Isaayyaas 41
1 Waaqayyo akkana jedha; “Yaa biyyoota bishaan gidduu, fuula koo duratti calʼisaa! Saboonni jabina isaanii haa haaromfatan! Isaan fuula duratti baʼanii haa dubbatan; walii wajjin murtiidhaaf haa dhiʼaannu.
“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.
2 “Kan baʼa biiftuutii nama tokko kakaasee qajeelummaadhaan tajaajila isaatiif isa waame eenyu? Inni saboota dabarsee harka isaatti kenna; moototas isa jalatti bulcha. Inni goraadee isaatiin daaraa, xiyya isaatiinis habaqii bubbeedhaan bittinnaaʼu isaan godha.
Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
3 Inni isaan ariʼee, daandii miilli isaa irra deemee hin beekne irra nagaan darba.
He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Jalqabaa kaasee dhaloota waamee waan kana kan tolchee fi hojjete eenyu? Ani Waaqayyo isa duraa ti; isa dhumaatiifis ani isuma.”
Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
5 Biyyoonni bishaan gidduu arganii sodaatu; daariiwwan lafaa ni hollatu. Isaanis ni dhiʼaatu; gara fuula duraattis dhufu;
The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
6 tokkoon tokkoon namaa wal gargaara; obboleessa isaatiinis, “Jabaadhu!” jedha.
Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
7 Tumtuun sibiilaa tumtuu warqee ni jajjabeessa; inni burruusaan wal qixxeessus, isa gemmoo irratti sibiila tumu jajjabeessa. Waaʼee sibiila walitti baqsuu, “Wanni kun gaarii dha” jedha. Akka inni hin sochooneefis Waaqa tolfamaa sana mismaaraan walitti qabsiisa.
So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
8 “Ati garuu, yaa garbicha koo Israaʼel, yaa Yaaqoob kan ani filadhe, sanyii Abrahaam michuu kootii,
“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
9 ani handaara lafaatii si fudhadhe; golee fagoodhaan si waammadhe. Ani, ‘Ati garbicha koo ti’ siin jedhe; ani si filadheera; si hin gannes,
you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
10 Kanaafuu ati hin sodaatin; ani si wajjin jiraatii; hin raafamin; ani Waaqa keetii. Ani sin jabeessa; sin gargaaras; ani harka koo mirgaa qajeelaa sanaan hirkisee ol sin qaba.
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 “Kunoo, warri sitti aaran hundi, ni qaanaʼu; ni salphatus; warri siin morman akka waan hin jirree taʼu; ni badus.
Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
12 Ati diinota kee barbaadduu iyyuu, isaan hin argattu. Warri waraana sitti banan, guutumaan guutuutti akka waan hin jirree taʼan.
You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.
13 Ani Waaqayyo Waaqni kee harka kee mirgaa nan qabaatii; inni, ‘Hin sodaatin; ani sin gargaaraa’ siin jedhus anuma.
For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
14 Yaa Yaaqoob raammoo nana, Yaa Israaʼel xinnoo nana hin sodaatin; ani mataan koo sin gargaaraatii” jedha Waaqayyo, Furaan kee, Qulqullichi Israaʼel sun.
Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Ani kunoo, meeshaa ittiin midhaan dhaʼan, meeshaa haaraa fi qaramaa kan ilkaan baayʼee qabu sin taasisa. Ati tulluuwwan dhooftee caccabsita; gaarran immoo akka habaqii goota.
Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
16 Ati jara ni afarsita; qilleensis ol isaan fudhata; bubbeen jabaan isaan bittinneessa. Ati garuu Waaqayyotti ni gammadda; Qulqullicha Israaʼelinis ulfina argatta.
You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “Hiyyeeyyii fi rakkattoonni bishaan barbaadu; garuu homaa hin argatan; arrabni isaanii dheebuudhaan goggogeera. Ani Waaqayyo garuu deebii nan kennaaf; ani Waaqni Israaʼel jara hin gatu.
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 Lafa ol kaʼaa qullaa irra lageen nan yaasa; sululoota keessa immoo burqaa nan burqisiisa. Gammoojjii haroo bishaaniitti, lafa goges burqaa bishaaniitti nan geeddara.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 Gammoojjii keessatti gaattiraa, laaftoo, kusaayee fi ejersa nan biqilcha. Lafa onaa keessatti immoo, Birbirsa, qararoo fi hadheessa wal faana nan dhaaba.
I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
20 Kunis akka namoonni akka harki Waaqayyoo waan kana hojjete, akka Qulqullichi Israaʼel waan kana uume arganii beekaniif, akkasumas akka hundi isaanii waan kana qalbeeffatanii hubataniif.
that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 “Dhimma keessan dhiʼeeffadhaa” jedha Waaqayyo; “Ragaa keessan fidadhaa” jedha mootiin Yaaqoob.
Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.
22 “Akka isaan waan taʼuuf jiru nutti himaniif, waaqota keessan tolfamoo fidadhaa. Akka nu isaan hubannee waan isaan dhuma irratti taʼan beeknuuf, wantoonni bara dur maal akka turan nutti himaa. Yookaan wantoota dhufuuf jiran nutti odeessaa;
“Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
23 akka nu akka isin waaqota taatan beeknuuf, waan fuul duratti taʼuuf jiru nutti himaa. Akka nu rifannee sodaan guutamnuuf, waan gaarii yookaan waan hamaa hojjedhaa.
Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
24 Kunoo isin wayittuu hin hedamtan; hojiin keessanis gonkumaa gatii hin qabu; kan isin filatu kam iyyuu jibbisiisaa dha.
Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
25 “Ani nama tokko kaabaa nan kaase; innis dhufa; inni baʼa biiftuutii dhufus maqaa koo ni waammata. Inni akkuma suphee dhooftuun suphee dhidhiitu sana, bulchitoota akka dhoqqeetti dhidhiita.
“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
26 Akka nu beekuu dandeenyuuf eenyutu jalqabumaa kaasee waan kana dubbate? Yookaan akka nu, ‘Inni sirrii dha’ jechuu dandeenyuuf eenyutu duraan dursee waan kana dubbate? Eenyu iyyuu waan kana hin himne; namni tokko iyyuu duraan dursee hin himne; namni tokko iyyuu dubbii keessan hin dhageenye.
Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’? Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
27 Namni jalqabatti, ‘Kunoo isaan as jiru!’ jedhee Xiyoonitti hime ana ture. Ani nama oduu gaarii himu tokko Yerusaalemiif kenneera.
I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
28 Ani nan ilaale; garuu homtuu hin turre; isaan keessaa namni gorsa kennu tokko iyyuu hin jiru; yommuu ani isaan gaafadhus namni deebii kennu tokko iyyuu hin jiru.
When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word.
29 Kunoo, hundi isaanii faayidaa hin qaban! Hojiin isaaniis gatii hin qabu; fakkiiwwan isaaniis qilleensuma duwwaa dha.
Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
