Isaia 49
1 Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũtũũraga icigĩrĩra-inĩ ta thikĩrĩriai; o na inyuĩ andũ a mabũrũri ma kũraya ta iguai: Jehova aanjĩtire itarĩ mũciare; ndĩ o nda ya maitũ nĩguo aanjĩtire na rĩĩtwa rĩakwa.
Hearken to me, ye islands; and attend, ye Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, saith the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name:
2 Nĩatũmire kanua gakwa gatuĩke ta rũhiũ rũũgĩ rwa njora, na akĩĩhitha kĩĩruru-inĩ gĩa guoko gwake; agĩĩthondeka ta mũguĩ mũnyoroku, na akĩĩhitha thiaka-inĩ wake.
and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;
3 Agĩcooka akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Wee Isiraeli, nĩwe ndungata yakwa, andũ nĩmarĩngoocaga nĩ ũndũ waku.”
and said to me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, and in thee I will be glorified.
4 No ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ndutĩte wĩra wa tũhũ; hũthĩrĩte hinya wakwa wothe nĩ ũndũ wa maũndũ matarĩ kĩguni na ma tũhũ. No rĩrĩ, ũhoro wakwa wa gũtuĩrwo ciira na kĩhooto uumaga harĩ Jehova, narĩo irĩhi rĩakwa rĩrĩ na Ngai wakwa.”
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labour before my God.
5 Na rĩu-rĩ, Jehova ũrĩa wanyũũmbire ndĩ nda ya maitũ nduĩke ndungata yake, nĩguo hũndũre Jakubu, ndĩmũcookie harĩ we, na njookanĩrĩrie Isiraeli harĩ we, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ mũtĩĩku maitho-inĩ ma Jehova, na Ngai wakwa agakorwo arĩ hinya wakwa,
And now, thus saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
6 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Nĩ ũndũ mũhũthũ harĩwe gũtuĩka ndungata yakwa, ya gũcookereria mĩhĩrĩga ya Jakubu, na kũhũndũra matigari ma Isiraeli marĩa ndĩĩtigĩirie. Ningĩ nĩngatũma ũtuĩke ũtheri wa gũtherera andũ a ndũrĩrĩ, nĩgeetha ũtware ũhonokio wakwa ituri-inĩ ciothe cia thĩ.”
And he said to me, [It is] a great thing for thee to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
7 Jehova, Mũkũũri wa Isiraeli, o we Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli, ekwarĩria ũrĩa mũnyarare na agathũũrwo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ, akeera ũrĩa ndungata ya aathani atĩrĩ, “Athamaki marĩkuonaga magakũrũgamĩra, aanake a athamaki makuona magakũinamĩrĩra, nĩ ũndũ wa Jehova, ũcio mwĩhokeku, o we Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli, ũrĩa ũgũthuurĩte.”
Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen thee.
8 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Hĩndĩ ya gwĩtĩkĩrĩka, nĩngagũcookeria ũhoro, naguo mũthenya wa kũhonokania, nĩngagũteithia; nĩndĩkũmenyagĩrĩra, na nĩngũkũheana ũtuĩke wa kũrĩkanĩra kĩrĩkanĩro na andũ anyu gĩa kũmacookeria bũrũri, na ũtũme megwatĩre igai rĩa kũndũ kũrĩa gwatigirwo gũkirĩte ihooru,
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:
9 na ningĩ wĩre andũ arĩa mohetwo atĩrĩ, ‘Thiĩi, nĩmuohorwo,’ nao arĩa maikarĩte nduma-inĩ ũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Umĩrai ũtheri-inĩ!’ “Makaarĩithagio mĩkĩra-inĩ ya njĩra, na moonage gĩa kũrĩa tũrĩma-inĩ tuothe tũrĩa tũtarĩ kĩndũ.
saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and [bidding] them that are in darkness shew themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths [shall be] their pasture.
10 Matikaahũũta kana manyoote, kana macinwo nĩ ũrugarĩ wa werũ-inĩ o na kana mahĩe nĩ riũa. Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa ũmaiguagĩra tha nĩwe ũkaamoonia njĩra na amatongoragie amatware ithima-inĩ cia maaĩ.
They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.
11 Nĩngatũma kũgĩe njĩra irĩma-inĩ ciakwa ciothe, nacio barabara ciakwa iria njariĩ ciambatĩrio na igũrũ.
And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.
12 Atĩrĩrĩ, magooka moimĩte kũndũ kũraya: amwe makoima gathigathini, na amwe moime ithũĩro, na arĩa angĩ moime rũgongo rũa Sinimu.”
Behold, these shall come from far: [and] these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians.
13 Wee igũrũ, anĩrĩra nĩ gũkena; nawe thĩ ũcanjamũke, na inyuĩ irĩma-rĩ, inai rwĩmbo! Nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩahooreretie andũ ake, nao andũ ake arĩa anyariire akamaiguĩra tha.
Rejoice, ye heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth [with] joy; for the Lard has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.
14 No rĩrĩ, Zayuni oigire atĩrĩ, “Jehova nĩandiganĩirie, Mwathani nĩariganĩirwo nĩ niĩ.”
But Sion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me.
15 “Nyina wa mwana-rĩ, no ariganĩrwo nĩ mwana ũrĩa arongithia, na aage kũiguĩra tha mwana ũrĩa aciarĩte? Hihi no kũhoteke ariganĩrwo, no niĩ ndikaariganĩrwo nĩwe!
Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget thee, saith the Lord.
16 Atĩrĩrĩ, ngururĩte mũhiano waku hĩ-inĩ ciakwa, nacio thingo ciaku ikoragwo mbere yakwa hĩndĩ ciothe.
Behold, I have painted thy walls on my hands, and thou art continually before me.
17 Ariũ aku mahiũhĩte magĩcookaga kũrĩ we, nao arĩa makwanangĩte nĩmarakũũrĩra.
And thou shalt soon be built by those by whom thou were destroyed, and they that made thee desolate shall go forth of thee.
18 Tiira maitho maku wĩrorere kũndũ guothe; ariũ aku othe maracookanĩrĩra hamwe moke harĩwe.” Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, ũkaamehumba othe ta mathaga; ũkaamehumba o ta ũrĩa mũhiki egemagia na mathaga make.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to thee. [As] I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt clothe thyself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire.
19 “O na gũtuĩka nĩwanangĩtwo ũgakira ihooru, o naguo bũrũri waku ũkonũhwo-rĩ, bũrũri ũcio nĩũkanyiiha wage kũiganĩra andũ arĩa matũũraga kuo, nao arĩa magũtambuurangĩte magaakorwo maingatĩtwo magathiĩ haraaya nawe.
For thy desert and marred and ruined [places] shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured thee shall be removed far from thee.
20 Ciana iria ciaciarĩirwo bũrũri ũrĩa watahĩirwo, ikoiga ũkĩiguaga atĩrĩ, ‘Bũrũri ũyũ nĩ mũnini, ndũngĩtũigana, tũhe kũndũ kũngĩ gwa gũtũũra.’
For thy sons whom thou hast lost shall say in thine ears, The place [is too] narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.
21 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkeyũria na ngoro yaku atĩrĩ, ‘Nũũ wanjiarĩire ciana ici, kuona atĩ nĩndakuĩrĩirwo nĩ ciana ciakwa, ngĩtigwo ta ndĩ thaata; ndaarĩ mũtahe na ngamenwo. Nũũ warerire ciana ici? Niĩ ndatigirwo nyiki, no rĩrĩ, ciana ici ciumĩte nakũ?’”
And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who has begotten me these? whereas I [was] childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? and I was left alone; but whence came these to me?
22 Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: “Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngeeta ndũrĩrĩ, njooke nyambararie bendera yakwa kũrĩ andũ a mabũrũri; nao nĩmakarehe ariũ aku mamakuuĩte na moko, na makuue airĩtu aku na ciande ciao.
Thus saith the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in [their] bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on [their] shoulders.
23 Athamaki nĩo magaatuĩka mathoguo ma gũkũrera, na atumia ao matuĩke ta aa maitũguo a gũkũrera. Nĩmagakũinamĩrĩra maturumithĩtie mothiũ mao thĩ, na nĩmagacũna rũkũngũ rũrĩa rũrĩ magũrũ-inĩ maku. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova; arĩa manjĩhokaga matigaaconoka.”
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their princesses thy nurses, they shall bow down to thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed.
24 Anga njamba ĩrĩ hinya no ĩtunywo indo iria itahĩte, o na kana andũ arĩa maanyiitĩtwo mahonokio kuuma kũrĩ andũ karaũ?
Will any one take spoils from a giant? and if one should take [a man] captive unjustly, shall he be delivered?
25 No rĩrĩ, Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ĩĩ, njamba cia ita nĩigatunywo andũ arĩa ciohete mĩgwate, na indo iria itahĩtwo itunyanwo kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa karaũ; nĩngahũũrana na andũ arĩa mahũũranaga nawe, na nĩngahonokia ciana cianyu.
For thus saith the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes [them] from a mighty [man] shall be delivered: for I will plead thy cause, and I will deliver thy children.
26 Nĩngatũma andũ arĩa makũhinyagĩrĩria marĩe nyama cia mĩĩrĩ yao; makaarĩĩo nĩ thakame yao ene o ta marĩĩtwo nĩ njoohi. Nao andũ othe nĩmakamenya, atĩ niĩ, Jehova, nĩ niĩ Mũhonokia waku, na Mũkũũri waku, o niĩ Ũrĩa Mwene-Hinya wa Jakubu.”
And they that afflicted thee shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers thee, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.
