Isaia 28
1 Lozan’ ny satro-boninahitra, izay reharehan’ ny mpimamo any Efraima, sy ny voninkazo mihamalazo amin’ ny firàvany tsara tarehy, izay eo an-dohan’ ny lohasaha lonaky ny fileon-divay.
Terrible things will happen to [Samaria city, the capital of Israel]! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up.
2 Indro, ny Tompo manana izay mahery sady matanjaka, tahaka ny rivo-kavandra sy ny tafio-drivotra mandoza; Koa tahaka ny fandriaky ny rano be manafotra no hanjerany azy mafy ho amin’ ny tany.
Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like [SIM] a huge hailstorm [or] a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground [the buildings in Samaria].
3 Dia hohitsahin’ ny tongotra ny satro-boninahitra, Izay reharehan’ ny mpimamo any Efraima.
The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies.
4 Ary ny voninkazo mihamalazo amin’ ny firàvany tsara tarehy, izay eo an-dohan’ ny lohasaha lonaka, dia ho tahaka ny voan’ aviavy mialin-taona, raha tsy mbola tonga ny fahavaratra, koa izay mahita azy dia mijery, ary raha vao raisiny, dia arapany.
[Yes], Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like [MET] a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season [when figs become ripe], he quickly picks and eats it; [similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria], [they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things].
5 Ary amin’ izany andro izany Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, dia ho satro-boninahitra tsara tarehy sy ho fehiloha firavaka ho an’ ny olony sisa,
At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be [like] a glorious wreath of flowers for [us] Israeli people who are still alive [after being exiled].
6 Ary ho fanahy fitsarana ho an’ izay mipetraka eo amin’ ny fitsarana, sy ho hery ho an’ izay mampiverina ny ady hatreo am-bavahady.
He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend [the city when our enemies attack it].
7 Nefa ireo koa dia miraingiraingy azon’ ny divay ary mivembena azon’ ny toaka; Ny mpisorona sy ny mpaminany miraingiraingy azon’ ny toaka; Resin’ ny divay ireo; Mivembena azon’ ny toaka izy; Miraingiraingy amin’ ny fahitana izy ary midoladola eo amin’ ny fitsarana.
[But now, ] our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and [other] alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly.
8 Fa feno loa sy loto ny latabatra rehetra, ka efa tsy misy madio hitoerana.
All their tables are covered with [their] vomit; filth is everywhere.
9 Iza no hampianariny fahalalana? Ary iza no hampahafantariny fianarana? Zaza vao notazana va? Ny vao nitsaha-nono va?
They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? [Does he think that] we are little children who have recently been weaned?
10 Fa didy anampy didy, didy anampy didy; Fitsipika anampy fitsipika, fitsipika anampy fitsipika; Kely etỳ, ary kely erỳ;
[He continually tells us], ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.”
11 Eny, amin’ ny molotra miambakambaka sy amin’ ny fiteny baiko no hitenenany amin’ ity firenena ity,
So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to [Assyrians] speaking to them in a language that they do not understand.
12 Izay nilazany hoe: Ity no fitsaharana, ampitsaharo ny reraka, ary ity no famelombelomana; Nefa tsy nety nihaino ireo.
Yahweh told his people [long ago], “[This is] a place where you can rest; you are exhausted [from all your travels through the desert], but you will be able to rest [in this land].” But they refused to pay attention to what he said.
13 Ary ny tenin’ i Jehovah dia ho tonga didy anampy didy aminy tokoa, eny, didy anampy didy, fitsipika anampy fitsipika, fitsipika anampy fitsipika; Kely etỳ, ary kely erỳ, mba hanaovany dia mianotra, ka ho torotoro izy sy hofandrihana ary hosamborina.
So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because [of their ignoring what God said], they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured.
14 Koa mihainoa ny tenin’ i Jehovah ianareo, ry mpaniratsira, izay manapaka ity firenena eto Jerosalema ity.
Because of [what will happen in Samaria], you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh:
15 Satria ianareo manao hoe: Efa nanao fanekena tamin’ ny fahafatesana izahay ary efa nanao fifanarahana tamin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita ka na dia ho avy aza ny loza manafotra, dia tsy hihatra aminy izany, fa ny lainga no nataonay ho fiarovana, ary ny fitaka ho fierena, (Sheol h7585)
You [boast] saying, “We have made an alliance with [the leaders of Egypt], so we will not be killed [in battles]; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the [army of Assyria] attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made [an agreement with Egypt] to protect us!” [But that agreement consists of] a lot of lies [DOU]. (Sheol h7585)
16 Dia izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Indro, Izaho no efa nametraka vato ao Ziona, dia vato voazaha toetra, vato tsara izay fehizoro voaorina ho fanorenana mafy, ka tsy mba ho taitra izay mino.
Therefore, Yahweh [our] Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem [someone who is like] [MET] a foundation stone, [he is like] a stone that has been tested [to determine if it is solid]. [He will be like] a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
17 Ny fitsarana no hataoko ho fitsipika, ary ny fahamarinana ho pilao; Hopaohin’ ny havandra ny lainga fiarovana, ary hindaosin’ ny rano ny fierena.
I will test you [people of Jerusalem] to find out if you will act justly and righteously [like] [MET] someone uses a plumb line [to determine if a wall is straight and vertical]. But because your agreement [with Egypt] to protect you [was made by leaders] lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away [from your country] by [an army that will come against you like] [MET] a flood.
18 Hofoanana ny fanekenareo amin’ ny fahafatesana, ary tsy haharitra ny fifanarahanareo amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita raha ho avy ny loza manafotra, dia ho tonga fanitsakitsany ianareo. (Sheol h7585)
I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made [with the leaders of Egypt]. You thought that [because of that agreement] you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. [But] when the vast [army of Assyria] overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. (Sheol h7585)
19 Ary na oviana na oviana no ihaviany, dia hahatratra anareo izany; Fa isa-maraina isa-maraina no hihaviany, na andro na alina; Ary ny vokatry ny fahafantarana izany fianarana izany dia fangovitana ihany.
Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified.
20 Fa fohy loatra ny farafara ka tsy azon’ ny olona ilamparana; Ary kely ny firakotra ka tsy maharakotra, raha misy te-hirakotra azy.
[You have heard people say], “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” [That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you].
21 Fa Jehovah hitsangana tahaka ny teo amin’ ny tendrombohitra Perazima, ho tezitra tahaka ny teo amin’ ny lohasahan’ i Gibeona Izy, mba hanaovany ny asany tsy ilay fanaony mandrakariva anefa, ary hahavitany ny ataony tsy ilay vitainy mandrakariva anefa.
Yahweh will come [and cause you to be defeated]; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be [very] strange and unusual [DOU].
22 Koa dia aza maniratsira intsony ianareo, fandrao atao mafy ny famatorana anareo; Fa fahafonganana voatendry no efa reko tamin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, Hamelezana ny tany rehetra.
The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule [what I say any more], because if you do that he will punish you [even] more severely.
23 Mihainoa ianareo, ka mandrenesa ny feoko; Mitandrema, ka mandrenesa ny teniko.
Listen [IDM] to what I say; pay attention carefully.
24 Moa ny mpiasa tany va miasa mba hamafy, na mitombo-doha sy mandravona ny taniny mandrakariva?
When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?
25 Rehefa voaravony tsara ny tany, moa tsy afafiny amin’ izay va ny voan’ ny nigela, ary tsy apariakany va ny komina, ary tsy alahany mitandahatra tsara va ny vary tritika sy ny vary hordea amin’ ny tany voafaritra ho azy Ary ny ampemby kosa eny an-tsisiny?
No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner.
26 Fa Andriamaniny no manoro azy izay mety hataony, Eny, Izy no mampianatra azy.
[He does that] because God has taught him the correct way to do it.
27 Fa tsy ny kodia vy no ivelezana ny nigela, ary tsy ny kodian’ ny sariety no akodiadia amin’ ny komina; Fa ny nigela dia velezina amin’ ny fantàka, ary ny komina amin’ ny tehina.
[Farmers] never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. [Farmers] never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it [only] with a rod.
28 Moa mongomongoiny va ny vary hatao mofo? Tsia, fa tsy veleziny na hampandehanany ny kodian’ ny sarietiny sy ny soavaliny lalandava izy; Tsy mongomongoiny tsy akory izy.
And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it [to thresh it], [but] doing that does not grind the grain.
29 Izany koa dia avy amin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro; Fa mahagaga amin’ ny fisainana Izy Ary mahatalanjona amin’ ny fahendrena.
The Commander of the armies of angels gives [us] wonderful advice [about how to do things]; he causes [us] to be very wise. [So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid].
