla tuh na wo.
This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel, great in wisdom.
