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Ilaahyadii Baabuloon

46 Beel baa foororsada, Nebona wuu dhacaa, sanamyadoodu waxay kor saarnaadaan xayawaanka iyo lo'da. Waxyaalihii aad sidan jirteen waxaa laga dhigay rar la saaray neefkii daallanaa. Way foororsadaan, oo dhammaantood way wada dhacaan, iyagu rarka ma ay samatabbixin karaan, laakiinse xataa iyaga qudhooda maxaabbiisahaan baa loo kaxaystaa.

Reer Yacquub oo ah kuwa reer binu Israa'iil ka hadhay oo dhammow, kuwiinna aan siday tan iyo wakhtigii aad caloosha ku jirteen oo aan xambaaray tan iyo wakhtigii aad uurka ka soo baxdeen, i maqla. Tan iyo cimri dheer isagii baan ahay, oo tan iyo timo cirroobay waan idin xambaarayaa. Anigaa sameeyey, waanan sidi doonaa, waan xambaari doonaa, waanan samatabbixin doonaa. Bal yaad ii ekaysiinaysaan oo ila simaysaan, oo yaad igu masaalaysaan inaannu isku mid ahaanno? Kuwa dahab kolayga ka soo qubaa, oo lacagna kafadaha ku miisaamaa waxay soo kiraystaan dahabtume, oo isna wax ilaah ah buu ka dhigaa, markaasay u sujuudaan oo caabudaan. Garbahooday ku qaadaan, oo way xambaaraan, oo meeshiisay qotomiyaan. Isna wuu iska taagnaadaa, oo meeshiisana innaba kama dhaqaaqo. Oo dadku way u qayshan doonaa, laakiinse isagu uma uu jawaabi karo, oo dhibkoodana kama uu badbaadin karo.

Kuwiinna xadgudbayow, bal waxan soo xusuusta, oo aad u fiirsada, bal mar kale soo garwaaqsada. Bal waxyaalihii hore oo qadiimka ahaa soo xusuusta, waayo, anigaa Ilaah ah, mid kalena ma jiro, anigaa Ilaah ah, oo mid ila mid ahuna ma jiro. 10 Bilowga waxaan sheegaa ugudambaysta, oo wakhtiga hore waxaan sii sheegaa waxyaalo aan weli la samayn, anigoo leh, Taladaydu way hagaagi doontaa, oo waxaan jeclahay oo dhanna waan wada samayn doonaa. 11 Waxaan xagga bari uga yeedhayaa haad aad u gaajaysan oo ah ninka taladayda oofinaya oo aan waddan fog uga yeedhayo. Waan ku hadlay, oo weliba waan oofin doonaa. Waan u qasdiyey, oo weliba waan samayn doonaa. 12 Kuwiinna qalbiga qallafsan oo xaqnimada ka fogow, bal i maqla! 13 Xaqnimadaydii waan soo dhowaynayaa, oo iyana ma ay fogaan doonto, oo badbaadintayduna ma ay raagi doonto. Reer binu Israa'iil oo sharaftayda ah daraaddood ayaan badbaadin Siyoon u dhex dhigi doonaa.

Gods of Babylon

46 Bel(A) bows down, Nebo stoops low;
    their idols(B) are borne by beasts of burden.[a]
The images that are carried(C) about are burdensome,
    a burden for the weary.
They stoop and bow down together;
    unable to rescue the burden,
    they themselves go off into captivity.(D)

“Listen(E) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
    all the remnant(F) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,(G)
    and have carried(H) since you were born.(I)
Even to your old age and gray hairs(J)
    I am he,(K) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain(L) you and I will rescue you.

“With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(M)
Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(N) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.(O)
They lift it to their shoulders and carry(P) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.(Q)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(R)
    it cannot save(S) them from their troubles.

“Remember(T) this, keep it in mind,
    take it to heart, you rebels.(U)
Remember the former things,(V) those of long ago;(W)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.(X)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,(Y)
    from ancient times,(Z) what is still to come.(AA)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(AB)
    and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(AC) a bird of prey;(AD)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(AE) that I will do.(AF)
12 Listen(AG) to me, you stubborn-hearted,(AH)
    you who are now far from my righteousness.(AI)
13 I am bringing my righteousness(AJ) near,
    it is not far away;
    and my salvation(AK) will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,(AL)
    my splendor(AM) to Israel.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle