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, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys 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 has a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
3 Filang lun mwet kol sruhi lalos ac fah lolongyuki.
The crown of pride, 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 glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looks on it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
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 shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, to the residue 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 sits 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 they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
8 Tepu ma elos muta kac afla ke woht, ac wangin acn nasnas lula fac.
For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
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 doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn 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 precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and 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 another 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 with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet 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.
But the word of the LORD was to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and 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.
Why hear the word of the LORD, you 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)
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, it shall not come to 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 says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believes 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.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the 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 disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, then you 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!
From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation 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 shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can 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 the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange 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 you not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined on the whole earth.
23 Porongo ma nga fahk uh, ac lohang nu ke ma nga fahk nu suwos.
Give you ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.
24 Wangin mwet ima kalwenina in akfisrasrye acn in ima lal ac tia yukwiya.
Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground?
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.
When he has made plain the face thereof, does he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place?
26 El etu lah el ac oru orekma lal fuka, mweyen God El lotel.
For his God does instruct him to discretion, and does 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 fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about on the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the 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 bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
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 comes forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
