Isaias 18

1Ah, ang lupain ng pagaspas ng mga pakpak, na nasa dako roon ng mga ilog ng Etiopia: 2Na nagsusugo ng mga sugo na nangagdadagat, sa makatuwid baga'y sa mga sasakyang papiro sa tubig, na nagsasabi, Magsiyaon kayo, maliliksing sugo, sa bansang mataas at patag, sa bayang kakilakilabot mula sa kanilang pasimula at sa haharapin; sa bansang sumusukat at yumayapak, na ang lupain ay hinahati ng mga ilog! 3Kayong lahat na nananahan sa sanglibutan, at kayong mga naninirahan sa lupa, pagka ang isang watawat ay nataas sa mga bundok, inyong tingnan; at pagka ang pakakak ay hinipan, makinig kayo. 4Sapagka't ganito ang sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Ako'y tatahimik, at aking mamasdan mula sa aking dakong tahanan, gaya ng malinaw na init sa sikat ng araw, gaya ng ulap na hamog sa init ng pagaani. 5Sapagka't bago magani, pagka ang bulaklak ay nalagas, at ang bulaklak ay nagiging ubas na nahihinog, kaniyang puputulin ng karit na pangkapon ang mga usbong, at ang mga ladlad na sanga ay kaniyang aalisin at puputulin. 6Ang mga yaon ay pawang mangaiiwan sa mga ibong mangdadagit sa mga bundok, at sa mga hayop sa lupa: at pagtataginitan ang mga yaon ng mga ibong mangdadagit, at pagtataginawan ang mga yaon ng lahat na hayop sa lupa. 7Sa panahong yao'y dadalhin ang isang kaloob sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo ng mga taong matataas at makikisig, at mula sa bayang kakilakilabot na mula sa kanilang pasimula hanggang sa haharapin; isang bansa na sumusukat at yumayapak, na ang lupain ay hinahati ng mga ilog, sa dako ng pangalan ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, na bundok ng Sion.

1Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; 2that 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!” 3All 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! 4For Yahweh 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.” 5For 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. 6They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them. 7In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh 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 Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.

1Wee het land, dat schaduwachtig is aan de frontieren, dat aan de zijde der rivieren van Morenland is; 2Dat gezanten zendt over de zee, en in schepen van biezen op de wateren! Gaat henen, gij snelle boden! tot een volk, dat getrokken is en geplukt, tot een volk, dat vreselijk is van dat het was en voortaan; een volk van regel en regel, en van vertreding, welks land de rivieren beroven. 3Allen gij ingezetenen der wereld, en gij inwoners der aarde! als men de banier zal oprichten op de bergen, zult gijlieden het zien, en als de bazuin zal blazen, zult gijlieden het horen. 4Want alzo heeft de HEERE tot mij gezegd: Ik zal stil zijn, en zien in Mijn woning, als de glinsterende hitte op den regen, als een wolk des dauws in de hitte des oogstes; 5Want voor den oogst, als de botte volkomen is, en de onrijpe druif rijp wordt na den bloesem, zo zal Hij de ranken met snoeimessen afsnijden, en de takken wegdoen, en afkappen. 6Zij zullen te zamen gelaten worden den roofvogelen der bergen, en den dieren der aarde; en de roofvogelen zullen op hen overzomeren, en alle dieren der aarde zullen daarop overwinteren. 7Te dien tijd zal den HEERE der heirscharen een geschenk gebracht worden van het volk, dat getrokken is en geplukt, en van het volk, dat vreselijk is van dat het was en voortaan; een volk van regel en regel, en van vertreding, welks land de rivieren beroven; tot de plaats van den Naam des HEEREN der heirscharen, tot den berg Sion.