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 show my people their transgression, And 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 desire to know my ways, As a nation that hath done righteousness, And hath not forsaken the ordinances of their God; They inquire of me concerning the judgments which bring salvation; They long for the coming of 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 do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?” Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your pleasure, And exact all your labors.
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 fast in strife and contention, And smiting with the fist of wickedness. Ye do not fast now So that your voice shall 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 this the fast that I approve, A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it that he should bow down his head like a bulrush, And lie down in sackcloth and ashes? 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 that I approve, —To loose the bands of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And to break in pieces 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 break thy bread to the hungry, And to bring the poor, that are cast out, to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou clothe 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 like the morning, And thy health shall spring forth speedily; Thy salvation shall go before thee, And the glory of Jehovah shall bring up thy rear.
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 shall say, Lo, here I am! If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, The pointing of the finger, and the injurious speech.
10 Ndipo ngati mudyetsa anthu anjala, ndi kuthandiza anthu oponderezedwa, pamenepo kuwala kwanu kudzaonekera mu mdima, ndipo usiku wanu udzakhala ngati usana.
If thou bring forth thy bread to the hungry, And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then in obscurity shall light arise to thee; Yea, thy darkness shall become as noonday;
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.
Jehovah shall lead thee continually, And satisfy thee in the time of drought, And strengthen thy bones; Thou shalt be like a watered garden, and a spring of water, Whose waters never fail.
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.
Thy people shall build the ancient desolations, The ruins of many generations shall they restore; Thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of ways for inhabitants.
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 restrain thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day, If thou shalt call the sabbath a delight, The holy day of Jehovah honorable, And shalt honor it by refraining from thy work, From doing thy pleasure, and speaking vain 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 upon the high places of the earth, And cause thee to enjoy the inheritance of Jacob, thy father; For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
