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.
“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 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.
“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 pursueth them, passeth along in safety, by a path which his feet have not gone over before.
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? he who called the generations from the beginning; I the Lord, [who am] the first, and with the latest I am the same.
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 are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.
Àwọn erékùṣù ti rí i wọ́n bẹ̀rù; ìpẹ̀kun ilẹ̀ ayé wárìrì. Wọ́n súnmọ́ tòsí wọ́n sì wá síwájú;
6 They help one another; and each one saith to his brother, Be strong!
èkínní ran èkejì lọ́wọ́ ó sì sọ fún arákùnrin rẹ̀ pé, “Jẹ́ alágbára!”
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.
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, art 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
“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 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.
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 the Lord thy God lay hold of thy right hand; [I am he] who saith unto thee, Fear not, I 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 few men of Israel: I myself help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer is 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 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.
“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 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.
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 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.
“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 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.
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 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;
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 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.
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 the Lord: bring forward your strong reasons, 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 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.
“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 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.
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 less than a breath: [he that is] an abomination [alone] 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 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.
“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 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.
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 [was I to say] to Zion, Behold, there they are; and to Jerusalem will I give one that bringeth good 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 ever look, and there is no man; and among these there is no counsellor, that they 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 all are naught; their works are nothing: wind and vanity are their molten images.
Kíyèsi i, irọ́ ni gbogbo wọn! Gbogbo ìṣe wọn jásí asán; àwọn ère wọn kò ṣé kò yà fún afẹ́fẹ́ àti dàrúdàpọ̀.
