Isaiah 49
1 Tẹ́tí sí mi, ẹ̀yin erékùṣù: gbọ́ èyí, ẹ̀yin orílẹ̀-èdè jíjìnnà réré: kí a tó bí mi Olúwa ti pè mí; láti ìgbà bíbí mi ni ó ti dá orúkọ mi.
Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Jehovah has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother has he made mention of my name:
2 Ó ṣe ẹnu mi bí idà tí a pọ́n, ní abẹ́ òjìji ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ni ó ti pa mí mọ́: ó ṣe mí ní ọfà tí a ti dán, ó sì fi mí pamọ́ sínú àpò rẹ̀.
and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me; and he has made me a polished arrow, in his quiver has he kept me close:
3 Ó sọ fún mi pé, “Ìránṣẹ́ mi ni ìwọ í ṣe, Israẹli nínú ẹni tí n ó ti fi ògo mi hàn.”
and he said to me, "You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified."
4 Ṣùgbọ́n èmi sọ pé, “Mo ti ṣe wàhálà lórí asán; mo ti lo gbogbo ipá mi lórí asán àti ìmúlẹ̀mófo. Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀ ohun tí ó tọ́ sí mi ṣì wà lọ́wọ́ Olúwa, èrè mi sì ń bẹ pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run mi.”
But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my reward with my God."
5 Nísinsin yìí Olúwa wí pé ẹni tí ó mọ̀ mí láti inú wá láti jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ láti mú Jakọbu padà tọ̀ mí wá àti láti kó Israẹli jọ sọ́dọ̀ ara rẹ̀, nítorí pé a bọ̀wọ̀ fún mi ní ojú Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi sì ti jẹ́ agbára mi,
Now says Jehovah who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him; for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God has become my strength.
6 Òun wí pé: “Ó jẹ́ ohun kékeré fún ọ láti jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ mi láti mú ẹ̀yà Jakọbu padà bọ̀ sípò àti láti mú àwọn ti Israẹli tí mo ti pamọ́. Èmi yóò sì fi ọ́ ṣe ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún àwọn kèfèrí, kí ìwọ kí ó lè mú ìgbàlà mi wá sí òpin ilẹ̀ ayé.”
And he says, "Is it too insignificant a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may bring salvation to the farthest part of the earth."
7 Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí, Olùdáǹdè àti Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli— sí ẹni náà tí a gàn tí a sì kórìíra lọ́wọ́ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, sí ìránṣẹ́ àwọn aláṣẹ: “Àwọn ọba yóò rí ọ wọn yóò sì dìde sókè, àwọn ọmọ ọba yóò rí i wọn yóò sì wólẹ̀, nítorí Olúwa ẹni tí í ṣe olóòtítọ́, Ẹni Mímọ́ Israẹli tí ó ti yàn ọ́.”
Thus says Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to the one who is despised, to those abhorred as a nation, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."
8 Ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí: “Ní àkókò ojúrere mi, èmi yóò dá ọ lóhùn, àti ní ọjọ́ ìgbàlà, èmi yóò ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́; Èmi yóò pa ọ́ mọ́, n ó sì ṣe ọ́ láti jẹ́ májẹ̀mú fún àwọn ènìyàn, láti mú ilẹ̀ padà bọ̀ sípò àti láti ṣe àtúnpín ogún rẹ̀ tí ó ti dahoro,
Thus says Jehovah, "In an acceptable time I have answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you as a covenant to the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
9 láti sọ fún àwọn ìgbèkùn pé, ‘Ẹ jáde wá,’ àti fún àwọn tí ó wà nínú òkùnkùn pé, ‘Ẹ gba òmìnira!’ “Wọn yóò máa jẹ ní ẹ̀bá ọ̀nà àti koríko tútù lórí òkè aláìléwéko.
saying to those who are bound, 'Come out.'; to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' "They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
10 Ebi kì yóò pa wọ́n bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òǹgbẹ kì yóò gbẹ wọ́n, tàbí kí ooru inú aṣálẹ̀ tàbí oòrùn kí ó pa wọ́n. Ẹni tí ó ṣàánú fún wọn ni yóò máa tọ́ wọn, tí yóò sì mú wọn lọ sí ibi orísun omi.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.
11 Èmi yóò sọ gbogbo àwọn òkè ńlá mi di ojú ọ̀nà àti gbogbo òpópónà mi ni a ó gbé sókè.
I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
12 Kíyèsi i, wọn yóò wá láti ọ̀nà jíjìn àwọn díẹ̀ láti àríwá àti àwọn díẹ̀ láti ìwọ̀-oòrùn, àwọn díẹ̀ láti ẹkùn Siene.”
Look, these shall come from far; and look, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Syene."
13 Ẹ hó fún ayọ̀, ẹyin ọ̀run; yọ̀, ìwọ ilẹ̀ ayé; bú sórin, ẹ̀yin òkè ńlá! Nítorí Olúwa tu àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ nínú yóò sì ṣàánú fún àwọn ẹni tí a ń pọ́n lójú.
Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Jehovah has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 Ṣùgbọ́n Sioni sọ pé, “Olúwa ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, Olúwa ti gbàgbé è mi.”
But Zion said, "Jehovah has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me."
15 “Ǹjẹ́ abiyamọ ha le gbàgbé ọmọ ọmú rẹ̀ kí ó má sì ṣàánú fún ọmọ rẹ̀ tí ó ti bí? Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé òun le gbàgbé, Èmi kì yóò gbàgbé rẹ!
"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
16 Kíyèsi i, mo ti kọ ọ́ sí àtẹ́lẹwọ́ mi ògiri rẹ wà níwájú mi nígbà gbogbo.
Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
17 Àwọn ọmọ rẹ ti kánjú padà, àti àwọn tí ó sọ ọ́ dahoro ti padà lẹ́yìn rẹ.
Your builders hurry; your destroyers and those who devastated you shall depart from you.
18 Gbójú rẹ sókè kí o sì wò yíká; gbogbo àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ kórajọ wọ́n sì wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ. Níwọ́n ìgbà tí mo bá wà láààyè,” ni Olúwa wí, “Ìwọ yóò wọ gbogbo wọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun ọ̀ṣọ́; ìwọ yóò wọ̀ wọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìyàwó.
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live," says Jehovah, "you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
19 “Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé a tí run ọ́, a sì sọ ọ́ di ahoro tí gbogbo ilẹ̀ rẹ sì di ìparun, ní ìsinsin yìí, ìwọ yóò kéré jù fún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn tí ó jẹ ọ́ run ni yóò wà láti ọ̀nà jíjìn réré.
"For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
20 Àwọn ọmọ tí a bí ní àkókò ọ̀fọ̀ rẹ yóò sọ ní etígbọ̀ọ́ rẹ, ‘Ibi yìí ti kéré jù fún wa; ẹ fún wa láyè sí i tí a ó máa gbé.’
The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
21 Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò sọ ní ọkàn rẹ pé, ‘Ta ló bí àwọn yìí fún mi? Mo ti ṣọ̀fọ̀ mo sì yàgàn; a sọ mi di àtìpó a sì kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀. Ta ló wo àwọn yìí dàgbà? A fi èmi nìkan sílẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wọ̀nyí níbo ni wọ́n ti wá?’”
Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Look, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"
22 Ohun tí Olúwa Olódùmarè wí nìyìí, “Kíyèsi i, Èmi yóò ké sí àwọn aláìkọlà, Èmi yóò gbé àsíá mi sókè sí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn; wọn yóò kó àwọn ọmọkùnrin yín wá ní apá wọn wọn yóò sì gbé àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin ní èjìká wọn.
Thus says the Lord Jehovah, "Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 Àwọn ọba ni yóò jẹ́ alágbàtọ́ baba fún ọ, àwọn ayaba wọn ni yóò sì jẹ́ ìyá-alágbàtọ́. Wọn yóò foríbalẹ̀ ní iwájú rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ojú wọn dídàbolẹ̀; wọn yóò máa lá erùpẹ̀ lẹ́bàá ẹsẹ̀ rẹ. Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò mọ̀ pé, Èmi ni Olúwa; gbogbo àwọn tí wọ́n ní ìrètí nínú mi ni a kì yóò jákulẹ̀.”
Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Jehovah; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed."
24 Ǹjẹ́ a le gba ìkógun lọ́wọ́ jagunjagun, tàbí kí á gba ìgbèkùn lọ́wọ́ akíkanjú?
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
25 Ṣùgbọ́n ohun tí Olúwa wí nìyìí: “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, a ó gba àwọn ìgbèkùn lọ́wọ́ àwọn jagunjagun, àti ìkógun lọ́wọ́ àwọn akíkanjú; ẹni tí ó bá ọ jà ni èmi ó bá jà, àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ ni èmi ó gbàlà.
But thus says Jehovah, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the tyrant shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
26 Èmi yóò mú kí àwọn aninilára rẹ̀ jẹ ẹran-ara wọn; wọn yóò mu ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara wọn yó bí ẹni mu wáìnì. Nígbà náà ni gbogbo ènìyàn yóò mọ̀ pé, Èmi, Olúwa, èmi ni Olùgbàlà rẹ, Olùdáǹdè rẹ, Alágbára kan ṣoṣo ti Jakọbu.”
I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
