Isaiah 18

1 Ègbé ni fún ilẹ̀ tí ó kún fún ariwo ìyẹ́ eṣú, ní àwọn ipadò Kuṣi,

Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

2 tí ó rán àwọn ikọ̀ lórí Òkun lórí omi nínú ọkọ̀-ọpọ́n tí a fi eèsún papirusi ṣe. Ẹ lọ, ẹ̀yin ikọ̀ tí ó yára, sí àwọn ènìyàn gíga tí àwọ̀ ara wọn jọ̀lọ̀, sí àwọn ènìyàn tí a ń bẹ̀rù káàkiri, orílẹ̀-èdè aláfojúdi alájèjì èdè, tí odò pín ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ yẹ́lẹyẹ̀lẹ.

that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, “Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!”

3 Gbogbo ẹ̀yin ènìyàn ayé, tí ó ń gbé orílẹ̀ ayé, nígbà tí a bá gbé àsíá kan sókè lórí òkè, ẹ ó rí i, nígbà tí a bá fun fèrè kan ẹ ó gbọ́ ọ.

All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!

4 Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa sọ fún mi: “Èmi yóò dákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́, èmi yóò sì máa wo òréré láti ibùgbé e mi wá, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ooru gbígbóná nínú ìtànṣán oòrùn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí òjò-dídì ní àárín gbùngbùn ìkórè.”

For the LORD said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

5 Nítorí, kí ìkórè tó bẹ̀rẹ̀, nígbà tí ìrudí bá kún, nígbà tí ìtànná bá di èso àjàrà pípọ́n. Òun yóò sì fi dòjé rẹ́ ẹ̀ka tuntun, yóò sì mu kúrò, yóò sì gé ẹ̀ka lulẹ̀.

For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.

6 A ó fi wọ́n sílẹ̀ fún àwọn ẹyẹ òkè ńlá àti fún àwọn ẹranko búburú; àwọn ẹyẹ yóò fi wọ́n ṣe oúnjẹ nínú ẹ̀ẹ̀rùn àti àwọn ẹranko búburú nígbà òjò.

They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will eat them in the summer, and all the animals of the earth will eat them in the winter.

7 Ní àkókò náà ni a ó mú ẹ̀bùn wá fún Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn gíga tí ẹran-ara wọn jọ̀lọ̀, láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn tí a bẹ̀rù níbi gbogbo, orílẹ̀-èdè aláfojúdi àti alájèjì èdè, ilẹ̀ ẹni tí omi pín sí yẹ́lẹyẹ̀lẹ— a ó mú àwọn ẹ̀bùn náà wá sí òkè Sioni, ibi tí orúkọ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun gbé wà.

In that time, a present will be brought to the LORD of Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the LORD of Armies, Mount Zion.