< Isaiah 49 >

1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Tẹ́tí sí mi, ẹ̀yin erékùṣù: gbọ́ èyí, ẹ̀yin orílẹ̀-èdè jíjìnnà réré: kí a tó bí mi Olúwa ti pè mí; láti ìgbà bíbí mi ni ó ti dá orúkọ mi.
2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hath concealed me under the shadow of his hand, and he hath made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hidden me.
Ó ṣe ẹnu mi bí idà tí a pọ́n, ní abẹ́ òjìji ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ni ó ti pa mí mọ́: ó ṣe mí ní ọfà tí a ti dán, ó sì fi mí pamọ́ sínú àpò rẹ̀.
3 And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.
Ó sọ fún mi pé, “Ìránṣẹ́ mi ni ìwọ í ṣe, Israẹli nínú ẹni tí n ó ti fi ògo mi hàn.”
4 — And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.
Ṣùgbọ́n èmi sọ pé, “Mo ti ṣe wàhálà lórí asán; mo ti lo gbogbo ipá mi lórí asán àti ìmúlẹ̀mófo. Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀ ohun tí ó tọ́ sí mi ṣì wà lọ́wọ́ Olúwa, èrè mi sì ń bẹ pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run mi.”
5 And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength; )
Nísinsin yìí Olúwa wí pé ẹni tí ó mọ̀ mí láti inú wá láti jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ láti mú Jakọbu padà tọ̀ mí wá àti láti kó Israẹli jọ sọ́dọ̀ ara rẹ̀, nítorí pé a bọ̀wọ̀ fún mi ní ojú Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi sì ti jẹ́ agbára mi,
6 — and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Òun wí pé: “Ó jẹ́ ohun kékeré fún ọ láti jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ mi láti mú ẹ̀yà Jakọbu padà bọ̀ sípò àti láti mú àwọn ti Israẹli tí mo ti pamọ́. Èmi yóò sì fi ọ́ ṣe ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún àwọn kèfèrí, kí ìwọ kí ó lè mú ìgbàlà mi wá sí òpin ilẹ̀ ayé.”
7 Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí, Olùdáǹdè àti Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli— sí ẹni náà tí a gàn tí a sì kórìíra lọ́wọ́ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, sí ìránṣẹ́ àwọn aláṣẹ: “Àwọn ọba yóò rí ọ wọn yóò sì dìde sókè, àwọn ọmọ ọba yóò rí i wọn yóò sì wólẹ̀, nítorí Olúwa ẹni tí í ṣe olóòtítọ́, Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli tí ó ti yàn ọ́.”
8 Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí: “Ní àkókò ojúrere mi, èmi yóò dá ọ lóhùn, àti ní ọjọ́ ìgbàlà, èmi yóò ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́; Èmi yóò pa ọ́ mọ́, n ó sì ṣe ọ́ láti jẹ́ májẹ̀mú fún àwọn ènìyàn, láti mú ilẹ̀ padà bọ̀ sípò àti láti ṣe àtúnpín ogún rẹ̀ tí ó ti dahoro,
9 saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills.
láti sọ fún àwọn ìgbèkùn pé, ‘Ẹ jáde wá,’ àti fún àwọn tí ó wà nínú òkùnkùn pé, ‘Ẹ gba òmìnira!’ “Wọn yóò máa jẹ ní ẹ̀bá ọ̀nà àti koríko tútù lórí òkè aláìléwéko.
10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them.
Ebi kì yóò pa wọ́n bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òǹgbẹ kì yóò gbẹ wọ́n, tàbí kí ooru inú aṣálẹ̀ tàbí oòrùn kí ó pa wọ́n. Ẹni tí ó ṣàánú fún wọn ni yóò máa tọ́ wọn, tí yóò sì mú wọn lọ sí ibi orísun omi.
11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
Èmi yóò sọ gbogbo àwọn òkè ńlá mi di ojú ọ̀nà àti gbogbo òpópónà mi ni a ó gbé sókè.
12 Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Kíyèsi i, wọn yóò wá láti ọ̀nà jíjìn àwọn díẹ̀ láti àríwá àti àwọn díẹ̀ láti ìwọ̀-oòrùn, àwọn díẹ̀ láti ẹkùn Siene.”
13 Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.
Ẹ hó fún ayọ̀, ẹyin ọ̀run; yọ̀, ìwọ ilẹ̀ ayé; bú sórin, ẹ̀yin òkè ńlá! Nítorí Olúwa tu àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ nínú yóò sì ṣàánú fún àwọn ẹni tí a ń pọ́n lójú.
14 But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
Ṣùgbọ́n Sioni sọ pé, “Olúwa ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, Olúwa ti gbàgbé è mi.”
15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.
“Ǹjẹ́ abiyamọ ha le gbàgbé ọmọ ọmú rẹ̀ kí ó má sì ṣàánú fún ọmọ rẹ̀ tí ó ti bí? Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé òun le gbàgbé, Èmi kì yóò gbàgbé rẹ!
16 Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Kíyèsi i, mo ti kọ ọ́ sí àtẹ́lẹwọ́ mi ògiri rẹ wà níwájú mi nígbà gbogbo.
17 Thy sons shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that laid thee waste shall go forth from thee.
Àwọn ọmọ rẹ ti kánjú padà, àti àwọn tí ó sọ ọ́ dahoro ti padà lẹ́yìn rẹ.
18 Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth.
Gbójú rẹ sókè kí o sì wò yíká; gbogbo àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ kórajọ wọ́n sì wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ. Níwọ́n ìgbà tí mo bá wà láààyè,” ni Olúwa wí, “Ìwọ yóò wọ gbogbo wọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun ọ̀ṣọ́; ìwọ yóò wọ̀ wọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìyàwó.
19 For [in] thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou shalt even now be too straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
“Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé a tí run ọ́, a sì sọ ọ́ di ahoro tí gbogbo ilẹ̀ rẹ sì di ìparun, ní ìsinsin yìí, ìwọ yóò kéré jù fún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn tí ó jẹ ọ́ run ni yóò wà láti ọ̀nà jíjìn réré.
20 The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
Àwọn ọmọ tí a bí ní àkókò ọ̀fọ̀ rẹ yóò sọ ní etígbọ̀ọ́ rẹ, ‘Ibi yìí ti kéré jù fún wa; ẹ fún wa láyè sí i tí a ó máa gbé.’
21 And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath borne me these, seeing I had lost my children and was desolate, an exile, and driven about? and who hath brought up these? behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò sọ ní ọkàn rẹ pé, ‘Ta ló bí àwọn yìí fún mi? Mo ti ṣọ̀fọ̀ mo sì yàgàn; a sọ mi di àtìpó a sì kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀. Ta ló wo àwọn yìí dàgbà? A fi èmi nìkan sílẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wọ̀nyí níbo ni wọ́n ti wá?’”
22 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in [their] bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder.
Ohun tí Olúwa Olódùmarè wí nìyìí, “Kíyèsi i, Èmi yóò ké sí àwọn aláìkọlà, Èmi yóò gbé àsíá mi sókè sí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn; wọn yóò kó àwọn ọmọkùnrin yín wá ní apá wọn wọn yóò sì gbé àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin ní èjìká wọn.
23 And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.
Àwọn ọba ni yóò jẹ́ alágbàtọ́ baba fún ọ, àwọn ayaba wọn ni yóò sì jẹ́ ìyá-alágbàtọ́. Wọn yóò foríbalẹ̀ ní iwájú rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ojú wọn dídàbolẹ̀; wọn yóò máa lá erùpẹ̀ lẹ́bàá ẹsẹ̀ rẹ. Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò mọ̀ pé, Èmi ni Olúwa; gbogbo àwọn tí wọ́n ní ìrètí nínú mi ni a kì yóò jákulẹ̀.”
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? and shall he that is rightfully captive be delivered?
Ǹjẹ́ a le gba ìkógun lọ́wọ́ jagunjagun, tàbí kí á gba ìgbèkùn lọ́wọ́ akíkanjú?
25 For thus saith Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will strive with him that striveth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Ṣùgbọ́n ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí: “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, a ó gba àwọn ìgbèkùn lọ́wọ́ àwọn jagunjagun, àti ìkógun lọ́wọ́ àwọn akíkanjú; ẹni tí ó bá ọ jà ni èmi ó bá jà, àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ ni èmi ó gbàlà.
26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Èmi yóò mú kí àwọn aninilára rẹ̀ jẹ ẹran-ara wọn; wọn yóò mu ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara wọn yó bí ẹni mu wáìnì. Nígbà náà ni gbogbo ènìyàn yóò mọ̀ pé, Èmi, Olúwa, èmi ni Olùgbàlà rẹ, Olùdáǹdè rẹ, Alágbára kan ṣoṣo ti Jakọbu.”

< Isaiah 49 >