Isaia 40
1 Atĩrĩrĩ, hooreriai, mũhoorerie andũ akwa, ũguo nĩguo Ngai wanyu ekuuga.
Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
2 Arĩriai itũũra rĩa Jerusalemu na ũhooreri, na mwanĩrĩre, mũrĩĩre atĩrĩ, wĩra warĩo mũritũ nĩũthirĩte, na nĩrĩrekeirwo mehia marĩo, o na ningĩ atĩ nĩrĩherithĩtio nĩ guoko kwa Jehova maita meerĩ nĩ ũndũ wa mehia marĩo mothe.
Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
3 Kũrĩ na mũgambo wa mũndũ ũkwanĩrĩra, akoiga atĩrĩ: “Haarĩriai njĩra ya Jehova kũu werũ-inĩ wa mũthanga, mũrũngarie njĩra nene ya Ngai witũ kũu werũ-inĩ.
The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
4 Mĩkuru yothe nĩĩgathikwo yambatĩre, nacio irĩma ciothe na tũrĩma ciaraganio; nakuo kũrĩa gũtarĩ kũigananu nĩgũkaigananio, nakuo kũrĩa gũtarĩ kwaraganu kwaraganio wega.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.
5 Naguo riiri wa Jehova nĩũkaguũranĩrio, na andũ othe nĩmakawĩonera marĩ hamwe. Nĩgũkorwo nĩ kanua ka Jehova kaarĩtie ũhoro ũcio.”
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.
6 Kũrĩ na mũgambo wa mũndũ ũroiga atĩrĩ, “Anĩrĩra.” Na niĩ ngĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ngwanĩrĩra njuge atĩa?” “Uga atĩrĩ: Andũ othe mahaana ta nyeki, na ũthaka wao wothe ũhaana ta mahũa ma mũgũnda.
The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the held.
7 Nyeki nĩĩhoohaga, namo mahũa magaitĩka, nĩkũhurutwo nĩ mĩhũmũ ya Jehova. Ti-itherũ andũ mahaana o ta nyeki.
The grass is withered, and the dower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:
8 Nyeki nĩĩhoohaga namo mahũa magaitĩka, no kiugo kĩa Ngai witũ gĩtũũraga nginya tene.”
The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
9 Inyuĩ andũ arĩa mũrehaga ũhoro mwega Zayuni, ambatai mũthiĩ kĩrĩma-inĩ kĩrĩa kĩraihu na igũrũ. Inyuĩ arĩa mũrehaga ũhoro mwega Jerusalemu, anĩrĩrai na mũgambo mũnene, anĩrĩrai, na mũtigetigĩre; ĩrai matũũra ma Juda atĩrĩ, “Ngai wanyu arĩ haha!”
Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:
10 Atĩrĩrĩ, Mwathani Jehova nĩarooka arĩ na ũhoti, na guoko gwake nĩkuo gũgaathanaga. Atĩrĩrĩ, kĩheo gĩake arĩ nakĩo, o na irĩhi rĩake arĩ narĩo.
Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him.
11 Arĩithagia mbũri ciake o ta mũrĩithi: Natuo tũgondu atuoyaga na moko make na agatũkuuĩra gĩthũri-inĩ gĩake; nacio ngʼondu iria irongithia acitongoragia o kahora.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
12 Nũũ wanathima maaĩ na rũhĩ rwake, kana agĩthima igũrũ na wariĩ wa guoko gwake? Nũũ wanekĩra rũkũngũ rwa thĩ gĩkabũ-inĩ arũthime, kana agĩthima irĩma na ithimi, o na agĩthima tũrĩma na ratiri?
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Nũũ wanamenya meciiria ma Jehova, kana akĩmũtaara taarĩ we mũmũhei kĩrĩra?
Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?
14 Nũũ Jehova aahoire kĩrĩra nĩguo amũmenyithie maũndũ, na nũũ wamũrutire gũthiĩ na njĩra ĩrĩa yagĩrĩire? Nũũ wamũrutire maũndũ ma ũũgĩ, kana akĩmuonia ũrĩa angĩhota gũkuũkĩrwo nĩ maũndũ?
With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
15 Ti-itherũ ndũrĩrĩ ihaana ta itata rĩa maaĩ rĩrĩ ndoo-inĩ; cionagwo ihaana ta karũkũngũ kanini karĩa gatigagwo ratiri-inĩ; we athimaga icigĩrĩra cia iria-inĩ taarĩ rũkũngũ rũhinyu.
Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smallest grain of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust.
16 Mũtitũ wa Lebanoni-rĩ, ndũngĩigania ngũ cia mwaki wa kĩgongona, kana nyamũ ciakuo ciigane kũmũrutĩra magongona ma njino.
And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 Ndũrĩrĩ ciothe ikĩonwo nĩwe, acionaga ihaana ta kĩndũ hatarĩ; we acionaga ta itarĩ kĩene, o na ta irĩ tũhũ mũtheri.
All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
18 Atĩrĩrĩ, ũngĩgerekania Mũrungu na ũ? Kana nĩ mũhianĩre ũrĩkũ mũngĩmũgerekania naguo?
To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
19 Mĩhianano ya kũhooywo yacũhagio nĩ mũturi, nake mũturi wa thahabu akamĩgemia na thahabu, na akamĩthondekera irengeeri cia betha.
Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
20 Mũndũ ũrĩa mũthĩĩni mũno ũtangĩhota kuona indo ta icio cia kũrutwo, athuuraga mũtĩ ũrĩa ũtangĩbutha. Agacaria bundi mũũgĩ wa kũmwacũhĩria mũhianano wa kũhooywo mũrũmu wega ũtangĩgũa.
He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skillful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.
21 Anga mũtirĩ mwamenya? Kaĩ mũtarĩ mwaigua ũhoro? Mũtirĩ mwaheo ũhoro kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria? Kaĩ mũtarĩ mwataũkĩrwo kuuma rĩrĩa thĩ yombirwo?
Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
22 Jehova aikaragĩra gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene igũrũ rĩa gĩthiũrũrĩ gĩa thĩ, nao andũ arĩa matũũraga thĩ akamoona mahaana o ta ndaahi. Atambũrũkagia matu marĩa mairũ o ta kĩandarũa, na akamaamba ta marĩ hema ya gũtũũrwo.
It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
23 Nĩwe ũtũmaga anene matuĩke ta kĩndũ gũtarĩ, na akanyiihia aathani a thĩ akamatua ta marĩ o tũhũ mũtheri.
He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 O mahaandwo o ũguo-rĩ, o mbeũ ciao ciahurwo-rĩ, o mambĩrĩria gũikũrũkia mĩri yao tĩĩri-inĩ-rĩ, amahuhaga na mĩhũmũ yake nao makahooha, nakĩo kĩhuhũkanio kĩa rũhuho gĩkamahuruta o ta mahuti.
And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25 Ũrĩa Mũtheru ekũũria atĩrĩ, “Niĩ-rĩ, mũngĩngerekania na ũ? Kana nũũ tũngĩiganana?”
And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One?
26 Tiirai maitho manyu mũrore na igũrũ: Nũũ wombire njata icio ciothe? Ũcio nĩwe ũrehaga mbũtũ icio cia igũrũ agĩcitaraga, na ageeta o ĩmwe yacio na rĩĩtwa. Tondũ wa ũhoti wake mũnene na hinya wake mũnene, gũtirĩ o na ĩmwe yacio yagaga ho.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.
27 Wee Jakubu, nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma warie, na wee Isiraeli ũgateta, ũkooria atĩrĩ, “Mĩthiĩre yakwa nĩĩhithĩtwo Jehova; naguo ciira wakwa wa kĩhooto ndũrũmbũyagio nĩ Ngai wakwa”?
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Anga mũtirĩ mwamenya? Kaĩ mũtarĩ mwaigua ũhoro? Jehova nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa ũtũũraga tene na tene, nĩwe Mũmbi wa ituri ciothe cia thĩ. We ndooragwo nĩ hinya o na kana akanoga, naguo ũmenyo wake wa maũndũ gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩhota kũũtuĩria.
Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.
29 Mũndũ ũrĩa mũnogu nĩamũheaga hinya, nake ũrĩa ũũrĩtwo nĩ hinya akamuongerera ũhoti.
It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.
30 Andũ ethĩ o nao nĩmooragwo nĩ hinya na makanoga, nao andũ arĩa matarĩ akũrũ nĩmahĩngagwo na makagũa;
Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
31 no rĩrĩ, andũ arĩa mehokaga Jehova nĩmakerũhĩrio hinya wao. Makombũkaga na mathagu o ta nderi; magaatengʼera na matinoge, magaathiiaga na magũrũ na matiũrwo nĩ hinya.
But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
