Isaia 49
1 Mihainoa Ahy, ry nosy, ary atongilano ny sofinareo, ry firenena lavitra; Jehovah efa niantso Ahy hatrany am-bohoka; Hatry ny fony Aho mbola tao an-kibon’ ineny no efa nankalazainy ny anarako.
Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
2 Ary nataony tahaka ny sabatra maranitra ny vavako; tao amin’ ny aloky ny tànany no nanafenany Ahy. Ary nataony zana-tsipìka voalambolambo tsara Aho; teo amin’ ny tranon-jana-tsipìkany no nanafenany Ahy.
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.
3 Ary hoy Izy tamiko: Mpanompoko Hianao, ry Isiraely ô. Izay entiko mampiseho ny voninahitro.
He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4 Fa hoy kosa Aho: Foana ny nisasarako, zava-poana sy tsinontsinona no nandaniako ny heriko; kanefa ao amin’ i Jehovah ny rariny tokony ho Ahy, Ary ny valin’ ny asako dia ao amin’ Andriamanitro.
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 the LORD, and my reward with my God.”
5 Ary ankehitriny, hoy Jehovah, Izay namorona Ahy hatrany am-bohoka ho Mpanompony, hampodiana ny Jakoba ho ao aminy indray sy hamoriana ny Isiraely ho ao aminy, (Fa mahazo voninahitra eo imason’ i Jehovah Aho, Ary Andriamanitro no heriko),
Now the LORD, 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 the LORD’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
6 Eny, hoy Izy: Mbola zavatra kely foana, raha tonga Mpanompoko hanandratra ny firenen’ i Jakoba Hianao sy hampody ny Isiraely sisa voaro; Fa homeko ho fanazavana ny jentilisa koa Hianao, mba ho famonjeko hatrany amin’ ny faran’ ny tany.
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.”
7 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Mpanavotra ny Isiraely, dia ny Iray Masiny, Amin’ Ilay hamavoin’ ny olona sy halan’ ny firenena ka tonga mpanompon’ ny mpanapaka: Ny mpanjaka hahita ka hitsangana, ary ny mpanapaka koa, ka dia hiankohoka noho ny amin’ i Jehovah, Izay mahatoky dia ny Iray Masin’ ny Isiraely, izay efa nifidy Anao.
The LORD, 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 the LORD who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
8 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Tamin’ ny taona fankasitrahana no nihainoako Anao. Ary tamin’ ny andro famonjena no namonjeko Anao; Dia hiaro Anao Aho ka hanome Anao ho fanekena ho an’ ny olona, mba hanangana ny tany indray sy hampandova ny lova izay efa rava
The LORD 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,
9 ka hanao amin’ ny mpifatotra hoe: Mivoaha, Ary amin’ izay ao amin’ ny maizina hoe: Misehoa; hihinana eny an-dalana izy, ary na dia any an-tendrombohitra mangadihady aza dia hisy ahitra ho azy ihany.
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.
10 Tsy ho noana na hangetaheta izy, ary tsy hamely azy ny hainandro migaingaina na ny masoandro; fa Izay mamindra fo aminy no hitarika azy, ary any amin’ ny loharano miboiboika no hitondrany azy.
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.
11 Hataoko lalana ny tendrombohitro rehetra, ary hasandratra ny lalambeko.
I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be exalted.
12 Indreo, tonga avy lavitra ireto; ary, indreo, avy any avaratra sy andrefana ireto, ary avy any amin’ ny tany Sinima ireto.
Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”
13 Mihobia, ry lanitra! Ary mifalia, ry tany! Ka velomy ny hoby, ry tendrombohitra! Fa Jehovah efa nampionona ny olony sy mamindra fo amin’ ny olony mahantra.
Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 Fa hoy Ziona’ Jehovah efa nahafoy ahy, ary ny Tompoto efa nanadino ahy.
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
15 Mety manadino ny zanany minono va ny vehivavy ka tsy hamindra fo amin’ ny zanaka naloaky ny kibony? Eny, mety manadino ihany izy, Fa Izaho kosa tsy mba manadino anao.
“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!
16 Indro, efa vitako tombo-kavatsa eo am-pelatanako ianao, ary ny mandanao dia eo anatrehako mandrakariva.
Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.
17 Tamy faingana ny zanakao; Ary izay nanimba sy nandrava anao dia miala aminao.
Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
18 Atopazy manodidina ny masonao, ka mijere; ireo rehetra ireo dia mivory ka mankeo aminao; raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah, Ireo rehetra ireo dia hihaingoanao tokoa tahaka ny firavaka sy hiravahanao tahaka ny fanaon’ ny ampakarina.
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says the LORD, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
19 Fa ny taninao rava sy ny fonenanao lao ary ny taninao simba dia tsy ho omby amin’ izany noho ny habetsahan’ ny mponina, ary ho lasa lavitra ireo nihinana anao.
“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.
20 Ny zanakao izay efa lasa teo dia mbola hilaza eo an-tsofinao hoe: Tsy omby ahy loatra ity tany ity, Mikisaha kely mba hitoerako.
The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
21 Dia hanao anakampo ianao hoe: Iza no niteraka ireto ho ahy? Fa efa maty ny zanako, ary nitsaha-jaza aho. Babo aho sady noroahina, koa iza no namelona ireto? Indro, nilaozana ho irery aho, fa taiza kosa moa ireto?
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?’”
22 Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo; Indro, hanandratra ny tanako amin’ ny jentilisa Aho ary hanangana ny fanevako amin’ ny firenena; dia hitrotro ny zanakao eo an-tratrany ireo, ary ny zanakaovavy ho entiny eny an-tsorony.
The Lord GOD 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.
23 Mpanjaka no ho rainao mpitaiza anao, ary zanakavavin’ andriana no ho reninao mpampinono anao; hiankohoka amin’ ny tany eo anatrehanao izy ka hilelaka ny vovoka amin’ ny tongotrao; Dia ho fantatrao fa Izaho no Jehovah, ka tsy ho menatra izay miandry Ahy.
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 the LORD; and those who wait for me won’t be disappointed.”
24 Azo alaina eny amin’ ny mahery va ny sambotra? Na ho afaka va ny babo marina?
Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
25 Nefa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Na dia ny sambotry ny mahery aza dia halaina ihany, ary ho afaka ny babon’ ny mpandrombaka; fa Izaho no hiady amin’ izay miady aminao, ary Izaho no hamonjy ny zanakao.
But the LORD 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.
26 Sady hampihinaniko ny nofon’ ny tenany ihany izay mampahory anao, ary ho leon’ ny ran’ ny tenany ihany ireny, toy ny amin’ ny ranom-boaloboka; dia ho fantatry ny nofo rehetra fa Izaho Jehovah no Mpamonjy anao, ary Ilay Maherin’ i Jakoba no Mpanavotra anao.
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, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
