Isaiah 41
1 “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
Nọrọnụ jụụ nʼihu m, unu mba niile mmiri gbara gburugburu! Ka mba niile gbanwee ike ha. Ka ha pụta kwuo okwu. Ka anyị zukọtaa nʼebe ikpe ikpe.
2 Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
“Onye kpọtere onye a sitere nʼọwụwa anyanwụ na-abịa, onye e sitere nʼezi omume kpọọ ya ije ozi? O weere mba niile nyefee ya nʼaka, meriekwa ndị eze nʼihu ya. O ji mma agha ya tie ha mee ka ha ghọọ uzuzu, jiri ụta ya mee ka ha ghọọkwa igbugbo ọka nke ifufe na-ebugharị.
3 He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Ọ na-achụ ha ọsọ, ma na-agakwa nʼihu na-enweghị mmerụ ahụ ọbụla. E, ọ na-agbasokwa ụzọ nke ọ na-agabeghị mbụ.
4 Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
Ọ bụ onye rụrụ ọrụ dị otu a mezukwa ya, na-akpọ ọgbọ niile site na mmalite? Ọ bụ mụ onwe m, bụ Onyenwe anyị, onye dị siterị na mbido ihe niile, onye ga-adịgidekwa ruo ọgwụgwụ ihe niile. Ọ bụ mụ onwe m bụ onye ahụ.”
5 The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
Mba niile bi nʼala mmiri gbara gburugburu ahụla ọrụ m rụrụ. Ha hụrụ ya tụọ egwu; ndị niile bi na nsọtụ ụwa na-amakwa jijiji. Ha zukọtara bịa nso.
6 Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
Onye ọbụla nʼime ha na-agba ibe ya ume na-asị, “Nwee obi ike.”
7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
Onye ọkpụ ụzụ ọla na-agba onye ọkpụ ụzụ ọlaedo ume. Onye ji mkpirisi igwe eme ka ihe dị mụrụmụrụ, na-agba onye na-akụ osiama ume. Otu onye na-ekwu banyere nkpukọta ya, na-asị, “A kpụziri ya akpụzi.” Onye nke ọzọ, na-eji ǹtu kpọgidesie ihe ahụ apịrị apị ike ka ọ ghara ịda.
8 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
“Ma gị onwe gị, Izrel, ohu m, Jekọb, onye m họpụtara, gị mkpụrụ Ebraham, bụ enyi m.
9 I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
Esitere m na nsọtụ niile nke ụwa kpọghachi unu, gwa unu na ohu m ka unu bụ, nʼihi na ahọpụtala m unu, agakwaghị m ahapụ unu.
10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
Ya mere, unu atụla egwu nʼihi na anọnyeere m unu. Ka obi ghara ịlọ unu mmiri nʼihi na abụ m Chineke unu. Aga m eme ka unu dịrị ike; aga m enyere unu aka; aga m ejikwa aka nri nke ezi omume m kwagide unu.
11 Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
“Lee! A ga-etinye ndị niile iwe ha dị ọkụ megide unu nʼọnọdụ ihe ihere, ihere ga-emekwa ha. Ndị niile na-eguzogide unu ga-aghọ ihe efu, bụrụ ndị lara nʼiyi.
12 You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
Unu ga-ele anya ha, chọọ ha, ma ọ dịghị onye ọbụla nʼime ha ga-afọdụ ndụ. Ndị a na-ebuso unu agha ga-abụ naanị ihe efu.
13 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
Nʼihi na mụ onwe m, bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị, onye na-ejidesi aka nri gị ike bụ onye na-asị gị, ‘Atụla egwu; aga m enyere gị aka.’
14 Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Atụla egwu, gị idide, bụ Jekọb, unu Izrel dị nta, atụla egwu, nʼihi na mụ onwe m ga-enyere gị aka,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, Onye mgbapụta gị, bụ Onye nsọ nke Izrel.
15 Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
“Lee, aga m eme ka unu ghọọ igwe ọhụrụ eji azọcha mkpụrụ ọka nke dị nkọ, nwekwa ọtụtụ eze. Unu ga-azọcha ugwu niile zọpịa ha, meekwa ka ugwu nta niile dịka igbugbo ọka.
16 You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Unu ga-ayọgharị, fụchaa ha; ikuku ga-eburu ha bufuo, oke ikuku ga-ekposasị ha. Ma unu ga-aṅụrị ọṅụ nʼime Onyenwe anyị, nyaakwa isi nʼime Onye dị nsọ nke Izrel.
17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
“Mgbe mmiri ọṅụṅụ kọrọ ndị ogbenye na ndị mkpa na-akpa, mgbe ha na-enweghị ike ịchọta mmiri ọṅụṅụ mgbe akpịrị na-akpọ ha nkụ nʼihi agụụ mmiri, mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ga-aza ha. Mụ onwe m, bụ Chineke nke Izrel, agaghị agbakụta ha azụ.
18 I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
Aga m eme ka mmiri site nʼala kpọrọ nkụ nke ugwu niile na-erudatara ha. Aga m eme ka isi iyi na-asọpụta na ndagwurugwu niile. Aga m eme ka mmiri jupụta nʼọzara, meekwa ka isi iyi mmiri site nʼala kpọrọ nkụ na-asọpụta.
19 I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
Aga m akụ nʼọzara, osisi sida, na osisi akashia, na osisi mietul, na osisi oliv. M ga-eji osisi junipa, na osisi saipres na osisi fịa, kụkọta ha ọnụ nʼala ahụ tọgbọrọ nʼefu,
20 so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
ka ndị mmadụ hụ, matakwa, tuleekwa uche ma ghọta, na ọ bụ aka Onyenwe anyị mere nke a, na ọ bụ Onye nsọ nke Izrel kere ya.
21 “Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
“Wepụtanụ mkpesa unu,” ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Doo okwu unu nʼusoro,” ka Eze nke Jekọb na-asịkwa.
22 “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
“Ka ha bubata arụsị ndị a, ma gwa anyị, ihe gaje ime. Ka ha gwa anyị ihe mere nʼoge gara aga, ihe ha pụtara, ka anyị nwee ike tulee ha matakwa ihe ga-abụ ikpeazụ ha. Maọbụ kwupụtara anyị ihe ndị ahụ na-abịa,
23 Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
gwa anyị ihe ọdịnihu ji, ka anyị mara na unu bụ chi. Meenụ ezi ihe, maọbụ ihe ọjọọ, nke ga-eme ka anya gbagwojuo anyị, ka anyị jupụtakwa nʼegwu.
24 Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Ma unu dị nta karịa ihe efu. Ọrụ unu niile bụkwa ihe na-abaghị uru. Onye họọrọ unu emeela onwe ya ihe arụ.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
“Akpọliela m otu onye site nʼakụkụ ugwu, ọ na-abịakwa. Otu onye na-asọpụrụ aha m sikwa nʼọwụwa anyanwụ. Ọ na-azọpịa ndị ọchịchị niile dịka ha bụ ụrọ, ọ ga-azọpịa ha dịka onye na-akpụ ite si azọpịa aja ụrọ.
26 Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
O kwuru maka nke a site na mmalite, ka anyị nwee ike mara, maọbụ mgbe na o mebeghị, ka anyị nwee ike sị, ‘Ihe o kwuru ziri ezi’? O nweghị onye kwuru ihe banyere nke a, o nweghịkwa onye mere ka amata ya, o nwekwaghị onye si nʼọnụ gị nụ okwu ọbụla.
27 I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
Abụ m onye mbụ gwara Zayọn, ‘Lee, nʼebe a ka ha dị!’ Ọ bụ m ziteere Jerusalem onyeozi oziọma.
28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
Elegharịrị m anya ma o nweghị onye m hụrụ. O nweghị onye nọ nʼetiti chi ha nke nwere ike inye ndụmọdụ; o nweghị onye inye ọsịsa ajụjụ mgbe m jụrụ ha.
29 See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
Lee, ha niile bụ ụgha! Ọrụ ha niile pụtara ihe efu, arụsị ha niile awuru awu bụ naanị ifufe na ọgbaaghara.
