Isaiah 59
1 Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
Taonani, mkono wa Yehova si waufupi kuti sungathe kupulumutsa, kapena khutu lake kuti ndilogontha kuti sangamve.
2 But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.
Koma zoyipa zanu zakulekanitsani ndi Mulungu wanu; ndipo wakufulatirani chifukwa cha machimo anu, kotero Iye sadzamva.
3 For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
Pakuti manja anu ali psuu ndi magazi. Munayipitsa zala zanu ndi zamphulupulu. Pakamwa panu payankhula zabodza, ndipo lilime lanu lanena zinthu zoyipa.
4 No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
Palibe amene akuyimba mnzake mlandu molungama, palibe amene akupita ku mlandu moona mtima. Iwo amadalira mawu opanda pake ndipo amayankhula mabodza; amalingalira za mphulupulu ndipo amachita zoyipa.
5 They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
Iwo amayikira mazira a mamba ndipo amaluka ukonde wakangawude. Aliyense amene adzadya mazira awo adzafa, ndipo ngati dzira limodzi lasweka limatulutsa mphiri.
6 Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
Ukonde wawo wa kangawude sangawuvale ngati chovala; ndipo chimene apangacho sangachifunde. Ntchito zawo ndi zoyipa, ndipo amakonda kuchita zandewu ndi manja awo.
7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
Amathamangira kukachita zoyipa; sachedwa kupha anthu osalakwa. Maganizo awo ndi maganizo oyipa; kulikonse kumene amapita amasiyako bwinja ndi chiwonongeko.
8 They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.
Iwo sadziwa kuchita za mtendere; zonse zimene amachita nʼzopanda chilungamo. Njira zawo zonse nʼzokhotakhota; aliyense oyenda mʼnjira zimenezo sadzapeza mtendere.
9 For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.
Anthu akuti, “Chifukwa cha zimenezi chilungamo chatitalikira; ndipo chipulumutso sichitifikira. Timafunafuna kuwala koma timangopeza mdima okhaokha; tinayembekezera kuyera koma timayenda mu mdima wandiweyani.
10 We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.
Timapapasapapasa khoma ngati munthu wosaona, kuyangʼanayangʼana njira ngati anthu opanda maso. Timapunthwa dzuwa lili paliwombo ngati kuti ndi usiku; timakhala pansi mu mdima ngati anthu akufa.
11 We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Tonse timabangula ngati zimbalangondo: Timalira modandaula ngati nkhunda. Tinayembekezera kuweruza kolungama; koma sitikupeza. Timayembekezera chipulumutso koma chimakhala nafe kutali.”
12 For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:
Pakuti zolakwa zathu nʼzochuluka pamaso panu, ndipo machimo athu akutsutsana nafe. Zolakwa zathu zili ndi ife nthawi zonse ndipo tikuvomereza machimo athu:
13 We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.
Tawukira ndi kumukana Yehova. Tafulatira Mulungu wathu, pa kupondereza anzathu ndi kupandukira Yehova, ndi pa kuyankhula mabodza amene tawaganiza mʼmitima mwathu.
14 And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
Motero kuweruza kolungama kwalekeka ndipo choonadi chili kutali ndi ife; kukhulupirika sikukupezekanso mʼmabwalo a milandu, ndipo kuona mtima sikukupezekanso mʼmenemo.
15 Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
Choonadi sichikupezeka kumeneko, ndipo wina akakana kuchita nawo zoyipa amapeza mavuto. Yehova anaziona zimenezi ndipo zinamunyansa kuti panalibe chiweruzo cholungama.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.
Yehova anaona kuti panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe, Iye anadabwa kuti panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe woti nʼkupembedzera; Choncho mphamvu zake zomwe zinamuthandiza, ndipo anadzilimbitsa ndi kulungama kwake;
17 Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.
Iye anavala chilungamo ngati chovala chachitsulo chapachifuwa, ndipo kumutu kwake amavala chipewa chachipulumutso; anavala kulipsira ngati chovala ndipo anadzikuta ndi mkwiyo ngati chofunda.
18 He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters, and even on the sea-lands he will send punishment.
Iye adzawabwezera chilango adani a anthu ake molingana ndi zimene anachita, adzaonetsa ukali kwa adani ake ndi kubwezera chilango odana naye. Adzalanga ngakhale okhala mayiko akutali.
19 So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.
Choncho akadzabwera ngati madzi oyendetsedwa ndi mphepo yamphamvu yamkuntho. Anthu onse kuyambira kumadzulo mpaka kummawa adzaopa dzina la Yehova ndi ulemerero wake.
20 And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.
“Mpulumutsi adzabwera ku Ziyoni kudzapulumutsa anthu a fuko la Yakobo amene analapa machimo awo,” akutero Yehova.
21 And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.
Yehova akuti, “Kunena za pangano lake ndi iwo, Mzimu wanga umene uli pa inu, ndiponso mawu anga amene ndayika mʼkamwa mwanu sadzachoka mʼkamwa mwanu, kapena kuchoka mʼkamwa mwa ana anu, kapena mʼkamwa mwa zidzukulu zawo kuyambira tsopano mpaka kalekale,” akutero Yehova.
