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 towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on [to] power, They come nigh, then they speak, 'Together — to judgment we draw near.'
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 stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations, And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth [them] as dust [to] his sword, As driven stubble [to] his bow.
3 Inni isaan ariʼee, daandii miilli isaa irra deemee hin beekne irra nagaan darba.
He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not.
4 Jalqabaa kaasee dhaloota waamee waan kana kan tolchee fi hojjete eenyu? Ani Waaqayyo isa duraa ti; isa dhumaatiifis ani isuma.”
Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, 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;
Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.
6 tokkoon tokkoon namaa wal gargaara; obboleessa isaatiinis, “Jabaadhu!” jedha.
Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, '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.
And strengthen doth an artisan the refiner, A smoother [with] a hammer, Him who is beating [on] an anvil, Saying, 'For joining it [is] good,' And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved!
8 “Ati garuu, yaa garbicha koo Israaʼel, yaa Yaaqoob kan ani filadhe, sanyii Abrahaam michuu kootii,
— And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,
9 ani handaara lafaatii si fudhadhe; golee fagoodhaan si waammadhe. Ani, ‘Ati garbicha koo ti’ siin jedhe; ani si filadheera; si hin gannes,
Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou [art], I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee.
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.
Be not afraid, for with thee I [am], Look not around, for I [am] thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, 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.
Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.
12 Ati diinota kee barbaadduu iyyuu, isaan hin argattu. Warri waraana sitti banan, guutumaan guutuutti akka waan hin jirree taʼan.
Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee.
13 Ani Waaqayyo Waaqni kee harka kee mirgaa nan qabaatii; inni, ‘Hin sodaatin; ani sin gargaaraa’ siin jedhus anuma.
For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, 'Fear not, I have helped thee.'
14 Yaa Yaaqoob raammoo nana, Yaa Israaʼel xinnoo nana hin sodaatin; ani mataan koo sin gargaaraatii” jedha Waaqayyo, Furaan kee, Qulqullichi Israaʼel sun.
Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, 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.
Lo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains, And beatest small, and hills as chaff thou makest.
16 Ati jara ni afarsita; qilleensis ol isaan fudhata; bubbeen jabaan isaan bittinneessa. Ati garuu Waaqayyotti ni gammadda; Qulqullicha Israaʼelinis ulfina argatta.
Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou — thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself.
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 the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel — I forsake them not.
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 open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become 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 give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.
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.
So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it.
21 “Dhimma keessan dhiʼeeffadhaa” jedha Waaqayyo; “Ragaa keessan fidadhaa” jedha mootiin Yaaqoob.
Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith 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;
They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things — what they [are] declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.
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 coming hereafter, And we know that ye [are] gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see [it] together.
24 Kunoo isin wayittuu hin hedamtan; hojiin keessanis gonkumaa gatii hin qabu; kan isin filatu kam iyyuu jibbisiisaa dha.
Lo, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination — it fixeth on you.
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 stirred up [one] from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in [on] prefects as [on] clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire.
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 hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, 'Righteous?' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings.
27 Namni jalqabatti, ‘Kunoo isaan as jiru!’ jedhee Xiyoonitti hime ana ture. Ani nama oduu gaarii himu tokko Yerusaalemiif kenneera.
First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,
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.
And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:
29 Kunoo, hundi isaanii faayidaa hin qaban! Hojiin isaaniis gatii hin qabu; fakkiiwwan isaaniis qilleensuma duwwaa dha.
'Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'
