Isaiah 42
1 “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
“Lee ohu m, onye m na-agba ume, onye m họpụtara, onye ihe ya na-atọ mkpụrụobi m ụtọ. Aga m eme ka Mmụọ m dịrị nʼime ya. Ọ ga-emekwa ka ikpe ziri ezi rute mba niile aka.
2 He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
Ọ gaghị eti mkpu maọbụ welie olu ya kwaa akwa, maọbụ welie olu ya elu, ọ gaghị eme ka a nụ olu ya nʼezi.
3 He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
Ọ gaghị agbaji ahịhịa riidi azọpịara azọpịa, maọbụ menyụọ ogho oriọna na-enwu ntakịrị ntakịrị. Ọ ga-esite nʼikwesị ntụkwasị obi wepụta ikpe ziri ezi.
4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
Ọ gaghị asọ ngọngọ maọbụ daa mba, ruo mgbe o hiwere ikpe ziri ezi nʼelu ụwa. Ọ bụkwa nʼozizi ya ka agwa etiti niile ga-atụkwasị olileanya ha.”
5 God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
Nke a bụ ihe Chineke bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, onye ahụ kere eluigwe niile, onye gbasapụkwara ha, onye gbasapụkwara ụwa nʼihe niile nke si nʼime ya apụta, onye na-enye ndị niile bi nʼime ya ume, na-enyekwa ndị na-agagharị nʼime ya ndụ.
6 “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,
“Mụ onwe m, bụ Onyenwe anyị, akpọla gị ka i gosi ezi omume m. Aga m echebe gị, gbaa gị ume, nʼihi na eweere m gị nye ndị m ka ị bụrụ ihe imesi ọgbụgba ndụ m ike. Ị ga-abụkwa ìhè nye mba niile.
7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
Ị ga-emeghe anya ndị kpuru ìsì, gbapụtakwa ndị nọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, meekwa ka ndị nọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ gbara ọchịchịrị nwere onwe ha.
8 “I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
“Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị! Nke a bụkwa aha m. Agaghị m enye onye ọzọ ugwu na nsọpụrụ m. Mụ na arụsị a pịrị apị agakwaghị azọ otuto m.
9 Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
Lee ihe ochie emezuola ma nke ọhụrụ ka m na-ekwupụta. Tupu ha pụta ìhè ana m akpọsa ha nye unu.”
10 Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
Bụkuonụ Onyenwe anyị abụ ọhụrụ; tookwanụ ya, unu ndị niile bi na nsọtụ niile nke ụwa, unu ndị na-arịda nʼosimiri, na ihe niile bi nʼime ya. Toonu ya unu ndị bi nʼala ebe mmiri gbara gburugburu.
11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
Ka ọzara na obodo niile dị nʼime ya welie olu ha elu, ka ndị bi na Keda ṅụrịa ọṅụ. Ka ndị bi na Sela tie mkpu ọṅụ, ka ha si nʼelu ugwu niile tisie mkpu ọṅụ ike.
12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
Ka ha nye Onyenwe anyị ebube, kpọsaakwa otuto ya nʼala niile mmiri gbara gburugburu.
13 The LORD will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.
Onyenwe anyị ga-apụta buo agha dịka dike. Ọ bụ site nʼịnụ ọkụ nʼobi nke onye agha ka ọ ga-eji buo agha. Ọ ga-eti mkpu agha megide ndị iro ya, ma merie ha.
14 “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
“Ọ dịla anya kemgbe m gbara nkịtị; ejidesịrị m onwe m aka ike. Ma ugbu a, aga m egosi iwe m; aga m asụ ude, kwaa akwa dị ka nwanyị ime na-eme.
15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
Aga m eme ka ugwu ukwu na ugwu nta niile dị larịị, meekwa ka ihe ọkụkụ ha niile kpọnwụọ. Aga m eme ka osimiri ghọọ ọzara, meekwa ka ọdọ mmiri niile takpọọ.
16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
Aga m edu ndị kpuru ìsì, site nʼụzọ nke ha na-amaghị, nʼokporoụzọ ha agatụbeghị ka m ga-edu ha; Aga m eme ka ọchịchịrị ghọọ ìhè nʼihu ha, meekwa ka ebe niile gbagọrọ agbagọ guzozie. Ihe ndị a niile ka m ga-eme. Agaghị m agbakụta ha azụ.
17 “Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.
Ma ndị niile na-atụkwasị arụsị obi, ndị na-asị ihe ndị ahụ a pịrị apị, ‘Unu bụ chi anyị,’ a ga-achụghachi ha azụ nʼọnọdụ ihere.
18 “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
“Geenụ ntị, unu ndị ntị chiri, leenụ anya unu ndị ìsì kpuru, ma hụ ụzọ.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as the LORD’s servant?
Olee onye kpuru ìsì dịka ohu m? Onye kwa ka ntị chiri dịka onyeozi nke eziokwu m? Ọ dị onye ọzọ kpuru ìsì dịka onye a m họpụtara ka ọ bụrụ ohu Onyenwe anyị?
20 You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
Ị hụla ọtụtụ ihe, ma ị dịghị atụkwasị uche gị na ha. Ntị gị ghere oghe, ma ị dịghị eji ya anụ ihe.”
21 It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honourable.
Onyenwe anyị emeela ka iwu ya dị ukwuu, meekwa ka ọ dị ebube, nʼihi na ọ tọrọ ya ụtọ isite na ya mee ka ezi omume ya pụta ìhè.
22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers, and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
Ma e meela ka ndị ya bụrụ ndị e zukpọrọ ihe ha nwere nʼoge agha. A kpọchikwara ha nʼolulu e gwuru nʼala, zoo ha nʼime ụlọ mkpọrọ dị iche iche. Ha aghọọla ihe a kwatara nʼagha, ma ọ dịghị onye na-anapụta ha. Ha aghọkwaala ihe e si nʼaka mmadụ pụnara ya nʼike, ma ọ dịghị onye na-asị ndị iro ha, “Nyeghachikwa m ihe m i ji aka ike were.”
23 Who is there amongst you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
Onye ka ọ bụ nʼetiti unu nke ga-ege ntị nʼihe ndị a? Onye ga-aṅa ntị si otu a mata ihe na-aga ime nʼoge dị nʼihu?
24 Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
Onye weere Jekọb nyefee nʼaka ndị na-ebibi ihe, onye were Izrel nyefee ndị ohi? Ọ bụ na ọ bụghị Onyenwe anyị onye ha mehiere megide? Nʼihi na ha ekweghị eso ụzọ ya niile, ha erubeghị isi nye iwu ya.
25 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burnt him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”
Ọ bụ ya mere o ji wụkwasị ndị ya iwe ọkụ ya, ihe ike nke agha. Ọ bụ ezie na iwe ya bịakwasịrị ha dịka ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa, ma ha aghọtaghị ihe kpatara ya; o repịara ha, ma ha atụgharịa uche ha banyere ya.
