Isaayyaas 21
1 Raajii Gammoojjii Galaana bira jirtuun mormu: Akkuma bubbeen hamaan biyya kibbaa haxaaʼu sana, weeraraan tokko gammoojjiidhaa, biyya sodaachisaa keessaa ni dhufa.
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
2 Mulʼanni hamaan tokko natti mulʼateera: gantuun ni ganti; saamtuunis ni saamti. Yaa Eelaam, ol baʼi! Yaa Meedee marsii qabi! Ani aaduu isheen fidde hunda nan xumura.
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media [Middle-land]’s sighing.
3 Kana irratti dugdi na cite; akkuma dubartii ciniinsifattuu muddamni na qabe; ani waanan dhagaʼeen nan holladhe; waanan argeenis nan raafame.
Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t sh'ma ·hear obey·. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.
4 Qalbiin koo ni raafame; sodaan na hollachiise; dimimmisni ani hawwe sun sodaatti na jalaa geeddarame.
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
5 Isaan maaddii qopheessu; afaa diriirsu; ni nyaatu, ni dhugu! Isin qondaaltonni kaʼaa; gaachanas zayitii dibaa.
They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
6 Gooftaan akkana naan jedha: “Dhaqiitii eegduu tokko ramadi; innis waan argu haa himu.
For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
7 Inni yommuu warra farda yaabbatan kanneen lama lamaan yaaʼan, warra harree yaabbatan yookaan warra gaala yaabbatan argutti, haa dammaqu; guutumaan guutuutti haa dammaqu.”
When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
8 Eegduun sunis akkana jedhee iyye; “Yaa gooftaa ko, ani guyyuma guyyaan qooxii eegumsaa irra nan dhaabadha; halkan hundas ani hojii koo irra nan tura.
He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
9 Kunoo, warri farda yaabbatan, lama lamaan dhufaa jiru; inni akkana jedhee deebise: ‘Baabilon jigdeerti; jigdeerti! Fakkiiwwan waaqota ishee hundinuu burkutaaʼanii lafa dhaʼaniiru!’”
Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon [Confusion]; and all the engraved images of her deities are broken to the ground.
10 Yaa saba koo warra oobdii midhaanii irratti dhaʼamtan, ani waan Waaqayyoon Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqa Israaʼel irraa dhagaʼe isinittin hima.
You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· from Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], the God of Israel [God prevails], I have declared to you.
11 Raajii Duumaan mormu: Namni tokko Seeʼiirii na waamee, “Yaa eegduu, halkan kun bariʼuuf hammamtu hafe? Yaa eegduu, halkan kun bariʼuuf hammamtu hafe?” jedhe.
The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
12 Eegduun sunis, “Bariʼuu gaʼeera; garuu deebiʼee dhiʼa. Yoo gaafachuu barbaaddan gaafadhaa; garuu deebiʼaa kottaa” jedhee deebisa.
The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”
13 Raajii biyya Arabaatiin mormu: Isin imaltoonni Dedaan kanneen bosona Arabaa keessa qubattan,
The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.
14 warra dheeboteef bishaan fidaa; isin warri Teemaa keessa jiraattan, baqattootaaf waan nyaatan fidaa.
They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
15 Isaan goraadee jalaa, goraadee luqqifame jalaa, xiyya aggaamame jalaa, hoʼa waraanaa jalaa baqataniiruutii.
For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
16 Gooftaan akkana naan jedhe: “Akkuma waggoota hojjetaa qaxaramaa tokkootti ulfinni Qeedaar hundinuu waggaa tokko keessatti ni dhuma.
For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
17 Warra xiyya darbatan keessaa kanneen hafan, gootonni Qeedaar muraasa taʼu.” Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel dubbateeraatii.
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, Elohim Isra'el [He sustains breathing, God of God prevails], has spoken it.”
