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.
Mianjiña, hijanjiña’ areo ahy, ry tokonoseo, ampaozareñe ondatio; hañarinea’ iareo mb’etoy, hisaontsy; Antao hototoke mb’eo hitsarañe.
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.
Ia ty nampitsekake i boak’ atiñanañey hitroara’e an-kavañonañe? Ie apo’e aolo’e ey o kilakila ondatio naho ampiambanè’e o mpanjakao? Idemohe’ i fibara’ey ho deboke, ahofahofa i fale’ey hoe t’ie kafo’e.
3 He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Niheañe’e iereo, nirefe tsy an-joy; an-dalañe mbe lia tsy niliam-pandia’e.
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.”
Ia ty nitsakore vaho nahatafetetse? Ie nikanjy o tariratseo am’baloha’e añe. Izaho Iehovà, ty valoha’e, vaho ty fara’e, Ie iRaho.
5 The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
Nañeveñe o tokonoseo te nahaoniñe; nihondrahondra o olon-taneo; nitotoke iereo vaho nimb’atoy.
6 Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
Mifañimba o mpifankarineo, songa manao aman-drahalahi’e: Mihaozara.
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.
Aa le hafatrare’ i mpandranjiy ty mpitsene volamena, risihe’ i mpamañe añ’ana-batoy i mipeke renem-batoy; le ata’e ty hoe i fanodirañey: Soa zao. Rekete’e am-pati-by tsy hitroetroe.
8 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
F’ihe Israele, mpitoroko, Iakobe jinoboko, tirin’ Avrahame Rañeko;
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.
Ie rinambeko añ’olo’ ty tane toy añe naho nitoka azo an-tsietoitane añe, nanao ty hoe ama’o: Mpitoroko irehe, jinoboko fa tsy nifarieko;
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.
Ko hemban-drehe, fa indrezako, ko mijilojilo: Izaho ro Andrianañahare’o; le hampaozareko toe hañimb’ azo iraho; Eka, ho tohanako an-tañan-kavanan- kavantàñako.
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.
Toe fonga ho salareñe naho aliheñe ze navaivay ama’o; harotsake o nañatreatre azoo, hafotsake tsy ho vente’e.
12 You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
Ho paia’o fa tsy ho isa’o o nifañotokotok’ ama’oo; ho hakoahañe o nialy ama’oo, vata’e kòake.
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.
Amy te Izaho Iehovà Andrianañahare’o ty mikalañe ty fità’o ankavana, hanoako ty hoe: Ko mirevendreven-drehe, Izaho ty hañolotse azo.
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.
Ko hembañe ry oletse Iakobe, ry ondati’ Israeleo, fa holoreko, hoe t’Iehovà Mpijebañe azo, i Masi’ Israeley.
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.
Ingo rinanjiko ho fandisañan-drehe, reketse nife masioñe; ho lisane’o o vohitseo, ho demohe’o, vaho hanoe’o kafo o tambohoo.
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.
Ho tsongae’o, le hahofa’ i tiokey mb’eo, naho haboele’ i tangololahiy; naho hirebeha’o ty tahina’ Iehovà, handia-taroba amy Masi’ Israeley.
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.
Mipay rano o rarakeo naho o poi’eo, fe tsy eo, kantañe an-karan-drano’e ty famele’ iareo; izaho Iehovà ty hanoiñe iareo, Tsy haforintseko; izaho Andrianañahare’ Israele.
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.
Hanokafako torahañe o haboan-diolioo, naho rano manganahana añivo’ o vavataneo; hanoako sihanake lifo-drano ty fatrambey naho rano mipororoake o tane kankañeo.
19 I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
Hapoko an-dratraratra ao ty mendorave naho ty roy, ty akao naho ty olive; hadoko an-diolio ao ty sohihy, reketse ty harandranto, vaho ty kobaiñe.
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.”
Soa t’ie hahaisake naho haharendreke hitsakore naho hitrao-kilala te nanoem-pità’ Iehovà zao, vaho tsinene’ i Masi’ Israeley.
21 “Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
Aboaho ty enta’ areo, hoe t’Iehovà; akaro ty filiera’ areo, hoe t’i Mpanjaka’ Iakobe.
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.
Ee t’ie hakare’areo, hitsey ama’ay o hifetsakeo; o raha taoloo, te inoñe? Atalilio hitsakorea’ay, hahafohina’ay ty figadoña’e; he taroño ama’ay o raha ho avio.
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.
Itokio o raha mbe hiheo amy añeio, hahafohina’ay t’ie ndrahare; ke anò ty soa, he anò ty raty, hisamba’ay, hitraofa’ay fañeveñañe.
24 Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Toe tsy manjofake nahareo, koake o sata’ areoo. Avivivioke ty mifale ama’areo.
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.
Fa nitsekafeko i tavaratse añey, le fa pok’eo, boak’ am-panjiriha’ i àndroy añe; ie hitoka ty añarako vaho hivotrak’ amo mpifeheo hoe an-dietse, manahake ty fandialiàm-panao valàñe-tane i lietsey.
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.
Ia ty nitsey boak’ am-baloha’e haharendreha’ay: naho haehae añe, hahavolaña’ay t’ie to? Toe tsy amam-mpitaroñe, eka, leo raike tsy mitalily, toe tsy eo ty mahajanjiñe o lañona’oo.
27 I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
Izaho ty valoha’e nañitrik’ amy Tsione ty hoe: Heheke, ingo iereo; vaho hiraheko mb’e Ierosalaime mb’eo ty hinday talily soa.
28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
Mañente iraho, fe tsy ama’ ondaty; naho tsy amam-pamere, ie ho nañontaneako hahavalea’e.
29 See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
Heheke fonga tsy vokatse, tsy jefa’e o sata’ iareoo, toe tioke naho hakoahañe avao o sare fatrana’ iareoo.
