Isaiah 53
1 Ta ni ó ti gba ìròyìn in wa gbọ́ àti ta ni a ti fi apá Olúwa hàn fún?
(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 Òun dàgbàsókè níwájú rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀yọ irúgbìn, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí i gbòǹgbò tí ó jáde láti inú ìyàngbẹ ilẹ̀. Òun kò ní ẹwà tàbí ògo láti fà wá sọ́dọ̀ ara rẹ̀, kò sí ohun kankan nínú àbùdá rẹ̀ tí ó fi yẹ kí a ṣàfẹ́rí i rẹ̀.
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 A kẹ́gàn rẹ̀ àwọn ènìyàn sì kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀, ẹni ìbànújẹ́, tí ó sì mọ bí ìpọ́njú ti rí. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹnìkan tí àwọn ènìyàn ń fojú pamọ́ fún a kẹ́gàn rẹ, a kò sì bu ọlá fún un rárá.
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 Lóòtítọ́ ó ti ru àìlera wa lọ ó sì ti ru ìbànújẹ́ wa pẹ̀lú, síbẹ̀ a kà á sí ẹni tí Ọlọ́run lù, tí ó lù, tí a sì pọ́n lójú.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n a sá a lọ́gbẹ́ nítorí àìṣedéédéé wa a pa á lára nítorí àìṣòdodo wa; ìjìyà tí ó mú àlàáfíà wá fún wa wà lórí i rẹ̀, àti nípa ọgbẹ́ rẹ̀ ni a fi mú wa láradá.
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 Gbogbo wa bí àgùntàn, ti ṣìnà lọ, ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan wa ti yà sí ọ̀nà ara rẹ̀; Olúwa sì ti gbé e ka orí ara rẹ̀ gbogbo àìṣedéédéé wa.
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 A jẹ ẹ́ ní yà, a sì pọ́n ọn lójú, síbẹ̀ kò ya ẹnu rẹ̀; a mú un wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀dọ́-àgùntàn sọ́dọ̀ alápatà, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí àgùntàn tí ó dákẹ́ níwájú olùrẹ́run rẹ̀, síbẹ̀ kò ya ẹnu rẹ̀.
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 Pẹ̀lú ìpọ́nlójú àti ìdánilẹ́jọ́ ni a mú un jáde lọ, ta ni ó sì le sọ nípa ìrànlọ́wọ́ rẹ̀? Nítorí a ké e kúrò ní ilẹ̀ àwọn alààyè; nítorí àìṣedéédéé àwọn ènìyàn mi ni a ṣe lù ú.
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 A fún un ní ibojì pẹ̀lú àwọn ìkà, àti pẹ̀lú àwọn ọlọ́rọ̀ ní ikú rẹ̀, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé kò hùwà jàgídíjàgan kan, tàbí kí a rí ẹ̀tàn kan ní ẹnu rẹ̀.
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 Síbẹ̀, ó wu Olúwa láti pa á lára àti láti mú kí ó jìyà, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé Olúwa fi ayé rẹ̀ fún ẹbọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, Òun yóò rí àrọ́mọdọ́mọ rẹ̀ àti ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀ yóò pẹ́ títí, àti ète Olúwa ni yóò gbèrú ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
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 Lẹ́yìn ìpọ́njú ẹ̀mí rẹ̀, òun yóò rí ìmọ́lẹ̀, ààyè yóò sì tẹ́ ẹ lọ́rùn; nípa ìmọ̀ rẹ̀ ìránṣẹ́ mi olódodo yóò dá ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ láre, Òun ni yóò sì ru àìṣedéédéé wọn.
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 Nítorí náà èmi yóò fún un ní ìpín pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹni ńlá òun yóò sì pín ìkógun pẹ̀lú àwọn alágbára, nítorí pé òun jọ̀wọ́ ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ fún ikú, tí a sì kà á mọ́ àwọn alárékọjá. Nítorí ó ru ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀, ó sì ṣe ìlàjà fún àwọn alárékọjá.
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].
