Yesaya 58
1 “Fuwula kwambiri, usaleke. Mawu ako amveke ngati lipenga. Uwawuze anthu anga za kulakwa kwawo; uwuze nyumba ya Yakobo za machimo awo.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Pakuti tsiku ndi tsiku amafunafuna Ine; amaoneka ngati a chidwi chofuna kudziwa zimene ndimafuna, kukhala ngati kuti ndi dziko limene limachita zolondola ndipo silinasiye zolamulira za Mulungu wake. Amandipempha kuti ndigamule mlandu wawo mwachilungamo ndipo amaonetsa chidwi chofuna kukhala pafupi ndi Mulungu.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:
3 Anthu akufunsa kuti, ‘Chifukwa chiyani ife tasala kudya pamene Inu simukulabadirapo? Kodi ife tavutikiranji nʼkudzichepetsa pamene Inu simunasamalepo?’” Yehova akuti, “Komatu tsiku lanu losala kudya, mumachita zinthu zokukondweretsani, ndipo mumazunza antchito anu onse.
— Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [you], and exact all your labours.
4 Mumati uku mukusala kudya, uku mukukangana ndi kumenyana, mpaka kumenyana ndi nkhonya zopweteka. Kusala kudya mukuchitiramu musayembekezere kuti mawu anu amveka kumwamba.
Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
5 Kodi kusala kudya kumene ndimakufuna Ine nʼkumeneku, kungokhala tsiku loti munthu adzichepetse basi? Kodi ndi tsiku loti munthu angowerama pansi ngati bango ndi kumayala ziguduli nʼkuthirapo phulusa nʼkugonapo? Kodi ndiye mumati kusala kudya kumeneko, tsiku lokondweretsa Yehova?
Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, — that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?
6 “Kodi si uku kusala kudya kumene Ine ndimakufuna: Kumasula maunyolo ozunzizira anthu ndi kumasula zingwe za goli, kupereka ufulu kwa oponderezedwa ndi kuphwanya goli lililonse?
Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Anthu anjala kodi mwawagawira chakudya chanu? Osowa ndi ongoyendayenda, kodi mwawapatsa malo ogona? Munthu wausiwa kodi mwamupatsa chovala?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Mukatero chipulumutso chanu chidzabwera ngati mʼbandakucha, ndipo mabala anu adzachira msangamsanga; chilungamo chanu chidzakutsogolerani ndipo ulemerero wa Yehova udzakhala chokutchinjirizani kumbuyo kwanu.
Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.
9 Mukamadzapemphera Yehova adzakuyankhani; mukadzapempha thandizo, Iye adzati: Ine ndili pano. “Ngati muleka kuzunza anzanu, ngati musiya kuloza chala ndiponso kunena zoyipa za anzanu.
Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger and the unjust speech,
10 Ndipo ngati mudyetsa anthu anjala, ndi kuthandiza anthu oponderezedwa, pamenepo kuwala kwanu kudzaonekera mu mdima, ndipo usiku wanu udzakhala ngati usana.
and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;
11 Yehova adzakutsogolerani nthawi zonse; adzakwaniritsa zosowa zanu mʼdziko longʼalukangʼaluka dzuwa ndipo adzalimbitsa matupi anu. Mudzakhala ngati dimba la madzi ambiri, ngati kasupe amene madzi ake saphwa.
and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not.
12 Anthu ako adzamanganso nyumba zimene zakhala mabwinja nthawi yayitali, ndipo adzamanganso pa maziko akalekale; inu mudzatchedwa okonza makoma opasuka. Anthu okonza misewu ndi nyumba zake.
And they [that come] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations [that have remained] from generation to generation; and thou shalt be called, Repairer of the breaches, restorer of frequented paths.
13 “Muzisunga osaphwanya Sabata; musamachite zimene mukufuna pa masiku anga opatulika, tsiku la Sabata lizikhala tsiku lachisangalalo. Tsiku lopatulika la Yehova muzililemekeza posayenda mʼnjira zanu, kapena kuchita zimene mukufuna ndi kuyankhula zopandapake,
If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [idle] words;
14 mukatero mudzapeza chimwemwe mwa Yehova, ndipo ndidzakukwezani ndi kukupambanitsani pa dziko lonse lapansi. Mudzadyerera dziko limene ndinapatsa Yakobo kholo lanu.” Yehova wayankhula ndi pakamwa pake.
then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
