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45 Rabbigu wuxuu ku leeyahay kan uu subkaday oo ah Kuuros, oo uu gacantiisa midig hayay inuu hortiisa quruumo ku hoosaysiiyo, oo uu boqorro dhexdooda guntiga ka furo, inuu hortiisa albaabbada ka furo, albaabbadaasna aanay mar dambe xidhmin: Anigu waan ku hor socon doonaa, oo meelaha sarsarena waan simi doonaa, waanan kala burburin doonaa albaabbada naxaasta ah, oo qataarrada birta ahna waan kala googooyn doonaa, oo waxaan ku siin doonaa khasnadaha gudcurka iyo maal qarsoon oo meelo sir ah ku jira, inaad ogaatid inaan ahay Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil oo magacaa kuugu yeedha. Addoonkaygii Yacquub oo ah Israa'iilkii aan doortay daraaddiis ayaan magacaa kuugu yeedhay, waanan ku magacaabay in kastoo aadan i aqoon. Waxaan ahay Rabbiga, oo mid kale ma jiro, aniga mooyaane Ilaah kale ma jiro. Anigaa guntiga kuu xidhay in kastoo aadan i aqoon, in qorrax ka soo bax iyo galbeedba laga ogaado inaan aniga mooyaane mid kale jirin. Anigaa Rabbiga ah, mid kalena ma jiro. Iftiinka anigaa sameeya, oo masiibadana anigaa abuura. Anigoo Rabbiga ah ayaa waxyaalahan oo dhan sameeya.

Samooyinkow, xagga sare ka soo tiftifqa, oo daruuruhuna xaqnimo ha soo shubeen, dhulkuna ha furmo, oo badbaadada iyo xaqnimaduna ha isla soo wada baxaan. Aniga Rabbiga ah ayaa uumay.

Waxaa iska hoogay ka Uumihiisa la dirira! Wuxuu la mid yahay dheri jabkiis oo ka mid ah jajabka dhulka! Dhoobadu miyey kan sameeya ku tidhaahdaa, War maxaad samaynaysaa? Amase shuqulkaaguu miyuu yidhaahdaa, Gacmo ma leh? 10 Waxaa iska hoogay kii aabbe ku yidhaahda, War maxaad dhalaysaa? Amase naag ku yidhaahda, Na maxaad ku foolanaysaa? 11 Rabbiga ah Kan Quduuska ah ee reer binu Israa'iil, oo ah Uumihiisu wuxuu leeyahay, Waxyaalaha iman doona ma i weyddiinaysaan, oo wax ku saabsan wiilashayda, iyo shuqulka gacmahayga ma igu amraysaan? 12 Dhulka anigaa abuuray, oo dad baan ku dul uumay. Aniga qudhayda ayaa samooyinka gacmahayga ku kala bixiyey, oo ciidankooda oo dhanna anigaa amray. 13 Rabbiga ciidammadu wuxuu leeyahay, Boqor Kuuros ayaan xaqnimo ku sara kiciyey, oo jidadkiisa oo dhanna waan toosin doonaa. Magaaladayduu dhisi doonaa, oo maxaabiistaydana wuu sii dayn doonaa, mana aha iib aawadiis amase laaluush aawadiis toona.

14 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Hawsha Masar, iyo baayacmushtariga Itoobiya, iyo reer Saabaa'iim oo ah dad sarajoog dheer idinkay idiin soo gudbi doonaan, oo kuwiinnay ahaan doonaan. Iyagu way idin daba socon doonaan, oo waxay idiin soo gudbi doonaan iyagoo silsiladaysan, oo way idiin sujuudi doonaan, wayna idin baryi doonaan, iyagoo leh, Sida xaqiiqada ah Ilaah dhexdiinnu jiraa, oo mid kalena ma jiro, oo isaga mooyaane Ilaah kale ma jiro. 15 Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil oo ah Badbaadiyahow, sida runta ah waxaad tahay Ilaah isqariya. 16 Iyagu dhammaantood way ceeboobi doonaan oo giddigoodna way sharafjabi doonaan, oo kuwa sanamyo sameeya oo dhammu way wada qasmi doonaan. 17 Laakiinse Rabbigu wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil ku badbaadin doonaa badbaado daa'im ah, oo idinku weligiin iyo weligiinba ma aad ceeboobi doontaan, mana aad sharafjabi doontaan.

18 Waayo, Rabbiga samooyinka uumay oo ah Ilaaha dhulka uumay, oo sameeyey, oo dhisay, oo aan si aan waxba tarayn u uumin, laakiinse u uumay in la degganaado wuxuu leeyahay, Anigaa Rabbiga ah mid kalena ma jiro. 19 Anigu kuma hadlin qarsoodi iyo meel gudcur ah oo dhulka ka mid ah. Farcanka Yacquub kuma odhan, Si aan waxba tarin ii doondoona. Aniga Rabbiga ahu waxaan ku hadlaa xaqnimo, oo waxaan sheegaa waxyaalo qumman. 20 Kuwiinna quruumaha ka baxsadayow, soo shira, oo dhammaantiin kaalaya, kulligiin soo wada dhowaada. Kuwa sanamyadooda qoriga ah sita oo ilaah aan waxba badbaadin karin barya aqoon ma leh. 21 Sheega oo soo saara, iyagu ha isla wada tashadeen. Bal yaa waxyaalahan waa hore muujiyey? Oo bal yaa wakhti hore sii sheegay? Sow ma aha aniga Rabbiga ah? Oo aniga mooyaane Ilaah kale ma jiro. Waxaan ahay Ilaah xaq iyo Badbaadiye ah, oo aniga mooyaane mid kale ma jiro. 22 Dhulka darafyadiisa oo dhammow, i soo eega, oo kulligiin badbaada, waayo, anigaa Ilaah ah, oo aniga mooyaane mid kale ma jiro. 23 Waxaan ku dhaartay nafsaddayda, oo eray baa afkayga xaqnimo uga baxay, soona noqon maayo, waxaana weeye, Jilib waluba anuu ii sujuudi doonaa, carrab walubana waa igu dhaaran doonaa. 24 Waxaa laygu odhan doonaa, Rabbiga uun ayaa xaqnimo iyo xoogba leh. Isagaa loo iman doonaa, oo kuwii isaga u cadhaysnaa oo dhammuna way wada ceeboobi doonaan. 25 Farcanka Israa'iil oo dhammu Rabbiga bay xaq ku noqon doonaan, wayna faani doonaan.

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,(A)
    to Cyrus,(B) whose right hand I take hold(C) of
to subdue nations(D) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:
I will go before you(E)
    and will level(F) the mountains[a];
I will break down gates(G) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.(H)
I will give you hidden treasures,(I)
    riches stored in secret places,(J)
so that you may know(K) that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.(L)
For the sake of Jacob my servant,(M)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge(N) me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other;(O)
    apart from me there is no God.(P)
I will strengthen you,(Q)
    though you have not acknowledged me,
so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting(R)
people may know(S) there is none besides me.(T)
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
I form the light and create darkness,(U)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(V)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

“You heavens above, rain(W) down my righteousness;(X)
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation(Y) spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

“Woe to those who quarrel(Z) with their Maker,(AA)
    those who are nothing but potsherds(AB)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(AC)
    ‘What are you making?’(AD)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?(AE)
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
    ‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
    ‘What have you brought to birth?’

11 “This is what the Lord says—
    the Holy One(AF) of Israel, and its Maker:(AG)
Concerning things to come,
    do you question me about my children,
    or give me orders about the work of my hands?(AH)
12 It is I who made the earth(AI)
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;(AJ)
    I marshaled their starry hosts.(AK)
13 I will raise up Cyrus[b](AL) in my righteousness:
    I will make all his ways straight.(AM)
He will rebuild my city(AN)
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,(AO)
    says the Lord Almighty.”

14 This is what the Lord says:

“The products(AP) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[c]
    and those tall Sabeans(AQ)
they will come over to you(AR)
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,(AS)
    coming over to you in chains.(AT)
They will bow down before you
    and plead(AU) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,(AV) and there is no other;
    there is no other god.(AW)’”

15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding(AX) himself,
    the God and Savior(AY) of Israel.
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;(AZ)
    they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved(BA) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(BB)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(BC)
    to ages everlasting.

18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(BD)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(BE)
    but formed it to be inhabited(BF)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(BG)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(BH)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(BI)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(BJ)
    ‘Seek(BK) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(BL)

20 “Gather together(BM) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(BN) are those who carry(BO) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(BP)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(BQ) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?(BR)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,(BS)
a righteous God(BT) and a Savior;(BU)
    there is none but me.

22 “Turn(BV) to me and be saved,(BW)
    all you ends of the earth;(BX)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(BY)
23 By myself I have sworn,(BZ)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(CA)
    a word that will not be revoked:(CB)
Before me every knee will bow;(CC)
    by me every tongue will swear.(CD)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(CE) and strength.(CF)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(CG)
25 But all the descendants(CH) of Israel
    will find deliverance(CI) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(CJ)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 45:13 Hebrew him
  3. Isaiah 45:14 That is, the upper Nile region