Isaayyaas 53
1 Ergaa keenya eenyutu amane? Irreen Waaqayyoos eenyutti mulʼate?
(Who will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant]?/Hardly anyone will believe what we will tell them [about God’s servant].) [RHQ] (Who will see what Yahweh does by his great power?/Very few people will see what Yahweh does by his great power.) [MTY, RHQ]
2 Inni fuula isaa duratti akkuma biqiltuu kichuu, akkuma hidda lafa gogaa keessaa baʼu tokkootti guddate. Akka nu isa ilaalluuf, inni bifa hin tolu, yookaan simboo hin qabu; akka nu isa hawwinuufis miidhagina hin qabu.
While God watches, his servant will grow up [appearing/seeming to be very insignificant/unimportant], like a weak young plant that shoots up from a root [of a tree that is growing] in dry ground. There will be nothing beautiful or majestic about him, nothing that would cause us to want to be with him.
3 Inni nama biratti tuffatamee jibbame; inni nama gaddaa fi gadadamuun jiraatuu dha. Akkuma nama namoonni fuula isaanii irraa garagalfatanii, inni ni tuffatame; nus ulfina hin kennineef.
People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. [Because his face will be very disfigured], people will not [want to] look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.
4 Dhugumaan inni dhukkuba keenya fudhate; gadda keenyas baate; nu garuu akka waan Waaqni isa dhaʼeetti, akka waan inni rukutee isa miidheetti isa hedne.
But he will be [punished for] the sicknesses [of our souls]; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished [for his own sins].
5 Inni garuu sababii yakka keenyaatiif waraaname; balleessaa keenyaafis caccabsame; nu adabamuu isaatiin nagaa arganne; madaaʼuu isaatiin immoo fayyine.
But his body will be bruised because of the evil things that we did, wounded because of our sins. He will be beaten in order that things will go well for our [souls]; and because he will be whipped, [our souls] can be healed.
6 Hundi keenya akka hoolaa karaa irraa badnee turre; tokkoon tokkoon keenya gara karaa keenyaatti gorre; Waaqayyos balleessaa hunda keenyaa isa irra kaaʼe.
All of us have gone away [from God] like [SIM] sheep who have strayed away [from their shepherd]. We have turned away [from doing the things that God wants in order] to do the things that we wanted [MET]. [We deserve to be punished, but] Yahweh will punish him instead of punishing us for all of our sins.
7 Inni ni cunqurfame; ni dhiphates; garuu afaan isaa hin saaqqanne; inni akkuma ilmoo hoolaa kan iddoo qalmaatti geeffamuu, akkuma hoolaa fuula nama rifeensa irraa murmuruu duratti calʼisuu, akkasuma afaan isaa hin saaqqanne.
He will be abused and caused to suffer, but he will not say anything [to complain]. They will lead him [to where they will execute him], [like they lead] a lamb to where it will be slaughtered. And like a sheep does not (bleat/make any noise) when the shearer [cuts off its wool], he will not say anything [MTY] [to defend himself when he is killed].
8 Inni cunqursaa fi murtiidhaan fudhatame. Eenyutu waaʼee dhaloota isaa dubbachuu dandaʼa? Inni biyya jiraattotaa irraa kutameeraatii; dogoggora saba kootiifis rukutameera.
After he is arrested and put on trial, he will be taken away [and executed]. And no one [RHQ] will be able to talk about his descendants, because he will die [EUP] [without being married and having children]. He will be (afflicted/caused to suffer) for the wrong things that we have done.
9 Inni goolii kaasuu baatu iyyuu, yookaan sobni afaan isaatii baʼuu baatu iyyuu akka awwaalli isaa hamoota wajjin duuti isaas sooreyyii wajjin taʼu godhan.
Although he will never have done any wrong or deceived [MTY] anyone, people will plan to bury his corpse where wicked people are buried, but instead, a rich man will [bury him] after he dies.
10 Taʼus isa dirmammeessuu fi isa dhiphisuun fedhii Waaqayyoo ture; Waaqayyo lubbuu isaa aarsaa yakkaa godhu iyyuu inni sanyii isaa ni arga; umurii isaas ni dheeressa; fedhiin Waaqayyoos harka isaatti ni raawwatama.
But it will be Yahweh’s will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. And [when he dies], Yahweh will cause him to be an offering to remove the guilt of sinners. But later he will have many [spiritual] children, and he will live (a long time/forever) after he [dies and] becomes alive [again], and he [MTY] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned.
11 Inni erga lubbuun isaa dhiphatee booddee, ifa ni arga; ni gammadas; garbichi koo qajeelaan sun beekumsa isaatiin namoota baayʼee qajeeltota taasisa; yakka isaaniis ni baata.
When he sees all that he will accomplish because of his suffering, he will be satisfied. And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh’s righteous servant will cause the guilt of many people to be ended, because he will remove [the guilt for] their sins.
12 Kanaafuu ani gurguddoota gidduutti qooda nan kennaaf; innis jajjaboota wajjin boojuu ni qooddata; inni lubbuu isaa duʼaaf kennee yakkitootatti lakkaaʼameeraatii. Taʼus inni cubbuu nama hedduu baatee yakkamtootaaf araara buuseera.
So Yahweh will consider him to be one of the truly great people; he will [be like a king who] divides up [among his soldiers] the (spoils/things they took from their enemies after defeating them) [MET], because he will sacrifice himself and die. [Even though people] will consider him to be a sinner, he will remove the guilt of many [people], and he will intercede/pray that those who have done things that are wrong [will be forgiven].
