Isaiah 42
1 Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one — My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
“Nayu mtumiki wanga, amene ndimamuchirikiza, amene ndamusankha, amenenso ndimakondwera naye. Ndayika Mzimu wanga mwa Iyeyo, ndipo adzaweruza anthu a mitundu yonse mwachilungamo.
2 He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.
Iye sadzafuwula, sadzamveka mawu, kapena mawu ake kumveka mʼmisewu.
3 A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.
Bango lophwanyika sadzalithyola, ndipo moto wozilala sadzawuzimitsa. Motero adzaonetsa kuti chilungamo ndicho choonadi;
4 He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.
sadzafowoka kapena kukhumudwa mpaka atakhazikitsa chilungamo pa dziko lapansi, ndi mpaka mayiko a mʼmbali mwa nyanja atafika poyembekezera malangizo ake.”
5 Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
Yehova Mulungu amene analenga zamlengalenga ndi kuziyalika, amene analenga dziko lapansi ndi zonse zimene zimabereka, amenenso amapereka mpweya kwa anthu ake okhala mʼdzikomo, ndi moyo kwa onse oyendamo, akuti,
6 I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
“Ine Yehova, ndakuyitana chifukwa Ine ndine wolungama; ndikugwira dzanja ndipo ndidzakuteteza. Ndakupereka kukhala pangano langa kwa anthu ndi kuwunika kwa anthu a mitundu ina.
7 To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
Udzatsekula maso a anthu osaona, udzamasula anthu a mʼndende ndi kutulutsa mʼndende anthu okhala mu mdima.
8 I [am] Jehovah, this [is] My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.
“Ine ndine Yehova: dzina langa ndi limenelo! Sindidzapereka ulemerero wanga kwa wina aliyense kapena matamando anga kwa mafano.
9 The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.
Taonani, zinthu zimene ndinalosera kale zachitikadi, ndipo ndikuwuzani zinthu zatsopano; zinthuzo zisanaonekere Ine ndakudziwitsani.”
10 Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants.
Imbirani Yehova nyimbo yatsopano, mutamandeni inu okhala mʼdziko lonse lapansi, inu amene mumayenda pa nyanja, nyanja ikokome ndi zonse zili mʼmenemo. Inu okhala pa zilumba tamandani Yehova.
11 The wilderness and its cities do lift up [the voice], The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry.
Chipululu ndi mizinda yake zikweze mawu awo; midzi ya Akedara ikondwere. Anthu a ku Sela ayimbe mwachimwemwe; afuwule kuchokera pamwamba pa mapiri.
12 They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.
Atamande Yehova ndipo alalike matamando ake kwa anthu apazilumba zonse.
13 Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.
Yehova adzapita ku nkhondo ngati munthu wamphamvu, adzawutsa ukali wake ngati munthu wankhondo; akukuwa ndiponso akufuwula mfuwu wankhondo ndipo adzagonjetsa adani ake.
14 I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
Yehova akuti, “Ndakhala ndili chete kwa nthawi yayitali, ndakhala ndili phee osachita kanthu. Koma tsopano, ngati mayi pa nthawi yochira, ndi kubuwula ndi kupuma modukizadukiza ndipo ndili wefuwefu.
15 I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.
Ndidzawononga mapiri ndi zitunda ndipo ndidzawumitsa zomera zawo zonse; ndidzasandutsa mitsinje kukhala zilumba ndipo ndidzawumitsa maiwe.
16 And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These [are] the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
Ndidzatsogolera anthu osaona mʼmisewu imene sanayidziwe, ndidzawatsogolera mʼnjira zimene sanayendepo; ndidzasandutsa mdima wa kutsogolo kwawo kuti ukhale kuwala ndipo ndidzasalaza malo osalala. Zimenezi ndizo ndidzachite; sindidzawataya.
17 Removed backward — utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, 'Ye [are] our gods.'
Koma onse amene amadalira mafano amene amanena kwa mafanowo kuti, ‘ndinu milungu yathu,’ ndidzawachititsa manyazi kotheratu.
18 Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
“Imvani, agonthi inu; yangʼanani osaona inu, kuti muone!
19 Who [is] blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who [is] blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?
Ali wosaona ndani, si mtumiki wanga kodi? Ndipo ndani ali wosamva ngati mthenga amene ndamutuma? Kodi ndani ali wosaona ngati uja ndinachita naye pangano, kapena wosaona ndani ngati mtumiki wa Yehova?
20 Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
Iwe waona zinthu zambiri, koma sunazisamale; makutu ako ndi otsekuka koma sumva kanthu.”
21 Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
Chinamukomera Yehova chifukwa cha chilungamo chake, kapena lamulo lake kukhala lalikulu ndi lopambana.
22 And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes — all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, 'Restore.'
Koma awa ndi anthu amene afunkhidwa ndi kuwalanda zinthu zawo, onsewa anawakola mʼmaenje kapena akuwabisa mʼndende. Tsono asanduka chofunkha popanda wina wowapulumutsa kapena kunena kuti, “Abwezeni kwawo.”
23 Who among you giveth ear [to] this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.
Kodi ndani wa inu amene adzamvetsera zimenezi kapena kutchera khutu ndi kumva za mʼtsogolomo?
24 Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah — He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law.
Ndani anapereka Yakobo kwa ofunkha, ndi Israeli kwa anthu akuba? Kodi si Yehova, amene ife tamuchimwirayu? Pakuti sanathe kutsatira njira zake; ndipo sanamvere malangizo ake.
25 And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!
Motero anawakwiyira kwambiri, nawavutitsa ndi nkhondo. Anayatsa moto ponseponse mowazungulira komabe iwo sanamvetse; motowo unawapsereza, koma iwo sanatengepo phunziro ayi.
