Isaiah 40
1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
Jajjabeessaa; saba koo jajjabeessaa; jedha Waaqni keessan.
2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”
Garaa Yerusaalemitti dubbadhaa; hojiin garbummaa ishee akka dhume, gatiin cubbuu ishee akka baafameef, isheen cubbuu ishee hundaaf harka Waaqayyootii adabbii dachaa akka fudhatte isheetti labsaa.
3 The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
Sagalee akkana jedhee iyyu tokko: “Gammoojjii keessatti Waaqayyoof karaa qopheessaa; gammoojjii keessatti Waaqa keenyaaf karaa guddicha qajeelchaa.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
Sululli hundi ni guutama; tulluu fi gaarri hundinuus gad deebifama; lafti wal caalu, wal qixxeeffama; lafti buʼaa baʼiinis dirree taʼa.
5 The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”
Ulfinni Waaqayyoo ni mulʼata; sanyiin namaa hundinuus tokkummaadhaan ni arga. Afaan Waaqayyoo dubbateeraatii.”
6 The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
Sagaleen tokko “Iyyi” jedha. Anis, “Maal jedheen iyya?” nan jedhe. “Namni hundi akkuma margaa ti; ulfinni isaa hundis akkuma daraaraa dirree ti.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
Sababii hafuurri Waaqayyo baafatu isaanitti bubbisuuf margi ni coollaga; daraaraanis ni harcaʼa. Dhugumaan namni marguma.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”
Margi ni coollaga; daraaraanis ni harcaʼa; dubbiin Waaqa keenyaa garuu bara baraan ni jiraata.”
9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Ati kan Xiyooniif oduu gaarii fiddu, tulluu dheeraatti ol baʼi. Ati kan Yerusaalemiif oduu gaarii fiddu, sagalee kee ol fudhuutii iyyi; ol fudhadhuu iyyi; hin sodaatin; magaalaawwan Yihuudaatiinis, “Waaqni keessan kunoo ti!” jedhi.
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Kunoo, Waaqayyo Gooftaan humnaan ni dhufa; irreen isaa jabaadhaanis ni bulcha. Kunoo, gatiin isaa isa wajjin jira; gatiin inni namaaf kennu isuma harka jira.
11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
Inni akkuma tiksee tokkootti bushaayee isaa tikfata; xobbaallaawwan hoolaas irree isaatiin walitti qaba; ofitti qabees qoma isaatti hammata; haadhota hoolotaa warra hoosisanis suutuma oofa.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Bishaanota konyee isaatiin kan safare yookaan samiiwwan taakkuu isaatiin kan safare eenyu? Biyyoo lafaa safartuudhaan walitti kan qabe yookaan tulluuwwan madaaliidhaan gaarran immoo madaaliidhaan kan madaale eenyu?
13 Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
Eenyutu Hafuura Waaqayyoo qajeelchuu dandaʼe? Yookaan namni gorsaa isaa taʼee isa barsiise eenyu?
14 Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
Waaqayyo hubannaa argachuuf eenyun gorsa gaafate? Daandii qajeelaas eenyutu isa barsiise? Eenyutu beekumsa isaaf kennee yookaan daandii hubannaa isa argisiise?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.
Dhugumaan saboonni akkuma copha baaldii keessaa ti; isaan akkuma awwaara madaalii irra jiruutti ilaalamu; inni biyyoota bishaan gidduu illee akkuma biyyoo bullaaʼaatti madaala.
16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
Libaanoon qoraan iddoo aarsaatiif gaʼu hin qabdu, yookaan horiin ishee aarsaa gubamuuf hin gaʼan.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
Fuula isaa duratti saboonni hundinuu wayittuu hin lakkaaʼaman; isaan akka ilaalcha isaatti homaattuu hin hedaman; gatiis hin qaban.
18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
Yoos Waaqa eenyutti fakkeessitu? Fakkii kam wajjin isa wal bira qabdu?
19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.
Waaqa tolfamaa tumtuu sibiilaatu baqsee tolcha; tumtuun warqees warqee itti uffisa; foncaa meetiitiinis ni miidhagsa.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
Hiyyeessi aarsaa akkasii dhiʼeessuu hin dandeenye tokko muka hin tortorre filata. Waaqa tolfamaa hin jigne dhaabuufis nama ogummaa hojii harkaa qabu barbaaddata.
21 Have not you known? Have not you heard? Have not you been told from the beginning? Have not you understood from the foundations of the earth?
Isin hin beektanii? Isin hin dhageenyee? Wanni kun jalqabumaa kaasee isinitti hin himamnee? Isin erga lafti hundeeffamtee jalqabee hin hubannee?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
Inni geengoo lafaatii ol taaʼa; uummanni lafaas akkuma korophisaa ti. Inni samiiwwan akkuma golgaatti diriirsa; akka dunkaana keessa jiraataniittis isaan diriirsa.
23 who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
Inni ilmaan moototaa faayidaa dhabsiisa; bulchitoota addunyaas harka duwwaa hambisa.
24 They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Akkuma isaan dhaabamaniin, akkuma isaan facaafamaniin, akkuma isaan lafa keessatti hidda yaafataniin, inni isaanitti bubbise; isaanis ni coollagan; obombolettiinis akkuma habaqiitti isaan haxaaʼe.
25 “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
“Isin eenyutti na fakkeessitu? Yookaan eenyutu anaan qixxaata?” jedha Qulqullichi.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Ija keessan ol fudhadhaatii samiiwwan ilaalaa: Eenyutu kanneen hunda uume? Isa tuuta urjiiwwanii tokko tokkoon fidee tokkoo tokkoo isaanii maqaa maqaadhaan waamu sanaa dha. Sababii humna isaa cimaa sanaatii fi jabina isaa guddaa sanaatiif isaan keessaa tokko iyyuu hin dhabamu.
27 Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God”?
Yaa Yaaqoob, yaa Israaʼel, ati maaliif, “Karaan koo Waaqayyo duraa dhokateera; haajaan koos fuula Waaqa koo duratti tuffatameera” jettee guungumta?
28 Have not you known? Have not you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint. He is not weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
Ati hin beektuu? Ati hin dhageenyee? Waaqayyo Waaqa bara baraa ti; inni Uumaa handaara lafaa ti. Inni hin dadhabu yookaan haara hin galfatu; hubannaa isaas kan qoree bira gaʼu hin jiru.
29 He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
Inni dadhabdootaaf jabina kenna; nama laafaaf immoo humna dabala.
30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
Ijoolleen iyyuu ni dadhabu; ni bututus; dargaggoonnis gufatanii kufu;
31 but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Warri Waaqayyoon abdatan garuu humna isaanii ni haaromfatu. Isaan akkuma risaa qoochoodhaan barrisu; ni fiigu; hin dadhaban; ni deemu; hin bututan.
