Isaiah 40
1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
Atonthozeni, atonthozeni anthu anga, akutero Mulungu wanu.
2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare has been completed, That her punishment has been accepted, That she has received from the hand of YHWH Double for all her sins.
Ayankhuleni moleza mtima anthu a ku Yerusalemu ndipo muwawuzitse kuti nthawi ya ukapolo wawo yatha, tchimo lawo lakhululukidwa. Ndawalanga mokwanira chifukwa cha machimo awo onse.
3 A voice is crying in a wilderness: “Prepare the way of YHWH, Make straight in a desert a highway for our God.
Mawu a wofuwula mʼchipululu akuti, “Konzani njira ya Yehova mʼchipululu; wongolani njira zake; msewu owongoka wa Mulungu wathu mʼdziko lopanda kanthu.
4 Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place has become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.
Chigwa chilichonse achidzaze. Phiri lililonse ndi chitunda chilichonse azitsitse; Dziko lokumbikakumbika alisalaze, malo azitundazitunda awasandutse zidikha.
5 And the glory of YHWH has been revealed, And all flesh have seen [it] together, For the mouth of YHWH has spoken.”
Ndipo ulemerero wa Yehova udzaonekera, ndipo mitundu yonse ya anthu idzawuona, pakuti wanena zimenezi ndi Yehova.”
6 A voice is saying, “Call,” And he said, “What do I call?” All flesh [is] grass, and all its goodness [Is] as a flower of the field:
Wina ananena kuti, “Lengeza.” Ndipo ine ndinati, “Kodi ndifuwule chiyani? “Pakuti anthu onse ali ngati udzu ndipo kukongola kwawo kuli ngati maluwa akuthengo.
7 Grass has withered, the flower faded, For the Spirit of YHWH blew on it, Surely the people [is] grass;
Udzu umanyala ndipo maluwa amafota chifukwa cha kuwomba kwa mpweya wa Yehova.” Mawu aja anatinso, “Ndithudi anthu sasiyana ndi udzu.
8 Grass has withered, the flower faded, But a word of our God rises forever.
Udzu umanyala ndipo maluwa amafota, koma mawu a Mulungu wathu adzakhalapo mpaka muyaya.”
9 Get up on a high mountain, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up your voice with power, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, do not fear, say to cities of Judah, “Behold, your God.”
Iwe amene ukulengeza nkhani yabwino ku Ziyoni, kwera pa phiri lalitali. Iwe amene ukulengeza nkhani yabwino ku Yerusalemu, fuwula kwambiri, kweza mawu, usachite mantha; uza mizinda ya ku Yuda kuti, “Mulungu wanu akubwera!”
10 Behold, Lord YHWH comes with strength, And His arm is ruling for Him, Behold, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him.
Taonani, Ambuye Yehova akubwera mwamphamvu, ndipo dzanja lake likulamulira, taonani akubwera ndi mphotho yake watsogoza zofunkha zako za ku nkhondo.
11 He feeds His flock as a shepherd, He gathers lambs with His arm, And He carries [them] in His bosom: He leads suckling ones.
Iye adzasamalira nkhosa zake ngati mʼbusa: Iye adzasonkhanitsa ana ankhosa aakazi mʼmanja mwake ndipo Iye akuwanyamula pachifuwa chake ndi kutsogolera bwinobwino nkhosa zoyamwitsa.
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And has meted out the heavens by a span, And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, And has weighed the mountains in scales, And the hills in a balance?
Kodi ndani akhoza kuyeza kuchuluka kwa madzi a mʼnyanja ndi chikhatho chake, kapena kuyeza kutalika kwa mlengalenga ndi dzanja lake? Ndani akhoza kuyeza dothi lonse la dziko lapansi mʼdengu, kapena kuyeza kulemera kwa mapiri ndi zitunda ndi pasikelo?
13 Who has meted out the Spirit of YHWH, And [being] His counselor, teaches Him?
Ndani anapereka malangizo kwa Mzimu wa Yehova kapena kumuphunzitsa Iye monga phungu wake?
14 With whom [did] He consult, That he causes Him to understand? And teaches Him in the path of judgment, And teaches Him knowledge? And causes Him to know the way of understanding?
Kodi Yehova anapemphapo nzeru kwa yani kuti akhale wopenya, kapena kuti aphunzire njira yoyenera ndi nzeru? Iye anapempha nzeru kwa yani ndi njira ya kumvetsa zinthu?
15 Behold, nations [are] as a drop from a bucket, And have been reckoned as small dust of the balance, Behold, He takes up islands as a small thing.
Ndithudi mitundu ya anthu ili ngati dontho la madzi ochoka mu mtsuko. Iwo akungoyesedwa ngati fumbi chabe pa sikelo; mʼmanja mwa Yehova zilumba nʼzopepuka ngati fumbi.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
Nkhalango ya ku Lebanoni singakwanire nkhuni zosonkhera moto pa guwa lansembe, ngakhale nyama zake sizingakwanire kupereka nsembe zopsereza.
17 All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
Pamaso pa Yehova mitundu yonse ya anthu ili ngati chinthu chopandapake; Iye amayiwerengera ngati chinthu chopanda phindu ndi cha chabechabe.
18 And to whom do you liken God, And what likeness do you compare to Him?
Kodi tsono Mulungu mungamuyerekeze ndi yani? Kodi mungamufanizire ndi chiyani?
19 An artisan has poured out the carved image, And a refiner spreads it over with gold, And he is refining chains of silver.
Likakhala fano, mʼmisiri ndiye analipanga ndipo mʼmisiri wa golide amalikuta ndi golide naliveka mkanda wasiliva.
20 He who is poor [by] raised-offerings, Chooses a tree [that is] not rotten, He seeks a skillful artisan for it, To establish a carved image—not moved.
Mʼmphawi amene sangathe kupeza ngakhale chopereka nsembe chotere amasankha mtengo umene sudzawola, nafunafuna mʼmisiri waluso woti amupangire fano limene silingasunthike.
21 Do you not know—do you not hear? Has it not been declared from the first to you? Have you not understood [From] the foundations of the earth?
Kodi simukudziwa? Kodi simunamve? Kodi sanakuwuzeni kuyambira pachiyambi pomwe? Kodi simunamvetsetse chiyambire cha dziko lapansi?
22 He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing, And spreads them as a tent to dwell in.
Yehova amene amakhala pa mpando wake waufumu kumwamba ndiye analenga dziko lapansi, Iye amaona anthu a dziko lapansi ngati ziwala. Ndipo anafunyulula mlengalenga ngati nsalu yotchinga, nayikunga ngati tenti yokhalamo.
23 He who is making princes become nothing, Has made judges of earth formless;
Amatsitsa pansi mafumu amphamvu nasandutsa olamula a dziko kukhala achabechabe.
24 Indeed, they have not been planted, Indeed, they have not been sown, Indeed, their stock is not taking root in the earth, And He has also blown on them, and they wither, And a whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Inde, iwo ali ngati mbewu zimene zangodzalidwa kumene kapena kufesedwa chapompano, ndi kungoyamba kuzika mizu kumene ndi pamene mphepo imawombapo nʼkuziwumitsa ndipo kamvuluvulu amaziwulutsa ngati mankhusu.
25 And to whom do you liken Me, And [to whom] I equal? Says the Holy One.
Woyera uja akuti, “Kodi mudzandiyerekeza Ine ndi yani? Kapena kodi alipo wofanana nane?”
26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see—who has created these? He who is bringing out their host by number, He calls to all of them by name, By the abundance of His strength And mighty power, Not one is lacking.
Tayangʼanani mlengalenga ndipo onani. Kodi ndani analenga zonsezi mukuzionazi? Yehova ndiye amene amazitsogolera ngati gulu la ankhondo, nayitana iliyonse ndi dzina lake. Ndipo popeza Iye ali ndi nyonga zambiri, palibe ndi imodzi yomwe imene inasowapo.
27 Why say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way has been hid from YHWH, And from my God my judgment passes over?”
Iwe Yakobo, chifukwa chiyani umanena ndi kumadandaula iwe Israeli, kuti, “Yehova sakudziwa mavuto anga, Mulungu wanga sakusamala zomwe zikundichitikira ine?”
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The God of the age—YHWH, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.
Kodi simukudziwa? Kodi simunamve? Yehova ndiye Mulungu wamuyaya, ndiyenso Mlengi wa dziko lonse lapansi. Iye sadzatopa kapena kufowoka ndipo palibe amene angadziwe maganizo ake.
29 He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increases might.
Iye amalimbitsa ofowoka ndipo otopa amawawonjezera mphamvu.
30 Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
Ngakhale achinyamata amalefuka ndi kufowoka, ndipo achinyamata amapunthwa ndi kugwa;
31 But those expecting YHWH pass [to] power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!
koma iwo amene amakhulupirira Yehova adzalandira mphamvu zatsopano. Adzawuluka ngati chiwombankhanga; adzathamanga koma sadzalefuka, adzayenda koma sadzatopa konse.
