Yesaya 42
1 “Nayu mtumiki wanga, amene ndimamuchirikiza, amene ndamusankha, amenenso ndimakondwera naye. Ndayika Mzimu wanga mwa Iyeyo, ndipo adzaweruza anthu a mitundu yonse mwachilungamo.
Behold, My servant, I take hold on Him, My Chosen One—My soul has accepted, I have put My Spirit on Him, He brings forth judgment to nations.
2 Iye sadzafuwula, sadzamveka mawu, kapena mawu ake kumveka mʼmisewu.
He does not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
3 Bango lophwanyika sadzalithyola, ndipo moto wozilala sadzawuzimitsa. Motero adzaonetsa kuti chilungamo ndicho choonadi;
A bruised reed He does not break, And faded flax He does not quench, He brings forth judgment to truth.
4 sadzafowoka kapena kukhumudwa mpaka atakhazikitsa chilungamo pa dziko lapansi, ndi mpaka mayiko a mʼmbali mwa nyanja atafika poyembekezera malangizo ake.”
He does not become weak nor bruised, Until He sets judgment in the earth, And islands wait with hope for His law.
5 Yehova Mulungu amene analenga zamlengalenga ndi kuziyalika, amene analenga dziko lapansi ndi zonse zimene zimabereka, amenenso amapereka mpweya kwa anthu ake okhala mʼdzikomo, ndi moyo kwa onse oyendamo, akuti,
Thus said God, YHWH, Creating the heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
6 “Ine Yehova, ndakuyitana chifukwa Ine ndine wolungama; ndikugwira dzanja ndipo ndidzakuteteza. Ndakupereka kukhala pangano langa kwa anthu ndi kuwunika kwa anthu a mitundu ina.
I, YHWH, called you in righteousness, And I lay hold on your hand, and keep you, And I give you for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
7 Udzatsekula maso a anthu osaona, udzamasula anthu a mʼndende ndi kutulutsa mʼndende anthu okhala mu mdima.
To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth the bound one from prison, Those sitting in darkness from the house of restraint.
8 “Ine ndine Yehova: dzina langa ndi limenelo! Sindidzapereka ulemerero wanga kwa wina aliyense kapena matamando anga kwa mafano.
I [am] YHWH, this [is] My Name, And I do not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
9 Taonani, zinthu zimene ndinalosera kale zachitikadi, ndipo ndikuwuzani zinthu zatsopano; zinthuzo zisanaonekere Ine ndakudziwitsani.”
The former things, behold, have come, And I am declaring new things, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.
10 Imbirani Yehova nyimbo yatsopano, mutamandeni inu okhala mʼdziko lonse lapansi, inu amene mumayenda pa nyanja, nyanja ikokome ndi zonse zili mʼmenemo. Inu okhala pa zilumba tamandani Yehova.
Sing a new song to YHWH, His praise from the end of the earth, You who are going down to the sea, and its fullness, Islands, and their inhabitants.
11 Chipululu ndi mizinda yake zikweze mawu awo; midzi ya Akedara ikondwere. Anthu a ku Sela ayimbe mwachimwemwe; afuwule kuchokera pamwamba pa mapiri.
The wilderness and its cities lift up [their voice], Kedar inhabits the villages, The inhabitants of Sela sing, They cry from the top of mountains.
12 Atamande Yehova ndipo alalike matamando ake kwa anthu apazilumba zonse.
They ascribe to YHWH glory, And they declare His praise in the islands.
13 Yehova adzapita ku nkhondo ngati munthu wamphamvu, adzawutsa ukali wake ngati munthu wankhondo; akukuwa ndiponso akufuwula mfuwu wankhondo ndipo adzagonjetsa adani ake.
YHWH goes forth as a mighty one. He stirs up zeal as a man of war, He cries, indeed, He shrieks, He shows Himself mighty against His enemies.
14 Yehova akuti, “Ndakhala ndili chete kwa nthawi yayitali, ndakhala ndili phee osachita kanthu. Koma tsopano, ngati mayi pa nthawi yochira, ndi kubuwula ndi kupuma modukizadukiza ndipo ndili wefuwefu.
I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain Myself, I cry out as a travailing woman, I desolate and swallow up together.
15 Ndidzawononga mapiri ndi zitunda ndipo ndidzawumitsa zomera zawo zonse; ndidzasandutsa mitsinje kukhala zilumba ndipo ndidzawumitsa maiwe.
I make desolate mountains and hills, And I dry up all their herbs, And I have made rivers become islands, And I dry up ponds.
16 Ndidzatsogolera anthu osaona mʼmisewu imene sanayidziwe, ndidzawatsogolera mʼnjira zimene sanayendepo; ndidzasandutsa mdima wa kutsogolo kwawo kuti ukhale kuwala ndipo ndidzasalaza malo osalala. Zimenezi ndizo ndidzachite; sindidzawataya.
And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, I cause them to tread in paths they have not known, I make a dark place become light before them, And unleveled places become a plain, These [are] the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
17 Koma onse amene amadalira mafano amene amanena kwa mafanowo kuti, ‘ndinu milungu yathu,’ ndidzawachititsa manyazi kotheratu.
Removed backward—utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a carved image, Those saying to a molten image, “You [are] our gods.”
18 “Imvani, agonthi inu; yangʼanani osaona inu, kuti muone!
You deaf, hear; and you blind, look to see.
19 Ali wosaona ndani, si mtumiki wanga kodi? Ndipo ndani ali wosamva ngati mthenga amene ndamutuma? Kodi ndani ali wosaona ngati uja ndinachita naye pangano, kapena wosaona ndani ngati mtumiki wa Yehova?
Who [is] blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who [is] blind as he who is at peace, Indeed, blind, as the servant of YHWH?
20 Iwe waona zinthu zambiri, koma sunazisamale; makutu ako ndi otsekuka koma sumva kanthu.”
Seeing many things, and you do not observe, Opening ears, and he does not hear.
21 Chinamukomera Yehova chifukwa cha chilungamo chake, kapena lamulo lake kukhala lalikulu ndi lopambana.
YHWH has delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifies law, and makes honorable.
22 Koma awa ndi anthu amene afunkhidwa ndi kuwalanda zinthu zawo, onsewa anawakola mʼmaenje kapena akuwabisa mʼndende. Tsono asanduka chofunkha popanda wina wowapulumutsa kapena kunena kuti, “Abwezeni kwawo.”
And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes—all of them, And they were hidden in houses of restraint, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, “Restore.”
23 Kodi ndani wa inu amene adzamvetsera zimenezi kapena kutchera khutu ndi kumva za mʼtsogolomo?
Who among you gives ear [to] this? Attends, and hears afterward?
24 Ndani anapereka Yakobo kwa ofunkha, ndi Israeli kwa anthu akuba? Kodi si Yehova, amene ife tamuchimwirayu? Pakuti sanathe kutsatira njira zake; ndipo sanamvere malangizo ake.
Who has given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not YHWH—He against whom we sinned? Indeed, they have not been willing to walk in His ways, Nor have they listened to His law.
25 Motero anawakwiyira kwambiri, nawavutitsa ndi nkhondo. Anayatsa moto ponseponse mowazungulira komabe iwo sanamvetse; motowo unawapsereza, koma iwo sanatengepo phunziro ayi.
And He pours fury on him, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it sets him on fire all around, And he has not known, And it burns against him, and he does not lay it to heart!
