Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before me, O isles; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Mianjiña, hijanjiña’ areo ahy, ry tokonoseo, ampaozareñe ondatio; hañarinea’ iareo mb’etoy, hisaontsy; Antao hototoke mb’eo hitsarañe.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Ia ty nampitsekake i boak’ atiñanañey hitroara’e an-kavañonañe? Ie apo’e aolo’e ey o kilakila ondatio naho ampiambanè’e o mpanjakao? Idemohe’ i fibara’ey ho deboke, ahofahofa i fale’ey hoe t’ie kafo’e.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
Niheañe’e iereo, nirefe tsy an-joy; an-dalañe mbe lia tsy niliam-pandia’e.
4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Ia ty nitsakore vaho nahatafetetse? Ie nikanjy o tariratseo am’baloha’e añe. Zaho Iehovà, ty valoha’e, vaho ho fara’e, Ie Raho.
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
Nañeveñe o tokonoseo te nahaoniñe; nihondrahondra o olon-taneo; nitotoke iereo vaho nimb’atoy.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
Mifañimba o mpifankarineo, songa manao aman-drahalahi’e: Mihaozara.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Aa le hafatrare’ i mpandranjiy ty mpitsene volamena, risihe’ i mpamañe añ’ana-batoy i mipeke renem-batoy; le i fanodirañey ata’e ty hoe: Soa zao. Rekete’e am-pati-by tsy hitroetroe.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
F’ihe Israele, mpitoroko, Iakobe jinoboko, tirin’ Avrahame Rañeko;
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from its chief men, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Ie rinambeko añ’olo’ ty tane toy añe naho nitoka azo an-tsietoitane añe, nanao ty hoe ama’o: Mpitoroko rehe, jinoboko fa tsy nifarieko;
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Ko hemban-drehe, fa indrezako, ko mijilojilo: Zaho ro Andrianañahare’o; le hampaozareko toe hañimb’ azo raho; Eka, ho tohanako an-tañan-kavanan- kavantàñako.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that contend with thee shall perish.
Toe fonga ho salareñe naho aliheñe ze navaivay ama’o; harotsake o nañatreatre azoo, hafotsake tsy ho vente’e.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Ho paia’o fa tsy ho isa’o o nifañotokotok’ ama’oo; ho hakoahañe o nialy ama’oo, vata’e kòake.
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Amy te Zaho Iehovà Andrianañahare’o ty mikalañe ty fità’o ankavana, hanoako ty hoe: Ko mirevendreven-drehe, Zaho ty hañolotse azo.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Ko hembañe ry oletse Iakobe, ry ondati’ Israeleo, fa holoreko, hoe t’Iehovà Mpijebañe azo, i Masi’ Israeley.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Ingo rinanjiko ho fandisañan-drehe, reketse nife masioñe; ho lisane’o o vohitseo, ho demohe’o, vaho hanoe’o kafo o tambohoo.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Ho tsongae’o, le hahofa’ i tiokey mb’eo, naho haboele’ i tangololahiy; naho hirebeha’o ty tahina’ Iehovà, handia-taroba amy Masi’ Israeley.
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Mipay rano o rarakeo naho o poi’eo, fe tsy eo, kantañe an-karan-drano’e ty famele’ iareo; zaho Iehovà ty hanoiñe iareo, Tsy haforintseko; zaho Andrianañahare’ Israele.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Hanokafako torahañe o haboan-diolioo, naho rano manganahana añivo’ o vavataneo; hanoako sihanake lifo-drano ty fatrambey naho rano mipororoake o tane kankañeo.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together:
Hapoko an-dratraratra ao ty mendorave naho ty roy, ty akao naho ty olive; hadoko an-diolio ao ty sohihy, reketse ty harandranto, vaho ty kobaiñe.
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Soa t’ie hahaisake naho haharendreke hitsakore naho hitrao-kilala te nanoem-pità’ Iehovà zao, vaho tsinene’ i Masi’ Israeley.
21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Aboaho ty enta’ areo, hoe t’Iehovà; akaro ty filiera’ areo, hoe t’i Mpanjaka’ Iakobe.
22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come.
Ee t’ie hakare’areo, hitsey ama’ay o hifetsakeo; o raha taoloo, te inoñe? Atalilio hitsakorea’ay, hahafohina’ay ty figadoña’e; he taroño ama’ay o raha ho avio.
23 Show the things that are to come after this, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Itokio o raha mbe hiheo amy añeio, hahafohina’ay t’ie ndrahare; ke anò ty soa, he anò ty raty, hisamba’ay, hitraofa’ay fañeveñañe.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Toe tsy manjofake nahareo, koake o sata’ areoo. Avivivioke ty mifale ama’areo.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Fa nitsekafeko i tavaratse añey, le fa pok’eo, boak’ am-panjiriha’ i àndroy añe; ie hitoka ty añarako vaho hivotrak’ amo mpifeheo hoe an-dietse, manahake ty fandialiàm-panao valàñe-tane i lietsey.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and in times past, that we may say, He is righteous? verily, there is none that showeth, verily, there is none that declareth, verily, there is none that heareth your words.
Ia ty nitsey boak’ am-baloha’e haharendreha’ay: naho haehae añe, hahavolaña’ay t’ie to? Toe tsy amam-mpitaroñe, eka, leo raike tsy mitalily, toe tsy eo ty mahajanjiñe o lañona’oo.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Zaho ty valoha’e nañitrik’ amy Tsione ty hoe: Heheke, ingo iereo; vaho hiraheko mb’e Ierosalaime mb’eo ty hinday talily soa.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Mañente raho, fe tsy ama’ ondaty; naho tsy amam-pamere, ie ho nañontaneako hahavalea’e.
29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Heheke fonga tsy vokatse, tsy jefa’e o sata’ iareoo, toe tioke naho hakoahañe avao o sare fatrana’ iareoo.
