Isaia 22
1 Ty nibangoeñe i Vavatanem- Pahaoniñañey: Ino ty maniloke azo henaneo gea, t’ie miañambone mb’an-tafo mb’eo iaby!
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Atsa-koràke irehe, Ty rova mivalitsikotake, ty positse mirebeke tia! Toe tsy zinamam-pibara o nibaibay ama’ areoo, tsy nitsingoro an-kotakotake!
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Fonga nitrao-pivoratsake ty mpifehe’ areo, f’ie tsinepake tsy am-pale, hene miharo-rohy ze nitendreke ndra te niherereake añe.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 Aa le hoe iraho, Aviho amako o fihaino’oo; apoho hangololoike ty tañy; ko imanea’o hohò, ty amy fandrotsahañe i anak’ampela’ ondatikooy.
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 Fa ho andron-kankàñe, fandialiañe naho ampoheke, am-bavatanem-Pahoniñañe ao boak’ amy Talè Iehovà’ i Màroy; ty fandrotsahan-kijoly, vaho ty fikaikaihañe o vohitseo.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 Nitintiñe i trañon’ana-paley t’i Elame reketse sarete naho ondaty naho mpiningi-tsoavala, vaho nañafake i sarom-pikalan- defoñey t’i Kire.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 Ho tondroke te ho tsitsike sarete o vavatane’ areo fanjàkao, vaho hilahatse an-dalam-bey eo o mpiningi-tsoavalao.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 Hinalo’e ty saro’ Iehodà. Nitolihe’o amy andro zay o fialiañe añ’anjomban’alao;
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 Nisamba’ areo o jeba’e an-drova’ i Davideo t’ie maro; vaho nitoha rano añ’antara ambane ey nahareo.
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 Nivolilie’ areo o anjomba’ Ierosalaimeo, vaho nakoroma’ areo ty anjomba ila’e hanosohañe i kijoliy.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Nandranjia’ areo talaha añivo’ i kijoly roe rey hitañe ty rano’ i antara antetsey—fe tsy niatoa’ areo i namboats’azey, tsy nihaoñe’ areo i nisafiry aze haehaey.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 Amy andro zay nikoike fangololoihañe, naho fandalàñe, t’i Talè, Iehovà’ i Màroy, naho fampikovohan-doha, vaho fisikinan-gony;
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 Te mone: rebeke naho hafaleañe, tombok’añombe naho fandentàñ’ añondry, fikamàn-kena naho finoman-divay: Antao hikama naho hinoñe, ke ho mate maray!
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Aa le naboa’ Iehovà’ i Màroy an-tsofiko ao ty hoe: Toe tsy ho jebaña’o i hakeo zay ampara’ t’ie mihomake, hoe t’i Talè, Iehovà’ i Màroy.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 Hoe t’i Talè, Iehovà’ i Màroy: Akia mb’amy mpamandroñey, mb’amy Sebnà, mpifehe’ i trañoy mb’eo:
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 Ino ty zo’o atoy? Ia o azo atoio, te nihalia’o kibory etoa ho am-bata’o, ie andavaha’o lonake an-kaboañe ey, naho kaokaohe’o ho azo ty fimoneña’o an-damilamy ao?
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 Inao! havokovoko’ Iehovà am-pivokovokoam-panalolahy añe irehe; eka ho gore’e an-jitse,
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 havarimbari’e vaho havoeboe’e hoe labole mb’an-tane miratraratra añe; añe ty hihomaha’o, ho añe ka o sareten’ enge’oo, ty hasalarañ’ anjomban-talè’o tia.
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 Ho roaheko irehe tsy ho an-toe’o, le hafotsako ho ambanen-tsaranga’o ao.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 Ho tondroke amy andro zay te ho kanjieko t’i Eliakime ana’ i Hilkià, mpitoroko.
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 Le haombeako ty sarimbo’o, hadiako ama’e ty sadia’o, vaho hapoko am-pità’e eo i nifelehe’oy; ie ty ho rae’ o mpimone’ Ierosalaimeo, naho i anjomba’ Iehodày.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 Hanoeko an-tsoro’eo i lahin-dakilèn’ anjomba’ i Davidey; ie manokake, tsy eo ty handrindry; ie mandrindriñe tsy eo ty hanokake.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 Haoreko hoe fàntake an-toe’e mafe eo; ie ty ho fiambesam-bolonahetse añ’anjomban-drae’e ao.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 Le hasampe’ iareo ama’e iaby ty engen-anjomban-drae’e, o tariratseo naho o tamingañeo, ze fonga anam-pitiheke naho ze hene fitovy naho o sajoao.
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 Amy andro añe zay, hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, le hitrànkañe i fantake nazitse an-toe’e mafey, hipoñake le hideboñe, vaho hipitsoke ama’e o kilankañe tama’eo; fa nitsara t’Iehovà.
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
