Isaiah 24
1 Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Taonani, Yehova adzawononga dziko lapansi ndi kulisandutsa chipululu; Iye adzasakaza maonekedwe ake ndi kumwaza anthu ake onse.
2 And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.
Aliyense zidzamuchitikira mofanana: wansembe chimodzimodzi munthu wamba, antchito aamuna mofanananso ndi ambuye awo aamuna, antchito aakazi chimodzimodzi ambuye awo aakazi, wogula chimodzimodzi wogulitsa, wobwereka chimodzimodzi wobwereketsa, okongola chimodzimodzi okongoza.
3 With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
Dziko lapansi lidzawonongedwa kwathunthu ndi kusakazikiratu. Yehova wanena mawu awa.
4 The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
Dziko lapansi likulira ndipo likufota, dziko lonse likuvutika ndipo likuwuma, anthu omveka a dziko lapansi akuvutika.
5 And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.
Anthu ayipitsa dziko lapansi; posamvera malangizo ake; pophwanya mawu ake ndi pangano lake lamuyaya.
6 Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.
Nʼchifukwa chake matemberero akuwononga dziko lapansi; anthu a mʼdzikomo akuzunzika chifukwa cha kulakwa kwawo, iwo asakazika ndipo atsala ochepa okha.
7 The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
Vinyo watsopano watha ndipo mphesa zikufota; onse okonda zosangalatsa ali ndi chisoni.
8 The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
Kulira kokometsera kwa matambolini kwatha, phokoso la anthu osangalala latha, zeze wosangalatsa wati zii.
9 They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Anthu sadzayimbanso akumwa vinyo; akadzamwa zaukali zidzakhala zowawa mʼkamwa mwawo.
10 The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.
Mzinda wachisokonezo uja wawonongeka; nyumba iliyonse yatsekedwa.
11 There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.
Anthu akulira mʼmisewu kufuna vinyo; chimwemwe chonse chatheratu, palibenso chisangalalo pa dziko lapansi.
12 Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
Mzinda wasanduka bwinja zipata zake zagumuka.
13 For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended.
Zimenezi ndizo zidzachitikire mitundu yonse ya dziko lapansi ndiponso pakati pa mitundu ya anthu. Zidzakhala ngati pamene mitengo ya olivi yayoyoledwa, kapena ngati nthawi ya kunkha la mphesa atatsiriza kukolola.
14 These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea.
Koma otsala onse akufuwula ndi kuyimba mwachimwemwe; anthu akumadzulo akutamanda ukulu wa Yehova.
15 Therefore glorify ye the Lord in instruction: the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
Nʼchifukwa chake inu akummawa, tamandani Yehova; ndi inu okhala mʼmphepete mwa nyanja kwezani dzina la Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli.
16 From the ends of the earth we have heard praises, the glory of the just one. And I said: My secret to myself, my secret to myself, woe is me: the prevaricators have prevaricated, and with the prevarication of transgressors they have prevaricated.
Kuchokera kumalekezero a dziko lapansi tikumva kuyimba kotamanda “Wolungamayo.” Koma ine ndinati, “Ndatheratu, ndatheratu! Tsoka kwa ine! Anthu achinyengo akupitirizabe kuchita zachinyengo, inde chinyengo chawo chikunkerankera mʼtsogolo.”
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.
Inu anthu adziko lapansi, zoopsa, dzenje ndi msampha zikukudikirani.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
Aliyense wothawa phokoso la zoopsa adzagwa mʼdzenje; ndipo aliyense wotuluka mʼdzenjemo adzakodwa ndi msampha. Zitseko zakumwamba zatsekulidwa, ndipo maziko a dziko lapansi agwedezeka.
19 With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be moved.
Dziko lapansi lathyokathyoka, ndipo lagawika pakati, dziko lapansi lagwedezeka kotheratu.
20 With shaking shall the earth be shaken as a drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fell, and not rise again.
Dziko lapansi likudzandira ngati munthu woledzera likugwedezeka ndi mphepo ngati chisimba; lalemedwa ndi machimo ake. Lidzagwa ndipo silidzadzukanso.
21 And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.
Tsiku limenelo Yehova adzalanga amphamvu a kumwamba ndiponso mafumu apansi pano.
22 And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall be visited.
Mulungu adzawasonkhanitsa pamodzi ngati amʼndende amene ali mʼdzenje. Adzawatsekera mʼndende ndipo adzalangidwa patapita nthawi yayitali.
23 And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.
Mwezi udzanyazitsidwa, dzuwa lidzachita manyazi; pakuti Yehova Wamphamvuzonse adzakhala mfumu ndipo adzalamulira; pa Phiri la Ziyoni ndi ku Yerusalemu, ndipo adzaonetsa ulemerero wake pamaso pa akuluakulu.
