< Isaiah 49 >
1 Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
Tẹ́tí sí mi, ẹ̀yin erékùṣù: gbọ́ èyí, ẹ̀yin orílẹ̀-èdè jíjìnnà réré: kí a tó bí mi Olúwa ti pè mí; láti ìgbà bíbí mi ni ó ti dá orúkọ mi.
2 He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
Ó ṣe ẹnu mi bí idà tí a pọ́n, ní abẹ́ òjìji ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ni ó ti pa mí mọ́: ó ṣe mí ní ọfà tí a ti dán, ó sì fi mí pamọ́ sínú àpò rẹ̀.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
Ó sọ fún mi pé, “Ìránṣẹ́ mi ni ìwọ í ṣe, Israẹli nínú ẹni tí n ó ti fi ògo mi hàn.”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”
Ṣùgbọ́n èmi sọ pé, “Mo ti ṣe wàhálà lórí asán; mo ti lo gbogbo ipá mi lórí asán àti ìmúlẹ̀mófo. Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀ ohun tí ó tọ́ sí mi ṣì wà lọ́wọ́ Olúwa, èrè mi sì ń bẹ pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run mi.”
5 Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
Nísinsin yìí Olúwa wí pé ẹni tí ó mọ̀ mí láti inú wá láti jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ láti mú Jakọbu padà tọ̀ mí wá àti láti kó Israẹli jọ sọ́dọ̀ ara rẹ̀, nítorí pé a bọ̀wọ̀ fún mi ní ojú Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi sì ti jẹ́ agbára mi,
6 Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
Òun wí pé: “Ó jẹ́ ohun kékeré fún ọ láti jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ mi láti mú ẹ̀yà Jakọbu padà bọ̀ sípò àti láti mú àwọn ti Israẹli tí mo ti pamọ́. Èmi yóò sì fi ọ́ ṣe ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún àwọn kèfèrí, kí ìwọ kí ó lè mú ìgbàlà mi wá sí òpin ilẹ̀ ayé.”
7 Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí, Olùdáǹdè àti Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli— sí ẹni náà tí a gàn tí a sì kórìíra lọ́wọ́ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, sí ìránṣẹ́ àwọn aláṣẹ: “Àwọn ọba yóò rí ọ wọn yóò sì dìde sókè, àwọn ọmọ ọba yóò rí i wọn yóò sì wólẹ̀, nítorí Olúwa ẹni tí í ṣe olóòtítọ́, Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli tí ó ti yàn ọ́.”
8 Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí: “Ní àkókò ojúrere mi, èmi yóò dá ọ lóhùn, àti ní ọjọ́ ìgbàlà, èmi yóò ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́; Èmi yóò pa ọ́ mọ́, n ó sì ṣe ọ́ láti jẹ́ májẹ̀mú fún àwọn ènìyàn, láti mú ilẹ̀ padà bọ̀ sípò àti láti ṣe àtúnpín ogún rẹ̀ tí ó ti dahoro,
9 saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.
láti sọ fún àwọn ìgbèkùn pé, ‘Ẹ jáde wá,’ àti fún àwọn tí ó wà nínú òkùnkùn pé, ‘Ẹ gba òmìnira!’ “Wọn yóò máa jẹ ní ẹ̀bá ọ̀nà àti koríko tútù lórí òkè aláìléwéko.
10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
Ebi kì yóò pa wọ́n bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òǹgbẹ kì yóò gbẹ wọ́n, tàbí kí ooru inú aṣálẹ̀ tàbí oòrùn kí ó pa wọ́n. Ẹni tí ó ṣàánú fún wọn ni yóò máa tọ́ wọn, tí yóò sì mú wọn lọ sí ibi orísun omi.
11 I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.
Èmi yóò sọ gbogbo àwọn òkè ńlá mi di ojú ọ̀nà àti gbogbo òpópónà mi ni a ó gbé sókè.
12 Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”
Kíyèsi i, wọn yóò wá láti ọ̀nà jíjìn àwọn díẹ̀ láti àríwá àti àwọn díẹ̀ láti ìwọ̀-oòrùn, àwọn díẹ̀ láti ẹkùn Siene.”
13 Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
Ẹ hó fún ayọ̀, ẹyin ọ̀run; yọ̀, ìwọ ilẹ̀ ayé; bú sórin, ẹ̀yin òkè ńlá! Nítorí Olúwa tu àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ nínú yóò sì ṣàánú fún àwọn ẹni tí a ń pọ́n lójú.
14 But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
Ṣùgbọ́n Sioni sọ pé, “Olúwa ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, Olúwa ti gbàgbé è mi.”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
“Ǹjẹ́ abiyamọ ha le gbàgbé ọmọ ọmú rẹ̀ kí ó má sì ṣàánú fún ọmọ rẹ̀ tí ó ti bí? Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé òun le gbàgbé, Èmi kì yóò gbàgbé rẹ!
16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.
Kíyèsi i, mo ti kọ ọ́ sí àtẹ́lẹwọ́ mi ògiri rẹ wà níwájú mi nígbà gbogbo.
17 Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
Àwọn ọmọ rẹ ti kánjú padà, àti àwọn tí ó sọ ọ́ dahoro ti padà lẹ́yìn rẹ.
18 Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
Gbójú rẹ sókè kí o sì wò yíká; gbogbo àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ kórajọ wọ́n sì wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ. Níwọ́n ìgbà tí mo bá wà láààyè,” ni Olúwa wí, “Ìwọ yóò wọ gbogbo wọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun ọ̀ṣọ́; ìwọ yóò wọ̀ wọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìyàwó.
19 “For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
“Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé a tí run ọ́, a sì sọ ọ́ di ahoro tí gbogbo ilẹ̀ rẹ sì di ìparun, ní ìsinsin yìí, ìwọ yóò kéré jù fún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn tí ó jẹ ọ́ run ni yóò wà láti ọ̀nà jíjìn réré.
20 The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
Àwọn ọmọ tí a bí ní àkókò ọ̀fọ̀ rẹ yóò sọ ní etígbọ̀ọ́ rẹ, ‘Ibi yìí ti kéré jù fún wa; ẹ fún wa láyè sí i tí a ó máa gbé.’
21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought these up? Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’”
Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò sọ ní ọkàn rẹ pé, ‘Ta ló bí àwọn yìí fún mi? Mo ti ṣọ̀fọ̀ mo sì yàgàn; a sọ mi di àtìpó a sì kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀. Ta ló wo àwọn yìí dàgbà? A fi èmi nìkan sílẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wọ̀nyí níbo ni wọ́n ti wá?’”
22 The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples. They shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
Ohun tí Olúwa Olódùmarè wí nìyìí, “Kíyèsi i, Èmi yóò ké sí àwọn aláìkọlà, Èmi yóò gbé àsíá mi sókè sí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn; wọn yóò kó àwọn ọmọkùnrin yín wá ní apá wọn wọn yóò sì gbé àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin ní èjìká wọn.
23 Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
Àwọn ọba ni yóò jẹ́ alágbàtọ́ baba fún ọ, àwọn ayaba wọn ni yóò sì jẹ́ ìyá-alágbàtọ́. Wọn yóò foríbalẹ̀ ní iwájú rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ojú wọn dídàbolẹ̀; wọn yóò máa lá erùpẹ̀ lẹ́bàá ẹsẹ̀ rẹ. Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò mọ̀ pé, Èmi ni Olúwa; gbogbo àwọn tí wọ́n ní ìrètí nínú mi ni a kì yóò jákulẹ̀.”
24 Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
Ǹjẹ́ a le gba ìkógun lọ́wọ́ jagunjagun, tàbí kí á gba ìgbèkùn lọ́wọ́ akíkanjú?
25 But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.
Ṣùgbọ́n ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí: “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, a ó gba àwọn ìgbèkùn lọ́wọ́ àwọn jagunjagun, àti ìkógun lọ́wọ́ àwọn akíkanjú; ẹni tí ó bá ọ jà ni èmi ó bá jà, àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ ni èmi ó gbàlà.
26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Èmi yóò mú kí àwọn aninilára rẹ̀ jẹ ẹran-ara wọn; wọn yóò mu ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara wọn yó bí ẹni mu wáìnì. Nígbà náà ni gbogbo ènìyàn yóò mọ̀ pé, Èmi, Olúwa, èmi ni Olùgbàlà rẹ, Olùdáǹdè rẹ, Alágbára kan ṣoṣo ti Jakọbu.”