Isaayyaas 52
1 Yaa Xiyoon, dammaqi, dammaqi; jabina kee uffadhu! Yaa Yerusaalem, yaa magaalaa qulqullittii, wayyaa kee miidhagaa sana uffadhu. Namoonni dhagna hin qabaminii fi xuraaʼonni lammaffaa sitti hin seenan.
[You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].
2 Yaa Yerusaalem, awwaara of irraa dhadhaʼadhu; kaʼiitii teessoo irra taaʼi. Yaa intala Xiyoon boojiʼamtittii, foncaa morma keetii of irraa hiiki.
People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],
3 Waaqayyo akkana jedhaatii: “Isin gatii malee gurguramtanii turtan; amma immoo maallaqa malee furamtan.”
because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”
4 Waaqayyo Gooftaan akkana jedhaatii: “Jalqabatti sabni koo jiraachuuf jedhee Gibxitti gad buʼe; ergasii Asoor sababii malee isaan cunqurse.
Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.
5 “Yoos ani amma maalan asii qaba?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Sabni koo sababii malee fudhatameera; warri isaan bulchanis ni qoosu” jedha Waaqayyo. “Guyyaa guutuus, maqaan koo ittuma fufee arrabsama.
But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].
6 Kanaafuu sabni koo maqaa koo ni beeka; kanaafuu isaan gaafas kan duraan dursee waan sana dubbate akka ana taʼe ni beeku. Eeyyee, inni anuma.”
But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”
7 Miilli warra wangeela fidanii, kan nagaa labsanii, kan oduu gammachiisaa fidanii, kan fayyina labsanii, kan Xiyooniin, “Waaqni kee moʼeera!” jedhanii tulluuwwan irratti akkam miidhagaa dha!
It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!
8 Dhaggeeffadhu! Eegdonni kee sagalee isaanii ol fudhataniiru; isaan tokkummaadhaan gammachuudhaan iyyu. Yeroo Waaqayyo Xiyoonitti deebiʼutti, isaan ijuma isaaniitiin ni argu.
The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.
9 Yaa diigamtoota Yerusaalem tokkummaadhaan faarfannaa gammachuu faarfadhaa; Waaqayyo uummata isaa jajjabeessee Yerusaaleminis fureeraa.
Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.
10 Waaqayyo fuula saboota hundaa duratti, irree isaa qulqulluu sana ni mulʼisa; handaarri lafaa hundis fayyisuu Waaqa keenyaa ni argu.
Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.
11 Isin warri miʼa Waaqayyoo baattan, addaan baʼaa; addaan baʼaa; achii fagaadhaa! Waan xuraaʼaa tokko illee hin tuqinaa! Ishee keessaa baʼaatii qulqulloota taʼa.
So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].
12 Isin garuu ariitiidhaan achii hin baatan; yookaan baqattanii hin deemtan; Waaqayyo fuula keessan dura deemaatii; Waaqni Israaʼel dugda duubaan isin eega.
But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].
13 Kunoo, garbichi koo ogummaadhaan hojjeta; inni ni kabajama; ol kaafama; ulfina guddaas ni argata.
[Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”
14 Namoonni baayʼeen waaʼee isaa hamma naʼanitti, fuulli isaa nama hundumaa caalaa golgolaaʼeera; bifti isaas nama hundumaa caalaa badeera;
But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.
15 akkasiinis inni saboota hedduu dinqisiifachiisa; mootonni sababii isaatiif afaan isaanii qabatu. Isaan waan isaanitti hin himamin arguutii; waan hin dhagaʼinis ni hubatu.
But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].
