Isaiah 41
1 [Yahweh says], “You [people who live on] [APO] islands in the ocean, be silent in front of me [while I ask you some questions]! Then you can be courageous and talk to me. We will meet together and decide [which one of us is right].
Gode da amane sia: sa, “Dilia sedaga soge fi! Ouiya: ma! Na sia: nabima! Dilia fofada: su diasu ganodini sia: ma: ne, dilia fofada: su sia: momagema. Dilia da bu sia: mu logo ba: mu. Dilia amola Na da moloidafa hou dawa: ma: ne, fofada: mu da defea.
2 Who has urged this king to come from the east? Who has enabled his [army] to righteously defeat many nations and to trample their kings under their feet? With their swords they cut [their enemies] into tiny pieces [HYP]; with their arrows they cause their enemies to scatter like [SIM] the wind scatters chaff.
Nowa da gusugoe amoga hasalasu dunu oule misibela: ? Nowa da soge huluane e da asi amoga ema hasalasu hou iabela: ? E da hina bagade amola fifi asi gala ilima hasanasima: ne, nowa da ema hasalasu hou iabela: ? Ea gobihei amoga e da fifi asi gala dunu osobo su defele wadela: sa. Ea dadi amoga gala: beba: le, ilia da gisi da foga afafasu defele afafasa.
3 Even though they march through areas where they have not gone previously, they pursue [their enemies] and continue to march, and nothing stops them.
E da ilia hobeasu amoma fa: no bobogesa amola mogodigili ahoa. E da hehenabeba: le, gadenenewane hagili ahoa.
4 Who has enabled rulers to do [DOU] mighty things like that? Who has done that throughout all generations? It is I, Yahweh; I was the first [one to do things like that], and I will be the last one [to do them].”
Nowa da amo hou misa: ne hamobela: ? Nowa da osobo bagade hou huluane ouligibala: ? Na, Hina Gode, da osobo bagade hemosu eso amoga esalebe ba: i, amola Na, Hina Gode da osobo bagade wadela: mu eso amoga esalebe ba: mu.
5 [People who live on] [PRS] islands in the ocean are afraid while they watch. People in remote areas tremble and gather together.
Soge sedaga fi dunu da Na hamobe ba: beba: le, bagadewane beda: beba: le, yagugusa. Amaiba: le, ilia huluane da gilisili, maha.
6 They encourage each other and say to each other, “Be strong!'
Liligi hahamosu dunu ilia enoenoi fidisa amola dogo denesisa.
7 The craftsmen encourage those who make things from gold, and the men who flatten metal encourage those who hammer metal (on an anvil/into shape). They all say, “The idol has been well made!” And then they carefully nail down the idol in order that it will not topple over!
Ifa hahamosu dunu da gouli hahamosu dunuma, “Dia da noga: le hamoi,” sia: sa. Dunu amo da ‘gode’ agoaila enemema: ne hamosu da dunu amo da ‘gode’ agoaila gafesiga dabagala: sa amoma dogo denesima: ne sia: sa. Ilia da amane sia: sa, “Gouli madelagisu da defea.” Amasea, ilia da amo loboga hamoi ‘gode’ ea sogebi dialoma: ne, amo gafesiga dabagala: sa.
8 [Yahweh says], “[You people of] Israel [are like] my servants; you are [descendants of] Jacob, whom I chose; [you are] descendants of Abraham, who [I said is] my friend.
Be di, Isala: ili, Na hawa: hamosu dunu. Dilia da Na fi dunu Na da ilegei dagoi. Dilia da Na dogolegei A: ibalaha: me, amo egaga fi esala.
9 I summoned you from very distant places [DOU] on the earth, and I said ‘I [want you to] serve me; I have chosen you, and I will not reject you.’
Na da dili osobo bagade bega: bega: amoga dilima wele sia: nanu, oule misini, gilisi. Na da dilima amane sia: i, “Dilia da Na hawa: hamosu dunu. Na da dili hame higasu, be dili Na fi hamoma: ne ilegei dagoi.
10 Do not be afraid, because I will (be with/help) you. Do not be discouraged, because I am your God. I will enable you to be strong, and I will help you; I will hold you up with my powerful arm by which you will be rescued.
Mae beda: ma! Ani esala. Na da dilia Gode! Liligi huluane amoma mae beda: ma. Na da dilima gasa imunu amola dili fidimu. Na da dili gaga: mu.
11 It is certain that all those who are angry with you [Israeli people] will be disgraced [DOU]. Those who oppose you will be wiped out; they will all die.
Dilia da nowa da dilima ougi galea, ilima hasanasibiba: le, ilia da gogosiamu. Nowa da dilima gegesea da bogole,
12 If you search for those who tried to conquer you, you will not find them, [because they will all have disappeared]. Those who attacked you will not exist [any more].
osobo bagadega bu hame ba: ma: ne alalolesimu.
13 [It will be as though] I will hold you up by your right hand. I am Yahweh, your God, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, [because] I will help you.’
Na da Hina Gode amo dilia Gode. Na da dilima gasa iaha amola dilima amane sia: sa, “Mae beda: ma! Na da dili fidimu.”
14 Although you people of Israel [DOU] [think that you are as insignificant as] worms, do not be afraid [of your enemies], because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel.
Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, “Isala: ili fi! Dilia da fonobahadi fi amola gasa hame galebe. Be mae beda: ma! Na da dili fidimu. Na, Isala: ili fi ilia Hadigi Gode, Na da dilia gaga: su dunu esala.
15 [I will cause] you to be like [MET] a (threshing sledge/big piece of metal that has sharp teeth for separating grain from chaff). You will tear [your enemies to bits], causing them to be like bits of chaff on the mountains.
Na da dilia hou afadenene, widi fasu ifa agoane hamomu. Amoga sosu liligi gaheabolo amola agei dagoi agoane ba: mu. Amoga dilia da goumi amo fananu, wadela: lesimu. Dilia da agolo goudane, ilia da osobo su agoane ba: mu.
16 You will toss them up into the air, and a strong wind will blow them away [DOU]. [When that happens], you will rejoice about what I [have done for you]; you will praise me, the Holy One of Israel.
Dilia da amo goumi gadodi gasa: le gadosea, ilia da foga mini asi dagoi ba: mu, amola isula bobodobe amoga afafai dagoi ba: mu. Amasea, dilia da hahawane ba: mu. Bai Na da dilia Gode esala. Dilia da Na, Isala: ili fi ilia Hadigi Gode, Nama nodomu.
17 When poor and needy people need water and they have no water, and their tongues are very dry because they are very thirsty, I, Yahweh, will come and help them. I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, will never abandon them.
Na fi dunu da hano hanaiba: le, hano hogosea, ilia asogoa da hafoga: i galea, Na, Hina Gode da ilia sia: ne gadosu amoma bu adole imunu. Na, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, da ili hamedafa yolesimu.
18 I will cause rivers to flow for them on the barren hills. I will give them fountains in the valleys. I will fill [HYP] the desert with pools of water. Water from springs will flow into rivers, and the rivers will flow across the dry ground.
Na da hafog: ai agolo sogega, hano yogosa: ima: ne hamomu. Amola hafoga: i soge ganodini, gu hano hamomu. Na da hafoga: i soge afadenene, bu hano wayabo hamomu. Amola hafoga: i soge gu hano bubuga: su hamomu.
19 I will plant [trees] in the desert— cedar [trees], acacia [trees], myrtle [trees], olive [trees], cypress [trees], fir [trees], and pine [trees].
Dolo ifa amola “aga: isia” ifa amola “medili” ifa da hafoga: i soge ganodini heda: lalebe ba: mu. “Baine” ifa amola “yuniba” ifa amola “saibalase” ifa da hafoga: i sogega heda: mu.
20 [I will do that] in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand [DOU] that it is [I], Yahweh, who have done it; it is what [I], the Holy One of Israel, have done.
Dunu da amo hou ba: beba: le, ilia da Na, Hina Gode, da amo hou hamoi dagoi, dawa: mu. Ilia da Isala: ili fi ilia Hadigi Gode da amo hou hamoi dagoi ba: mu.” Hina Gode da Ogogosu ‘gode’ liligi ilima Fofada: sa
21 [I], Yahweh, the true king of Israel say [to you nations], “Tell what your idols can do for you!
Hina Gode, Isala: ili ilia Hina bagade, da amane sia: sa, “Dilia fifi asi gala ‘gode’ liligi! Dilia hou gaga: ma: ne Nama fofada: ma! Sia: gasa bagade dilia hou gaga: ma: ne fofada: ma!
22 Bring them here to tell us what is going to happen! Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago, in order that we may think about those things, and learn if those things that they predicted really happened. Or, ask them to tell us about the future, in order that we can know what will happen.
Misa! Amola hobea misunu hou ba: la: loma! Amo dilia sia: i liligi da doaga: sea, amo ea bai ninia dawa: ma: ne, ninima olelema. Musa: hamoi liligi amo fofada: su dunuma olelema amola amo ea dawa: loma: ne ninima olelema.
23 [Yes], those idols should tell us what will happen in the future. If they do that, we will know that they are really gods. Tell them to do something—either something good or something bad! Tell them to do something that will cause us to be amazed and afraid!
Hobea misunu hou ninima olelema. Amasea, dilia da dafawane ‘gode’ esala, amo ninia da dawa: mu. Hou noga: iwane hamoma o ninia baligiliwane beda: ma: ne, wadela: lesisu liligi afae hamoma!
24 But [that is impossible, because] idols are absolutely worthless [HYP]; they can do nothing, and I detest those who decide [to worship] idols.”
Dili amola dilia hamonana huluane da hamedei liligi. Dunu amo da dilima nodone sia: ne gadosa, amo da gogosiasu wadela: idafa.
25 “[But] I have incited/urged a ruler who will come [with his army] from the north. I have summoned him to come from [his country, which is] east [of Israel], and I have given him my authority [MTY]. I will [enable his army to conquer other rulers]; they will trample those leaders like [SIM] a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.
Na da dunu amo da gusugoe esala, amo e ilegei dagoi. E da gagoe (north) amoga doagala: musa: misunu. E da ouligisu dunu amo ososa: gisa. Ilia da fafu agoai ba: sa, amola e da osoboga ofodo hamosu dunu Amo da fafu ososa: gisa agoane ba: sa.
26 (Who told you people long ago that this would happen?/No one told you people long ago that this would happen!) [RHQ] (Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’?/No one predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’) [RHQ] No one else said that it would happen.
Amo hou da doaga: ma: ne, dilia gilisisu ganodini, da nowa ba: la: lobala: ? Dilia da amo sia: sia: noba, ninia da dilia da dafawane sia: i dawa: la: loba. Be dilia huluane da hamedafa sia: i. Dunu afae da dilia amane sia: i, hamedafa nabi.
27 I was the first one to tell [the people of] Jerusalem, ‘Listen to this! I have appointed a messenger to tell good news to you!’
Na, Hina Gode, da hidadea Saione fi ilima amo sia: olelei. Na da sia: ne iasu dunu Yelusaleme dunu fi hahawane sia: adoma: ne asunasi. Na da ilima amane adole iasi, ‘Dilia fi da ilia sogedafa amoga bu manebe.’
28 None of your idols told you that [DOU]. And when I asked them questions, none of them was able to give me any answers.
Be Na da ogogosu ‘gode’ liligi amo ganodini hogoi helebeba: le, moloi sia: su hamedafa ba: i. Ilia da Na adole ba: su amoma bu adole imunu gogolei galu.
29 Think about it: Those idols are all useless, worthless [DOU] things. They are [as meaningless as] [MET] the wind.”
Amo ‘gode’ liligi da hamedeidafa. Ilia da hawa: hamomu gogolesa. Ilia da gasa hamedafa.”
