Aisaia 49
1 Fifi asi gala fi sedagawane esala! Na sia: nabima! Musa: hemonega na da hame lalelegeiya, Hina Gode da na Ea hawa: hamomusa: gini ilegei dagoi.
All you people who live on islands [in the ocean] and in other distant areas, pay attention [DOU] to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb.
2 E da na sia: , amo gegesu gobihei mei bagade defele hamoi dagoi. E da Ea loboga na gaga: i, amola na hou e da dadi agoane, agesoi amola hawa: hamomusa: momagei dagoi, agoane hamoi.
[When I grew up], he caused my messages to be like [SIM] a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand [SYN]. [He protects me] [MET] like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver.
3 E da nama amane sia: i, “Isala: ili! Di da Na hawa: hamosu dunu. Dia hawa: hamobeba: le, dunu huluane da Nama nodomu.”
He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli [people], and you will cause people to honor me.”
4 Na da amane sia: i, “Na da hawa: hamoi, be hamedei agoane ba: i. Na gasa da ebelei dagoi, be na da udigili hawa: hamoi dagoi. Be Hina Gode da na hou amola na asigi dawa: su huluane dawa: beba: le, na hawa: hamoi defele Nama bidi imunu.
I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been (in vain/useless). However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me [as I deserve].”
5 Na da hame lalelegeiya, Hina Gode da na ilegei. E da Ea fi dunu amo Isala: ili dunu afafai dagoi, amo bu oule misa: ne, E da na hawa: hamomusa: ilegei dagoi. Hina Gode da nama nodosa, amola E da nama gasa i dagoi.
Yahweh formed me when I was in [my mother’s] womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring [the people of] Israel back to himself [DOU]. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong.
6 Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i, “Dafawane! Di da Isala: ili dunu amo da hame bogoi esala, ilima ilia musa: gasa bagade hou ilima bu imunu. Be amo baligili, osobo bagade fifi asi gala huluane da gaga: sudafa ba: ma: ne, Na da di Dienadaile dunu ilima gamali agoane asunasimu.
He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again [DOU]; I also want you to be like [MET] a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my [my message] about how to be saved to [people] all over the world.”
7 Isala: ili fi ilia Hadigi Gode amola Gaga: su dunu, da dunu ilima eno dunu amola fifi asi gala ilia bagade higasa, amola dunu amo da ouligisu dunu ilia udigili hawa: hamosu dunu esala, E da ilima amane sia: sa, “Hina bagade dunu ilia da di ba: sea, ilia da dima nodomusa: wa: legadomu. Hina bagade ilia mano amola ilia di ba: sea, dima nodomusa: , gududafa begudumu. Bai Hina Gode da Ea hawa: hamosu dunu ilegei dagoi. Amola Isala: ili fi ilia Hadigi Gode, da Ea ilegele sia: i amo fisimusa: hame dawa:
Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli [people], says to the one who was despised and rejected by the [people of many] nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “[Some day] kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because [you serve] me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully [does what I promise]. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.”
8 Hina Gode da Ea fi dunu ilima amane sia: sa, “Dilia gaga: su eso ilegei doaga: sea, Na da hahawane hou dilima olelemu. Dilia da Nama fidima: ne disia, Na da di fidimusa: adole imunu. Na da dili gaga: mu amola dilia dioba: le, fifi asi gala fi huluane ilima gousa: su hamomu. Wali dilia soge da wadela: lesi dagoi diala. Be Na hamobeba: le, dilia da amo soge ganodini bu esala sodomu.
This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued [from your oppressors], I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.
9 Na da se dabe iasu diasu ganodini sali dunu ilima, “Hahawane gadili masa! Amola dunu gasi ganodini esala, ilima ‘Hadigi amoga misa’, amane sia: mu. Ilia da sibi amo da agologa gisi naha, amo defele ba: mu.
I will say to those who were captured [and (exiled/taken to Babylonia)], ‘Leave [Babylonia] and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where [previously] there was no grass.
10 Ilia da hame ha: mu amola hano hame hanamu. Eso da gia: sea amola hafoga: i sogega gia: sea ilia da se hame nabimu. Bai ilima asigi Dunu da ili oule masunu. E da ili hano si galoba amoga oule masunu.
They will not be hungry or thirsty [any more]; the hot sun will not beat upon them again [DOU]. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water.
11 Na fi dunu hahawane masa: ne, Na da logo bagade amo goumiga masa: ne hahamomu.
And I will cause the mountains to become [as though they were] level roads, and I will prepare good highways [for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem].
12 Na fi dunu da soge sedaga amoga bu misunu. Ilia da soge ga (north) amola gusudili, amola Asawane ga (south) soge amoga misunu.
My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.”
13 Fedege sia: Muagado dialebe liligi! Dilia gesami hea: ma! Osobo bagade! Hahawaneba: le, wele sia: ma! Goumi amola da fudagala: lewane gesami hea: mu da defea. Hina Gode da Ea fi ilia dogo denesimu. Ilia da se bagade naba, be E da ilima asigimu.
[Because of what Yahweh has promised to do], everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering.
14 Be Yelusaleme dunu da amane sia: sa, “Hina Gode da nini yolesi dagoi. E da nini gogolei dagoi.”
[The people of] Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.”
15 Amaiba: le, Hina Gode da bu adole iaha, “Uda da ea dudubu mano gogolema: bela: ? E da ea mano lalelegei amoma hame asigima: bela: ? Hame mabu! Be osobo bagade ame da ea mano gogolei ganiaba, Na da dili hamedafa gogolemu.
But [Yahweh replies], “That is not true! (Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!) [RHQ] (Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!) [RHQ] But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you!
16 Yelusaleme! Na da di gogolemu da hamedei. Na da dia dio amo Na lobo gafe da: iya dedei dagoi.
Note that I have written your [names] on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city.
17 Yelusaleme! Di da mugului dagoi. Be dunu ilia da di bu gagumusa: misunu da gadenesa. Dunu ilia da di wadela: lesi amo da fisili masunu.
Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave.
18 Ba: le gagale, hou hamobe ba: ma! Isala: ili fi da gilisilala. Ilia da di Yelusaleme amoga buhagimu. Na da Godedafa esala, amo dafawaneyale dawa: ma. Amo defele, di da dia bu misunu mano amo hahawane ba: mu. A: fini da ea uda gaguli lasu eso amoga ea nina: hamoi liligi hahawane ba: sa, amo defele di da ili hahawane ba: mu.
You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you [for you to show to people] like [SIM] a bride shows her wedding ornaments!
19 Dia soge da wadela: lesi dagoi, amola dunu hame esalebe ba: i. Be wali dunu bagohame da buhagili manebe ba: beba: le, dia soge da fonobahadidafa agoane ba: mu. Amola dunu ilia da di wadela: lesili, fisili asi, amo da dima sedagadafa esalebe ba: mu.
Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned [DOU], but [some day] it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away.
20 Amola dia fi dunu ilia da mugululi asi soge amo ganodini lalelegei, eso enoga da dima amane sia: mu, “Amo soge da fonobahadidafa. Ninia eno soge amo ganodini esaloma: ne hanai.”
The children who were born while you were (exiled/in Babylonia) [MET] will return [to Jerusalem] and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’
21 Amasea, di da dima amane gobele sia: mu, “Amo mano huluane wali esalebe, nowa da nama ima: ne lalelegebela: ? Na da na mano huluane fisi dagoi amola eno lalelegemu hamedei ba: i. Na da enoga sefasili, mugululi asi. Nowa da amo mano asigilama: ne, fofobela: ? Na da nisu esalebe ba: i! Amo mano huluane da habidili misibela: ?”
Then you will think to yourselves [MTY], ‘It is amazing that we have [RHQ] all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know [RHQ] where all these children have come from! Who raised them?'”
22 Hina Gode Ouligisudafa da Ea fi dunu ilima amane sia: sa, “Na da fifi asi gala ilima dawa: digisu olelemu. Amasea, ilia da dia mano dima bu oule misunu.
This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! [It is as though] I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you.
23 Hina bagade ilia da dima ada agoane ba: mu amola hina bagade uda da dima ame agoane ba: mu. Ilia dima beguduli, dima nodomu. Ilia da ilia hou fofonobone, dima nodomu. Amasea, Na da Hina Godedafa amo di da dawa: mu. Nowa da Na fidisu lama: ne ouesalea, e da da: i diosu hame ba: mu.”
Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and [humble themselves by] licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.”
24 Di da dadi gagui dunu ea wamolai liligi bu samogemu dawa: bela: ? Di da nimi bagade ouligisu dunu amo ea se dabe iasu diasu hamosu dunu gagulaligi, amo gaga: mu dawa: bela: ? Hame mabu!
There is no one [RHQ] who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things [in a war]; there is no one [RHQ] who can force a (tyrant/cruel man) to free the people whom he has captured.
25 Be Hina Gode da amane bu adole iaha, “Na da amo defele hamomu. Na da dadi gagui ea se iasu diasu hamosu dunu gagulaligi, amo bu samogemu. Amola nimi bagade ouligisu dunu ea liligi lai amo bu samogemu. Nowa da dima gegesea, Na da ilima gegemu. Amola Na da dia manolali gaga: mu.
But Yahweh says this: “[Some day], those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that (tyrants/cruel men) have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children.
26 Na da hamobeba: le, dima se iasu dunu da sinidigili, sama da ea sama medole legemu. Ilia da medole legesu hou, amola ougi bagade hou hamonanebeba: le, adini bagade ba: i dunu agoane ba: mu. Amasea, Na da Hina Gode, dilia gaga: su dunu, amola dilia se iasu diasu logo doasisu dunu, amo osobo bagade dunu huluanedafa da dawa: mu. Na da Isala: ili dunu ilia gasa bagade Gode, amo ilia da dawa: mu.
And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves [MET] instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone [in the world] will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom [you descendants of] [MTY] Jacob belong.”
