Isaiah 51
1 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Porongeyu, kowos su lungse moulla, Kowos su tuku nu yuruk in suk kasru. Nunku ke eot su kowos tuku kac me, Ac ke lufin eot ma tafleyukla kowos kac.
[Yahweh says], “You people who desire to act righteously/justly, who want to do what I want you to do, listen to me! Think about Abraham! [It is as though] [MET] he was a huge rock cliff; and when you [people of Israel became a nation], [it was as though] [MET] you were cut from that rock [DOU].
2 Nunku kacl Abraham, papa matu tomowos, Ac kacl Sarah, su oswekowosla. Ke pacl se nga tuh pangnol Abraham, srakna wangin tulik natul. Tusruktu nga akinsewowoyal ac sang tulik natul. Nga akpusye pac fwilin tulik natul.
Think about your ancestor Abraham and [his wife] Sarah, of whom [all of] you are descendants. When I first spoke to Abraham, he had no children. But after I blessed him, he had a huge number of descendants.
3 “Nga ac fah akkalemye pakomuta luk nu sin Jerusalem, Nu selos nukewa su muta in siti lalos ma musalla. Acn we finne sie acn mwesis, nga fah oru tuh in sie ima, Oana ima se nga yukwiya Eden. Engan ac insewowo ac fah oasr we, Wi on in kaksak ac kulo nu sik.
[Some day I], Yahweh, will encourage his descendants [again], and I will comfort all [the people who live in] the ruins [of Jerusalem]. The desert in that area will become like Eden, like the garden that I, Yahweh, [made/planted]. All the people there will be joyful and happy; they will thank me and sing.
4 Porongeyu, mwet luk, Porongo ma nga fahk uh. Nga sang mwe luti luk nu sin mutunfacl pus; Ma sap luk fah sang kalem nu selos.
My people of Judah, listen carefully [DOU] to me, because [I want you to] proclaim my laws; the just/right things that I do will be [like] [MET] a light for the people of the nations.
5 Nga fah sa in tuku ac molelosla. Pacl in kutangla luk apkuranme. Nga sifacna fah leumi mutunfacl uh. Acn loessula soano nga in tuku. Elos tupan ke finsrak tuh nga in molelosla.
I will soon/quickly rescue you [DOU]; by my power [MTY] I will bring you back [from being exiled in Babylonia] [DOU]. The people who live on islands in the ocean will wait for me [to help them], confidently expecting for me to use my power [MTY].
6 Ngetak ac liye kusrao; ac liye pac faclu! Kusrao fah wanginla oana kulasr uh; Ac faclu fah kulawi oana nuknuk mahi uh, Ac mwet we nukewa fah misa oana loang uh. Tusruktu lango su nga ac use fah oanna nwe tok. Kutangla luk fah tiana safla.
Look up at the sky, and look at the earth, [and see what they are like now], because [some day] the sky will disappear like [SIM] smoke, and the earth will wear out like [SIM] old clothes wear out, and people on the earth will die like gnats/flies. But I will rescue/save you, and you will remain free forever, and I will rule you righteously/fairly forever.
7 “Porongeyu, kowos su etu ma suwohs, Ac su eis mwe luti luk ac oakiya insia. Nimet sangeng ke mwet uh angon kowos ac fahk kas in akkolukye kowos.
You people who know what things are right to do, and who know in your inner beings [what is written in] my laws, listen to me! Do not be afraid of people who taunt/insult you; do not be disturbed/upset when people revile you,
8 Elos ac wanginla oana nuknuk ma watil uh kangla. Tusruktu molela su nga use ac fah oan nwe tok. Kutangla luk ac fah oan ke fwil nu ke fwil.”
because [some day they will be destroyed] like [MET] clothing that is eaten by ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches), like wool garments that have been eaten by worms. I will save you people, and you will be saved forever.”
9 LEUM GOD, ngutalik ac kasrekut! Orekmakin ku lom ac molikutla; Orekmakin oana ke kom tuh oru in pacl oemeet ah. Kom pa tuh pakpakilya Rahab, wet lulap soko meoa, nu ke ip srisrik.
Yahweh, wake up [and do something for us]! Show your power! Do mighty things like you did long ago, when you stabbed [RHQ] that sea monster/dragon Rahab and cut it into pieces.
10 Kom pac pa tuh akpaoyela meoa ah, Ac orala innek soko sasla inkof uh, Tuh elos su kom ac molela in ku in fahsr kac.
Surely you are [RHQ] the one who caused the [Red] Sea to become dry and made a path through that deep water in order that your people could cross it!
11 Elos su kom tuh molela Fah sun acn Jerusalem ke engan. Elos fah alullul ac sasa ke engan. Elos ac fah engan ma pahtpat, Sukosokla liki asor ac sasao nwe tok.
And those whom Yahweh will rescue [from being exiled in Babylonia] will [similarly] return to Jerusalem, singing. Their being joyful forever will be [like] [MET] a crown on their heads. They will not be sad or mourn any more; they will be [completely] joyful and happy.
12 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga pa akkeye kowos. Efu ku kowos in sangeng sin mwet ma sukawil moul la, Su ac sa na uli oana mah uh?
[Yahweh says], “I am the one who encourages you. So (why are you/you should not be) [RHQ] afraid of humans who will [wither and disappear like] [MET] grass.
13 Ya kowos mulkunla LEUM GOD su orekowosla, Su laknelik kusrao, Ac oakiya pwelung lun faclu? Efu ku kowos in muta in sangeng pacl nukewa Ke folo lalos su akkeokye kowos — Elos su akola in kunauskowosla? Kaskusrak lalos tia ku in sifil tuku nu fowos.
(Why have you/You should not have) [RHQ] forgotten [me], Yahweh, the one who created your nation, the one who stretched out the sky and laid the foundations of the earth. (Why are you/You should not be) [RHQ] continually afraid of those who are angry with you and (oppress you/treat you cruelly) and want to get rid of you. [You should not be afraid of them now], because those angry people have now disappeared!
14 Ac tia paht, elos su muta in kapir ac fah aksukosokyeyukla. Elos ac moul arulana paht, Ac ac fah oasr na mongo nalos.
Soon you people who have been caused to be slaves [in Babylonia] will be freed! You will not remain in prison, and you will not die of hunger,
15 “Nga pa LEUM GOD lowos. Nga mokleak meoa Ac oru noa uh in ngirngir. Inek pa LEUM GOD Kulana!
because I am Yahweh, your God, the one who stirs up the sea and causes the waves to roar; I am the Commander of the armies of angels!
16 Nga asroelik kusrao Ac oakiya pwelung lun faclu: Nga fahk nu sin mwet Jerusalem, ‘Kowos mwet luk! Nga asot tari mwe luti luk nu suwos, Ac nga loangekowos ke pouk.’”
I have given you my message [MTY] to proclaim, and I have protected you with my hand [MTY]. I stretched out the sky and laid the foundation of the earth. And I am the one who says to you Israeli people, ‘You are my people!’”
17 Jerusalem, ngutalik! Sifacna tukaskomyak ac tuyak! Kom numla tari cup in kaiyuk Su LEUM GOD El sot nu sum in numla ke sripen kasrkusrak lal; Kom tuh numla, oru kom tukulkul.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, wake up [DOU]! You have experienced Yahweh severely punishing [MTY] you. Yahweh has caused you to suffer much, all that he wanted you to suffer, like [MET] someone who causes another person to suffer by forcing him to drink every drop of [MTY] a cupful of bitter liquid.
18 Wangin mwet ac fah pwen kom, Wangin sie inmasrlon wen nutum Ac sruokya poum in kasrekom.
[Now] you do not have any children who are alive [DOU] and able to take your hand and guide you.
19 Oasr mwe ongoiya luo putati fom: Facl sum sikiyukla ke mweun, Ac mwet lom misa ke masrinsral. Wanginla mwet in pakomutom.
You have experienced several disasters: Your country has become desolate/deserted; [your cities have been] destroyed; [many people have] died from hunger; [many people have been] killed by your enemies’ swords. Now, there is no one [RHQ] left to console/comfort you and sympathize with you.
20 Ke insruwasrik in inkanek nukewa Mwet lom elos ikori ke munasla lalos. Elos oana deer ma srifusryuki sin mwet sruh kosro. Elos pulakin kuiyen kaskusrak lun God.
Your children have fainted and lie in the streets; they are [as helpless as] [SIM] an antelope [that has been caught] in a net. What has happened to them is because Yahweh has been very angry with them; he has rebuked them severely.
21 Kowos mwet keok in Jerusalem, Kowos su tukulkul oana mwet sruhi,
So now, you people who have suffered much, [you act as though] you are drunk, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine.
22 LEUM GOD lowos El loangekowos ac fahk, “Nga eisla cup se ma Nga tuh sot nu suwos ke nga kaskusrak ah. Kowos ac tia enenu in sifil nim Wain se ma oru kowos tukulkul.
Yahweh, your Lord and your God, the one who argues/pleads your case, says this: “Note this: [It is as though] [MET] I have taken that cup of bitter liquid from your hands; I will not be angry with you and cause you to suffer any more.
23 Nga ac fah sang cup sac nu selos su tuh akkeokye kowos, Nu selos su oru kowos oan fin inkanek uh Na elos fahsr fowos oana infohk uh pa kowos.”
Instead, I will cause those who have tormented you to suffer; [I will severely punish] those who said to you, ‘Prostrate yourselves in order that we may walk on you; [lie down on your stomachs] in order that your backs will be like [SIM] streets that we can walk on.’”
