Isaiah 18:1-7
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Message againstim Ethiopia (1-7)
18 Sorre tumas lo land wea fulap lo noes blo olketa wing blo olketa insectLo territory blo olketa river lo Ethiopia!
2 Hem sendem olketa messenger go followim sea,Akrosim olketa wata lo olketa boat wea olketa wakem lo papyrus plant, and sei:
“Go, iufala olketa messenger wea savve go kwiktaem,Lo pipol wea tol and body blo olketa smooth,*Lo pipol wea olketa lo evri ples fraetem olketa,Lo nation wea strong, wea winim olketa narawan,*Wea land blo olketa river tekem aot finis.”
3 Iufala evriwan wea stap lo datfala land and iufala wea stap lo earth,Wanem iufala lukim bae hem olsem wanfala saen* wea olketa standapim antap lo olketa maunten,And iufala bae herem wanfala noes olsem horn wea olketa blowim.
4 Diswan nao wanem Jehovah talem lo mi:
“Mi bae stap kwaet nomoa and lukluk kam lo* ples blo mi,Olsem heat witim laet from sun wea shaen kam daon,Olsem cloud blo dew lo hot taem blo harvest.
5 Bikos bifor hem taem blo harvest,Taem flaoa blo grape open finis, and frut blo hem start for raep,Olketa bae katemaot olketa niu sut witim huk naef for pruningAnd olketa smol rope wea krol bae olketa katem and aotem.
6 Olketa bae leavim for olketa big bird lo olketa mauntenAnd for olketa wild animal lo earth.
Lo taem blo summer season,* olketa big bird hia bae kam kaikaim olketa,And lo taem blo harvest, evri wild animal lo earth bae kam kaikaim olketa.
7 Lo datfala taem, Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army, bae kasem wanfala present,From pipol wea tol and body blo olketa smooth,*From pipol wea olketa lo evri ples fraetem olketa,From nation wea strong, wea winim olketa narawan,*Wea land blo olketa river tekem aot finisLo Maunt Zion, ples wea nem blo Jehovah, komanda blo olketa army stap lo hem.”
Olketa footnote
^ Heb., “wanfala nation wea tol and skin blo hem shaen.”
^ Or, “nation wea garem strong paoa for stepim olketa narawan.”
^ Or, “saen post.”
^ Or maet, “from.”
^ Lukim App. B15.
^ Heb., “wanfala nation wea tol and skin blo hem shaen.”
^ Or, “nation wea garem strong paoa for stepim olketa narawan.”
