1I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me,
and what answer I am to give to this complaint.2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
The Lord’s Answer
2Then the Lord replied:
“Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald2:2 Or so that whoever reads it may run with it.
3For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he will certainly come
and will not delay.
4“See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness2:4 Or faith—
5indeed, wine betrays him;
he is arrogant and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive all the peoples.
6“Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,
“ ‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!
How long must this go on?’
7Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.
8Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
9“Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain,
setting his nest on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
10You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,
shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
11The stones of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
12“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and establishes a town by injustice!
13Has not the Lord Almighty determined
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
15“Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,
pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
16You will be filled with shame instead of glory.
Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger!
The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
17The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
18“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?
Or an image that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;
there is no breath in it.”
20The Lord is in his holy temple;
let all the earth be silent before him.
1Ndidzakhala pa malo anga aulonda,
ndi kuyima pa mitumbira ya nkhondo;
ndidzadikira kuti ndimve zimene Iye adzandiwuze,
ndi yankho limene ndidzapatsidwe pa madandawulo anga.
Yankho la Yehova
2Tsono Yehova anandiyankha, nati:
“Lemba masomphenyawa
ndipo uwalembe mooneka bwino pa mapale
kuti wowerenga awawerenge mosavuta.
3Pakuti masomphenyawa akudikira nthawi yake;
masomphenyawa akunena zamʼtsogolo
ndipo sizidzalephera kuchitika.
Ngakhale achedwe kukwaniritsidwa, uwayembekezere;
zidzachitika ndithu ndipo sadzachedwa.
4“Taona, mdani wadzitukumula;
zokhumba zake sizowongoka,
koma wolungama adzakhala ndi moyo mwachikhulupiriro.
5Ndithu, wasokonezeka ndi vinyo;
ndi wodzitama ndiponso wosakhazikika.
Pakuti ngodzikonda ngati manda,
ngosakhutitsidwa ngati imfa,
wadzisonkhanitsira mitundu yonse ya anthu
ndipo wagwira ukapolo anthu a mitundu yonse.
6“Kodi onse ogwidwawo sadzamunyoza ndi kumunyogodola ponena kuti,
“Tsoka kwa amene amadzikundikira katundu amene si wake
ndipo amadzilemeretsa ndi chuma cholanda!
Kodi izi zidzachitika mpaka liti?
7Kodi angongole ako sadzakuwukira mwadzidzidzi?
Kodi sadzadzuka ndi kukuchititsa mantha?
Pamenepo iwe udzalandidwa kalikonse.
8Pakuti unafunkha mitundu yambiri ya anthu,
mitundu ina imene inatsala idzakufunkha iweyo.
Pakuti wakhetsa magazi a anthu;
wawononga mayiko ndi mizinda ndi aliyense wokhala mʼmenemo.
9“Tsoka kwa amene amalemera ndi chuma chochipeza mwachinyengo,
kukweza malo ake okhalapo,
kuthawa mavuto!
10Wakonzekera kuwononga mitundu yambiri ya anthu,
kuchititsa manyazi nyumba yako yomwe ndi kuwononga moyo wako.
11Mwala pa khoma udzafuwula,
ndipo mitanda ya matabwa idzavomereza zimenezi.
12“Tsoka kwa amene amanga mzinda pokhetsa magazi
ndi kukhazikitsa mzinda pochita zoyipa!
13Kodi Yehova Wamphamvuzonse sanatsimikize
kuti ntchito za anthu zili ngati nkhuni pa moto,
ndi kuti mitundu ya anthu imadzitopetsa popanda phindu?
14Pakuti dziko lapansi lidzadzaza ndi chidziwitso cha ulemerero wa Yehova,
monga momwe madzi amadzazira nyanja.
15“Tsoka kwa amene amamwetsa anzake zakumwa zoledzeretsa,
kutsanula mʼbotolo mpaka ataledzera,
kuti aone umaliseche wawo.
16Udzachita manyazi mʼmalo mokhala ndi ulemerero.
Tsopano ino ndi nthawi yako! Imwa mpaka umaliseche wako uwonekere!
Chikho chochokera mʼdzanja lamanja la Yehova chikubwera kwa iwe,
ndipo manyazi adzaphimba ulemerero wako.
17Udzathedwa nzeru ndi chiwawa chimene unachita ku Lebanoni,
ndiponso udzachita mantha ndi nyama zimene unaziwononga.
Pakuti wakhetsa magazi a anthu;
wawononga mayiko ndi mizinda ndi aliyense wokhala mʼmenemo.
18“Kodi fano lili ndi phindu lanji, poti analisema ndi munthu,
kapena chifanizo chimene chimaphunzitsa mabodza?
Pakuti munthu amene walipanga amakhulupirira ntchito ya manja ake;
amapanga mafano amene samatha kuyankhula.
19Tsoka kwa amene amawuza mtengo kuti, ‘Khala wamoyo!’
Kapena mwala wopanda moyo kuti, ‘Dzuka!’
Kodi zimenezi zingathe kulangiza?
Ndi zokutidwa ndi golide ndi siliva;
mʼkati mwake mulibe mpweya.
20Koma Yehova ali mʼNyumba yake yopatulika;
dziko lonse lapansi likhale chete pamaso pake.”
