Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us draw near together to judgment.
“Ẹ dákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́ níwájú mi ẹ̀yin erékùṣù! Jẹ́ kí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tún agbára wọn ṣe! Jẹ́ kí wọn wá síwájú kí wọn sọ̀rọ̀, jẹ́ kí a pàdé pọ̀ ní ibi ìdájọ́.
2 Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.
“Ta ni ó ti ru ẹnìkan sókè láti ìlà-oòrùn wá, tí ó pè é ní olódodo sí iṣẹ́ tirẹ̀? Ó gbé àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè lé e lọ́wọ́ ó sì ṣẹ́gun àwọn ọba níwájú rẹ̀. Ó sọ wọ́n di erùpẹ̀ pẹ̀lú idà rẹ̀, láti kù ú ní ìyàngbò pẹ̀lú ọrun rẹ̀.
3 He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.
Ó ń lépa wọn ó sì ń kọjá ní àlàáfíà, ní ojú ọ̀nà tí ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ kò rìn rí.
4 Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I [am] HE.
Ta ni ó ti ṣe èyí tí ó sì ti jẹ́ kí ó wáyé, tí ó ti pe ìran-ìran láti àtètèkọ́ṣe? Èmi Olúwa pẹ̀lú ẹni kìn-ín-ní wọn àti ẹni tí ó gbẹ̀yìn, Èmi náà ni.”
5 The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
Àwọn erékùṣù ti rí i wọ́n bẹ̀rù; ìpẹ̀kun ilẹ̀ ayé wárìrì. Wọ́n súnmọ́ tòsí wọ́n sì wá síwájú;
6 They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Take courage.
èkínní ran èkejì lọ́wọ́ ó sì sọ fún arákùnrin rẹ̀ pé, “Jẹ́ alágbára!”
7 And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.
Oníṣọ̀nà gba alágbẹ̀dẹ wúrà níyànjú, àti ẹni tí ó fi òòlù dán mú òun lọ́kàn le, àní ẹni tí ó ń lu owú. Ó sọ nípa àjópọ̀ náà pé, “Ó dára.” Ó fi ìṣó kan ère náà mọ́lẹ̀ kí ó má ba à wó lulẹ̀.
8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
“Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ, ìwọ Israẹli, ìránṣẹ́ mi, Jakọbu, ẹni tí mo ti yàn, ẹ̀yin ìran Abrahamu, ọ̀rẹ́ mi,
9 — thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,
mo mú ọ láti ìpẹ̀kun ilẹ̀ ayé, láti kọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó jìnnà jùlọ ni mo ti pè ọ́. Èmi wí pé, ‘Ìwọ ni ìránṣẹ́ mi’; Èmi ti yàn ọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò sì tí ì kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀.
10 — Fear 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.
Nítorí náà má bẹ̀rù, nítorí èmi wà pẹ̀lú rẹ; má ṣe jẹ́ kí àyà kí ó fò ọ́, nítorí èmi ni Ọlọ́run rẹ. Èmi yóò fún ọ lókun èmi ó sì ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́. Èmi ó gbé ọ ró pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ ọ̀tún òdodo mi.
11 Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
“Gbogbo àwọn tí ó bínú sí ọ ni ojú yóò tì, tí wọn yóò sì di ẹlẹ́yà; àwọn tó ń bá ọ jà yóò dàbí asán, wọn yóò ṣègbé.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them — them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Bó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ìwọ yóò wá àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ, ìwọ kì yóò rí wọn. Gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbóguntì ọ́ yóò dàbí ohun tí kò sí.
13 For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Nítorí Èmi ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, tí ó di ọwọ́ ọ̀tún rẹ mú tí ó sì sọ fún ọ pé, má ṣe bẹ̀rù; Èmi yóò ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Má ṣe bẹ̀rù, ìwọ Jakọbu kòkòrò, ìwọ Israẹli kékeré, nítorí Èmi fúnra mi yóò ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́,” ni Olúwa wí, olùdáǹdè rẹ, Ẹni Mímọ́ ti Israẹli.
15 Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;
“Kíyèsi, Èmi yóò sọ ọ́ di òòlù ìpakà tuntun, tí ó mú ti eyín rẹ̀ mú, ìwọ yóò lu àwọn òkè ńlá, ìwọ yóò fọ́ wọn túútúú, a ó sì sọ òkè kékeré di ìyàngbò.
16 thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Ìwọ yóò fẹ́ wọn, afẹ́fẹ́ yóò sì gbá wọn mú, àti ẹ̀fúùfù yóò sì fẹ́ wọn dànù. Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ yóò yọ̀ nínú Olúwa ìwọ yóò sì ṣògo nínú Ẹni Mímọ́ ti Israẹli.
17 The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, [I], the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
“Àwọn tálákà àti aláìní wá omi, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí; ahọ́n wọn gbẹ fún òǹgbẹ. Ṣùgbọ́n Èmi Olúwa yóò dá wọn lóhùn; Èmi, Ọlọ́run Israẹli, kì yóò kọ̀ wọ́n sílẹ̀.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.
Èmi yóò mú kí odò kí ó sàn ní ibi gíga àti orísun omi ní àárín àfonífojì. Èmi yóò sọ aṣálẹ̀ di adágún omi, àti ilẹ̀ tí ó gbẹ gidigidi di orísun omi.
19 I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;
Èmi yóò fi sínú aṣálẹ̀ igi kedari àti kasia, maritili àti olifi. Èmi yóò gbin junifa sí inú aginjù, igi firi àti sípírẹ́ṣì papọ̀
20 that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwọn ènìyàn yóò fi rí i tí wọn yóò sì fi mọ̀, kí wọn ṣàkíyèsí kí ó sì yé wọn, pé ọwọ́ Olúwa ni ó ti ṣe èyí, àti pé, Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli ni ó ti dá èyí.
21 Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forward your arguments, saith the King of Jacob.
“Mú ẹjọ́ wá,” ni Olúwa wí. “Tẹ́ àwọn àwíjàre rẹ sílẹ̀,” ni ọba Jakọbu wí,
22 Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; — or let us hear things to come:
“Mú àwọn ère òrìṣà rẹ wọlé láti sọ fún wa ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀. Sọ fún wa ohun tí àwọn nǹkan àtijọ́ jẹ́, kí àwa lè ṣe àgbéyẹ̀wò wọn kí àwa sì mọ àbájáde wọn ní ìparí. Tàbí kí o sọ fún wa ohun tí ó ń bọ̀ wá,
23 declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.
ẹ sọ fún wa ohun ti ọjọ́ iwájú mú dání kí àwa kí ó lè mọ̀ pé ọlọ́run ni yín. Ẹ ṣe nǹkan kan, ìbá à ṣe rere tàbí búburú, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àyà yóò fi fò wá tí ẹ̀rù yóò sì fi kún inú wa.
24 Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yìn ko jásí nǹkan kan iṣẹ́ yín ni kò sì wúlò fún ohunkóhun; ẹni tí ó yàn yín jẹ́ ẹni ìríra.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, — from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
“Èmi ti ru ẹnìkan sókè láti àríwá, òun sì ń bọ ẹnìkan láti ìlà-oòrùn tí ó pe orúkọ mi. Òun gun àwọn aláṣẹ mọ́lẹ̀ bí ẹni pé odò ni wọ́n, àfi bí ẹni pé amọ̀kòkò nì ti ń gún amọ̀.
26 Who hath declared [it] from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [It is] right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.
Ta ni ó sọ èyí láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ pẹ̀pẹ̀, tí àwa kò bá fi mọ̀, tàbí ṣáájú àkókò, tí àwa kò bá fi wí pé, ‘Òun sọ òtítọ́’? Ẹnikẹ́ni kò sọ nípa èyí, ẹnikẹ́ni kò sàsọtẹ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀, ẹnikẹ́ni kò gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀.
27 The first, [I said] to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.
Èmi ni ẹni àkọ́kọ́ tí ó sọ fún Sioni pé, ‘Wò ó, àwọn nìyìí!’ Mo fún Jerusalẹmu ní ìránṣẹ́ ìrò ìròyìn ayọ̀ kan.
28 And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, — and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Èmi wò, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹnìkan— kò sí ẹnìkan nínú wọn tí ó lè mú ìmọ̀ràn wá, kò sí ẹnìkan tí ó lè dáhùn nígbà tí mo bi wọ́n.
29 Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
Kíyèsi i, irọ́ ni gbogbo wọn! Gbogbo ìṣe wọn jásí asán; àwọn ère wọn kò ṣé kò yà fún afẹ́fẹ́ àti dàrúdàpọ̀.
