Isaia 53
1 Iza no nino ny teny nampitondraina anay? Ary iza no nampisehoana ny sandrin’ i Jehovah?
(Who will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant]?/Hardly anyone will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant].) [RHQ] (Who will see what Yahweh does by his great power?/Very few people will see what Yahweh does by his great power.) [MTY, RHQ]
2 Fa naniry teo anatrehany tahaka ny zana-kazo madinika Izy sy tahaka ny solofon-kazo amin’ ny tany karankaina; tsy nanana endrika na fahatsaran-tarehy Izy; Ary raha nijery Azy isika, dia tsy nisy hatsaran-tarehy haniriantsika Azy.
While God watches, his servant will grow up [appearing/seeming to be very insignificant/unimportant], like a weak young plant that shoots up from a root [of a tree that is growing] in dry ground. There will be nothing beautiful or majestic about him, nothing that would cause us to want to be with him.
3 Natao tsinontsinona sy nolavin’ ny olona Izy; lehilahy ory sady zatra ny fahoriana, Ary tahaka izay tsy tian’ ny olon-kojerena akory Izy; natao tsinontsinona Izy ka tsy mba nahoantsika.
People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. [Because his face will be very disfigured], people will not [want to] look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.
4 Nitondra ny aretintsika tokoa Izy sady nivesatra ny fahoriantsika; kanjo isika kosa nanao azy ho nokapohina sy nasian’ Andriamanitra ary nampahorina.
But he will be [punished for] the sicknesses [of our souls]; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished [for his own sins].
5 Nefa Izy dia voalefona noho ny fahadisoantsika sy notorotoroina noho ny helotsika, ny fampijaliana nahazoantsika fihavanana no namelezana Azy; ary ny dian-kapoka taminy no nahasitranana antsika.
But his body will be bruised because of the evil things that we did, wounded because of our sins. He will be beaten in order that things will go well for our [souls]; and because he will be whipped, [our souls] can be healed.
6 Isika rehetra dia samy efa nania tahaka ny ondry, samy efa nivily ho amin’ ny lalantsika avy isika rehetra; ary nataon’ i Jehovah nihatra taminy avokoa ny helotsika rehetra.
All of us have gone away [from God] like [SIM] sheep who have strayed away [from their shepherd]. We have turned away [from doing the things that God wants in order] to do the things that we wanted [MET]. [We deserve to be punished, but] Yahweh will punish him instead of punishing us for all of our sins.
7 Nampahorina Izy, nefa nanetry tena ka tsy niloa-bava, dia tahaka ny zanak’ ondry entina hovonoina, sy tahaka ny ondrivavy izay moana eo anatrehan’ ny mpanety azy, eny, tsy niloa-bava Izy.
He will be abused and caused to suffer, but he will not say anything [to complain]. They will lead him [to where they will execute him], [like they lead] a lamb to where it will be slaughtered. And like a sheep does not (bleat/make any noise) when the shearer [cuts off its wool], he will not say anything [MTY] [to defend himself when he is killed].
8 Ny fampahoriana sy ny fitsarana no nenti-nanaisotra Azy; ary iza tamin’ ny niara-belona taminy no nihevitra fa nofongorana niala tamin’ ny tanin’ ny velona Izy, ka ny fahadisoan’ ny oloko no nikapohana Azy?
After he is arrested and put on trial, he will be taken away [and executed]. And no one [RHQ] will be able to talk about his descendants, because he will die [EUP] [without being married and having children]. He will be (afflicted/caused to suffer) for the wrong things that we have done.
9 Ary nokasaina hatao tao amin’ ny olo-meloka ny fasany (Nefa teo amin’ ny mpanankarena Izy, rehefa novonoina), na dia tsy nanao ratsy aza Izy, sady tsy nisy fitaka teo am-bavany.
Although he will never have done any wrong or deceived [MTY] anyone, people will plan to bury his corpse where wicked people are buried, but instead, a rich man will [bury him] after he dies.
10 Nefa sitrak’ i Jehovah ny hanorotoro sy hampangirifiry Azy; Rehefa manolotra fanati-panonerana Izy, dia hahita taranaka sady ho maro andro, ary ny sitrapon’ i Jehovah dia hambinina eo an-tànany.
But it will be Yahweh’s will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. And [when he dies], Yahweh will cause him to be an offering to remove the guilt of sinners. But later he will have many [spiritual] children, and he will live (a long time/forever) after he [dies and] becomes alive [again], and he [MTY] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned.
11 Noho ny fisasaran’ ny fanahiny dia hahita izany Izy ka ho afa-po; Ny fahalalana Azy no hanamarinan’ ny Mpanompoko marina ny olona maro, ary Izy no hivesatra ny helok’ ireo.
When he sees all that he will accomplish because of his suffering, he will be satisfied. And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh’s righteous servant will cause the guilt of many people to be ended, because he will remove [the guilt for] their sins.
12 Koa dia hanome Azy anjara amin’ ny lehibe Aho, ary hizara babo amin’ ny mahery Izy; Satria naidiny ho amin’ ny fahafatesana ny ainy, Ary natao ho isan’ ny mpanota Izy; Eny, Izy no nitondra ny fahotan’ ny maro sady manao fifonana ho an’ ny mpanota.
So Yahweh will consider him to be one of the truly great people; he will [be like a king who] divides up [among his soldiers] the (spoils/things they took from their enemies after defeating them) [MET], because he will sacrifice himself and die. [Even though people] will consider him to be a sinner, he will remove the guilt of many [people], and he will intercede/pray that those who have done things that are wrong [will be forgiven].
