Isaya 26
1 Pazuva iro rwiyo urwu ruchaimbwa munyika yaJudha: Tine guta rakasimba; Mwari anoita kuti ruponeso ruve masvingo nenhare dzaro.
At that time, this will be the song that is sung in the land of Judah: “Ours is a strong city! Its walls and defenses are our salvation!
2 Zarurai masuo kuti rudzi rwakarurama rupinde, rudzi runochengeta kutenda.
Open the gates so the nation who follows the right can come in, the nation that stays faithful.
3 Muchachengeta murugare rwakakwana munhu ane mufungo wakasimba, nokuti anovimba nemi.
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
4 Vimba naJehovha nokusingaperi, nokuti Jehovha, iye Jehovha ndiye Dombo rokusingaperi.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
5 Anoderedza avo vagere pakakwirira, anodzikisa pasi guta rapamusoro; anorideredza kusvikira pavhu uye anorikanda muguruva.
He brings down those who live so high and mighty; he demolishes the proud city with its high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust.
6 Tsoka dzicharitsikirira pasi, tsoka dzavakamanikidzwa, idzo tsoka dzavarombo.
The poor tread it underfoot; the oppressed walk on top of it.
7 Nzira yavakarurama yakati chechetere; imi Akarurama, munoita kuti nzira yavakarurama iti chechetere.
You God, do what is right, and you straighten out the way for those who live right; you smooth out their path.
8 Hongu, Jehovha tichifamba munzira yomurayiro wenyu, tinokumirirai; zita renyu nemukurumbira wenyu ndizvo chishuwo chemwoyo yedu.
Yes, we follow your instructions, Lord, we put our hope in you. What we most want is to remember you and your wonderful character.
9 Mwoyo wangu unokushuvai pausiku; mangwanani, mweya wangu unokupangai. Kutonga kwenyu pakunouya panyika, vanhu vanogara panyika vanodzidza zvokururama.
I look for you in the night; deep inside me I long for you. When your laws are shown to the earth, then the people of the world learn what is right.
10 Kunyange nyasha dzichiratidzwa kuna vakaipa, ivo havadzidzi kururama; kunyange munyika yokururama, vanongoramba vachiita zvakaipa, uye havana hanya noukuru hwaJehovha.
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they don't learn to do right. Even in a country where people do what's right, they continue to do evil and they don't think about how great the Lord is.
11 Haiwa Jehovha, ruoko rwenyu rwakasimudzirwa kumusoro, asi havaruoni. Ngavaone kushingaira kwenyu pamusoro pavanhu venyu vagonyadziswa; moto wakachengeterwa vavengi venyu ngauvaparadze.
Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!
12 Jehovha, imi munotigadzirira rugare; zvose zvatakakwanisa ndimi makatiitira.
Lord, you give us peace and prosperity; everything we've achieved you have done for us.
13 Haiwa Jehovha Mwari wedu, mamwe madzishe kunze kwenyu akatitonga, asi zita renyu ndiro ratinokudza chete.
Lord our God, there have been other lords besides you who have ruled us, but you are the only one we worship.
14 Ivo vakafa zvino, havachararamizve; mweya yavakafa haimuki. Makavaranga mukavaparadza; makabvisa chirangaridzo chavo.
They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
15 Makakurisa rudzi, imi Jehovha; makakurisa rudzi. Makazviwanira mukurumbira; mukakurisa miganhu yose yenyika.
You have made the nation grow, Lord, you have made the nation grow. You have expanded our borders of the land, and we honored you.
16 Jehovha, vakauya kwamuri mumatambudziko avo; pamakavarova, havana kugona kuzevezera munyengetero.
Lord, when we were suffering we came to you, pouring out our prayers like whispers as you disciplined us.
17 Sezvinoita mukadzi ane mimba oda kusununguka, anomonyoroka mukurwadziwa kwake, agochema kwazvo, ndizvo zvatakanga takaita pamberi penyu, imi Jehovha.
Just as a pregnant woman giving birth tosses about and cries out in pain, that's what we were like in your presence, Lord.
18 Takanga tine mimba, tichimonyoroka mukurwadziwa, asi takabereka mhepo. Hatina kuvigira nyika ruponeso; hatina chatakaberekera vanhu venyika.
However, even though we became pregnant and we tossed about in pain, we gave birth to nothing but air. We did not bring about the salvation of the earth, and the people of the world have not become alive.
19 Asi vakafa venyu vachararama; miviri yavo ichamuka. Imi mugere muguruva, mukai mupembere. Dova renyu rakaita sedova ramangwanani; nyika ichabudisa vakafa vayo.
But those who died in you, Lord, will live! Their bodies will rise again! Wake up, and sing for joy, you people sleeping in the dust, for the dew you receive is like the dew of the morning giving life to those in the grave.
20 Chiendai, vanhu vangu, pindai mumakamuri enyu, mugopfiga mikova shure kwenyu; muvande kwechinguva kusvikira kutsamwa kwake kwapfuura.
My people, go inside your homes and close your doors behind you. Hide there for a little while until the fury has passed.
21 Tarirai, Jehovha ari kubuda muugaro hwake, kuti arange vanhu venyika nokuda kwezvivi zvavo. Nyika ichafukura ropa rakateurwa pamusoro payo; haichazovanzizve vakaurayiwa vayo.
Watch out! The Lord is coming from where he lives to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it; the earth won't hide those who have been killed any no longer.”
