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 fixed on:
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 said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on.
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 pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on thy seed, And My blessing on thine offspring.
4 Wọn yóò dàgbàsókè gẹ́gẹ́ bí i koríko nínú pápá oko tútù, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí igi Poplari létí odò tí ń sàn.
And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.
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.
This [one] saith, For Jehovah I [am], And this calleth [himself] by the name of Jacob, And this [one] writeth [with] his hand, 'For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.
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 said Jehovah, king of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: 'I [am] the first, and I 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.
And who as I, doth call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that do come, declare they to 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 not, nor be afraid, Have I not from that time caused thee to hear, and declared? And ye [are] My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? yea, there is none, A Rock 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.
Framers of a graven image [are] all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they [are], They see not, nor know, 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 a molten image poured out — not profitable?
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.
Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artisans — they [are] of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed 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.
He hath wrought iron [with] an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.
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.
He hath wrought [with] wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the 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.
Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish [it].
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 been for man to burn, And he taketh of them, and becometh warm, Yea, he kindleth [it], and hath baked bread, Yea, he maketh a god, and boweth himself, He hath made it a graven image, And he falleth down to 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.”
Half of it he hath burnt in the fire, By [this] half of it he eateth flesh, He roasteth a roasting, and is satisfied, Yea, he is warm, and saith: 'Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light.
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.”
And its remnant for a god he hath made — For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, 'Deliver me, for my god thou [art].'
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 do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
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?”
And none doth turn [it] back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, 'Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.'
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?”
Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not 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, O Jacob, and Israel, For My servant thou [art], I formed thee, a servant to Me thou [art], O Israel, thou dost not forget Me.
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, as [by] a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as [by] a cloud thy sins, Return unto 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.
Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah hath wrought, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And in Israel He doth beautify Himself.
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 said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: 'I [am] Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth — who [is] 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,
Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh 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,’
Confirming the word of His servant, The counsel of His messengers it perfecteth, Who is saying of Jerusalem, She is inhabited, And of cities of Judah, They shall be built, and her wastes I raise up,
27 ta ni ó sọ fún omi jíjìn pé, ‘Ìwọ gbẹ, èmi yóò sì mú omi odò rẹ gbẹ,’
Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
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 is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.
