Yesaya 41
1 “Khalani chete pamaso panga, inu mayiko a mʼmbali mwa nyanja! Alekeni ayandikire ndi kuyankhula; tiyeni tikhale pamodzi kuti atiweruze.
Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us draw near together to judgment.
2 “Ndani anadzutsa wochokera kummawa uja amene ananka napambana kulikonse kumene ankapita? Iye amapereka anthu a mitundu ina mʼmanja mwake ndipo ndi lupanga lake anagonjetsa ndi kusandutsa mafumu kukhala ngati fumbi nawamwaza ngati mankhusu ndi uta wake.
Who raised up from the east him whom righteousness calleth to its foot? He gave the nations before him, and caused him to have dominion over kings; he gave them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow.
3 Amawalondola namayenda mosavutika, mʼnjira imene mapazi ake sanayendemo kale.
He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.
4 Ndani anachita zimenezi ndi kuzitsiriza, si uja amene anayambitsa mitundu ya anthu? Ine Yehova, ndine chiyambi ndipo potsiriza pake ndidzakhalapo.”
Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I [am] HE.
5 Mayiko amʼmbali mwa nyanja aona zimenezi ndipo akuopa; anthu a ku mathero a dziko lapansi akunjenjemera. Akuyandikira pafupi, akubwera;
The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
6 aliyense akuthandiza mnzake ndipo akuwuza mʼbale wake kuti, “Limba mtima!”
They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Take courage.
7 Mʼmisiri wa matabwa amalimbikitsa mʼmisiri wa golide, ndipo iye amene amasalaza fano ndi nyundo amalimbikitsa amene amalisanja pa chipala. Ponena za kuwotcherera iye amati, “Zili bwino.” Iye amalikhomerera fanolo ndi misomali kuti lisagwe.
And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.
8 “Koma Iwe Israeli mtumiki wanga, Yakobo amene ndakusankha, Ndiwe chidzukulu cha Abrahamu bwenzi langa.
But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
9 Ndinakutengani kuchokera ku mapeto a dziko lapansi, ndinakuyitanani kuchokera ku mbali za kutali za dziko lapansi. Ine ndinati, ‘Iwe ndiwe mtumiki wanga;’ Ndinakusankha ndipo sindinakutaye.
— thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,
10 Tsono usaope, pakuti Ine ndili nawe; usataye mtima chifukwa Ine ndine Mulungu wako. Ndidzakupatsa mphamvu ndipo ndidzakuthandiza, ndidzakutchinjiriza ndi dzanja langa lamanja logonjetsa.
— Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 “Onse amene akupsera mtima adzachita manyazi ndithu ndi kunyazitsidwa; onse amene akukangana nawe sadzakhalanso kanthu, adzawonongeka.
Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
12 Udzafunafuna adani ako, koma sadzapezeka. Iwo amene akuchita nawe nkhondo sadzakhalanso kanthu.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them — them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 Pakuti Ine Yehova, ndine Mulungu wako, amene ndikukugwira dzanja lako lamanja ndipo ndikuti, usaope; ndidzakuthandiza.
For I, Jehovah, thy God, hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Usachite mantha, iwe Yakobo wofowoka ngati nyongolotsi, iwe wochepa mphamvu Israeli, chifukwa Ine ndidzakuthandiza,” akutero Yehova Mpulumutsi wako, Woyerayo wa Israeli.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Taona, ndidzakusandutsa ngati chipangizo chopunthira tirigu chatsopano, chakunthwa ndi cha mano ambiri. Udzanyenya mapiri ndi kuwaphwanyaphwanya, ndipo zitunda adzazisandutsa ngati mankhusu.
Behold, I have made of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having double teeth: thou shalt thresh and beat small the mountains, and shalt make the hills as chaff;
16 Udzawapeta ndipo adzawuluka ndi mphepo komanso adzamwazika ndi kamvuluvulu. Koma iwe udzakondwera chifukwa Ine ndine Mulungu wako, ndipo udzanyadira chifukwa cha Ine Woyerayo wa Israeli:
thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “Pamene amphawi ndi osauka akufunafuna madzi, koma sakuwapeza; ndipo kummero kwawo kwawuma ndi ludzu. Ine Yehova ndidzayankha pemphero lawo; Ine, Mulungu wa Israeli, sindidzawasiya.
The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, [I], the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18 Ndidzayendetsa mitsinje mʼmalo owuma, ndi akasupe adzatumphuka mu zigwa. Ndidzasandutsa chipululu kukhala dziwe la madzi ndipo dziko lowuma kukhala akasupe a madzi.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.
19 Mʼchipululu ndidzameretsa mkungudza, kasiya mchisu ndi mtengo wa Olivi. Mʼdziko lowuma ndidzaza mitengo ya payini, ya mkuyu ndi ya mlombwa,
I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;
20 kuti anthu aone ndi kudziwa; inde, alingalire ndi kumvetsa, kuti Yehova ndiye wachita zimenezi; kuti Woyera wa Israeli ndiye anakonza zimenezi.
that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 “Yehova akuwuza milungu ina kuti, ‘Fotokozani mlandu wanu.’ Mfumu ya Yakobo ikuti, ‘Perekani umboni wanu.’
Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forward your arguments, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Bwerani ndi milungu yanu kuti idzatiwuze zomwe zidzachitike mʼtsogolo. Tifotokozereni zinthu zamakedzana tiziganizire ndi kudziwa zotsatira zake. Kapena tiwuzeni zimene zidzachitike mʼtsogolo,
Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; — or let us hear things to come:
23 tiwuzeni kuti kutsogolo kuli zotani, ndipo ife tidziwa kuti ndinu milungu. Chitani chinthu chabwino kapena choyipa, ndipo mutidabwitsa ndi kutichititsa mantha.
declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.
24 Koma inu sindinu kanthu ndipo zochita zanu nʼzopandapake; amene amapembedza inu ali ngati chinthu chokanidwa chifukwa ndi choyipa.
Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...
25 “Ndinawutsa munthu wina kumpoto ndipo anabwera, munthu wochokera kummawa amene ndinamuyitana. Amapondaponda olamulira ngati matope, ngati ndi wowumba mbiya amene akuponda dongo.
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come, — from the rising of the sun, he who will call upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as on mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 Ndani anawululiratu zimenezi poyamba pomwe, kuti ife tidziwe, kapena kutiwuziratu zisanachitike kuti ife tinene kuti, ‘Analondola?’ Palibe amene ananena, palibe analengeza zimenezi, palibe anamva mawu anu.
Who hath declared [it] from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [It is] right? Indeed, there is none that declareth; no, none that sheweth; no, none that heareth your words.
27 Ine ndinali woyamba kumuwuza Ziyoni kuti, ‘Taona, si awa akubwera apawa!’ Ndinatumiza mthenga wa nkhani yabwino ku Yerusalemu.
The first, [I said] to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.
28 Koma ndikayangʼana palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe, palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe pakati pawo wotha kupereka uphungu, palibe woti ayankhe pamene ine ndawafunsa.
And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, — and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Taonani, milungu yonseyi ndi yachinyengo! Zochita zawo si kanthu konse; mafano awo ali ngati mphepo yachabechabe.
Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
