Isaiah 43
1 Ṣùgbọ́n ní ìsinsin yìí, ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí, ẹni tí ó dá ọ, ìwọ Jakọbu, ẹni tí ó mọ ọ́, ìwọ Israẹli: “Má bẹ̀rù, nítorí Èmi ti dá ọ nídè; Èmi ti pè ọ́ ní orúkọ; tèmi ni ìwọ ṣe.
And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.
2 Nígbà tí ìwọ bá ń la omi kọjá, Èmi yóò wà pẹ̀lú rẹ; àti nígbà tí ìwọ bá ń la odò kọjá wọn kì yóò bò ọ́ mọ́lẹ̀. Nígbà tí ìwọ bá la iná kọjá, kò ní jó ọ; ahọ́n iná kò ní jó ọ lára.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
3 Nítorí Èmi ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli Olùgbàlà rẹ; Èmi fi Ejibiti ṣe ìràpadà rẹ, Kuṣi àti Seba dípò rẹ.
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
4 Nítorí pé o ṣe iyebíye àti ọ̀wọ́n níwájú mi, àti nítorí pé mo fẹ́ràn rẹ, Èmi yóò fi ènìyàn rọ́pò fún ọ, àti ènìyàn dípò ẹ̀mí rẹ.
Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.
5 Má bẹ̀rù nítorí èmi wà pẹ̀lú rẹ; Èmi yóò mú àwọn ọmọ rẹ láti ìlà-oòrùn wá èmi ó sì kó ọ jọ láti ìwọ̀-oòrùn.
Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
6 Èmi yóò sọ fún àríwá pé, ‘Fi wọ́n sílẹ̀!’ Àti fún gúúsù, ‘Má ṣe dá wọn dúró.’ Mú àwọn ọmọkùnrin mi láti ọ̀nà jíjìn wá àti àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin mi láti ìpẹ̀kun ilẹ̀ ayé—
I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7 ẹnikẹ́ni tí a ń pe orúkọ mi mọ́, tí mo dá fún ògo mi, tí mo mọ̀ àti tí mo ṣe.”
And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
8 Sin àwọn tí ó ní ojú ṣùgbọ́n tí wọ́n fọ́jú jáde, tí wọ́n ní etí ṣùgbọ́n tí wọn dití.
Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.
9 Gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè kó ra wọn jọ àwọn ènìyàn sì kó ra wọn papọ̀. Ta ni nínú wọn tó sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ yìí tí ó sì kéde fún wa àwọn nǹkan ti tẹ́lẹ̀? Jẹ́ kí wọ́n mú àwọn ẹlẹ́rìí wọn wọlé wá láti fihàn pé wọ́n tọ̀nà tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwọn mìíràn yóò gbọ́, tí wọn yóò sọ pé, “Òtítọ́ ni.”
All the nations have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”
10 “Ẹ̀yin ni ẹlẹ́rìí mi,” ni Olúwa wí, “Àti ìránṣẹ́ mi tí èmi ti yàn, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ẹ̀yin yóò fi mọ̀ àti tí ẹ̀yin ó fi gbà mí gbọ́ tí yóò sì yé e yín pé èmi ni ẹni náà. Ṣáájú mi kò sí ọlọ́run tí a dá, tàbí a ó wa rí òmíràn lẹ́yìn mi.
You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.
11 Èmi, àní Èmi, Èmi ni Olúwa, yàtọ̀ sí èmi, kò sí olùgbàlà mìíràn.
I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.
12 Èmi ti fihàn, mo gbàlà mo sì ti kéde Èmi, kì í sì í ṣe àwọn àjèjì òrìṣà láàrín yín. Ẹ̀yin ni ẹlẹ́rìí mi,” ni Olúwa wí, “Pé Èmi ni Ọlọ́run.
I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.
13 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, àti láti ayérayé Èmi ni ẹni náà. Kò sí ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó lè gbà kúrò lọ́wọ́ mi. Nígbà tí mo bá ṣe nǹkan, ta ni ó lè yí i padà?”
And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?
14 Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí, olùràpadà rẹ, Ẹni Mímọ́ ti Israẹli: “Nítorí rẹ Èmi yóò ránṣẹ́ sí Babeli láti mú wọn sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìsáǹsá, gbogbo ará Babeli, nínú ọkọ̀ ojú omi nínú èyí tí wọ́n fi ń ṣe ìgbéraga.
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.
15 Èmi ni Olúwa, Ẹni Mímọ́ rẹ, Ẹlẹ́dàá Israẹli, ọba rẹ.”
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí, Ẹni náà tí ó la ọ̀nà nínú Òkun, ipa ọ̀nà láàrín alagbalúgbú omi,
Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,
17 ẹni tí ó wọ́ àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹṣin jáde, àwọn jagunjagun àti ohun ìjà papọ̀, wọ́n sì sùn síbẹ̀, láìní lè dìde mọ́, wọ́n kú pirá bí òwú-fìtílà:
who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.
18 “Gbàgbé àwọn ohun àtẹ̀yìnwá; má ṣe gbé nínú ohun àtijọ́.
You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.
19 Wò ó, Èmi ń ṣe ohun tuntun! Nísinsin yìí, ó ti yọ sókè; àbí o kò rí i bí? Èmi ń ṣe ọ̀nà kan nínú aṣálẹ̀ àti odò nínú ilẹ̀ ṣíṣá.
Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
20 Àwọn ẹhànnà ẹranko bọ̀wọ̀ fún mi, àwọn ajáko àti àwọn òwìwí, nítorí pé mo pèsè omi nínú aṣálẹ̀ àti odò nínú ilẹ̀ sísá, láti fi ohun mímu fún àwọn ènìyàn mi, àyànfẹ́ mi,
The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.
21 àwọn ènìyàn tí mo dá fún ara mi kí wọn kí ó lè kéde ìyìn mi.
This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
22 “Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀ ìwọ kò tí ì ké pè mí, ìwọ Jakọbu, àárẹ̀ kò tí ì mú ọ nítorí mi ìwọ Israẹli.
But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.
23 Ìwọ kò tí ì mú àgùntàn wá fún mi fún ẹbọ sísun, tàbí kí o bọ̀wọ̀ fún mi pẹ̀lú ẹbọ rẹ. Èmi kò tí ì wàhálà rẹ pẹ̀lú ọrẹ ìyẹ̀fun tàbí kí n dààmú rẹ pẹ̀lú ìbéèrè fún tùràrí.
You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.
24 Ìwọ kò tí ì ra kalamusi olóòórùn dídùn fún mi, tàbí kí o da ọ̀rá ẹbọ rẹ bò mí. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ ti wàhálà mi pẹ̀lú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín ẹ sì ti dààmú mi pẹ̀lú àìṣedéédéé yín.
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 “Èmi, àní Èmi, Èmi ni ẹni tí ó wẹ àwọn àìṣedéédéé rẹ nù, nítorí èmi fún ara mi, tí n kò sì rántí àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ mọ́.
I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
26 Bojú wo ẹ̀yìn rẹ fún mi, jẹ́ kí a jọ ṣe àríyànjiyàn ọ̀rọ̀ náà papọ̀; ro ẹjọ́ láti fihàn pé o kò lẹ́sẹ̀ lọ́rùn.
Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
27 Baba yín àkọ́kọ́ dẹ́ṣẹ̀; àwọn agbẹnusọ yín ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí mi.
Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.
28 Nítorí náà, èmi ti sọ àwọn olórí ibi mímọ́ náà di àìmọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi ti fi Jakọbu fún ègún àti Israẹli fún ẹ̀gàn.
And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.
