Isaia 41
1 “Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ icigĩrĩra, ta kirai ki mũrĩ mbere yakwa! Nacio ndũrĩrĩ nĩcierũhie hinya wacio! Nĩcikuhĩrĩrie ciarie; nĩtũcemaniei hamwe tũciire.
Keep silence before me, O isles; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2 “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.
Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.
3 Amatengʼeragia, akamahĩtũka atagurarĩtio, o na angĩkorwo nĩ njĩra atarĩ agerera na magũrũ make mbere ĩyo.
He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way [that] he had not gone with his feet.
4 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.”
Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.
5 Icigĩrĩra nĩciĩoneire ũndũ ũcio na igetigĩra; nacio ituri cia thĩ ikainaina. Ikuhagĩrĩria na ikeyumĩria;
The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 o ũmwe ateithagia ũrĩa ũngĩ, na akeera mũrũ wa nyina atĩrĩ, “Wĩyũmĩrĩrie mũno!”
They helped every one his neighbor; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7 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.
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
8 “No rĩrĩ, wee Isiraeli, ndungata yakwa, o wee Jakubu ũrĩa thuurĩte, o inyuĩ njiaro cia Iburahĩmu mũrata wakwa,
But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 ndakũrutire kuuma ituri cia thĩ, ngĩgwĩta kuuma koine ciayo iria irĩ kũraya mũno. Ngĩkwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Wee ũrĩ ndungata yakwa;’ nĩngũthuurĩte na ndikũregete.
[Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said to thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 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.
Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 “Andũ arĩa othe makũrakaragĩra magagũũkĩrĩra ti-itherũ nĩmagaconorithio na manyararithio; arĩa marũaga nawe magaatuĩka o ta kĩndũ hatarĩ na mathire biũ.
Behold, all [they that were] incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that contend with thee shall perish.
12 O na ũngĩgaacaria thũ ciaku, ndũgaaciona. Andũ arĩa mahũũranaga mbaara nawe magaatuĩka o ta kĩndũ hatarĩ.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.
13 Nĩgũkorwo niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, Ngai waku, ũrĩa ũkũnyiitaga guoko kwa ũrĩo, na agakwĩra atĩrĩ, Tiga gwĩtigĩra; nĩngũgũteithia.
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 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.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngagũtua kĩhũũri kĩa ngano, kĩhũũri kĩerũ na kĩũgĩ, kĩna magego maingĩ. Nĩũkahũũra irĩma na ũcihehenje, natuo tũrĩma ũtũtue mũũngũ.
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Wee nĩũgaacihuha, naruo rũhuho rũcigũrũkie, nakĩo kĩhuhũkanio gĩcihurunje. No rĩrĩ, wee nĩũgakenera Jehova, na wĩrahagĩre Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, [and] shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “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.
[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 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.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 Nĩngahaanda mĩtarakwa na mĩgaa, na mĩhandathi na mĩtamaiyũ kũu werũ-inĩ. Na haande mĩbinde kũndũ kũrĩa gũtakũraga kĩndũ, na mĩthengera, na mĩkarakaba o hamwe,
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:
20 nĩgeetha andũ mone na mamenye, mecũũranie na mataũkĩrwo, atĩ nĩ guoko kwa Jehova gwĩkĩte maũndũ macio, na atĩ Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli nĩwe wamĩũmbire.”
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Rehei ciira wanyu ũrĩa mũrĩ naguo. Onaniai ihooto cianyu cia hinya,” ũguo nĩguo Mũthamaki wa Jakubu ekuuga.
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong [reasons], saith the King of Jacob.
22 “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,
Let them bring [them] forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they [are] that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come.
23 na mũtwĩre ũrĩa gũgaikara thuutha-inĩ, nĩguo tũmenye atĩ mũrĩ ngai. Ĩkai ũndũ mwega kana mũũru, nĩguo tũmake na tũiyũrwo nĩ guoya.
Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.
24 No rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrĩ kĩndũ hatarĩ, na mawĩra manyu matirĩ bata; mũndũ ũrĩa ũmwĩthuurĩire atariĩ o ta kĩndũ kĩrĩ magigi.
Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.
25 “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.
I have raised up [one] from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as [upon] mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 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.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and before time, that we may say, [He is] righteous? verily, [there is] none that showeth, verily, [there is] none that declareth, verily, [there is] none that heareth your words.
27 Nĩ niĩ ndaarĩ wa mbere kwĩra Zayuni atĩrĩ, ‘Atĩrĩrĩ, aya marĩ haha!’ Nĩ niĩ ndatũmire mũndũ athiĩ Jerusalemu agatware ũhoro ũrĩa mwega.
The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 Ndĩrarora no hatirĩ mũndũ; gũtirĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wao ũngĩheana kĩrĩra, gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũnjookeria ũhoro rĩrĩa ingĩmoria kĩũria.
For I beheld, and [there was] no man; even among them, and [there was] no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Atĩrĩrĩ, andũ othe nĩ a maheeni! Ciĩko ciao no cia tũhũ; mĩhianano yao ya gwacũhio ĩhaana o ta rũhuho, na nĩ ya tũhũ mũtheri.
Behold, they [are] all vanity, their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.
