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64 Maad samooyinka soo jeexdid, oo maad hoos u soo dhaadhacdid, si ay buuruhu hortaada uga gariiraan sida dab xaabo uu u gubo oo uu biyahana u karkariyo, in magacaaga cadaawayaashaada la ogeysiiyo, iyo in quruumuhu ay hortaada ku gariiraan! Markaad waxyaalo cabsi badan oo aannan filanayn samaysay, hoos baad u soo dhaadhacday, oo buurihiina hortaaday ku gariireen. Tan iyo waa hore ninna ma garan, dheguna ma maqal, iluna ma arag Ilaah aan adiga ahayn oo u shaqeeya kan isaga wax ka suga. Kan isagoo faraxsan xaqnimo sameeya, iyo kuwa jidadkaaga kugu xusuusta waad la kulantaa. Waad cadhaysnayd, waannuna dembaabnay. Dembiyadaas wakhti dheer baannu ku sii soconnay, haddaba ma nala badbaadin doonaa? Waayo, kulligayo waxaannu noqonnay sida wax aan nadiif ahayn, oo xaqnimadayada oo dhammuna waa sida dhar wasakh ah, kulligayona waxaannu u engegnay sida caleen oo kale, oo xumaantayadiina sidii dabayl oo kale ayay noo kaxaysataa. Oo innaba lama arko mid magacaaga ku baryootama, ama niyadiisa u kiciya inuu ku xagsado, waayo, wejigaagii waad naga qarisay, oo xumaatooyinkayagii aawadood waad na wada baabbi'isay. Laakiinse haatan, Rabbiyow, waxaad tahay Aabbahayaga. Annagu waxaannu nahay dhoobadii, oo adiguna dheryasameeyahayaga baad tahay, oo annana kulligayo shuqulkii gacantaada baannu nahay. Rabbiyow, aad ha u cadhoon, oo xumaantana ilaa weligaa ha sii xusuusan. Bal eeg, oo na fiiri, waan ku baryaynaaye, waayo, kulligayo dadkaaga baannu nahay. 10 Magaalooyinkaagii quduuska ahaa cidlo bay noqdeen, Siyoon waxay noqotay cidlo oo kale, Yeruusaalemna waxay noqotay meel baabba' ah. 11 Gurigayagii quduuska ahaa oo qurxoonaa oo ahaa meeshii ay awowayaashayo kugu ammaani jireen dab baa lagu gubay, oo waxyaalahayagii wanwanaagsanaa oo dhanna waa la wada baabbi'iyey. 12 Rabbiyow, waxyaalahaas aawadood ma isu celinaysaa? Ma iska aamusaysaa, oo ma aad baad noo sii dhibaysaa?

64 [a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens(A) and come down,(B)
    that the mountains(C) would tremble before you!
As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(D) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake(E) before you!
For when you did awesome(F) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled(G) before you.
Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(H)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(I)
You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(J)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.(K)
    How then can we be saved?
All of us have become like one who is unclean,(L)
    and all our righteous(M) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(N)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(O)
No one(P) calls on your name(Q)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(R) your face from us
    and have given us over(S) to[b] our sins.

Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(T)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(U)
    we are all the work of your hand.(V)
Do not be angry(W) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins(X) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.(Y)
10 Your sacred cities(Z) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(AA)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(AB) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(AC) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(AD)
    Will you keep silent(AE) and punish us beyond measure?

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.
  2. Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of