By Im Wound Dem, We Don Heal
The servant grow up like ordinary person, e no get fine face wey go draw anybody, and people dey avoid am and despise am. The turn come when the people wey dey talk confess say dem get am backwards: wetin dem think say na punishment on am na their own guilt, wey our Papa put on am.
53 1Who don believe di message wey we talk? An na who our Papa show im arm? a a v1 Di "arm" of our Papa na picture of di power wey e get to save, wey e don put to work. 2Because e grow up for im front like small young plant, an like root wey come out for dry ground; e no get fine body or big-man shine wey go make us look am, no fine face wey go pull us come am. b b v2 Isaiah im Servant wey suffer na Jesus — di New Testament take dis whole chapter join am: 1 Peter 2:21-25, Acts 8:32-35, Matthew 8:17, Romans 4:25. 3People despise am an reject am, na man wey sabi sorrow an wey grief dey follow; an like person wey people dey hide dia face from, dem despise am, an we no count am for anytin.
4For true, na our grief e carry, na our sorrow e take for imsef; but we tink say na our Papa strike am, say na our Papa knock am down an make am suffer. 5But na for our rebellion dem pierce am; na for our sin dem crush am; di punishment wey bring us peace land for im head, an na by im wound dem we don heal. c c v5 Dem wound am for our place — e take di punishment wey our sin suppose collect, so dat we fit be complete. Peter talk am plain: "by im wound dem, una don heal" (1 Peter 2:24), e dey point to Jesus. 6All of us, like sheep, don waka comot for road; each one of us don turn go im own way; an our Papa don put di sin of all of us for im head.
7Dem press am down, an dem make am suffer, but e no open im mouth; like lamb wey dem carry go kill, an like sheep wey keep quiet for front of di people wey dey shave im wool, so e no open im mouth. 8Dem take am comot by pressure an by judgment; an who for im generation tink about dis tin—say dem cut am off from di land of di living, say dem strike am down for di rebellion of my people? 9Dem gi am grave wit di wicked people dem, an wit rich man for im death, even doh e no do violence, an no lie dey for im mouth.
10But na our Papa im will to crush am an make am suffer; wen e make im life offering for guilt, e go see im pikin dem, e go live long, an di will of our Papa go prosper for im hand. d d v10 Di will wey di Papa get to crush di Pikin na love — e gi am as di offering wey dey bring im children come house. John 3:16. 11Afta di pain wey im soul pass, e go see di light an e go satisfy; by wetin e sabi my correct-and-holy servant go make plenty people become correct-and-holy, an e go carry dia sin dem. e e v11 Jesus fulfill am, di correct-and-holy Servant — 1 Peter 2:21-25; Acts 8:32-35. 12Naim make I go gi am portion among di plenty people, an e go share di spoil wit di strong ones, because e pour im life comot go death an dem count am among di people wey break law; but e carry di sin of plenty people, an e dey beg for di people wey break law.
