Isaya 41

1 “Lingʼuru e nyima, un pinje mag chula e dier nam! Weuru ogendini obed motegno! Wegiuru gisud machiegni mondo giwuo; kendo warom kaachiel kama ingʼadoe bura.

Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

2 “En ngʼa mosejiwo ngʼat maa yo wuok chiengʼ, kaluonge kuom tim makare mondo otim tichne? Ochiwo ogendini e lwete kendo oloyo Ruodhi e nyime. Otiekogi gi liganglane ma gichal gi buru kendo okeyogi gi asere mana ka mihudhwe ma yamo tero.

Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.

3 Olawogi matek nyaka e yore mane pok owuothoe kendo okadho yorego maber mak ohinyre.

He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.

4 En ngʼa mosetimo kamano mochopo dwarone, koluongo tiengʼ ka tiengʼ nyaka chakre chon? En mana an Jehova Nyasaye, an ema akwongo kendo An ema agik.”

Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.

5 Pinje manie chula oseneno wachno mi luoro omakogi; kendo tungʼ piny nyaka tungʼ piny kirni. Gibiro ka gisudo machiegni.

The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.

6 Kamoro konyo nyawadgi, kendo jiwo wadgi kowachone niya, “Bed gichir!”

They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!

7 Kamano japecho jiwo jatheth, kendo ngʼat matiyo gi nyundo, jiwo ngʼatno magoyo musmal, konyiso jawengʼo gi mach niya, “Iriwo nyinyono maber.” Ngʼat machielo to guro nyasacheno motegno mondo kik lwar piny.

So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.

8 “To in, yaye Israel jatichna, un joka Jakobo ma aseyiero, un nyikwa Ibrahim osiepna,

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

9 ne agolou e tungʼ piny gi tungʼ piny, kendo ne aluongou kagolou mabor. Ne awacho ni, ‘In jatichna’; aseyieri bende pok akwedi.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:

10 Omiyo kik ibed maluor, nimar an kodi; bende kik kibaji goyi, nimar an Nyasachi. Abiro miyi teko kendo abiro konyi; bende abiro siri gi bada ma korachwich mar loch.”

Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

11 “Jogo duto mamon kodi wigi biro kuot ma dhier nono, adier jogo duto makwedi biro lal nono.

Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen.

12 Ibiro manyo wasikigo to ok iniyudgi. Chutho jogo makedo kodi ok nobed gimoro kata matin.”

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

13 Nimar an Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi mamako badi ma korachwich, omiyo awachoni niya, “Kik ibed maluor; abiro konyi.

For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper.

14 Kik ibed maluor, yaye Jakobo, kata obedo ni inenori ni iyomyom ka kudni kamano, yaye in Israel matin maonge ndhathe kik ibed maluor, nimar an awuon abiro konyi,” Jehova Nyasaye Maler mar Israel, ma Jawarni ema asewacho kamano.

Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

15 “Ne, abiro miyo ichal gi gir dino ngano manyien kendo ma pod lekene bith. Ibiro muko gode madongo kitoyogi matindo tindo kendo inimi gode matindo lokre buru.

See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.

16 Inipiedhgi to yamo nokegi kendo kalausi notergi mabor. To inibed mamor nikech Jehova Nyasaye, kendo inibed gi ilo nikech Nyasaye Maler mar Israel.

You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

17 “Joma chandore kendo joma odhier manyo pi, to ok gininwangʼ, omiyo dwondgi otwo nikech riyo ohingogi. To an Jehova Nyasaye abiro resogi; An, ma an Nyasach Israel ok anajwangʼ-gi.

The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

18 Abiro miyo aore mol kawuok kuonde motwo, kendo sokni biro tuch e holni. Abiro miyo piny motimo ongoro bed gi pi thidhna, kendo kuonde motimo okak sokni nowuogie.

I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

19 Abiro miyo yiend sida gi siala, gi ochwoga kod zeituni twi e piny motimo ongoro. Abiro pidho yiende kuonde ma yande ojwangʼ, bap ndege gi obudo nodongʼ kaachiel,

I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together:

20 mondo ji one kendo ongʼe, mondo gipar kendo gibed giwinjo, ni lwet Jehova Nyasaye ema osetimo kamano, kendo ni Nyasaye Maler mar Israel ema osemiyo magi otimore.”

So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.

21 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Kel ane ywakni.” Ruodh Jakobo wacho niya, “Wuouru ane kuom wachni.

Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

22 Un nyisecheu manono, nyiswa anena gima biro timore. Nyiswa anena tiend gik mane osetimore, mondo omi wangʼe ni gichalo nade, kendo nyiswa anena kaka gikogi nobedi. Kata nyiswa anena gik mabiro timore,

Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

23 kendo nyiswa anena ni angʼo mabiro timore, mondo wangʼe ni un nyiseche. Timuru ane gimoro, bed ni ber kata rach, manyalo bwogowa kendo kelo luoro kuomwa.

Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

24 To kata kamano ok unyal gimoro kendo gik mutimo onge tich; bende ngʼat makwanou ka nyisechene en raura ka un.

But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.

25 “Asejiwo ngʼato mawuok nyandwat kendo obiro, en ngʼat maa yo wuok chiengʼ maluongo nyinga. Onyono Ruodhi mag piny mana ka lop muono, mi onywasgi mana kaka jachwech nywaso lop chweyo agulu.

I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.

26 En ngʼa mane ofwenyo wachni nyaka aa chakruok, mondo wangʼe wachni kata en ngʼa mane fwenye kapok otimore mondo ne wawachi ni, ‘Ne owacho adier’? Onge ngʼato mane owacho ma kata mane owuoyo kuome chon, bende onge ngʼato mane owinjo wach moro amora koa kuomi.

Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

27 An ema ne akwongo nyiso Sayun kawachone ni, ‘Ne, eri gin ka!’ Ne aoro jaote mondo oter wach maber Jerusalem.

I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.

28 Ne amanyo to ok aneno ngʼato, onge ngʼato kuomgi manyalo puonjo, bende onge ngʼato e diergi manyalo dwoko penjona.

And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

29 Neuru, nyisechegi duto gin gik manono! Timbegi duto onge tich, kendo kido ma gilamo chalo mana gi yamo kendo gin gik manono.”

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.