< 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 aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to 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.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near 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,' say they, 'and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Look, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
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.
Look, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you do not fast this day so as to make your voice 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 such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
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?
"Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
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?
Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your 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 your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Jehovah shall be your rear guard.
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 you shall call, and Jehovah will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
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.
and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity 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 Jehovah will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do 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.
Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
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 you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
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 you shall delight yourself in Jehovah; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:" for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken it.