Isaiah 44
1 “Ṣùgbọ́n gbọ́ nísinsin yìí, ìwọ Jakọbu ìránṣẹ́ mi, àti Israẹli, ẹni tí mo ti yàn.
And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
2 Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí ẹni tí ó dá ọ, ẹni tí ó ti mọ̀ ọ́n láti inú ìyá rẹ wá, àti ẹni tí yóò ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́ pẹ̀lú. Má ṣe bẹ̀rù, ìwọ Jakọbu, ìránṣẹ́ mi, Jeṣuruni ẹni tí mo ti yàn.
Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.
3 Nítorí èmi yóò da omi sí ilẹ̀ tí ń pòǹgbẹ àti àwọn odò ní ilẹ̀ gbígbẹ, Èmi yóò tú Ẹ̀mí mi sí ara àwọn ọmọ rẹ, àti ìbùkún mi sórí àwọn àrọ́mọdọ́mọ rẹ.
For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
4 Wọn yóò dàgbàsókè gẹ́gẹ́ bí i koríko nínú pápá oko tútù, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí igi Poplari létí odò tí ń sàn.
And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.
5 Ọ̀kan yóò wí pé, ‘Èmi jẹ́ ti Olúwa’; òmíràn yóò pe ara rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí orúkọ Jakọbu; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òmíràn yóò kọ ọ́ sí ọwọ́ rẹ̀, ‘Ti Olúwa,’ yóò sì máa jẹ́ orúkọ náà Israẹli.
One shall say: I am the Lord’s, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand, To the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
6 “Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí ọba Israẹli àti Olùdáǹdè, àní Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun. Èmi ni ẹni àkọ́kọ́ àti ẹni ìgbẹ̀yìn, lẹ́yìn mi kò sí Ọlọ́run kan.
Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the brat, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.
7 Ta ni ó dàbí ì mi? Jẹ́ kí o kéde rẹ̀. Jẹ́ kí ó wí kí ó sì gbé síwájú mi kí ni ó ti ṣẹlẹ̀ láti ìgbà tí mo fi ìdí àwọn ènìyàn ìṣẹ̀ǹbáyé kalẹ̀, àti kí ni ohun tí ń sì ń bọ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, jẹ́ kí ó sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ohun tí ń bọ̀ wá.
Who is like to me? let him call and declare: and let him set before me the order, since I appointed the ancient people: and the things to come, and that shall be hereafter, let them shew unto them.
8 Má ṣe wárìrì, má ṣe bẹ̀rù. Ǹjẹ́ èmi kò ti kéde èyí tí mo sì ti sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ tipẹ́tipẹ́? Ẹ̀yin ni ẹlẹ́rìí mi. Ǹjẹ́ Ọlọ́run kan ha ń bẹ lẹ́yìn mi? Bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, kò sí àpáta mìíràn; Èmi kò mọ ọ̀kankan.”
Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled, from that time I have made thee to hear, and have declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me, a maker, whom I have not known?
9 Gbogbo àwọn tí ń gbẹ́ ère jásí asán, àti àwọn ohun tí wọn ń kó pamọ́ kò jámọ́ nǹkan kan. Àwọn tí yóò sọ̀rọ̀ fún wọn fọ́ lójú; wọ́n jẹ́ aláìmọ̀kan sí ìtìjú ara wọn.
The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed.
10 Ta ni ó mọ òrìṣà kan tí ó sì ya ère, tí kò lè mú èrè kankan wá fún un?
Who hath formed a god, and made a graven thing that is profitable for nothing?
11 Òun àti nǹkan rẹ̀ wọ̀nyí ni a ó dójútì; àwọn oníṣọ̀nà kò yàtọ̀, ènìyàn ni wọ́n. Jẹ́ kí gbogbo wọn gbárajọ kí wọ́n sì fi ìdúró wọn hàn; gbogbo wọn ni a ó mú bọ́ sínú ìpayà àti àbùkù.
Behold, all the partakers thereof shall be confounded: for the makers are men: they shall all assemble together, they shall stand and fear, and shall be confounded together.
12 Alágbẹ̀dẹ mú ohun èlò, ó fi ń ṣiṣẹ́ nínú èédú; ó fi òòlù ya ère kan, ó ṣe é pẹ̀lú agbára apá rẹ̀, ebi ń pa á, àárẹ̀ sì mú un; kò mu omi rárá, ìrẹ̀wẹ̀sì dé bá a.
The smith hath wrought with his file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought with the strength of his arm: he shall hunger and faint, he shall drink no water, and shall be weary.
13 Gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà fi ìwọ̀n wọ́n ọ́n ó sì fi lẹ́ẹ̀dì ṣe àmì sí ara rẹ̀, Ó tún fi ìfà fá a jáde ó tún fi òsùwọ̀n ṣe àmì sí i. Ó gbẹ́ ẹ ní ìrí ènìyàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ènìyàn nínú ògo rẹ̀, kí ó lè máa gbé nínú ilé òrìṣà.
The carpenter hath stretched out his rule, he hath formed it with a plane: he hath made it with corners, and hath fashioned it round with the compass: and he hath made the image of a man as it were a beautiful man dwelling in a house.
14 Ó gé igi kedari lulẹ̀, tàbí bóyá ó mú sípírẹ́ṣì tàbí igi óákù. Ó jẹ́ kí ó dàgbà láàrín àwọn igi inú igbó, ó sì le gbin igi páínì, èyí tí òjò mú kí ó dàgbà.
He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain hath nourished.
15 Ohun èlò ìdáná ni fún ènìyàn; díẹ̀ nínú rẹ̀ ni ó mú láti mú kí ara rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ọ́rọ́, ó dá iná ó sì fi ṣe àkàrà. Ṣùgbọ́n bákan náà ni ó ṣe òrìṣà tí ó sì ń sìn ín; ó yá ère, ó sì ń foríbalẹ̀ fún un.
And it hath served men for fuel: he took thereof, and warmed himself: and he kindled it, and baked bread: but of the rest he made a god, and adored it: he made a graven thing, and bowed down before it.
16 Ìlàjì igi náà ni ó jó nínú iná; lórí i rẹ̀ ni ó ti ń tọ́jú oúnjẹ rẹ̀, ó dín ẹran rẹ̀ ó sì jẹ àjẹyó. Ó tún mú ara rẹ̀ gbóná ó sì sọ pé, “Á à! Ara mi gbóná, mo rí iná.”
Part of it he burnt with fire, and with part of it he dressed his meat: he boiled pottage, and was filled, and was warmed, and said: Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
17 Nínú èyí tí ó kù ni ó ti ṣe òrìṣà, ère rẹ̀; ó foríbalẹ̀ fún un, ó sì sìn ín. Ó gbàdúrà sí i, ó wí pé, “Gbà mí, ìwọ ni Ọlọ́run mi.”
But the residue thereof he made a god, and a graven thing for himself: he boweth down before it, and adoreth it, and prayeth unto it, saying: Deliver me, for thou art my God.
18 Wọn kò mọ nǹkan kan, nǹkan kan kò yé wọn; a fi ìbòjú bo ojú wọn, wọn kò lè rí nǹkan kan; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àyà wọn sébọ́, wọn kò lè mọ nǹkan kan.
They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart.
19 Kò sí ẹni tí ó dúró láti ronú, kò sí ẹni tí ó ní ìmọ̀ tàbí òye láti sọ wí pé, “Ìlàjì rẹ̀ ni mo fi dáná; mo tilẹ̀ ṣe àkàrà lórí èédú rẹ̀, mo dín ẹran, mo sì jẹ ẹ́. Ǹjẹ́ ó wá yẹ kí n ṣe ohun ìríra kan nínú èyí tí ó ṣẹ́kù bí? Ǹjẹ́ èmi yóò ha foríbalẹ̀ fún ìtì igi?”
They do not consider in their mind, nor know, nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?
20 Ó ń jẹ eérú, ọkàn ẹlẹ́tàn ni ó ṣì í lọ́nà; òun kò lè gba ara rẹ̀ là, tàbí kí ó wí pé, “Ǹjẹ́ nǹkan tí ó wà lọ́wọ́ ọ̀tún mi yìí irọ́ kọ́?”
Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.
21 “Rántí àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí, ìwọ Jakọbu, nítorí ìránṣẹ́ mi ni ìwọ, ìwọ Israẹli. Èmi ti dá ọ, ìránṣẹ́ mi ni ìwọ ṣe, ìwọ Israẹli, Èmi kì yóò gbàgbé rẹ.
Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant. I have formed thee, thou art my servant, O Israel, forget me not.
22 Èmi ti gbá gbogbo ìkùnà rẹ dànù bí i kurukuru, àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ bí ìrì òwúrọ̀. Padà sọ́dọ̀ mi, nítorí mo ti rà ọ́ padà.”
I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.
23 Kọrin fáyọ̀, ẹ̀yin ọ̀run, nítorí Olúwa ló ti ṣe èyí; kígbe sókè, ìwọ ilẹ̀ ayé nísàlẹ̀. Bú sí orin, ẹ̀yin òkè ńlá, ẹ̀yin igbó àti gbogbo igi yín, nítorí Olúwa ti ra Jakọbu padà, ó ti fi ògo rẹ̀ hàn ní Israẹli.
Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
24 “Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí Olùràpadà rẹ tí ó mọ ọ́ láti inú ìyá rẹ wá: “Èmi ni Olúwa tí ó ti ṣe ohun gbogbo tí òun nìkan ti na àwọn ọ̀run tí o sì tẹ́ ayé pẹrẹsẹ òun tìkára rẹ̀,
Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that establish the earth, and there is none with me.
25 ta ni ó ba àmì àwọn wòlíì èké jẹ́ tí ó sì sọ àwọn aláfọ̀ṣẹ di òmùgọ̀, tí ó dojú ìmọ̀ àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n délẹ̀ tí ó sì sọ wọ́n di òmùgọ̀,
That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that, make their knowledge foolish.
26 ẹni tí ó gbé ọ̀rọ̀ àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ jáde tí ó sì mú àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ wá sí ìmúṣẹ, “ẹni tí ó wí nípa ti Jerusalẹmu pé, ‘A ó máa gbé inú rẹ̀,’ àti ní ti àwọn ìlú Juda, ‘A ó tún kọ́,’ àti àwọn ahoro rẹ̀, ‘Èmi yóò mú un bọ̀ sípò,’
That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.
27 ta ni ó sọ fún omi jíjìn pé, ‘Ìwọ gbẹ, èmi yóò sì mú omi odò rẹ gbẹ,’
Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.
28 ta ni ó sọ nípa Kirusi pé, ‘Òun ni Olùṣọ́-àgùntàn mi àti pé òun yóò ṣe ohun gbogbo tí mo fẹ́; òun yóò sọ nípa Jerusalẹmu pé, “Jẹ́ kí a tún kọ́,” àti nípa tẹmpili, “Jẹ́ kí a fi ìpìlẹ̀ rẹ̀ lé ilẹ̀.”’”
Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my shepherd, and thou shalt perform all my pleasure. Who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be built: and to the temple: Thy foundations shall be laid.
