Isaiah 18

1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush:

Elas! O peyi a zèl k ap fè gwo bri krikèt volan yo, ki rete lòtbò rivyè a Ethiopie yo.

2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and stripped, to a people terrible from their beginning to this time; a nation powerful and oppressive, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Nou voye reprezantan yo bò lanmè a, menm sou veso fèt ak fèy papiris ki kouri sou sifas dlo. Ale, mesaje rapid yo, vè yon nasyon wo e swa, vè yon pèp ke tout moun pè, ni sa ki pre ni sa ki lwen, vè yon nasyon pwisan ki oprime tout moun, peyi ke rivyè yo divize a!

3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

Nou tout, abitan mond lan ak sila ki rete sou latè yo, depi drapo a leve sou mòn yo, nou va wè l, e depi twonpèt la sone, n ap tande l.

4 For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Paske se konsa SENYÈ a te pale mwen: “Mwen va gade soti nan kote ke M rete byen kalm la. Mwen va tankou gwo chalè nan plen solèy, tankou yon nwaj lawouze nan chalè rekòlt la.”

5 For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

Paske avan rekòlt la, la menm boujon yo ak flè a devni rezen ki mi; alò, Li va koupe retire nan bwa rezen ak yon sèpèt. Li va koupe retire branch k ap gaye yo.

6 They shall be left together to the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Yo va lese atè ansanm pou zwazo mòn ki manje chè yo; pou bèt latè yo. Zwazo ki manje chè yo va pase tout gran sezon an nan manje yo, e tout bèt latè yo va manje yo nan sezon livè.

7 In that time shall the present be brought to the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and stripped, and from a people terrible from their beginning to this time; a nation powerful and oppressive, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

Nan lè sa a, yon kado omaj ki sòti nan yon pèp wo e swa va pote bay SENYÈ dèzame yo. Li va soti menm nan yon pèp ki inspire lakrent a sila ki pre, ak sila ki lwen yo; yon nasyon pwisan ki fè kalkil, ki oprime tout moun, yon peyi ke rivyè yo divize a. L ap rive nan plas ki pote non SENYÈ dèzame yo, menm Mòn Sion an.