Isaia 66
1 Hoe t’Iehovà: Fiambesako i likerañey, atimpaheko ty tane toy; aia arè ty traño ho lefe’ areo rafeteñe ho Ahiko? Aia ty toetse mete ho fitofàko?
Yahweh [also] said this: “[All of] heaven is [like] my throne, and the whole earth is [like] my footstool. So you could certainly not [RHQ] build a house [that would be adequate] for me to live in and rest!
2 Toe kila satan-tañako; izay ty nampiboahañe o fitoloñan’ Añahareo, hoe t’Iehovà; fe ondaty zao ty henteako: ty rarake añ’arofo mikoretse, naho minevenevetse amo volakoo.
I [MTY] have created everything; all things exist because I made them. [That is true because I], Yahweh, have said it. The people I am [most] pleased with are those who are humble, who [patiently endure it when they] (suffer/are afflicted), and who tremble when they hear me [rebuking them].
3 Hoe mañe-doza ama’ ondaty ty mitombok’ añombe; hoe mamolake vozon’amboa ty mañenga vik’añondry; hoe mañenga lion-dambo ty mañenga mahakama; hoe te mitata sampondraha ty mañemboke; eka fa jinobo’iareo ty lala’iareo, naho mampinembanembañe ty tro’iareo o raha’e mampangoriñeo. o raha tiva’iareoo.
You have enjoyed [continually] doing the things that you want to do: [Some of] you slaughter oxen [to sacrifice them to me], but you also bring human sacrifices [to your idols]! You sacrifice lambs [to me], but you kill dogs [to offer them to your gods]. You offer grain to me, but you also bring pigs’ blood [to your idols]. You burn incense [to me], but you also praise your idols. You enjoy doing those disgusting things.
4 Izaho ka ty hijoboñe ty fandilovañe iareo, vaho hafetsako am’iereo ty ihembaña’ iareo; amy te, nikanjy iraho, fe leo raike tsy nanoiñe; nitaron-dRaho, fe tsy amam-pañaoñe, te mone nanoe’ iareo haloloañe aolo’ o masokoo, vaho jinobo’ iareo ty tsy maha fale ahiko.
When I called [out to you], you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did [many] things that I say are evil; you chose [to do] things that I did not like. So [now] I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are [very] afraid of.”
5 Mijanjiña ty tsara’ Iehovà ry mpinevenevetse amo tsara’eo: fa nanao ty hoe o rolongo malaiñe anahareoo, o nandroak’ anahareo ami’ty añarakoo, ami’ty hoe: Itolorañ’engeñe abey t’Iehovà, hisamba’ay ty firebeha’ areo. F’ie ho salatse.
But you people who tremble when you hear what Yahweh says, listen to what he says [now]: “Some of your people hate you and reject you because you belong to me. They make fun of you, and they say, ‘Yahweh should show his glorious power! We want to see him [do something to cause] you to be truly happy.’ But [some day] those people will be [very] disgraced.”
6 Inay ty feon-koràke boak’an-drova ao, inao ty feo boak’ amy anjombay, ty fiarañanaña’ Iehovà mañondroke avake amo rafelahi’eo:
[At that time], you will listen to the noise in the city. You will hear the shouting in the temple. It will be the sound of Yahweh shouting while he is punishing his enemies!
7 Ie mbe tsy nitsongo le fa nisamake, ie mbe tsy niavy i fanaintaiña’ey le nahatoly ana-dahy.
No one [RHQ] ever heard that a woman gave birth to a baby when she was just starting to have birth pains.
8 Ia ty nahajanjiñe i hoe zay? Ia ty nahaisake i rahay? Hiterake añ’andro raike hao ty tane? Aboake aniany hao ty fifeheañe? Fe vata’e nitsongo ty Tsione, le nasama’e o ana’eo.
Certainly no one [RHQ] ever heard about such a thing happening, and no one has ever seen it happen. [Similarly], no one ever [RHQ] heard that a nation was created in one instant, not even in one day. But Jerusalem is like [MET] [a woman who] gives birth to children as soon as she starts to have birth pains.
9 Hampitsongoeko hao, le tsy hampisamaheko? hoe t’Iehovà; Izaho mpampisamakey hao ty handrindriñe i hoviñey? hoe t’i Andrianañahare.
Women certainly do not [RHQ] bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born. [Similarly, he will do for Jerusalem] [MET] [what he has promised to do]: [He will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again]. [That will happen because] Yahweh has said it.
10 Mitraofa rebeke am’ Ierosalaime, le itraofo fifaleañe ry mpikoko aze iabio; irebeho an-kaehake ry mandala azeo.
You people in [APO] Jerusalem, rejoice! And all you people who love Jerusalem should also be happy. You people who were sad because of [what happened to Jerusalem], you should now be glad.
11 Soa t’ie hinono vaho hiareare ami’ty fatroa’ o fañohòa’eo; hiriota’ areo an-kafaleañe miheotse, ami’ty havokara’ o enge’eo.
[You people in Jerusalem] will [have everything that you need] like [MET] a baby that gets all it needs from its mother’s breasts. You will enjoy all the abundant and glorious things [MET] in the city.
12 Hoe t’Iehovà: Ingo, ho taroñeko fierañerañañe hoe oñe, naho ty enge’ o fifelehañeo hoe torahañe mandopatse. Hinono nahareo, ho vaveñe añ’ila’e, vaho honkoñeñe añ’ongotse eo.
Yahweh has promised, “I will cause Jerusalem to be full of valuable things that come from other nations; those things will pour into Jerusalem; it will be like [SIM] a big flood. I will take care of the people of Jerusalem like women care for the babies that they nurse.
13 Manahake ty fañohòan-drene’e ty ana-dahy, ty hañohòako anahareo; e Ierosalaime ao t’ie hanintsiñe.
I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like [MET] mothers comfort their children.”
14 Ie isa’ areo le hifale añ’ arofo, naho hiraorao o taola’ areoo hoe ahetse tora’e; naho ho fohiñe te mpañimba o mpitoro’eo ty fità’ Iehovà, vaho hatreatrè’e o rafelahi’eo.
When you see [those things happen], you [SYN] will rejoice. Your [old] bones will become strong [again] like [SIM] grass [that grows quickly/well in the springtime]. [When that happens, everyone] will know that Yahweh has power [MTY] to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies.
15 F’inao! Ho totsake aman’afo t’Iehova, naho hoe tangololahy o sarete’eo, hamalea’e am-piforoforo ty haviñera’e, naho añ’ afo mirebareba ty fitrevoha’ey;
Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots [will come down] like [SIM] a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish [his enemies] by burning them in a fire.
16 Fa añ’afo ty hiatrefa’Iehovà zaka, naho am-pibara’e ze hene nofotse; fa maro ty ho zamane’ Iehovà.
[It is as though] [MET] Yahweh has a [big] sword, and he will judge and execute many people.
17 Ze mañamasim-batañe naho miefetse himoaha’e an-goloboñe ao, sindre mañorike ty añivo ao, milintseñe henan-dambo, ty mampangorý, naho ty kotika, le fonga hatraoke ho mongoreñe, hoe t’Iehovà.
Yahweh says, “Some of you people purify/bathe yourselves and [then] go to a garden to worship your gods. You eat the meat of pigs and lizards and mice, [and other things that I have forbidden you to eat]. So I will get rid of you [for doing that].
18 Toe hene apotako ze sata’ iareo naho o vetsevetse’ iareoo, le ho tondroke te songa hatontoko ze fifelehañe naho fameleke; ie homb’eo hahaisake ty engeko.
I know [all] the [evil] things that you think and do. [It is now time] for me to gather together the people who live in all nations and who speak all languages, and to show them that I am very great.
19 Le hanoeko fanoroañe am’iereo ao, naho hafantoko amo nahafirimatseo, ty hañavelo mbe Tarsise, mbe Pole, mbe Lode mpitàm-pale, mbe Tobale naho mbe Iavane, mb’amo tokonose tsietoitaneo, o mboe tsy nahajanjiñe o engekoo ndra nahaisake o volonahekoo; vaho ho koiha’iereo amo fifeheañeo ty engeko;
I will put a mark on them, and those whom I have spared will go to various [distant] countries: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to distant islands. I will send them to proclaim to nations that have never heard about me that I am very great and glorious.
20 vaho hampiavote’ iareo boak’ amo kilakila’ ndatio o longo’ areoo ho fañenga am’Iehovà ambonen-tsoavala, naho an-tsarete, naho an-tsarete mitafo, naho miningitse borìke, vaho ambone’ ty biby masìka mb’ am-bohiko miavake mb’e Ierosalaime mb’eo, hoe t’Iehovà, manahake ty fibanabana’ o ana’ Israeleo o enga’ iareoo am-pinga malio mb’añ’anjomba’ Iehovà.
Then they will bring back here your relatives [who have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries)], to be like [SIM] an offering to me. They will come on horses, in chariots, on mules, and on camels. They will come to [Zion, ] my sacred hill in Jerusalem. That will be like [SIM] the offerings that [my] Israeli people used to bring in the correct manner to the temple.
21 Boak’ am’ iereo ao ty hangàlako mpisoroñe naho nte-Levy, hoe t’Iehovà.
[I solemnly promise that] I will appoint some of them to be priests, and others to do other work in my temple. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.
22 Fa hambañe amy te ho añatrefako nainai’e o likeram-baoo naho i tane vao hanoekoy, hoe t’Iehovà, te hifahatse eo ka ty tiri’ areo naho ty tahina’ areo.
I [also] promise that just like the new heaven and the new earth will last forever, you will always have descendants, and you [MTY] will always be honored.
23 Ho tondroke ka te boak’ami’ty jiri-bolañe pak’ am-pipeaha’e, naho hirik’ an-tSabata pak’ an-tSabata, le homb’añatrefako eo ze hene veloñe, hitalaho, hoe t’Iehovà.
At every festival to celebrate the Sabbath [each week] and the new moon [each month], everyone will [come and] worship me. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
24 Hiavotse ka iereo hisamba o fate’ ondaty niola amakoo; tsy ho modo ty oletse ama’e, tsy hakipeke ty afo ama’e, ie hampangorý ze atao nofotse.
Then they will go out [of Jerusalem] and look at the corpses of those who rebelled against me. The maggots in those corpses will never die, the fire will never stop burning them, and everyone [who sees their corpses] will detest them.”
