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Badbaadiyaha Keliya Ee Israa'iil

43 Laakiinse haatan, reer Yacquubow, Rabbigii idin uumay wuxuu leeyahay, oo reer binu Israa'iilow, kii idin sameeyey wuxuu leeyahay, Ha cabsanina, waayo, anigaa idin soo furtay, oo magiciinna idiin bixiyey, oo kuwayga baad tihiin. Markaad biyaha dhex maraysaan waan idinla jiri doonaa, oo markaad webiyaasha dhex qaadaysaanna idinma qarqin doonaan, markaad dabka ku dhex socotaanna, ma guban doontaan, ololkuna idinma qabsan doono. Waayo, waxaan ahay Rabbiga Ilaahiinna ah oo ah Kan Quduuska ah ee reer binu Israa'iil iyo Badbaadiyihiinna. Masar baan furashadiinnii u bixiyey, oo Itoobiya iyo Sebaana beddelkiinnii. Indhahayga hortooda waxaad ku ahaydeen kuwa qaali ah, oo sharaf badan, waanan idin jeclaaday, oo sidaas daraaddeed niman baan idinku doorsan doonaa, oo dad badan baan naftiinna ku soo beddelan doonaa. Ha cabsanina, waayo, waan idinla jiraa, oo farcankiinnana xagga bari baan ka keeni doonaa, oo xagga galbeed baan idinka soo ururin doonaa, oo waxaan woqooyi ku odhan doonaa, Soo daa, oo koonfurna waxaan ku odhan doonaa, Ha celin, wiilashayda meel fog ka soo kexee, oo gabdhahaygana dhulka darafkiisa ka soo kexee, waana mid kasta oo magacayga loogu yeedho, oo aan u uumay sharaftayda aawadeed. Anigaa sameeyey, oo anigaa suubbiyey. Waxaad soo bixisaan dadka indhaha la' oo indho leh, iyo kuwa dhegaha la' oo dhego leh. Quruumaha oo dhammu ha isu soo wada urureen, oo dadyowguna ha soo wada shireen. Bal yaa iyaga ka mid ah oo waxan sheegi kara oo waxyaalihii hore noo sheegi kara? Markhaatiyaashoodii ha keenteen si ay xaq ku noqdaan aawadeed, amase ha maqleen oo ha yidhaahdeen, Taasu waa run. 10 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Idinka iyo addoonkaygii aan doortayba markhaatiyaashaydii baad tihiin inaad ogaataan oo aad i rumaysataan, oo aad garataan inaan anigu isagii ahay. Aniga hortay Ilaah lama samayn, dabadayna innaba ma jiri doono. 11 Aniga, aniga qudhayda ayaa Rabbiga ah, oo aniga mooyaane Badbaadiye kale ma jiro. 12 Anigu waan naadiyey, oo waan badbaadiyey, oo waan muujiyey, oo ilaah qalaad dhexdiinna kuma uu jirin, haddaba sidaas daraaddeed idinku waxaad tihiin markhaatiyaashaydii, ayaa Rabbigu leeyahay. Aniguna Ilaah baan ahay.

13 Tan iyo maalintii ugu horraysay anigu waxaan ahay isagii, oo mana jiro mid gacantayda wax ka samatabbixin kara, anigu waan shaqayn doonaa, balse yaa hor joogsan kara?

Naxariistii Ilaah Iyo Iimaanla'aantii Reer Binu Israa'iil

14 Rabbiga Bixiyihiinna ah oo ah Kan Quduuska ah ee reer binu Israa'iil wuxuu leeyahay, Idinka aawadiin ayaan Baabuloon ugu cid diray, oo kuweedii cararay oo dhanna, kuwaasoo ahaa reer Kaldayiin, waxaan ku keeni doonaa doonniyaha ay ku faani jireen. 15 Anigu waxaan ahay Rabbiga ah Kiinna Quduuska ah, iyo Abuuraha reer binu Israa'iil, iyo Boqorkiinna. 16 Sidaas waxaa leh Rabbiga badda dhexdeeda jid ka sameeya, oo biyaha xoogga badan dhexdoodana dhabbe ka hagaajiya, 17 kan gaadhifaraska iyo faraska, iyo ciidanka iyo ninka xoogga badan soo bixiya, iyagu dhammaantood way wada jiifsadaan, oo mana ay kici doonaan, way bakhtiyeen, oo waxay u dameen sidii dubaalad oo kale. 18 Waxyaalihii hore ha xusuusanina, waxyaalihii qadiimka ahaana ha ka fikirina. 19 Bal eega, wax cusub baan samaynayaaye, oo haddeer bay soo baxayaan, idinku miyeydaan garan doonin? Xataa cidlada dhexdeeda jid baan ka samayn doonaa, oo lamadegaanka dhexdiisana webiyo baan ka jeexi doonaa. 20 Xayawaanka duurka, kuwaasoo ah dawacooyinka iyo gorayaduba way i sharfi doonaan; maxaa yeelay, cidladaan biyo uga siiyaa, oo lamadegaankaan webiyo uga jeexaa si aan u waraabiyo dadkayga aan doortay, 21 oo ah dadkaan abuurtay si ay ammaantayda u muujiyaan. 22 Laakiinse reer Yacquubow, ima aydaan baryin, reer Israa'iilow, waad iga daasheen. 23 Adhigiinnii qurbaannadiinna la gubo iiguma aydaan keenin, oo allabaryadiinniina iguma aydaan sharfin. Anigu idinkuma aanan dhibin inaad qurbaanno ii bixisaan, oo idinkumana aanan daalin inaad foox ii shiddaan. 24 Qasab macaan lacag iiguma aydaan soo iibin, oo baruurtii allabaryadiinnana igama aydaan dherjin, laakiinse waxaad aad iigu dhibteen dembiyadiinnii, oo waxaad igu daaliseen xumaatooyinkiinnii. 25 Aniga qudhayda weeye kan xadgudubyadiinna tirtira, aawaday baan u tirtiraa, oo dembiyadiinnana sooma aan xusuusan doono. 26 Bal wax i soo xusuusiya, aynu isla muddacnee, dacwadiinna soo caddeeya, si aad xaq ku noqotaan. 27 Awowgiinnii hore wuu dembaabay, oo macallimiintiiniina way igu xadgudbeen. 28 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed waxaan amiirradii meesha quduuska ah ka dhigi doonaa wax nijaas ah, reer Yacquubna habaar baan u dayn doonaa, oo dadka Israa'iilna cay baan u dayn doonaa.

Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created(A) you, Jacob,
    he who formed(B) you, Israel:(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed(D) you;
    I have summoned you by name;(E) you are mine.(F)
When you pass through the waters,(G)
    I will be with you;(H)
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,(I)
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.(J)
For I am the Lord your God,(K)
    the Holy One(L) of Israel, your Savior;(M)
I give Egypt(N) for your ransom,
    Cush[a](O) and Seba(P) in your stead.(Q)
Since you are precious and honored(R) in my sight,
    and because I love(S) you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
    nations in exchange for your life.
Do not be afraid,(T) for I am with you;(U)
    I will bring your children(V) from the east
    and gather(W) you from the west.(X)
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
    and to the south,(Y) ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
    and my daughters(Z) from the ends of the earth(AA)
everyone who is called by my name,(AB)
    whom I created(AC) for my glory,(AD)
    whom I formed and made.(AE)

Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,(AF)
    who have ears but are deaf.(AG)
All the nations gather together(AH)
    and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold(AI) this
    and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
    so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
10 “You are my witnesses,(AJ)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant(AK) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know(AL) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god(AM) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.(AN)
11 I, even I, am the Lord,(AO)
    and apart from me there is no savior.(AP)
12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
    I, and not some foreign god(AQ) among you.
You are my witnesses,(AR)” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
13     Yes, and from ancient days(AS) I am he.(AT)
No one can deliver out of my hand.
    When I act, who can reverse it?”(AU)

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(AV) the Holy One(AW) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives(AX) all the Babylonians,[b](AY)
    in the ships in which they took pride.
15 I am the Lord,(AZ) your Holy One,
    Israel’s Creator,(BA) your King.(BB)

16 This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,(BC)
17 who drew out(BD) the chariots and horses,(BE)
    the army and reinforcements together,(BF)
and they lay(BG) there, never to rise again,
    extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:(BH)
18 “Forget the former things;(BI)
    do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!(BJ)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(BK)
    and streams in the wasteland.(BL)
20 The wild animals(BM) honor me,
    the jackals(BN) and the owls,
because I provide water(BO) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21     the people I formed(BP) for myself(BQ)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(BR)

22 “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied(BS) yourselves for[c] me, Israel.(BT)
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,(BU)
    nor honored(BV) me with your sacrifices.(BW)
I have not burdened(BX) you with grain offerings
    nor wearied you with demands(BY) for incense.(BZ)
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus(CA) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat(CB) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied(CC) me with your offenses.(CD)

25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,(CE) for my own sake,(CF)
    and remembers your sins(CG) no more.(CH)
26 Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;(CI)
    state the case(CJ) for your innocence.
27 Your first father(CK) sinned;
    those I sent to teach(CL) you rebelled(CM) against me.
28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction[d](CN)
    and Israel to scorn.(CO)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:3 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans
  3. Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of
  4. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.