Isaiah 1
1 The vision of Isaias the son of Amos I which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.
Masomphenya wonena za Yuda ndi Yerusalemu, amene Yesaya mwana wa Amozi, anaona pa nthawi ya ulamuliro wa Uziya, Yotamu, Ahazi ndi Hezekiya, mafumu a Yuda.
2 Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.
Tamverani, miyamba inu! Tchera khutu, iwe dziko lapansi! Pakuti Yehova wanena kuti, “Ndinabala ana ndi kuwalera, koma anawo andiwukira Ine.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
Ngʼombe imadziwa mwini wake, bulu amadziwa kumene kuli gome la mbuye wake, koma Israeli sadziwa, anthu anga samvetsa konse.”
4 Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.
Haa, mtundu wochimwa, anthu olemedwa ndi machimo, obadwa kwa anthu ochita zoyipa, ana odzipereka ku zoyipa! Iwo asiya Yehova; anyoza Woyerayo wa Israeli ndipo afulatira Iyeyo.
5 For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.
Chifukwa chiyani mukufuna kuti muzingolangidwabe? Chifukwa chiyani mukupitirira kukhala mʼmoyo wowukira? Mutu wanu wonse uli ndi mabala, mtima wanu wonse wafowokeratu.
6 From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.
Kuchokera ku phazi mpaka ku mutu palibe pabwino, paliponse pali mikwingwirima ndi zilonda, mabala ali magazi chuchuchu, mabala ake ngosatsuka, ngosamanga ndiponso ngosapaka mafuta ofewetsa.
7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies.
Dziko lanu lasanduka bwinja, mizinda yanu yatenthedwa ndi moto; minda yanu ikukololedwa ndi alendo inu muli pomwepo, dziko lanu lasanduka bwinja monga ngati lagonjetsedwa ndi alendo.
8 And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.
Mwana wamkazi wa Ziyoni watsala yekha ngati nsanja mʼmunda wampesa, ngati chisimba mʼmunda wa minkhaka, ngati mzinda wozingidwa ndi nkhondo.
9 Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.
Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akanapanda kutisiyira opulumuka, tikanawonongeka ngati Sodomu, tikanakhala ngati anthu a ku Gomora.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
Imvani mawu a Yehova, inu olamulira Sodomu; mverani lamulo la Mulungu wathu, inu anthu a ku Gomora!
11 To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
Yehova akuti, “Kodi ndili nazo chiyani nsembe zanu zochuluka?” “Zandikola nsembe zanu zopsereza za nkhosa zazimuna ndiponso mafuta a nyama zonenepa; sindikusangalatsidwanso ndi magazi angʼombe zamphongo ndi a ana ankhosa ndi ambuzi zazimuna.
12 When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?
Ndani anakulamulirani kuti mubwere nazo pamaso panga? Ndani anakuwuzani kuti muzipondaponda mʼmabwalo a nyumba yanga?
13 Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.
Siyani kubweretsa nsembe zachabechabezo! Nsembe zanu zofukiza zimandinyansa Ine. Sindingapirire misonkhano yanu yoyipa, kapenanso zikondwerero za Mwezi Watsopano ndi Masabata.
14 My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.
Zikondwerero zanu za Mwezi Watsopano ndi masiku anu opatulika ndimadana nazo. Zasanduka katundu wondilemera; ndatopa kuzinyamula.
15 And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
Mukamatambasula manja anu popemphera, Ine sindidzakuyangʼanani; ngakhale muchulukitse mapemphero anu, sindidzakumverani. Manja anu ndi odzaza ndi magazi;
16 Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,
sambani, dziyeretseni. Chotsani pamaso panu ntchito zanu zoyipa! Lekani kuchita zoyipa,
17 Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
phunzirani kuchita zabwino! Funafunani chilungamo, thandizani oponderezedwa. Tetezani ana amasiye, muwayimirire akazi amasiye pa milandu yawo.”
18 And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.
Yehova akuti, “Tiyeni tsono tikambe mlandu wanu. Ngakhale machimo anu ali ofiira, adzayera ngati thonje. Ngakhale ali ofiira ngati kapezi, adzayera ngati ubweya wankhosa.
19 If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.
Ngati muli okonzeka kundimvera mudzadya zinthu zabwino za mʼdziko;
20 But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
koma mukakana ndi kuwukira mudzaphedwa ndi lupanga.” Pakuti Yehova wayankhula.
21 How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
Taonani momwe mzinda wokhulupirika wasandukira wadama! Mzinda umene kale unali wodzaza ndi chiweruzo cholungama; mu mzindamo munali chilungamo, koma tsopano muli anthu opha anzawo!
22 Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.
Siliva wako wasanduka wachabechabe, vinyo wako wabwino wasungunulidwa ndi madzi.
23 Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow’s cometh not in to them.
Atsogoleri ako ndi owukira, anthu ogwirizana ndi mbala; onse amakonda ziphuphu ndipo amathamangira mphatso. Iwo sateteza ana amasiye; ndipo samvera madandawulo a akazi amasiye.
24 Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.
Nʼchifukwa chake Ambuye Yehova Wamphamvu, Wamphamvuyo wa Israeli, akunena kuti, “Haa, odana nane ndidzawatha, ndipo ndidzawabwezera ndekha adani anga.
25 And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin.
Ndidzatambasula dzanja langa kuti ndilimbane nawe; ndidzasungunula machimo ako nʼkuwachotsa, monga mmene amachotsera dzimbiri ndi mankhwala.
26 And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.
Ndidzabwezeretsa oweruza ako ngati masiku amakedzana, aphungu ako ndidzawabwezeretsa ngati poyamba paja. Kenaka iweyo udzatchedwa mzinda wolungama, mzinda wokhulupirika.”
27 Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.
Ziyoni adzawomboledwa mwa chiweruzo cholungama, anthu ake olapadi adzapulumutsidwa mwachilungamo.
28 And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.
Koma owukira ndi ochimwa adzawawonongera pamodzi, ndipo amene asiya Yehova adzatheratu.
29 For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
“Mudzachita nayo manyazi mitengo ya thundu imene inkakusangalatsani; mudzagwetsa nkhope chifukwa cha minda imene munayipatula.
30 When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.
Mudzakhala ngati mtengo wa thundu umene masamba ake akufota, mudzakhala ngati munda wopanda madzi.
31 And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.
Munthu wamphamvu adzasanduka ngati udzu wowuma, ndipo ntchito zake zidzakhala ngati mbaliwali; motero zonse zidzayakira limodzi, popanda woti azimitse motowo.”
