Isaia 43
1 No rĩrĩ, wee Jakubu, Jehova ũrĩa wakũũmbire, o we ũcio watũmire ũgĩe ho, wee Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Tiga gwĩtigĩra, nĩgũkorwo nĩ niĩ ngũkũũrĩte; Ngwĩtĩte na rĩĩtwa rĩaku; wee ũrĩ wakwa.
But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.
2 Rĩrĩa ũkũgerera maaĩ-inĩ ũkĩhĩtũkĩra kuo-rĩ, ndĩrĩkoragwo hamwe nawe; o na rĩrĩa ũkũringa njũũĩ-rĩ, itigagũtwara. Rĩrĩa ũkũgerera mwaki-inĩ-rĩ, ndũgaagũcina; ndũkarĩrĩmbũkĩrwo nĩ rũrĩrĩmbĩ rwaguo.
When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
3 Nĩgũkorwo nĩ niĩ Jehova, Ngai waku, o we Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli, Mũhonokia waku; nĩheanĩte bũrũri wa Misiri ũtuĩke kĩndũ gĩa gũgũkũũra, nakuo Kushi na Seba ngakũheana ithenya rĩaku.
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
4 Tondũ wee ũrĩ wa goro mũno, na ũgatĩĩka maitho-inĩ makwa, na tondũ nĩngwendete-rĩ, nĩnganeana andũ nĩ ũndũ waku, na neane ndũrĩrĩ nĩ ũndũ wa muoyo waku.
Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.
5 Tiga gwĩtigĩra, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ hamwe nawe; nĩngakũrehere ciana ciaku kuuma mwena wa irathĩro, na ngũcookanĩrĩrie kuuma mwena wa ithũĩro.
Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;
6 Nĩngeera mwena wa gathigathini atĩrĩ, ‘Marekererie!’ na njĩĩre mwena wa gũthini atĩrĩ, ‘Tiga kũmagirĩrĩria.’ Ariũ akwa marehei moime kũndũ kũraya, o nao airĩtu akwa marehei moime ituri-inĩ ciothe cia thĩ:
I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
7 arĩa othe metanĩtio na rĩĩtwa rĩakwa, o acio ndoombire nĩgeetha riiri wakwa wonekage, acio ndoombire, o acio wĩra wa moko makwa.”
Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.
8 Tongoriai andũ arĩa marĩ na maitho, no nĩ atumumu, na andũ arĩa marĩ na matũ, no matiiguaga.
Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.
9 Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciothe nĩmonganĩte hamwe, nao andũ a mabũrũri makagomana. Nĩ mũndũ ũrĩkũ wao warathire ũhoro ũyũ, na agĩtwĩra maũndũ marĩa maarĩ ma tene? Nĩmarehe aira ao moonanie atĩ ũhoro ũcio wao warĩ wa ma, nĩguo andũ maũigua moige atĩrĩ, “Ũhoro ũcio nĩ wa ma.”
Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.
10 “Inyuĩ nĩ inyuĩ aira akwa,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga. “O na nĩ inyuĩ ndungata ciakwa iria thuurĩte nĩgeetha mũmenye, na mũnjĩtĩkie, na mũmenye atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ ũrĩa we. Mbere yakwa gũtirĩ ũngĩ wombĩtwo, na gũtikagĩa ũngĩ thuutha wakwa.
You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.
11 Niĩ-rĩ, o niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, na gũtirĩ mũhonokia ũngĩ tiga niĩ.
I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me.
12 Niĩ-rĩ, nĩnguũranĩirie ũhoro, na ngahonokania, na ngoimbũra: Niĩ mwene, na ti ngai ngʼeni ĩrĩ thĩinĩ wanyu. Tondũ ũcio, inyuĩ nĩ inyuĩ aira akwa atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Mũrungu,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
I gave the word, and made it clear, and there was no strange god among you: for this reason you are my witnesses, says the Lord.
13 “Ĩĩ, ti-itherũ, kuuma matukũ ma tene, niĩ nĩ niĩ ũrĩa we. Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũ ũngĩhota kũhonokia mũndũ kuuma guoko-inĩ gwakwa. Rĩrĩa ndeka ũndũ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũũgarũra?”
From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?
14 Jehova, Mũhonokia wanyu, o Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩngatũma mbũtũ ya ita yũkĩrĩre Babuloni nĩ ũndũ wanyu, na ndehe andũ othe a Babuloni marĩ mĩgwate, maikũrũkĩtio na marikabu iria makenagio nĩcio.
The Lord, who has taken up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, Because of you I have sent to Babylon, and made all their seers come south, and the Chaldaeans whose cry is in the ships.
15 Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, Ũrĩa Mũtheru wanyu, Mũũmbi wa Isiraeli, na Mũthamaki wanyu.”
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Maker of Israel, your King.
16 Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, o ũcio watemire njĩra iria-inĩ, na agĩtema gacĩra kũndũ kũrĩa kwarĩ maaĩ marĩ hinya,
This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;
17 ũrĩa waguucĩrĩirie ngaari cia ita o na mbarathi, na mbũtũ cia ita, hamwe na anene a cio, nao magĩkoma hau na maticooke kwarahũka rĩngĩ, makĩhora biũ ta rũtambĩ rũhoretio.
Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.
18 “Tigai kũririkana maũndũ marĩa mahĩtũkĩte; o na tigai gwĩcũũrania maũndũ marĩa ma tene.
Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.
19 Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngwĩka ũndũ mwerũ! Rĩu no hĩndĩ ũraakunũka; kaĩ inyuĩ mũtaraũmenya? Ngwĩka atĩrĩ, nĩngũtema njĩra werũ-inĩ, nakuo rũngʼũrĩ-inĩ ndũme gũtherũke tũrũũĩ.
See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.
20 Nyamũ cia gĩthaka, ta mbwe na ndundu, nĩciiheaga gĩtĩĩo, tondũ nĩ niĩ heanaga maaĩ werũ-inĩ o na rũngʼũrĩ-inĩ, ngatũma kũgĩe na tũrũũĩ twa kũnyuuagwo nĩ andũ akwa, andũ arĩa niĩ thuurĩte,
The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:
21 andũ arĩa ndeyũmbĩire, nĩguo mahunjagie ũhoro wa ũgooci wakwa.
Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
22 “No rĩrĩ, wee Jakubu ndũrĩ wangaĩra, nawe Isiraeli-rĩ, nĩkũnogio ũnogetio nĩ niĩ.
But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.
23 Inyuĩ mũtindeheire ngʼondu cia maruta ma njino, kana mũkandĩĩithia na magongona manyu. Ndimũhatĩrĩirie na magongona ma mũtu, kana ngamũnogia na kũmwĩtia ũbumba.
You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.
24 Mũtirĩ mwangũrĩra ũbumba ũrĩa ũrĩ mũtararĩko mwega, o na kana mũkandutĩra maguta ma magongona manyu. No rĩrĩ, mehia manyu nĩmanditũhĩire na mũkaanogia na mawaganu manyu.
You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.
25 “Niĩ, o niĩ mwene, nĩ niĩ tharagia mahĩtia maku, mathire biũ, nĩ ũndũ wakwa Niĩ mwene, na ngaaga kũririkana mehia manyu rĩngĩ.
I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
26 Ta ndirikaniai maũndũ marĩa mahĩtũkĩte, na mũreke tũmaarĩrĩrie tũrĩ hamwe; ningĩ mũciire muonanie atĩ mũtiĩhĩtie.
Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.
27 Ithe wanyu wa mbere nĩehirie; nao andũ arĩa maaragia ithenya rĩanyu makĩĩnemera.
Your first father was a sinner, and your guides have gone against my word.
28 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, nĩngaconorithia anene a hekarũ yanyu, na ndũme Jakubu anangĩke, o nake Isiraeli atuĩke wa kũnyararwo.
Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.
