Isaiah 49
1 Listen, O islands, to Me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, YHWH has called Me from the womb, From the bowels of My mother He has made mention of My Name.
Yaa biyyoota bishaan gidduu na dhaggeeffadhaa; yaa saboota fagoo jiraattan waan kana dhagaʼaa: Utuu ani hin dhalatin dura Waaqayyo na waame; utuu ani gadameessa haadha koo keessa jiruu maqaa naa baase.
2 And He makes My mouth as a sharp sword, He has hid Me in the shadow of His hand, And He makes Me for a clear arrow, He has hid Me in His quiver.
Inni afaan koo akka goraadee qaramee godhe; gaaddidduu harka isaatiin na dhokse; xiyya cululuqfame na godhee, manʼee xiyya isaa keessa na kaaʼate.
3 And He says to me, “You are My servant, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.”
Innis, “Yaa Israaʼel, ati garbicha koo kan ani ulfina koo isa irratti mulʼisuu dha” anaan jedhe.
4 And I said, “I labored in vain, I consumed my power for emptiness and vanity, But my judgment [is] with YHWH, And my wage with my God.”
Ani garuu, “Akkasumaanan itti dadhabe; humna koos waanuma faayidaa hin qabnettan fixe. Taʼus dhugaan koo harka Waaqayyoo, gatiin koos Waaqa bira jira” nan jedhe.
5 “And now,” said YHWH, who is forming Me from the belly—His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honored in the eyes of YHWH, And My God has been My strength).
Waan ani fuula Waaqayyoo duratti ulfina argadhee Waaqni koo jabina naa taʼeef, Waaqayyo inni akka ani Yaaqoobin deebisee gara isaatti fiduuf, Israaʼelin isa biratti walitti qabuuf, akka ani garbicha isaa taʼuuf gadameessa keessatti na tolche sun akkana jedha;
6 And He says, “It has been a light thing That You are My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to bring back the preserved of Israel, And I have given You for a light to the nations, To be My salvation to the end of the earth.”
Innis, “Ati gosoota Yaaqoob deebiftee dhaabuuf, Israaʼeloota ani eege sanas deebiftee fiduuf garbicha koo taʼuun kee siif baayʼee salphaa dha. Akka fayyinni koo qarqara lafaa gaʼuuf ani Namoota Ormaatiif ibsaa sin taasisa” jedha.
7 Thus said YHWH, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the detested of a nation, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of YHWH, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooses You.”
Waaqayyo Furii fi Qulqullichi Israaʼel, isa namaan tuffatamee sabnis jibbe, tajaajilaa bulchitootaa sanaan akkana jedha: “Sababii Waaqayyo amanamaa Qulqullicha Israaʼel isa si filate sanaatiif jedhanii mootonni si arganii ol kaʼu; ilmaan moototaas arganii sagadu.”
8 Thus said YHWH: “In a time of good pleasure I answered You, And in a day of salvation I helped You, And I keep You, and give You, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances.
Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Ani yeroo fudhatama qabutti siifin deebisa; gaafa fayyinaattis sin gargaara; akka ati dhaala abbaa hin qabne deebiftee dhaalchiftuuf, ani sin eega; akka ati sabaaf kakuu taatus sin godha;
9 To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. They feed on the ways, And their pasture is in all high places.
akka ati warra boojiʼamaniin, ‘Kottaa baʼaa’ warra dukkana keessa jiraataniin immoo, ‘Bilisa baʼaa’ jettu sin godha. “Isaan karaa irratti waa nyaatu; gaara qulqullaaʼaa irrattis iddoo qubataa argatu.
10 They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor do mirage and sun strike them, For He who is pitying them leads them, And tends them by fountains of waters.
Isaan hin beelaʼan; hin dheebotanis; hoʼi gammoojjii yookaan aduun isaan hin gubu. Inni isaaniif garaa laafu isaan geggeessa; qarqara burqaa bishaanii irra isaan qajeelcha.
11 And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up.
Tulluuwwan koo hunda karaatti nan geeddara; daandiiwwan koo gurguddaanis wal qixxeeffamu.
12 Behold, these come in from afar, And behold, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.”
Kunoo, isaan biyya fagoodhaa ni dhufu; gariin kaabaa, gariin dhiʼaa, kaan immoo biyya Aswaaniitii ni dhufu.”
13 Sing, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For YHWH has comforted His people, And He pities His afflicted ones.
Yaa samiiwwan, ililchaa; yaa lafa gammadi; yaa tulluuwwan, guddisaa faarfadhaa! Waaqayyo saba isaa ni jajjabeessa; warra rakkataniifis garaa ni laafaatii.
14 And Zion says, “YHWH has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me.”
Xiyoon garuu, “Waaqayyo na gateera; Gooftaanis na irraanfateera” jette.
15 “Does a woman forget her suckling, The loved one—the son of her womb? Indeed, these forget—but I do not forget you.
“Haati daaʼima ishee kan hoosiftu irraanfachuu ni dandeessii? Mucaa deesseefis garaa hin laaftuu? Yoo isheen irraanfatte iyyuu ani si hin irraanfadhu!
16 Behold, I have carved you on the palms of the hand, Your walls [are] continually before Me.
Kunoo, ani barruu harka koo irratti si qirixeera; dallaawwan kee yeroo hunda fuula koo dura jiru.
17 Those building you have hurried, Those destroying you, and laying you waste, go out from you.
Ilmaan kee ariitiidhaan ni dachaʼu; warri si diiganis sirraa baqatu.
18 Lift up your eyes, [look] around and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to you. [As] I live,” a declaration of YHWH! “Surely you put on all of them as an ornament, And you bind them on like a bride.
Ija kee ol fudhadhuutii naannoo kee ilaali; ilmaan kee hundi walitti qabamanii gara kee ni dhufu. Ani jiraataadhaatii” jedha Waaqayyo. “Ati isaan kanneen hunda akka faayaatti ni uffatta; akka misirroottis ittiin miidhagfamta.
19 Because your ruins, and your desolate places, And the land of your ruins, Are now surely restricted because of inhabitants, And those consuming you have been far off.
“Ati diigamtee ontee biyyi kee barbadaaʼu iyyuu amma saba keetti lafti ni dhiphata; warri si liqimsan sirraa ni fagaatu.
20 Again the sons of your bereavement say in your ears: The place is too narrow for me, Come near to me—and I dwell.
Ijoolleen ati yeroo gadda keetiitti deesse, utuma gurri kee dhagaʼuu, ‘Lafti kun nutti dhiphateera; lafa irra jiraannu nuuf kenni’ siin jedhu.
21 And you have said in your heart: Who has begotten these for me? And I [am] bereaved and barren, A captive, and turned aside, And who has nourished these? Behold, I was left by myself, these—where [are] they from?”
Ergasii ati garaa keetti akkana jetta; ‘Eenyutu jara kanneen naa daʼe? Ani gaddituu fi maseentuun ture; ani baqattuu fi jibbamtuun ture. Isaan kanneen eenyutu guddise? Ani kophaatti hafeen ture; yoos, isaan kunneen eessaa dhufan ree?’”
22 Thus said Lord YHWH: “Behold, I lift up My hand to nations, And I raise up My ensign to peoples, And they have brought your sons in the bosom, And your daughters are carried on the shoulder.
Waaqayyo Gooftaan akkana jedha: “Kunoo ani namoota ormaa harkaan nan waama; faajjii koos uummataaf ol nan qaba; isaan ilmaan kee hammatanii fidu; intallan kee immoo gatiittii isaaniitti baatu.
23 And kings have been your nursing fathers, And their princesses—your nursing mothers; Face to the earth—they bow down to you, And they lick up the dust of your feet, And you have known that I [am] YHWH, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.”
Mootonni abbootii kee kanneen si guddisan, niitonni isaanii immoo haadhota kee kanneen harma si hoosisan ni taʼu. Isaan adda isaaniitiin lafatti gombifamanii siif sagadu; awwaara miilla keetii illee ni arraabu. Ergasii ati akka ani Waaqayyo taʼe ni beekta; warri na abdatan hin salphatan.”
24 Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered?
Gootota harkaa boojuu fudhachuun, gara jabeeyyii harkaas boojuu baasuun ni dandaʼamaa?
25 For thus said YHWH: “Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And I strive with your striver, and I save your sons.
Waaqayyo garuu akkana jedha: “Eeyyee, gootota harkaa boojiʼamtoonni ni baafamu; gara jabeeyyii harkaas boojuun ni fudhatama; warra siin falmaniin nan falma; ijoollee kees nan baraara.
26 And I have caused your oppressors to eat their own flesh, And they drink their own blood as new wine, And all flesh has known that I, YHWH, Your Savior, and your Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob!”
Ani akka warri si hacuucan foon ofii isaanii nyaatan nan godha; isaan akkuma nama daadhii wayiniitiin machaaʼuu dhiiga ofii isaaniitiin ni machaaʼu. Ergasii sanyiin namaa hundi, akka ani Waaqayyo, Fayyisaan kee, Furiin kee, Jabaa Yaaqoob taʼe ni beeka.”
