Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.
Faminaniana ny amin’ ny loza hanjo ny Efitra Ranobe. Tahaka ny firimorimon’ ny tadio any atsimo no fihaviny avy any an-efitra, dia avy any amin’ ny tany mahatahotra.
2 A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.
Misy fahitana mampahory naseho tamiko: Ny mpamitaka mamitaka, ary ny mpandringana mandringana. Iakaro, ry Elama ô! ekeo, ry Media ô! Hatsahatro ny fisentoana rehetra.
3 Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.
Ary raha nahita izany aho, dia feno fanaintainana ny valahako; Fijalijaliana no nahazo ahy tahaka ny fijalijalian’ ny vehivavy raha miteraka; Niolanolana fatratra aho ka tsy nandre izany; Toran-kovitra aho ka tsy nahita izany.
4 My heart withered. The darkness stupefied me. Babylon, my beloved, has become a wonder to me.
Niemponempona ny foko, nampahatahotra ahy ny horohoro; Ny hariva fahafinaretako nampodiny ho fangovitako.
5 Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!
Velarina ny latabatra, miambina ny mpiambina, mihinana sy misotro ny olona mitsangàna, ianareo lehibe, ka hosory ny ampinga!
6 For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”
Fa izao no nolazain’ i Jehovah tamiko: Mandehana, manendre tily; Ka izay hitany no aoka holazainy.
7 And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on a donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.
Dia nahita izy ka indreo mpitaingina manao andiany mandeha tsiroaroa sy boriky andiany ary rameva andiany. Ary nihaino izy, eny, nihaino dia nihaino;
8 And a lion cried out: “I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night.
Dia niantso nanao feon-diona izy ka nanao hoe: Tompo ô! izaho mijanona mandrakariva eto ambonin’ ny fitazanako nony antoandro, Ary mitoetra eto amin’ ny fiambenako aho mandritra ny alina;
9 Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!
Koa, indreo, avy ny olona andiany, mpitaingina mandeha tsiroaroa; Ary nanandratra ny feony izy ka nanao hoe: Rava, rava Babylona! Ary ny sarin’ ny andriamaniny rehetra dia voatorotoro miraraka amin’ ny tany.
10 O my threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”
Ry ahy voavely toy ny vary teo am-pamoloako ô! Izay efa reko tamin’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, no nambarako taminareo.
11 The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes the night?”
Faminaniana ny amin’ ny loza hanjo an’ i Edoma. Misy miantso ahy any Seïra manao hoe: Ry mpiambina ô, toy inona alina moa izao? Ry mpiambina ô, toy inona alina moa izao?
12 The watchman said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”
Dia hoy ny mpiambina: Avy ny maraina, avy koa ny alina; Raha mbola ta-hanontany ianareo, dia manontania ihany; ka avia, miverena.
13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.
Faminaniana ny amin’ ny loza hanjo an’ i Arabia. Any an’ ala any Arabia no andrianareo, ry andian’ ny Dedanita.
14 You who inhabit the land of the south: upon meeting the thirsty, bring water; meet the fugitive with bread.
Itondrana rano ny mangetaheta; Ny mponina amin’ ny tany Tema mitsena hanina ny mandositra;
15 For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle.
Fa mandositra ny sabatra ireo, dia ny sabatra voatsoaka sy ny tsipìka voahenjana ary ny havesatry ny ady.
16 For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.
Fa izao no nolazain’ i Jehovah tamiko: Ato anatin’ ny herintaona, tahaka ny taonan’ ny mpikarama, dia ho levona avokoa ny voninahitr’ i Kedara;
17 And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
Ary ny tsipìka sisa izay; an’ ny lehilahy mahery, taranak’ i Kedara, dia ho vitsy foana, fa Jehovah Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, ao efa niteny.
