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 loudly; do not hold back. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. Confront my people with their rebellion, and the house of Jacob with 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 in the knowledge of my ways, like a nation that practiced righteousness and did not abandon the law of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments; they take pleasure in the thought of God coming near.
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.
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'but you do not see it? Why have we humbled ourselves, but you do not notice?' Look, on the day of your fast you find your own pleasure and oppress all your laborers.
4 Mumati uku mukusala kudya, uku mukukangana ndi kumenyana, mpaka kumenyana ndi nkhonya zopweteka. Kusala kudya mukuchitiramu musayembekezere kuti mawu anu amveka kumwamba.
Look, you fast to quarrel and fight, and to hit with your fist of wickedness; you do not fast today to make your voice heard above.
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 really the kind of fast that I would want: A day for anybody to humble himself, for him to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Do you really call this a fast, a day that pleases Yahweh?
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 choose: To release wicked bonds, to undo the ropes of the yoke, to set the crushed ones free, and to 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 break your bread with the hungry and to bring the poor and homeless into your house?” When you see someone naked, you should clothe him; and you should not hide yourself from your own relatives.
8 Mukatero chipulumutso chanu chidzabwera ngati mʼbandakucha, ndipo mabala anu adzachira msangamsanga; chilungamo chanu chidzakutsogolerani ndipo ulemerero wa Yehova udzakhala chokutchinjirizani kumbuyo kwanu.
Then your light would be broken open like the sunrise, and your healing would quickly sprout up; your righteousness would go before you, and the glory of Yahweh would be your 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 you would call, and Yahweh would answer; you would cry out for help, and he would say, “Here I am.” If you take away from among yourselves the yoke, the accusing finger, and the speech of wickedness,
10 Ndipo ngati mudyetsa anthu anjala, ndi kuthandiza anthu oponderezedwa, pamenepo kuwala kwanu kudzaonekera mu mdima, ndipo usiku wanu udzakhala ngati usana.
if you yourselves provide for the hungry and satisfy the need of the distressed; then your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkness will be like the 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.
Then Yahweh will lead you continually and satisfy you in regions where there is no water, and he will strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden, and like 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.
Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will raise up the ruins of many generations; you will be called “The repairer of the wall,” “The restorer of streets to live on.”
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,
Suppose that you turn back your feet from traveling on the Sabbath day, and from doing your own pleasure on my holy day. Suppose that you call the Sabbath a delight, and that you call the matters of Yahweh holy and honored. Suppose that you honor the Sabbath by leaving your own business, and by not finding your own pleasure and by not speaking your own 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 you will find delight in Yahweh; and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you from the inheritance of Jacob your father—for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”
