Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let us come near together to judgment.
“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.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, calls him to his foot, gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings? He gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
“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.
3 He pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Olawogi matek nyaka e yore mane pok owuothoe kendo okadho yorego maber mak ohinyre.
4 Who has wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
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.”
5 The isles have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble, they draw near, and come.
Pinje manie chula oseneno wachno mi luoro omakogi; kendo tungʼ piny nyaka tungʼ piny kirni. Gibiro ka gisudo machiegni.
6 They help every man his neighbor, and says to his brother, Be of good courage.
Kamoro konyo nyawadgi, kendo jiwo wadgi kowachone niya, “Bed gichir!”
7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, he who smoothes with the hammer, him who smites the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good, and he fastens it with nails, that it should not be moved.
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.
8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
“To in, yaye Israel jatichna, un joka Jakobo ma aseyiero, un nyikwa Ibrahim osiepna,
9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said to thee, Thou are my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away.
ne agolou e tungʼ piny gi tungʼ piny, kendo ne aluongou kagolou mabor. Ne awacho ni, ‘In jatichna’; aseyieri bende pok akwedi.
10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. Yea, I will help thee. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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.”
11 Behold, all those who are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded. Those who strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
“Jogo duto mamon kodi wigi biro kuot ma dhier nono, adier jogo duto makwedi biro lal nono.
12 Thou shall seek them, and shall not find them, even those who contend with thee. Those who war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.
Ibiro manyo wasikigo to ok iniyudgi. Chutho jogo makedo kodi ok nobed gimoro kata matin.”
13 For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not, I will help thee.
Nimar an Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi mamako badi ma korachwich, omiyo awachoni niya, “Kik ibed maluor; abiro konyi.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will help thee, says Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
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.
15 Behold, I have made thee as a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth. Thou shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.
“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.
16 Thou shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them. And thou shall rejoice in Jehovah. Thou shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Inipiedhgi to yamo nokegi kendo kalausi notergi mabor. To inibed mamor nikech Jehova Nyasaye, kendo inibed gi ilo nikech Nyasaye Maler mar Israel.
17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst. I, Jehovah, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
“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.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
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.
19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together,
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,
20 that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
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.”
21 Produce your case, says Jehovah. Bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Kel ane ywakni.” Ruodh Jakobo wacho niya, “Wuouru ane kuom wachni.
22 Let them bring forth, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them, or show us things to come.
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,
23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods. Yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
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.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of naught. An abomination is he who chooses you.
To kata kamano ok unyal gimoro kendo gik mutimo onge tich; bende ngʼat makwanou ka nyisechene en raura ka un.
25 I have raised up him from the north, and he has come, him who calls upon my name from the rising of the sun. And he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
“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.
26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know, and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? Yea, there is none who declares. Yea, there is none who shows. Yea, there is none who hears your words.
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.
27 First to Zion. Behold, behold them, and I will give to Jerusalem him who brings good news.
An ema ne akwongo nyiso Sayun kawachone ni, ‘Ne, eri gin ka!’ Ne aoro jaote mondo oter wach maber Jerusalem.
28 And when I look, there is no man. Even among them there is no counselor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
Ne amanyo to ok aneno ngʼato, onge ngʼato kuomgi manyalo puonjo, bende onge ngʼato e diergi manyalo dwoko penjona.
29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
Neuru, nyisechegi duto gin gik manono! Timbegi duto onge tich, kendo kido ma gilamo chalo mana gi yamo kendo gin gik manono.”
