Yesaya 24
1 Taonani, Yehova adzawononga dziko lapansi ndi kulisandutsa chipululu; Iye adzasakaza maonekedwe ake ndi kumwaza anthu ake onse.
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
2 Aliyense zidzamuchitikira mofanana: wansembe chimodzimodzi munthu wamba, antchito aamuna mofanananso ndi ambuye awo aamuna, antchito aakazi chimodzimodzi ambuye awo aakazi, wogula chimodzimodzi wogulitsa, wobwereka chimodzimodzi wobwereketsa, okongola chimodzimodzi okongoza.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
3 Dziko lapansi lidzawonongedwa kwathunthu ndi kusakazikiratu. Yehova wanena mawu awa.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 Dziko lapansi likulira ndipo likufota, dziko lonse likuvutika ndipo likuwuma, anthu omveka a dziko lapansi akuvutika.
The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5 Anthu ayipitsa dziko lapansi; posamvera malangizo ake; pophwanya mawu ake ndi pangano lake lamuyaya.
The earth also is defiled under its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Nʼchifukwa chake matemberero akuwononga dziko lapansi; anthu a mʼdzikomo akuzunzika chifukwa cha kulakwa kwawo, iwo asakazika ndipo atsala ochepa okha.
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell in it are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7 Vinyo watsopano watha ndipo mphesa zikufota; onse okonda zosangalatsa ali ndi chisoni.
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
8 Kulira kokometsera kwa matambolini kwatha, phokoso la anthu osangalala latha, zeze wosangalatsa wati zii.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 Anthu sadzayimbanso akumwa vinyo; akadzamwa zaukali zidzakhala zowawa mʼkamwa mwawo.
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 Mzinda wachisokonezo uja wawonongeka; nyumba iliyonse yatsekedwa.
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may enter.
11 Anthu akulira mʼmisewu kufuna vinyo; chimwemwe chonse chatheratu, palibenso chisangalalo pa dziko lapansi.
[There] is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12 Mzinda wasanduka bwinja zipata zake zagumuka.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 Zimenezi ndizo zidzachitikire mitundu yonse ya dziko lapansi ndiponso pakati pa mitundu ya anthu. Zidzakhala ngati pamene mitengo ya olivi yayoyoledwa, kapena ngati nthawi ya kunkha la mphesa atatsiriza kukolola.
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, [there shall be] as the shaking of an olive-tree, [and] as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
14 Koma otsala onse akufuwula ndi kuyimba mwachimwemwe; anthu akumadzulo akutamanda ukulu wa Yehova.
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 Nʼchifukwa chake inu akummawa, tamandani Yehova; ndi inu okhala mʼmphepete mwa nyanja kwezani dzina la Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli.
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, [even] the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
16 Kuchokera kumalekezero a dziko lapansi tikumva kuyimba kotamanda “Wolungamayo.” Koma ine ndinati, “Ndatheratu, ndatheratu! Tsoka kwa ine! Anthu achinyengo akupitirizabe kuchita zachinyengo, inde chinyengo chawo chikunkerankera mʼtsogolo.”
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, [even] glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe to me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
17 Inu anthu adziko lapansi, zoopsa, dzenje ndi msampha zikukudikirani.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Aliyense wothawa phokoso la zoopsa adzagwa mʼdzenje; ndipo aliyense wotuluka mʼdzenjemo adzakodwa ndi msampha. Zitseko zakumwamba zatsekulidwa, ndipo maziko a dziko lapansi agwedezeka.
And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 Dziko lapansi lathyokathyoka, ndipo lagawika pakati, dziko lapansi lagwedezeka kotheratu.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is entirely dissolved, the earth is exceedingly moved.
20 Dziko lapansi likudzandira ngati munthu woledzera likugwedezeka ndi mphepo ngati chisimba; lalemedwa ndi machimo ake. Lidzagwa ndipo silidzadzukanso.
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression of it shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 Tsiku limenelo Yehova adzalanga amphamvu a kumwamba ndiponso mafumu apansi pano.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones [that are] on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 Mulungu adzawasonkhanitsa pamodzi ngati amʼndende amene ali mʼdzenje. Adzawatsekera mʼndende ndipo adzalangidwa patapita nthawi yayitali.
And they shall be gathered, [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Mwezi udzanyazitsidwa, dzuwa lidzachita manyazi; pakuti Yehova Wamphamvuzonse adzakhala mfumu ndipo adzalamulira; pa Phiri la Ziyoni ndi ku Yerusalemu, ndipo adzaonetsa ulemerero wake pamaso pa akuluakulu.
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
