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Hooggii Efrayim

28 Waxaa iska hoogay taajka kibirka oo sakhraamiinta reer Efrayim, iyo ubaxa engegay ee quruxdooda weyn oo ku yaal madaxa dooxada barwaaqaysan ee kuwa khamrigu ka adkaaday. Bal eega, Sayidku wuxuu leeyahay mid itaal weyn oo xoog badan. Sida roobdhagaxyaale ah, iyo duufaan wax burburinaya, iyo sida daad biyo xoog badan oo wax qarqinaya ayaa gacantiisu dhulka wax ugu xoori doontaa. Oo taajka kibirka ee sakhraamiinta reer Efrayim ayaa cagaha lagula tuman doonaa, oo ubaxa engegay oo quruxdooda weyn oo ku yaal madaxa dooxada barwaaqaysanna wuxuu noqon doonaa sida berdaha beergoosadka hortiis bislaada, oo ku alla kii fiiriyaaba markuu arko iska cuno intuu gacantiisa ku jiro. Oo wakhtigaas Rabbiga ciidammadu wuxuu kuwa dadkiisa ka hadhay u ahaan doonaa taaj sharaf ah, iyo cigaal quruxsan, oo kan garsoorid u fadhiyana wuxuu u ahaan doonaa caddaalad, oo kuwa dagaalka iridda ka celiyana wuxuu u ahaan doonaa xoog. Laakiinse kuwaasuba khamri bay ku ambadeen, oo waxay la dhacdheceen wax lagu sakhraamo. Oo wadaadkii iyo nebigiiba waxay ku ambadeen wax lagu sakhraamo, oo waxay aad ugu qasmeen khamri, oo waxay u habaabeen wax lagu sakhraamo. Riyada way ku ambadaan, oo garsooriddana way ku turunturoodaan. Waayo, miisaskii oo dhan waxaa ka buuxsamay mantag iyo wasakh, oo xataa meel keliya oo nadiifsan lama arko. Bal yuu aqoon bari doonaa? Bal yuuse warka garansiin doonaa? Ma kuwa caanihii laga gudhiyey oo naasaha laga duway baa? 10 Waayo, amarba amar, amarba amar baa lagu daraa, oo qaynuunba qaynuun, qaynuunba qaynuun baa lagu daraa, halkan in yar, halkaasna in yar. 11 Laakiinse bushimo dad qalaad iyo af kale ayuu kula hadli doonaa dadkan 12 uu markii hore ku yidhi, Tanu waa nasasho, ee kuwa daallan ku nasiya, oo tanuna waa isqabowjintii. Laakiinse inay maqlaan way diideen. 13 Sidaas daraaddeed erayga Rabbigu wuxuu iyaga u noqon doonaa amar amar lagu daray, iyo amar amar lagu daray, qaynuun qaynuun lagu daray, iyo qaynuun qaynuun lagu daray, halkan in yar, halkaasna in yar, si ay intay tagaan dib ugu dhacaan, oo ay u jajabaan, oo ay dabin ugu dhacaan, oo ay u noqdaan kuwa la qabtay.

14 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed kuwiinna wax quudhsada oo dadkan Yeruusaalem deggan u taliyow erayga Rabbiga maqla. 15 Idinku waxaad tidhaahdeen, Axdi baan geerida la dhigannay, oo She'oolna heshiis baannu la nahay, oo markii belaayada wax qarqinaysa ay dhacayso na soo gaadhi mayso, waayo, been baannu gabbaad ka dhigannay, oo waxaannu ku hoos dhuumannay daacadla'aan, 16 sidaas daraaddeed Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Bal eega, Siyoon dhagax baan aasaas uga dhigay, waana dhagax la tijaabiyey, waana dhagax geeseed oo qaali ah oo aasaas la hubo ah, oo kii isaga rumaystaana ma degdegi doono. 17 Oo caddaaladna waxaan ka dhigi doonaa xadhig qiyaaseed, xaqnimona waxaan ka dhigi doonaa xadhig miisaan leh, oo roobdhagaxyaaluhuna wuxuu xaaqi doonaa gabbaadka beenta, oo biyuhuna waxay qarqin doonaan meesha dhuumashada. 18 Oo axdigii aad geerida la dhigateenna waa la burin doonaa, oo heshiiskiinnii aad She'ool la lahaydeenna ma hagaagi doono, oo markii belaayada wax qarqinaysa ay dhacaysona way idinku tuman doontaa. 19 Oo markay dhacaysoba way idin kaxaysan doontaa, waayo, waxay dhici doontaa subax ka subax, iyo habeen iyo maalinba, oo in warka la garto waxay noqon doontaa cabsi uun. 20 Waayo, sariirtu way ka gaaban tahay in qof isku kala bixin karo, oo aad buu uga yar yahay wax qof huwan karo. 21 Waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu u soo kici doonaa siduu Buur Feraasiim ugu kacay, oo wuxuu u cadhoon doonaa siduu dooxada Gibecoon ugu cadhooday, inuu sameeyo shuqulkiisa, waana shuqulkiisa yaabka leh, iyo inuu falintiisa falo, waana falintiisa aan la fillayn. 22 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed ha noqonina kuwa wax quudhsada yaan waxa laydinku xidhay idinku sii adkaynine, waayo, Sayidka ah Rabbiga ciidammada waxaan ka maqlay xukunkii baabbi'inta ee uu dhulka oo dhan la damacsan yahay.

23 Dhegta ii dhiga, oo codkayga maqla, dhegaysta oo hadalkayga maqla. 24 Kan beerta jeexa miyuu had iyo goorba beerta u jeexaa inuu wax abuuro aawadeed? Oo miyuu had iyo goorba beertiisa sii qodaa oo sii jeexaa? 25 Markuuse beerta ciiddeeda oo dhan wada simo miyuusan ku firdhin kabsarmadowda, oo miyuusan kamuunta firdhin, oo sarreenkana miyuusan safsaf u beerin, iyo shaciirkana meeshiisii, iyo heeddana xagga darafka? 26 Waayo, caqligaas Ilaahiisaa ku tacliimiya, oo isaga bara. 27 Waayo, kabsarmadowda wax af leh laguma tumo, oo giringirta gaadhiguna kamuunta kuma kor wareegto, laakiinse kabsarmadowda siiqaa lagu garaacaa, oo kamuuntana ul baa lagu tumaa. 28 Hadhuudhka kibista waa la tumaa, laakiinse had iyo goorba siima uu tumi doono, oo ma uu burburiyo in kastoo giringirta gaadhigiisa iyo fardihiisuba ay ku tuntaan. 29 Oo taasuna waxay ka timaadaa Rabbiga ciidammada, kaasoo xagga talada yaab miidhan ah, oo xagga xigmaddana aad ugu weyn.

Woe to the Leaders of Ephraim and Judah

28 Woe(A) to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(B) drunkards,
    to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley(C)
    to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!(D)
See, the Lord has one who is powerful(E) and strong.
    Like a hailstorm(F) and a destructive wind,(G)
like a driving rain and a flooding(H) downpour,
    he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s(I) drunkards,
    will be trampled(J) underfoot.
That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
    set on the head of a fertile valley,(K)
will be like figs(L) ripe before harvest—
    as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
    they swallow them.

In that day(M) the Lord Almighty
    will be a glorious(N) crown,(O)
a beautiful wreath
    for the remnant(P) of his people.
He will be a spirit of justice(Q)
    to the one who sits in judgment,(R)
a source of strength
    to those who turn back the battle(S) at the gate.

And these also stagger(T) from wine(U)
    and reel(V) from beer:
Priests(W) and prophets(X) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,(Y)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.
All the tables are covered with vomit(Z)
    and there is not a spot without filth.

“Who is it he is trying to teach?(AA)
    To whom is he explaining his message?(AB)
To children weaned(AC) from their milk,(AD)
    to those just taken from the breast?
10 For it is:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that[a];
    a little here, a little there.(AE)

11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues(AF)
    God will speak to this people,(AG)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;(AH)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.
13 So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that;
    a little here, a little there(AI)
so that as they go they will fall backward;
    they will be injured(AJ) and snared and captured.(AK)

14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord,(AL) you scoffers(AM)
    who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,(AN)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(AO)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie(AP) our refuge
    and falsehood[b] our hiding place.(AQ)

16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,(AR) a tested stone,(AS)
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;(AT)
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.(AU)
17 I will make justice(AV) the measuring line
    and righteousness the plumb line;(AW)
hail(AX) will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
    and water will overflow(AY) your hiding place.
18 Your covenant with death will be annulled;
    your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand.(AZ)
When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(BA)
    you will be beaten down(BB) by it.
19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(BC)
    morning after morning,(BD) by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.(BE)
20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.(BF)
21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(BG)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(BH)
to do his work,(BI) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.
22 Now stop your mocking,(BJ)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed(BK) against the whole land.(BL)

23 Listen(BM) and hear my voice;
    pay attention and hear what I say.
24 When a farmer plows for planting,(BN) does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?(BO)
Does he not plant wheat in its place,[c]
    barley(BP) in its plot,[d]
    and spelt(BQ) in its field?
26 His God instructs him
    and teaches(BR) him the right way.

27 Caraway is not threshed(BS) with a sledge,(BT)
    nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;
caraway is beaten out with a rod,(BU)
    and cumin with a stick.
28 Grain must be ground to make bread;
    so one does not go on threshing it forever.
The wheels of a threshing cart(BV) may be rolled over it,
    but one does not use horses to grind grain.
29 All this also comes from the Lord Almighty,
    whose plan is wonderful,(BW)
    whose wisdom is magnificent.(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:10 Hebrew / sav lasav sav lasav / kav lakav kav lakav (probably meaningless sounds mimicking the prophet’s words); also in verse 13
  2. Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods
  3. Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  4. Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

13 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

21 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.