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57 Kan xaqa ah wuu halligmaa, oo ninna qalbiga ma geliyo. Cibaadalaawayaashana waa la kexeeyey, oo ciduna ma garato in kan xaqa ah belaayada soo socota laga waday. Isagu wuu nabad galaa, oo mid kasta oo qummanaantiisa ku socdana sariirtiisuu ku nastaa.

Laakiinse wiilasha saaxiradda, oo ah farcankii dhillayga iyo dhilladu ay iska dhaleenow, bal halkan u soo dhowaada. Bal yaad ku cayaaraysaan? Oo bal yaad afka ku kala qaadaysaan oo aad carrabka ku soo taagaysaan? Sow idinku ma ihidin carruurtii xadgudubka iyo farcankii beenta, idinkoo geedaha dhexdooda iyo geed kasta oo cagaar ah hoostiisa iskula kacsada, oo carruurta dooxooyinka iyo meelaha dhagaxyada dillaacsan ka hooseeya ku gowraca. Qaybtaadu waxay dhex taallaa dhagaxyada siman oo dooxada dhex yaal, oo iyaga qudhoodu waa qaybtaada, waayo, iyagaad qurbaan cabniin ah u daadisay, oo iyagaad qurbaan u bixisay. Haddaba bal miyaan waxyaalahaas raalli ka noqon doonaa? Waxaad sariirtaadii dul dhigatay buur sarraysa oo dheer, oo halkaasaad sii fuushay inaad allabari ku bixisid aawadeed. Oo albaabbada iyo tiirarka dabadooda ayaad xusuustaadii qotonsatay, waayo, waxaad isu qaawisay mid kale oo aan aniga ahayn, waanad sii fuushay, oo sariirtaadiina waad sii ballaadhisay, oo axdi baad iyaga la dhigatay. Sariirtoodana meeshaad ku aragtay waad ku jeceshahay. Saliid baad boqorka ula tagtay, oo cadarkaagiina waad iska sii badisay, ergooyinkaagiina meel fog baad u dirtay, oo ceeb baad ku dhaadhacday tan iyo She'ool. 10 Waxaad ku daashay jidkaaga dhererkiisa, laakiinse ma aad odhan, Rajo ma leh. Waxaad heshay xoog cusub, oo sidaas daraaddeed ma aadan taag qabin. 11 Oo bal yaad ka baqday oo aad ka cabsatay, oo aad saas darteed been u sheegtay oo aadan ii soo xusuusan, ama aadan innaba xaalkan qalbigaaga u gelin? Miyaanan wakhti dheer iska aamusin? Oo ma sidaas aawadeed baadan iiga cabsanayn? 12 Waxaan sheegi doonaa xaqnimadaada iyo shuqulladaada, iyaguse waxba kuuma tari doonaan. 13 Markaad qayshatid, bal guutooyinkaagu ha ku samatabbixiyeen, laakiinse iyaga dabayl baa qaadi doonta, oo neef baa wada kaxayn doonta, laakiinse kii isku kay halleeyaa dalkuu hantiyi doonaa oo wuxuu dhaxli doonaa buurtayda quduuska ah.

Dhiirrigelinta Kuwa Toobadkeena

14 Oo isna wuxuu odhan doonaa, Dhisa, dhisa, oo jidka hagaajiya, oo jidka dadkayga waxa lagu turunturoodo ka wareejiya.

15 Waayo, Kan dheer oo sarreeya, oo weligiis waara, oo magiciisu Quduuska yahay wuxuu leeyahay, Anigu waxaan degganahay meesha sare oo quduuska ah, oo weliba waxaan la jiraa kan toobadkeena oo is-hoosaysiiya inaan soo nooleeyo ruuxa kuwa is-hoosaysiiya, iyo inaan soo nooleeyo qalbiga kuwa toobadkeena. 16 Waayo, ilaa weligay diriri maayo oo ilaa weligay sii cadhaysnaan maayo, haddii kalese ruuxii iyo nafihii aan abuurayba hortayda way ku taag darnaan lahaayeen. 17 Xumaantii hunguriweynaantiisa aawadeed ayaan u cadhooday oo aan wax ugu dhuftay. Waan isqariyey oo waan cadhooday, oo isna wuu ku sii leexday xagga jidkii qalbigiisa. 18 Jidadkiisii waan arkay, laakiinse isagaan bogsiin doonaa, oo weliba waan soo hoggaamin doonaa, oo isaga iyo kuwa u barooranayaba waan qalbiqaboojin doonaa. 19 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Anigu midhaha bushimahaan abuuraa. Nabad iyo nabadu ha u ahaato kan fog iyo kan dhowba. Oo isagaan bogsiin doonaa. 20 Laakiinse kuwa sharka ahu waa sida bad kacsan oo kale, waayo, iyadu innaba ma xasilli karto, oo biyaheeduna waxay kor u soo xooraan wasakh iyo dhoobo. 21 Ilaahaygu wuxuu leeyahay, Kuwa sharka ah nabadu uma jirto.

57 The righteous perish,(A)
    and no one takes it to heart;(B)
the devout are taken away,
    and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
    to be spared from evil.(C)
Those who walk uprightly(D)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest(E) as they lie in death.

“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(F)
    you offspring of adulterers(G) and prostitutes!(H)
Who are you mocking?
    At whom do you sneer
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,(I)
    the offspring of liars?
You burn with lust among the oaks(J)
    and under every spreading tree;(K)
you sacrifice your children(L) in the ravines
    and under the overhanging crags.
The idols(M) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
    indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings(N)
    and offered grain offerings.
    In view of all this, should I relent?(O)
You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;(P)
    there you went up to offer your sacrifices.(Q)
Behind your doors and your doorposts
    you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
    you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,(R)
    and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.(S)
You went to Molek[a](T) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.(U)
You sent your ambassadors[b](V) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!(W)
10 You wearied(X) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’(Y)
You found renewal of your strength,(Z)
    and so you did not faint.

11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared(AA)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered(AB) me
    nor taken this to heart?(AC)
Is it not because I have long been silent(AD)
    that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,(AE)
    and they will not benefit you.
13 When you cry out(AF) for help,
    let your collection of idols save(AG) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
    a mere breath will blow(AH) them away.
But whoever takes refuge(AI) in me
    will inherit the land(AJ)
    and possess my holy mountain.”(AK)

Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it will be said:

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!(AL)
    Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”(AM)
15 For this is what the high and exalted(AN) One says—
    he who lives forever,(AO) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high(AP) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite(AQ) and lowly in spirit,(AR)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.(AS)
16 I will not accuse(AT) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,(AU)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people(AV) I have created.
17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;(AW)
    I punished them, and hid(AX) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.(AY)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal(AZ) them;
    I will guide(BA) them and restore comfort(BB) to Israel’s mourners,
19     creating praise on their lips.(BC)
Peace, peace,(BD) to those far and near,”(BE)
    says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked(BF) are like the tossing sea,(BG)
    which cannot rest,
    whose waves cast up mire(BH) and mud.
21 “There is no peace,”(BI) says my God, “for the wicked.”(BJ)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
  2. Isaiah 57:9 Or idols