Isaia 58
1 “Atĩrĩrĩ, anĩrĩra mũno, na ndũgakire. Anĩrĩra na mũgambo mũnene o taarĩ karumbeta karagamba. Uumbũrĩre andũ akwa ũhoro wa ũremi wao, o na andũ a nyũmba ya Jakubu ũmoimbũrĩre mehia mao.
Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Nĩgũkorwo manjaragia mũthenya o mũthenya; makonekaga ta mangĩenda mũno kũmenya njĩra ciakwa, ta marĩ rũrĩrĩ rwĩkaga ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire, na rũtatirikĩte maathani ma Ngai waruo. Mendaga ndĩmatuagĩre ciira wa kĩhooto, na makoneka makĩenda mũno Ngai amakuhĩrĩrie.
For they seek me from day to day, sad desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God.
3 Moragia atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte twĩhinge kũrĩa irio, nawe ũkaaga kuona? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte twĩnyiihie, nawe ũkaaga kũrũmbũiya ũhoro ũcio?’ “No rĩrĩ, mũthenya wanyu wa kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio mwĩkaga o ũrĩa mũkwenda, na aruti othe anyu a wĩra mũkamahinyĩrĩria.
Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.
4 Kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio kwanyu kũrĩĩkagĩrĩria na ngũĩ na njũgitano, na mũkahũũrana na ngundi ta andũ aaganu. Kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio kwanyu kwa matukũ maya gũtingĩtũma mĩgambo yanyu ĩiguo kũu igũrũ.
Behold you fast for debates and strife. and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.
5 Kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio kwa mũthemba ũcio wa mũndũ kwĩnyiihia mũthenya o ũmwe tu-rĩ, nĩkuo niĩ thuurĩte? Kwĩhinga no kũinamia mũtwe ta ithanjĩ, na gũkomera nguo ya ikũnia, o na mũhu? Kũu nĩkuo mwĩtaga kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio, na mũkawĩta mũthenya wa gwĩtĩkĩrĩka nĩ Jehova?
Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 “Githĩ mũthemba ũrĩa thuurĩte wa kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio ti ũyũ: kuohora arĩa moohetwo na njĩra ĩtarĩ ya kĩhooto, na kuohoraga mĩkwa ya icooki rĩa ngingo, na kũrekereria arĩa mahinyĩrĩirio, o na kuunanga macooki mothe ma ngingo?
Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress, let them that are broken go free, and break asunder every burden.
7 Githĩ ti kũgayanaga irio ciaku na andũ arĩa ahũtu, na ũrehage athĩĩni arĩa matarĩ ũikaro gwaku mũciĩ, na rĩrĩa wona mũndũ arĩ njaga ũkamũhumba nguo, na ndũkanahutatĩre andũ arĩa mũrĩ a mũthiimo ũmwe nao?
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.
8 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ũtheri waku nĩũgaathera o ta ũrĩa gũtherũrũkaga rũciinĩ, nakuo kũhonio gwaku nĩgũkooneka o narua; ningĩ ũthingu waku nĩũgagũtongoria, naguo riiri wa Jehova ũkuume thuutha, ũkũgitĩre.
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily arise, and thy justice shall go before thy face, and the glory of the Lord shall gather thee up.
9 Ningĩ hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgeetana, nake Jehova nĩagagwĩtĩka; nĩũgakaya ũteithio, nake nĩakoiga atĩrĩ: Ĩĩ niĩ ũyũ haha. “Ũngĩeheria icooki rĩa kũhinyanĩrĩria, na weherie kĩara kĩrĩa worotanaga nakĩo, na ndeto cia rũmena-rĩ,
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.
10 ningĩ ũngĩĩrutĩra kũhũũnia andũ arĩa ahũtu, nao arĩa ahinyĩrĩrie ũmahingĩrie maũndũ marĩa mamabatairie, hĩndĩ ĩyo ũtheri waku nĩũgaathera kũu nduma-inĩ, naguo ũtukũ waku ũgaatuĩka o ta mũthenya barigici.
When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday.
11 Jehova nĩarĩgũtoongoragia hĩndĩ ciothe, na nĩarĩkũhingagĩria mabataro maku ũrĩ bũrũri-inĩ mũũmũ, o na mahĩndĩ maku amekagĩre hinya. Ũkahaana ta mũgũnda unithĩirio maaĩ, ũtuĩke ta gĩthima kĩrĩa gĩtahũaga.
And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.
12 Andũ aku nĩo magaacookereria kũrĩa kwaanangĩtwo o tene, na maakĩrĩre mĩthingi ĩrĩa ya tene mũno; nawe ũgeetagwo Mũcookereria wa Thingo iria Momoku, na wĩtagwo Mũcookereria wa Njĩra cia Itũũro.
And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundations of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest.
13 “Ũngĩgirĩrĩria magũrũ maku gũthũkia mũthenya wa Thabatũ, na wage gwĩka maũndũ maku we mwene mũthenya ũcio wakwa ũrĩa mwamũre, nayo Thabatũ ĩyo ũmĩtue mũthenya wa gĩkeno, na mũthenya ũcio mwamũre wa Jehova ũũtue wa gũtĩĩo-rĩ, na ũngĩũtĩĩa na kwaga kũrũmĩrĩra njĩra ciaku, na kwaga gwĩka maũndũ maku we mwene, o na kana kwaria ndeto cia tũhũ-rĩ,
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found: to speak a word:
14 hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgakena nĩ ũndũ wa Jehova, na nĩngatũma ũtũũgĩrio mũno gũkũ thĩ, na ngũheage igai rĩa thoguo Jakubu, ũrĩrĩĩage.” Nĩgũkorwo nĩ kanua ka Jehova kaarĩtie ũhoro ũcio.
Then shalt thou be delighted in the Lord, and I will lift thee up above the high places of the earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
