< Isaiah 26 >

1 Ní ọjọ́ náà ni a ó kọ orin yìí ní ilẹ̀ Juda. Àwa ní ìlú alágbára kan, Ọlọ́run fi ìgbàlà ṣe ògiri àti ààbò rẹ̀.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.
2 Ṣí àwọn ìlẹ̀kùn kí àwọn olódodo orílẹ̀-èdè kí ó lè wọlé, orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó pa ìgbàgbọ́ mọ́.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3 Ìwọ yóò pa á mọ́ ní àlàáfíà pípé ọkàn ẹni tí ó dúró ṣinṣin, nítorí ó gbẹ́kẹ̀lé ọ.
Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee: ] because he trusteth in thee.
4 Gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Olúwa títí láé, nítorí Olúwa, Olúwa ni àpáta ayérayé náà.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:
5 Ó sọ àwọn tí ó ń gbé ní òkè di onírẹ̀lẹ̀ ó rẹ ìlú agbéraga náà nílẹ̀; ó sọ ọ́ di ilẹ̀ pẹrẹsẹ ó sì sọ ọ́ sílẹ̀ nínú erùpẹ̀.
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, [even] to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust.
6 Ẹsẹ̀ tẹ̀ ẹ́ mọ́lẹ̀ ẹsẹ̀ aninilára n nì, ipasẹ̀ àwọn òtòṣì.
The foot shall tread it down, [even] the feet of the poor, [and] the steps of the needy.
7 Ipa ọ̀nà àwọn olódodo tẹ́jú, ìwọ tó dúró ṣinṣin, ìwọ mú ọ̀nà àwọn olódodo ṣe geere.
The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
8 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, Olúwa, rírìn ní ọ̀nà òfin rẹ àwa dúró dè ọ́; orúkọ rẹ àti òkìkí rẹ àwọn ni ohun tí ọkàn wa ń fẹ́.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9 Ọkàn mi ń pòùngbẹẹ̀ rẹ ní ọ̀gànjọ́ òru; ní òwúrọ̀ ni ẹ̀mí mi ń ṣàfẹ́rí rẹ. Nígbà tí ìdájọ́ rẹ bá sọ̀kalẹ̀ sórí ayé àwọn ènìyàn yóò kọ́ ìṣòdodo.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé a fi oore-ọ̀fẹ́ hàn sí àwọn ìkà wọn kò kọ́ láti sọ òdodo; kódà ní ilẹ̀ àwọn tí ó dúró ṣinṣin wọ́n tẹ̀síwájú láti máa ṣe ibi wọn kò sì ka ọláńlá Olúwa sí.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, [yet] will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
11 Olúwa, ti gbé ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sókè ṣùgbọ́n àwọn kò rí i. Jẹ́ kí wọ́n rí ìtara rẹ fún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ kí ojú kí ó tì wọ́n; jẹ́ kí iná tí a fi pamọ́ fún àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ jó wọn run.
LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 Olúwa, ìwọ fi àlàáfíà lélẹ̀ fún wa; ohun gbogbo tí a ti ṣe yọrí ìwọ ni ó ṣe é fún wa.
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13 Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa, àwọn olúwa mìíràn lẹ́yìn rẹ ti jẹ ọba lé wa lórí, ṣùgbọ́n orúkọ rẹ nìkan ni àwa fi ọ̀wọ̀ fún.
O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 Wọ́n ti kú báyìí, wọn ò sí láààyè mọ́; gbogbo ẹ̀mí tí ó ti kọjá lọ wọ̀nyí kò le dìde mọ́. Ìwọ jẹ́ wọ́n ní ìyà o sì sọ wọ́n di asán, ìwọ pa gbogbo ìrántí wọn rẹ́ pátápátá.
[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Ìwọ ti mú orílẹ̀-èdè gbòòrò, Olúwa; ìwọ ti mú orílẹ̀-èdè bí sí i. Ìwọ ti gba ògo fún ara rẹ; ìwọ ti sún gbogbo àwọn ààlà ilẹ̀ sẹ́yìn.
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth.
16 Olúwa, wọ́n wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ nínú ìpọ́njú wọn; nígbà tí ìbáwí rẹ wà lára wọn, wọ́n gbàdúrà kẹ́lẹ́kẹ́lẹ́.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.
17 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí obìnrin tí ó lóyún tí ó sì fẹ́rẹ̀ bímọ tí í rúnra tí ó sì ń sọkún nínú ìrora rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ ni àwa rí níwájú rẹ Olúwa.
Like as a woman with child, [that] draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
18 Àwa wà nínú oyún, a wà nínú ìrora, ṣùgbọ́n, afẹ́fẹ́ ni a bí lọ́mọ. Àwa kò mú ìgbàlà wá sí ilẹ̀ ayé; àwa kọ́ ni a bí àwọn ènìyàn tí ó wà láyé.
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn òkú yín yóò wà láààyè ara wọn yóò dìde. Ìwọ tí o wà nínú erùpẹ̀, dìde nílẹ̀ kí o sì ké igbe ayọ̀. Ìrì rẹ dàbí ìrì òwúrọ̀, ayé yóò bí àwọn òkú rẹ̀ lọ́mọ.
Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Ẹ lọ, ẹ̀yin ènìyàn mi, ẹ wọ ìyẹ̀wù yín lọ kí ẹ sì ti àwọn ìlẹ̀kùn lẹ́yìn yín, ẹ fi ara yín pamọ́ fún ìgbà díẹ̀ títí tí ìbínú rẹ̀ yóò fi rékọjá.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 Kíyèsi i, Olúwa ń jáde bọ̀ láti ibùgbé rẹ̀ láti jẹ àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ ayé ní ìyà fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn. Ayé yóò sì sọ àwọn ẹ̀jẹ̀ tí a ta sí orí rẹ̀; kì yóò sì fi àwọn tí a ti pa pamọ́ mọ́.
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

< Isaiah 26 >