Isaayyaas 27
1 Bara sana, Waaqayyo goraadee isaatiin, goraadee isaa sodaachisaa, guddaa fi jabaa sanaan, Lewaataan boficha mirmirfamu, Lewaataan boficha marmaramu sana ni adaba; inni jawwee galaana keessa jiraatu ni kukkuta.
At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword.
2 Bara sana akkana jedhama; “Waaʼee iddoo dhaabaa wayinii kan namatti tolu sanaa faarfadhaa;
At that time, [Yahweh will say], “You [Israeli people, who are like] [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
3 ani Waaqayyo isa nan eega; ani yeroo hunda bishaan nan obaasa; akka namni tokko iyyuu isa hin miineef ani halkanii fi guyyaa isa nan eega.
I will [protect you] [like a farmer] [MET] waters his crops carefully [in order that they will grow well]. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
4 Ani hin aaru. Sokorruu fi qoraattiin waraanaaf utuu natti baʼanii! Ani silaa isaanitti nan duula; walitti qabees isaan nan guba.
I am no [longer] angry [with my people]; [if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people] [MET], I will attack them [in battles]; I will get rid of them completely,
5 Yoo kanaa achii isaan kooluu natti haa galan; isaan na wajjin nagaa haa uuman; eeyyee, isaan na wajjin nagaa haa uuman.”
unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me [DOU]!”
6 Bara dhufuuf jiru keessa Yaaqoob hidda baasa; Israaʼel latee daraara; ijaanis addunyaa hunda guuta.
There will be a time when the (descendants of Jacob/Israeli people) will [prosper like] a plant that has good roots; they will be like [MET] trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; [what they do will bless] all the people in the world.
7 Waaqayyo akkuma warra ishee rukutan sana rukute, ishee illee rukuteeraa? Akkuma warri ishee ajjeesan sun ajjeefaman, isheenis ajjeefamteertii?
[But now I ask], has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them?
8 Ati waraanuu fi ariʼuudhaan isheedhaan wal falmite; inni guyyaa bubbeen baʼaa bubbisutti, bubbee isaa sodaachisaa sanaan ishee balleessa.
[No, he has not done that], [but] he punished us Israeli people and (exiled us/forced us to leave our country); we were taken away from our land as though [SIM] we were struck by a windstorm from the east.
9 Yommuu inni dhagoota iddoo aarsaa hunda akkuma dhagaa nooraa caccabsamee godhutti, siidaan asheeraa yookaan iddoon aarsaa ixaanaa tokko iyyuu dhaabatee hin hafu. Akkasiinis balleessaan Yaaqoob ni haqamaaf; kunis cubbuun isaa guutumaan guutuutti haqamuu isaa mirkaneessa.
Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result [of our being exiled], all the altars to other gods [in Israel] will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down.
10 Magaalaan dallaa jabaa qabdu ni onti; akka gammoojjii gatamteetii fi dhiifamtee taati; jabboonni achi dheeddi; achis ni ciciifti; jabboonni damee ishee qorqanii qullaa hambisu.
The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees.
11 Dameen ishee yeroo gogutti irraa caccaba; dubartoonnis dhufanii ibiddatti naqatu. Uummanni kun hubannaa hin qabuutii; kanaafuu Tolchaan isaanii garaa hin laafuuf; Uumaan isaaniis isaaniif hin araaramu.
[The Israeli people are like] [MET] dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires [under their cooking pots]. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them.
12 Bara sana Waaqayyo Laga Efraaxiisii hamma laga Gibxitti midhaan dhaʼa; yaa Israaʼeloota, isin tokko tokkoon walitti ni qabamtu.
[However], there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together [again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people] separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them [back to Israel], one by one, from [the land between] the Euphrates River [in the northeast] and the brook at the border of Egypt [in the southwest].
13 Bara sana malakanni guddaan tokko ni afuufama. Warri Asoor keessatti badanii turanii fi warri Gibxi keessatti faffacaʼanii turan dhufanii tulluu qulqulluu irratti Yerusaalem keessatti Waaqayyoon waaqeffatu.
At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on [Zion], his holy hill.
