Isaia 59
1 Atĩrĩrĩ, ti-itherũ guoko kwa Jehova ti kuonju atĩ gũtingĩhota kũhonokania, o na kana gũtũ gwake gũkagĩa njiika atĩ gũtingĩhota kũigua.
Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.
2 No rĩrĩ, mawaganu manyu nĩmo mamũtigithanĩtie na Ngai wanyu; namo mehia manyu nĩmo matũmĩte amũhithe ũthiũ wake, akarega kũmũigua.
But your iniquities have divided between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear.
3 Nĩgũkorwo moko manyu nĩmathaahĩte nĩ ũiti wa thakame, nacio ciara cianyu ikaiyũra wĩhia. Tũnua twanyu nĩtwarĩtie ndeto cia maheeni, na nĩmĩ cianyu ikangʼungʼuaga o ndeto cia waganu.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity.
4 Gũtirĩ mũndũ wendaga ciira wa kĩhooto, o na kana ageciirĩrĩra na njĩra ya ma. Mehokaga ngarari cia tũhũ na makaaria ndeto cia maheeni; magĩaga nda cia mathĩĩna na magaciara waganu.
There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.
5 Mahaana ta makomeire matumbĩ ma nduĩra, na makaamba mĩtego ya rũrenda rwa mbũmbũĩ. Mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũngĩrĩa matumbĩ macio no gũkua akuaga, na o itumbĩ rĩahehenjwo rĩtũrĩkaga nduĩra.
They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eggs, shall die: and that which is brought out, shall be hatched into a basilisk.
6 Rũrenda rũu rwao nĩ rwa tũhũ rũtingĩtumwo nguo; matiingĩhumbĩra na kĩrĩa mathondekaga naruo. Mawĩra mao nĩ mawĩra ma waganu, na moko mao maiyũrĩte ciĩko cia haaro.
Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are unprofitable works, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
7 Magũrũ mao mahanyũkaga makehie; mahiũhaga magaite thakame ya mũndũ ũtehĩtie. Meciiria mao no meciiria ma ũũru; na kũrĩa guothe mathiiaga matigaga gũkirĩte ihooru na mwanangĩko.
Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways.
8 Njĩra ya thayũ matimĩũĩ; na mĩthiĩre yao ti ya gũtuanĩra ciira na kĩhooto. Metemeire njĩra njogomu; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũcigeragĩra akagĩa na thayũ.
They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps: their paths are become crooked to them, every one that treadeth in them, knoweth no peace.
9 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ciira wa kĩhooto ũrĩ kũraya na ithuĩ, naguo ũthingu ndũtũkinyagĩra. Tũcaragia ũtheri, no tuonaga o nduma; tũgacaria ũkengu, no tũkagerera kũrĩa kũrĩ na mairia matumanu.
Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark.
10 Tũhambataga rũthingo ta mũtumumu, na tũgeetherera njĩra ta andũ matarĩ maitho. Tũhĩngagwo mũthenya barigici o ta rĩrĩa kũrĩ mairia; tũrĩ gatagatĩ ka andũ arĩa marĩ hinya, tũhaanaga ta andũ akuũ.
We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places as dead men.
11 Ithuothe tũraramaga o ta nduba; tũcakayaga na kĩeha ta ndutura. Tũcaragia ũhoro wa gũtuĩrwo ciira na kĩhooto, na tũtingĩwona o na atĩa; tũgacaria ũhoro wa ũhonokanio, no ũgatũraihĩrĩria mũno.
We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.
12 Nĩgũkorwo mahĩtia maitũ nĩ maingĩ maitho-inĩ maku, namo mehia maitũ makoimbũra ũrĩa tũtariĩ. Hĩndĩ ciothe mahĩtia maitũ makoragwo hamwe na ithuĩ, namo mehia maitũ nĩtũmooĩ mothe:
For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us, and we have known our iniquities:
13 namo nĩ ũremi na gũkaana Jehova, na kũhutatĩra Ngai witũ, na kwaragia ndeto cia kũhinyanĩrĩria, na kũregana na watho, na kwaria ndeto cia maheeni iria ngoro ciitũ ithugundĩte.
In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God, but spoke calumny and transgression: we have conceived, and uttered from the heart, words of falsehood.
14 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩtwagĩte ciira wa kĩhooto, naguo ũthingu ũgatũraihĩrĩria; naguo ũhoro wa ma ũkagũa njĩra-inĩ, naguo ũrũngĩrĩru ũkaagĩrwo mweke.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth bath fallen down in the street, and equity could not come in.
15 Ũhoro wa ma ndũrĩ handũ ũngĩoneka, nake mũndũ ũrĩa wĩthemaga ũũru agatuĩka mũndũ wa kũguĩmwo. Nake Jehova akĩona ũndũ ũcio, ũkĩaga kũmũkenia, tondũ gũtiatuanagĩrwo ciira na kĩhooto.
And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because there is no judgment.
16 Ningĩ akĩona atĩ gũtiarĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wagĩrĩire, na akĩgega tondũ gũtiarĩ na mũteithũrani; nĩ ũndũ ũcio guoko gwake mwene nĩkuo kwamũhonokirie, naguo ũthingu wake mwene ũkĩmũtiirĩrĩra.
And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice supported him.
17 Agĩcooka akĩĩhumba ũthingu taarĩ gako gake ga kũmũgitĩra gĩthũri, na agĩĩkĩra ngũbia ya kĩgera ya ũhonokio mũtwe; naguo ũhoro wa kũrĩhanĩria akĩwĩĩhumba taarĩ nguo, na akĩĩhotora kĩyo taarĩ nguo ndaaya.
He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
18 O ta ũrĩa ciĩko ciao itariĩ, ũguo noguo akaarĩhana, arĩhe thũ ciake na mangʼũrĩ, nao andũ arĩa marĩ muku nake amacookererie ũũru wao; andũ arĩa matũũraga icigĩrĩra-inĩ-rĩ, erĩhĩrie na kũmagera ngero o ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire.
As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.
19 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, andũ nĩmagetigĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova kuuma ithũĩro, na nĩmagatĩĩa riiri wake kuuma irathĩro rĩa riũa. Nĩgũkorwo agooka ta rũũĩ ruunĩte, rũgatherera na ihenya, rũtindĩkĩtwo nĩ mĩhũmũ ya Jehova.
And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory: when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on:
20 “Mũkũũri nĩagooka Zayuni, na akinye kũrĩ andũ a Jakubu arĩa maherete mehia mao,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
And there shall come a, redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.
21 Ningĩ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ha ũhoro wakwa-rĩ, gĩkĩ nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ndarĩkanĩire nao, atĩ Roho wakwa, ũrĩa ũrĩ igũrũ rĩaku, na ciugo ciakwa iria njĩkĩrĩte kanua gaku, itirĩ hĩndĩ ikehera kuuma kanua gaku, kana ciehere kuuma tũnua twa ciana ciaku, o na kana ciehere kuuma tũnua twa njiaro ciao, kuuma rĩu nginya tene na tene,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
