Yesaya 51
1 “Mverani Ine, inu amene mukufuna chipulumutso ndiponso amene mumafunafuna Yehova: Taganizani za thanthwe kumene munasemedwa ndipo ku ngwenya kumene anakukumbani;
Hearken to me, all of you that follow after righteousness, all of you that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence all of you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence all of you are dug.
2 taganizani za Abrahamu, kholo lanu, ndi Sara, amene anakubalani. Pamene ndinkamuyitana nʼkuti alibe mwana, koma ndinamudalitsa ndi kumupatsa ana ambiri.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
3 Yehova adzatonthozadi Ziyoni, ndipo adzachitira chifundo mabwinja ake onse; Dziko lake la chipululu adzalisandutsa ngati Edeni, malo ake owuma ngati munda wa Yehova. Anthu adzayimba nyimbo zonditamanda ndi kundiyamika.
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4 “Mverani Ine, anthu anga: tcherani khutu, inu mtundu wanga: malangizo adzachokera kwa Ine; cholungama changa chidzawunikira anthu a mitundu yonse.
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
5 Ndili pafupi kubwera kudzawombola anthu anga. Ndidzabwera mofulumira ngati kuwunika kudzapulumutsa anthu anga; ndipo ndidzalamulira anthu a mitundu yonse. Mayiko akutali akundiyembekezera. Iwo akudikira kuti ndidzawapulumutse.
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
6 Kwezani maso anu mlengalenga, yangʼanani pansi pa dziko; mlengalenga udzazimirira ngati utsi, dziko lapansi lidzatha ngati chovala ndipo anthu ake adzafa ngati nsabwe. Koma chipulumutso changa chidzakhala mpaka muyaya, chilungamo changa chidzakhala cha nthawi zonse.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7 “Mverani Ine, inu amene mukudziwa choonadi, anthu inu amene mukusunga malangizo anga mʼmitima yanu; musaope kudzudzulidwa ndi anthu kapena kuopsezedwa akamakulalatirani.
Hearken unto me, all of you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear all of you not the reproach of men, neither be all of you afraid of their revilings.
8 Pakuti njenjete idzawadya ngati chovala; mbozi idzawadya ngati thonje. Koma chilungamo changa chidzakhala mpaka muyaya, chipulumutso changa chidzakhala mpaka mibadomibado.”
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
9 Dzambatukani, dzambatukani! Valani zilimbe, Inu Yehova; dzambatukani, monga munkachitira masiku amakedzana, monga nthawi ya mibado yakale. Si ndinu kodi amene munaduladula Rahabe, amene munabaya chinjoka cha mʼnyanja chija?
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not it that has cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
10 Kodi sindinu amene munawumitsa nyanja yayikulu, madzi ozama kwambiri aja? Kodi sindinu amene munapanga njira pa madzi ozama, kuti anthu amene munawapulumutsa awoloke powuma?
Are you not it which has dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that has made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
11 Anthu amene Yehova anawawombola adzabwerera nakafika ku Ziyoni nyimbo ili pakamwa; chimwemwe chamuyaya chizidzaonekera pa nkhope zawo. Adzakhala ndi chikondwerero ndi chimwemwe, chisoni ndi kubuwula zidzathawa.
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
12 Yehova akuti, “Ndinetu amene ndimakutonthozani mtima. Chifukwa chiyani mukuopa munthu woti adzafa? Mukuopa munthu woti monga udzu sadzakhalitsa.
I, even I, am he that comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
13 Koma inu mumayiwala Yehova Mlengi wanu, amene anayala za mlengalenga ndi kuyika maziko a dziko lapansi. Inu nthawi zonse mumaopsezedwa chifukwa cha ukali wa anthu okuponderezani amene angofuna kukuwonongani. Kodi uli kuti tsopano ukali wa anthu okuponderezaniwo?
And forget the LORD your maker, that has stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and have feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
14 Amʼndende adzamasulidwa posachedwa; sadzalowa mʼmanda awo, kapena kusowa chakudya.
The captive exile hastens that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
15 Pakuti Ine ndine Yehova Mulungu wanu, amene ndimavundula nyanja kotero mafunde ake amakokoma. Dzina lake ndi Yehova Wamphamvuzonse.
But I am the LORD your God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
16 Ndayika mawu anga mʼkamwa mwanu ndipo ndakuphimbani ndi mthunzi wa dzanja langa. Ine ndimayika pa malo pake zinthu za mlengalenga, ndipo ndinayika maziko a dziko lapansi, ndimawuza anthu a ku Ziyoni kuti, ‘Ndinu anthu anga.’”
And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, You are my people.
17 Dzambatuka, dzambatuka! Imirira iwe Yerusalemu. Iwe amene wamwa chikho cha mkwiyo chimene Yehova anakupatsa. Iwe amene unagugudiza chikho chochititsa chizwezwe.
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
18 Mwa ana onse amene anabereka, panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe anamutsogolera; mwa ana onse amene analera, panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe anamugwira dzanja.
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any that takes her by the hand of all the sons that she has brought up.
19 Mavuto awiriwa akugwera iwe. Dziko lako lasakazika ndi kuwonongeka. Anthu afa ndi njala ndi lupanga. Ndani angakumvere chisoni? Ndani angakutonthoze?
These two things are come unto you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort you?
20 Ana ako akomoka; ali lambalamba pa msewu, ngati mphoyo yogwidwa mu ukonde. Ukali wa Yehova ndi chidzudzulo chake zidzawagwera.
Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
21 Nʼchifukwa chake imva izi iwe amene ukuvutika, iwe amene waledzera, koma osati ndi vinyo.
Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
22 Ambuye Yehova wanu, Mulungu amene amateteza anthu ake akuti, “Taona, ndachotsa mʼdzanja lako chikho chimene chimakuchititsa kudzandira; sudzamwanso chikho cha ukali wanga.
Thus says your Lord the LORD, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:
23 Ndidzapereka chikhocho kwa anthu amene amakuzunza, amene ankakuwuza kuti, ‘gona pansi tikuyende pa msana.’ Ndipo msana wako anawuyesa pansi popondapo, ngati msewu woti ayendepo.”
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you; which have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and you have laid your body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
