Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let nations acquire new strength: let them approach, then let them speak, together let us come near to judgment.
“Lingʼuru e nyima, un pinje mag chula e dier nam! Weuru ogendini obed motegno! Wegiuru gisud machiegni mondo giwuo; kendo warom kaachiel kama ingʼadoe bura.
2 Who waked up from the east the man whom righteousness met in his steps? he giveth up nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; that his sword may render them as the dust, as driven stubble, his bow.
“En ngʼa mosejiwo ngʼat maa yo wuok chiengʼ, kaluonge kuom tim makare mondo otim tichne? Ochiwo ogendini e lwete kendo oloyo Ruodhi e nyime. Otiekogi gi liganglane ma gichal gi buru kendo okeyogi gi asere mana ka mihudhwe ma yamo tero.
3 He pursueth them, passeth along in safety, by a path which his feet have not gone over before.
Olawogi matek nyaka e yore mane pok owuothoe kendo okadho yorego maber mak ohinyre.
4 Who hath wrought and done it? he who called the generations from the beginning; I the Lord, [who am] the first, and with the latest I am the same.
En ngʼa mosetimo kamano mochopo dwarone, koluongo tiengʼ ka tiengʼ nyaka chakre chon? En mana an Jehova Nyasaye, an ema akwongo kendo An ema agik.”
5 The isles saw it, and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.
Pinje manie chula oseneno wachno mi luoro omakogi; kendo tungʼ piny nyaka tungʼ piny kirni. Gibiro ka gisudo machiegni.
6 They help one another; and each one saith to his brother, Be strong!
Kamoro konyo nyawadgi, kendo jiwo wadgi kowachone niya, “Bed gichir!”
7 So the smith encouraged the melter, he that smootheth with the hammer him that striketh on the anvil; saying of the solder, It is good; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Kamano japecho jiwo jatheth, kendo ngʼat matiyo gi nyundo, jiwo ngʼatno magoyo musmal, konyiso jawengʼo gi mach niya, “Iriwo nyinyono maber.” Ngʼat machielo to guro nyasacheno motegno mondo kik lwar piny.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend;
“To in, yaye Israel jatichna, un joka Jakobo ma aseyiero, un nyikwa Ibrahim osiepna,
9 Thou, whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the midst of its chiefs, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
ne agolou e tungʼ piny gi tungʼ piny, kendo ne aluongou kagolou mabor. Ne awacho ni, ‘In jatichna’; aseyieri bende pok akwedi.
10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee, yea, I uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Omiyo kik ibed maluor, nimar an kodi; bende kik kibaji goyi, nimar an Nyasachi. Abiro miyi teko kendo abiro konyi; bende abiro siri gi bada ma korachwich mar loch.”
11 Behold, ashamed and confounded shall be all that were incensed against thee; they shall be as naught and perish—the men that strive with thee.
“Jogo duto mamon kodi wigi biro kuot ma dhier nono, adier jogo duto makwedi biro lal nono.
12 Thou wilt seek them, and shalt not find them, the men that contend with thee; they shall be as naught and as nothing, the men that make war against thee.
Ibiro manyo wasikigo to ok iniyudgi. Chutho jogo makedo kodi ok nobed gimoro kata matin.”
13 For I the Lord thy God lay hold of thy right hand; [I am he] who saith unto thee, Fear not, I help thee.
Nimar an Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi mamako badi ma korachwich, omiyo awachoni niya, “Kik ibed maluor; abiro konyi.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few men of Israel: I myself help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Kik ibed maluor, yaye Jakobo, kata obedo ni inenori ni iyomyom ka kudni kamano, yaye in Israel matin maonge ndhathe kik ibed maluor, nimar an awuon abiro konyi,” Jehova Nyasaye Maler mar Israel, ma Jawarni ema asewacho kamano.
15 Behold, I have rendered thee a threshing instrument, sharp, new, having many teeth: thou shalt thresh mountains, and beat them small, and shalt render the hills as chaff.
“Ne, abiro miyo ichal gi gir dino ngano manyien kendo ma pod lekene bith. Ibiro muko gode madongo kitoyogi matindo tindo kendo inimi gode matindo lokre buru.
16 Thou shalt scatter them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the storm shall disperse them; but thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel shalt thou glorify thyself.
Inipiedhgi to yamo nokegi kendo kalausi notergi mabor. To inibed mamor nikech Jehova Nyasaye, kendo inibed gi ilo nikech Nyasaye Maler mar Israel.
17 The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue is dried up with thirst: I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
“Joma chandore kendo joma odhier manyo pi, to ok gininwangʼ, omiyo dwondgi otwo nikech riyo ohingogi. To an Jehova Nyasaye abiro resogi; An, ma an Nyasach Israel ok anajwangʼ-gi.
18 I will open on naked mountain-peaks rivers, and in the midst of valleys fountains; I will change the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into springs of water.
Abiro miyo aore mol kawuok kuonde motwo, kendo sokni biro tuch e holni. Abiro miyo piny motimo ongoro bed gi pi thidhna, kendo kuonde motimo okak sokni nowuogie.
19 I will place in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine and the box-tree together;
Abiro miyo yiend sida gi siala, gi ochwoga kod zeituni twi e piny motimo ongoro. Abiro pidho yiende kuonde ma yande ojwangʼ, bap ndege gi obudo nodongʼ kaachiel,
20 In order that they may see, and know and take [it to heart], and comprehend together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
mondo ji one kendo ongʼe, mondo gipar kendo gibed giwinjo, ni lwet Jehova Nyasaye ema osetimo kamano, kendo ni Nyasaye Maler mar Israel ema osemiyo magi otimore.”
21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord: bring forward your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Kel ane ywakni.” Ruodh Jakobo wacho niya, “Wuouru ane kuom wachni.
22 Let them bring them forward and tell us what shall happen: the former things—what are they?—tell us, that we may take it to heart, and know the result of them; or let us hear the things that are to come.
Un nyisecheu manono, nyiswa anena gima biro timore. Nyiswa anena tiend gik mane osetimore, mondo omi wangʼe ni gichalo nade, kendo nyiswa anena kaka gikogi nobedi. Kata nyiswa anena gik mabiro timore,
23 Tell the events 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 see it together.
kendo nyiswa anena ni angʼo mabiro timore, mondo wangʼe ni un nyiseche. Timuru ane gimoro, bed ni ber kata rach, manyalo bwogowa kendo kelo luoro kuomwa.
24 Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work less than a breath: [he that is] an abomination [alone] chooseth you.
To kata kamano ok unyal gimoro kendo gik mutimo onge tich; bende ngʼat makwanou ka nyisechene en raura ka un.
25 I have waked up one from the north, and he cometh; from the rising of the sun one who will call on my name: and he shall [over-]come princes as mortar, and as the potter treadeth down the clay.
“Asejiwo ngʼato mawuok nyandwat kendo obiro, en ngʼat maa yo wuok chiengʼ maluongo nyinga. Onyono Ruodhi mag piny mana ka lop muono, mi onywasgi mana kaka jachwech nywaso lop chweyo agulu.
26 Who hath told it from the beginning, that we may know it? and aforetimes, that we may say, “it is right?” but indeed there is none that telleth, indeed there is none that letteth us hear, indeed there is none that heareth your words.
En ngʼa mane ofwenyo wachni nyaka aa chakruok, mondo wangʼe wachni kata en ngʼa mane fwenye kapok otimore mondo ne wawachi ni, ‘Ne owacho adier’? Onge ngʼato mane owacho ma kata mane owuoyo kuome chon, bende onge ngʼato mane owinjo wach moro amora koa kuomi.
27 The first [was I to say] to Zion, Behold, there they are; and to Jerusalem will I give one that bringeth good tidings.
An ema ne akwongo nyiso Sayun kawachone ni, ‘Ne, eri gin ka!’ Ne aoro jaote mondo oter wach maber Jerusalem.
28 And I ever look, and there is no man; and among these there is no counsellor, that they could answer a word.
Ne amanyo to ok aneno ngʼato, onge ngʼato kuomgi manyalo puonjo, bende onge ngʼato e diergi manyalo dwoko penjona.
29 Behold, they all are naught; their works are nothing: wind and vanity are their molten images.
Neuru, nyisechegi duto gin gik manono! Timbegi duto onge tich, kendo kido ma gilamo chalo mana gi yamo kendo gin gik manono.”
