Isaiah 15
1 [I received] this message [from Yahweh] about the Moab [people-group]: In one night [two of your important cities], Ar and Kir, will be destroyed.
Hethateh, Moab hoi kâkuen e lawk doeh. Moab ram Ar kho teh tangmin buet touh hoi rawknae koe a pha. Moab ram teh khoeroe a rawk toe. Moab ram Kir kho teh tangmin buet touh hoi rawknae koe a pha. Moab ram teh khoeroe a rawk toe.
2 The people of Dibon, [your capital city, ] will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to [their shrines] on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of [what happened to] Nebo and Medeba [towns in the south]; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards [to show that they are grieving].
Khocanaw teh Dibon kho, a rasangnae koe e bawkim koe a cei awh teh a khuika awh. Moab khocanaw teh, Nebo kho, Medeba kho hah a khuikakhai awh. Ahnimae lû dawk sam awm hoeh, ahnimae pâkhamuen pueng teh koung a ngaw awh.
3 In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their [flat] rooftops and in the [city] plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces.
Lamthung dawk buri a khohna awh teh, lemphu hai thoseh, lam dawk hai thoseh, kaawm e pueng ni a khuika awh teh, mitphi dawk a kâkaawk awh.
4 [The people of] Heshbon [city] and Elealeh [towns in the north of Moab] will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz [town in the south] will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid [IDM].
Heshbon kho hoi Elealeh kho vah a khuika awh teh, Jahaz kho totouh a kâthai. Moab ransanaw hai pâyaw laihoi a khuika awh.
5 I feel very sorry for [the people of] Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah [towns in the far south]. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith [town]. All along the road to Horonaim [town] people will mourn because their country has been destroyed.
Kaie ka lungthin hai Moab hanelah a kâ van. Ka yawng e taminaw teh kum thum touh e, maitola patetlah Zoar kho totouh a kâhêi awh. Luhith mon dawk mitphi bo laihoi a luen awh. Horonaim kho koelah ceinae lamthung dawk hai, rawk kahmanae khuika lawk hoi a hram awh.
6 The water in Nimrim [Valley] will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will [all] be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Nimrim tuinaw kingdi teh, phonaw teh a ke awh toe. Caticamu hai a due toe. Kahring e kung touh boehai awmhoeh.
7 The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook.
Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh teh, tawnta hnopainaw hah sumpa yawn koe a thokhai awh han.
8 Throughout the country of Moab, [people] will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim [in the south] and Beer-Elim [in the north] will hear them wailing.
A khuika lawk ni Moab ram peng a katin. A cingou lawk teh Eglaim kho totouh, Beerelim kho totouh a pha.
9 The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood [of people who have been killed], but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more [trouble]: Lions will attack those who [are trying to] escape from Moab and will [also] attack the people who remain in that country.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Dibon tui teh thi hoi akawi. Dibon kho dawk alouke lacik bout ka pha sak han rah. Ka hlout e Moab khocanaw hoi, kacawie khocanaw hanelah sendek hah ka patoun han.
