Isaiah 41
1 Be silent [and hearken] unto me, O ye Coastlands, And let the Races of Men renew their strength, —Let them approach, then, let them speak, Together, for controversy, let us draw near: —
“Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ icigĩrĩra, ta kirai ki mũrĩ mbere yakwa! Nacio ndũrĩrĩ nĩcierũhie hinya wacio! Nĩcikuhĩrĩrie ciarie; nĩtũcemaniei hamwe tũciire.
2 Who roused up one from the East, In righteousness, called him to his feet, —Set before him nations And over kings, caused him to rule, His sword, made [them] like dust, His bow like driven chaff:
“Nũũ warahũrĩte mũndũ oime na mwena wa irathĩro, akamwĩta amũtungatagĩre na ũthingu? Aneanaga ndũrĩrĩ kũrĩ we, na agatooria athamaki makamwathĩkagĩra. Amatuuaga o ta rũkũngũ na rũhiũ rwake rwa njora, akamatua maragara na ũta wake nao makombũrwo nĩ rũhuho.
3 He pursued them passed along safely, —Upon the path of his own feet, entered he not?
Amatengʼeragia, akamahĩtũka atagurarĩtio, o na angĩkorwo nĩ njĩra atarĩ agerera na magũrũ make mbere ĩyo.
4 Who hath wrought and performed, Calling the generations, in advance? I, Yahweh, [who am] First, And with them who are last, I, am the Same!
Nũũ wĩkĩte ũndũ ũcio na akaũhingia, ageeta njiarwa marĩĩtwa kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria? Niĩ Jehova, nĩ niĩ wa mbere na wa kũrigĩrĩria; niĩ nĩ niĩ we.”
5 Coastlands have seen, so they fear, The ends of the earth, are in dread, —They have drawn near, and have come:
Icigĩrĩra nĩciĩoneire ũndũ ũcio na igetigĩra; nacio ituri cia thĩ ikainaina. Ikuhagĩrĩria na ikeyumĩria;
6 Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help, —And to his brother, saith Take courage!
o ũmwe ateithagia ũrĩa ũngĩ, na akeera mũrũ wa nyina atĩrĩ, “Wĩyũmĩrĩrie mũno!”
7 So, the carver, hath encouraged, the goldsmith, he that maketh smooth with the hammer, him that smiteth the anvil, —Saying of the welding, It is, good, Then hath he fastened it with nails—it must not totter!
Mũbundi ekagĩra mũturi wa thahabu hinya, nake ũrĩa ũnyorokagia na nyondo ĩrĩa nene omagĩrĩria ũrĩa ũturagĩra ihiga-inĩ rĩa ũturi. Nake akoiga atĩrĩ, “Wĩra ũcio wa kũnyiitithania cuma nĩ mwega.” Akanyiitithania mũhianano ũcio wa kũhooywo na mĩcumarĩ, nĩguo ndũkenyenye, ũgwe.
8 But, thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, —The seed of Abraham my loving one;
“No rĩrĩ, wee Isiraeli, ndungata yakwa, o wee Jakubu ũrĩa thuurĩte, o inyuĩ njiaro cia Iburahĩmu mũrata wakwa,
9 Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, And from the extremities thereof, have called thee, —And said to thee, My Servant, thou! I have chosen thee and not cast thee off,
ndakũrutire kuuma ituri cia thĩ, ngĩgwĩta kuuma koine ciayo iria irĩ kũraya mũno. Ngĩkwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Wee ũrĩ ndungata yakwa;’ nĩngũthuurĩte na ndikũregete.
10 Do not fear, for with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God, —I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee with my righteous right-hand.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio tiga gwĩtigĩra, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ hamwe nawe; tiga kũmaka, nĩgũkorwo niĩ nĩ niĩ Ngai waku. Nĩndĩkuongagĩrĩra hinya na ngũteithagie; na ti-itherũ nĩndĩrĩgũtiiragĩrĩra na guoko gwakwa kwa ũrĩo kwa ũthingu.
11 Lo! they shall turn pale and be ashamed—All they who have been incensed against thee, —They shall become as nothing and perish—The men who have been thine accusers:
“Andũ arĩa othe makũrakaragĩra magagũũkĩrĩra ti-itherũ nĩmagaconorithio na manyararithio; arĩa marũaga nawe magaatuĩka o ta kĩndũ hatarĩ na mathire biũ.
12 Thou shalt seek them, but shalt not find them—The men who have contended with thee, They shall become as nothing, and as a thing of nought—The men who have warred against thee;
O na ũngĩgaacaria thũ ciaku, ndũgaaciona. Andũ arĩa mahũũranaga mbaara nawe magaatuĩka o ta kĩndũ hatarĩ.
13 For I, Yahweh thy God am firmly grasping thy right-hand, —Who am saying unto thee Do not fear! I, have become thy helper!
Nĩgũkorwo niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, Ngai waku, ũrĩa ũkũnyiitaga guoko kwa ũrĩo, na agakwĩra atĩrĩ, Tiga gwĩtigĩra; nĩngũgũteithia.
14 Do not fear, Thou worm Jacob, Ye men of Israel, —I, have become thy helper, Declareth Yahweh, And thy redeemer The Holy One of Israel.
Tiga gwĩtigĩra, wee Jakubu kagunyũ gaka, o wee Isiraeli gakundi kanini, niĩ mwene nĩ niĩ ngũgũteithia,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, ũcio Mũkũũri waku, Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
15 Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth, —Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills—like chaff, shalt thou make:
“Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngagũtua kĩhũũri kĩa ngano, kĩhũũri kĩerũ na kĩũgĩ, kĩna magego maingĩ. Nĩũkahũũra irĩma na ũcihehenje, natuo tũrĩma ũtũtue mũũngũ.
16 Thou shalt fan them and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them, —But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.
Wee nĩũgaacihuha, naruo rũhuho rũcigũrũkie, nakĩo kĩhuhũkanio gĩcihurunje. No rĩrĩ, wee nĩũgakenera Jehova, na wĩrahagĩre Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
17 As for the oppressed and the needy. Seeking water when there is none, Their tongue with thirst being parched I—Yahweh, will answer them, The God of Israel, I will not forsake them:
“Andũ arĩa athĩĩni na abatari methaga maaĩ ma kũnyua, no gũtirĩ; nĩmĩ ciao nĩcingʼarĩtio nĩ nyoota. No rĩrĩ, niĩ Jehova nĩngamacookeria ũhoro; niĩ Ngai wa Isiraeli, ndirĩ hĩndĩ ngaamatiganĩria.
18 I will open, On bare hills rivers, and In the midst of plains, fountains, —I will make The desert, a lake of water, and Parched land, springs of water;
Nĩngatũma njũũĩ itherere kũu rũngʼũrĩ-inĩ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru, nacio ithima itherũke cianda-inĩ. Nĩngatũma kũu werũ-inĩ kũgĩe tũria twa maaĩ, nakuo kũndũ kũrĩa kũngʼaru ndũme gũtherũke ithima cia maaĩ.
19 I will set in the desert! Cedar, acacia, and myrtle, and oil-tree, —I will place, in the waste plain, Cypress, holm-oak, and sherbin-cedar, together
Nĩngahaanda mĩtarakwa na mĩgaa, na mĩhandathi na mĩtamaiyũ kũu werũ-inĩ. Na haande mĩbinde kũndũ kũrĩa gũtakũraga kĩndũ, na mĩthengera, na mĩkarakaba o hamwe,
20 That men may see and observe and consider and understand at once, That, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this, That the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
nĩgeetha andũ mone na mamenye, mecũũranie na mataũkĩrwo, atĩ nĩ guoko kwa Jehova gwĩkĩte maũndũ macio, na atĩ Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli nĩwe wamĩũmbire.”
21 Bring near your contention, Saith Yahweh, —Advance your defences, Saith the King of Jacob:
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Rehei ciira wanyu ũrĩa mũrĩ naguo. Onaniai ihooto cianyu cia hinya,” ũguo nĩguo Mũthamaki wa Jakubu ekuuga.
22 Let them advance them, and tell us, What shall happen, —Things known in advance—what they were, tell ye, That we may lay them to our heart and mark the after-story of them, Or, things yet to come, let us hear:
“Rehei ngai cianyu cia mĩhianano ya kũhooywo itwĩre ũrĩa gũkaahaana. Twĩrei ũrĩa maũndũ ma tene maatariĩ, nĩguo twĩcũũranie ũhoro wamo, na tũmenye ũrĩa makaarigĩrĩria. Kana mũtũmenyithie ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa magooka thuutha,
23 Tell ye the events which shall be here-after, That we may perceive that gods, ye are, —Surely ye must do something—good or bad, That we may be amazed and behold it, at once.
na mũtwĩre ũrĩa gũgaikara thuutha-inĩ, nĩguo tũmenye atĩ mũrĩ ngai. Ĩkai ũndũ mwega kana mũũru, nĩguo tũmake na tũiyũrwo nĩ guoya.
24 Lo! ye, are, of nought, And your work is a puff of breath, —An abomination, he that chooseth you!
No rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrĩ kĩndũ hatarĩ, na mawĩra manyu matirĩ bata; mũndũ ũrĩa ũmwĩthuurĩire atariĩ o ta kĩndũ kĩrĩ magigi.
25 I have roused up one from the North, and he hath come, From the rising of the sun, calleth he on my Name, —And he hath come, on deputies, as though they were mortar, And as a potter treadeth clay.
“Nĩnjarahũrĩte mũndũ wa kuuma gathigathini, na nĩarooka: mũndũ uumĩte irathĩro rĩa riũa ũrĩa ũkayagĩra rĩĩtwa rĩakwa. Arangagĩrĩria aathani a thĩ o ta marĩ ndaka, akamarangĩrĩria o ta ũrĩa mũmbi akimaga rĩũmba.
26 Who hath told in advance, that we might know, And beforetime, that we might say Right! Nay, there is none who can tell. Nay, there is none who can let us hear, Nay, there is none who can understand what ye utter.
Nũũ waheanire ũhoro ũcio kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria, nĩguo tũũmenye; kana akĩũheana mbere ĩyo, nĩguo tuuge atĩrĩ, ‘Ũhoro ũcio aarĩtie nĩ wa ma’? Gũtirĩ mũndũ weranire ũhoro ũyũ, na gũtirĩ mũndũ waũheanĩte mbere ĩyo, gũtirĩ mũndũ waiguĩte ũhoro ũyũ kuuma kũrĩ inyuĩ.
27 He who is First, [can say], To Zion, Lo! there they are! And to Jerusalem, A herald of good-tidings, do I give.
Nĩ niĩ ndaarĩ wa mbere kwĩra Zayuni atĩrĩ, ‘Atĩrĩrĩ, aya marĩ haha!’ Nĩ niĩ ndatũmire mũndũ athiĩ Jerusalemu agatware ũhoro ũrĩa mwega.
28 So I look, And there is not, a Man! Even among these And there is none to advise, —That, when I ask them, can answer a word.
Ndĩrarora no hatirĩ mũndũ; gũtirĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wao ũngĩheana kĩrĩra, gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũnjookeria ũhoro rĩrĩa ingĩmoria kĩũria.
29 Lo! as to all of them, Vanity—nothingness, are their works, Wind and emptiness, their molten images!
Atĩrĩrĩ, andũ othe nĩ a maheeni! Ciĩko ciao no cia tũhũ; mĩhianano yao ya gwacũhio ĩhaana o ta rũhuho, na nĩ ya tũhũ mũtheri.
