1Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.
1Inzwai izvi, imwi imba yaJakoobho, makatumidzwa zita raIsiraeri, makabuda kumvura zhinji, yaJudha; imi, munopika nezita raJehovha, muchirumbidza Mwari walsiraeri, musingazviiti nechokwadi kana nokururama.
2For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
2(Nokuti vanozvidza veguta dzvene, vachisendama kuna Mwari waIsiraeri, zita rake ndiJehovha wehondo).
3I have declared the former things long ago; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to be heard: I wrought suddenly, and they came to pass.
3Ndakakuita kuti unzve zvinhu zvakare kubva pakutanga; zvirokwazvo, zvakabuda mumuromo mangu, ndakazvizivisa, ndakazviita kamwe-kamwe, zvikaitika.
4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
4nekuti ndaiziva kuti moyo wako mukukutu, nomutsipa wako runda rwedare, nehuma yako ndarira;
5so I have long ago declared [them] to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear [them]; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.
5naizvozvo ndakakuparidzira izvozvo kubva pakutanga; ndakakuzivisa izvozvo zvisati zvaitika, kuti urege kuzoti, Chifananidzo changu ndicho chakaita izvozvo, mufananidzo wangu wakavezwa nomufananidzo wangu wakaumbwa ndizvo zvakarayira izvozvo.
6Thou heardest, see all this; -- and ye, will not ye declare [it]? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not:
6Wakazvinzwa; tarira izvi zvose; zvino imwi hamungazviparidzi here? Ndakakuzivisa zvinhu zvakavanzwa, zvawakanga usingazivi.
7they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
7Zvasikwa zvino, zvakanga zvisipo kare; hauna kumbozvinzwa zuva rino risati rasvika; kuti urege kuti, Tarirai, ndaizviziva.
8Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.
8Zvirokwazvo, hauna kunzwa, zvirokwazvo, hauna kuziva; zvirokwazvo, nzeve dzako dzakanga dzisina kudziurwa kubva panguva yakare; nekuti ndakaziva kuti wakaita nokunyengera, ukanzi mudariki kubva pachizvaro.
9For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
9Ndichanonotsa kutsamwa kwangu nokuda kwezita rangu, ndichazvidzora pamusoro pako nokuda kokurumbidzwa kwangu, kuti ndirege kukuparadza.
10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
10Tarira, ndakakunatsa, asi handina kuzviita sesirivha; ndakakuidza mumvuto yokutambudzika.
11For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do [it]; for how should [my name] be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
11Nokuda kwangu, nokuda kwangu, ndichazviita; nekuti zita rangu ringamhurwa sei? Handingapi mumwe kukudzwa kwangu.
12Hearken unto me, Jacob, and [thou] Israel, my called. I [am] HE; I, the first, and I, the last.
12Nditeerere, iwe Jakove, newe Isiraeri wandakadana ndini iye, ndini wokutanga, ndini wokupedzisirawo.
13Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together.
13Zvirokwazvo, ruoko rwangu rwakateya nheyo dzenyika ruoko rwangu rworudyi rwakatatamura denga rose; kana ndichizvidana, zvinosimuka pamwechete.
14All ye, gather yourselves together, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah hath loved shall execute his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
14Unganai imwi mose, munzwe; ndianiko pakati pavo akaparidza zvinhu izvi? Iye anodikamwa naJehovha, achaita kuda kwake pamusoro peBhabhironi, ruoko rwake ruchava pamusoro pavaKaradhea.
15I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.
15Ini, iyeni, ndini ndakataura izvozvo; zvirokwazvo, ndakamudana, ndakamuuyisa, achafambiswa panzira yakanaka.
16Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
16Swederai kwandiri, munzwe chinhu ichi; kubva pakutanga handina kutaura chinyararire; kubva panguva yokuitika kwazvo,ndiripo: akandituma, noMweya wake.
17Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee for [thy] profit, who leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go.
17Zvanzi naJehovha, Mudzikunuri wako, Mutsvene walsiraeri: Ndini Jehovha Mwari wako, anokudzidzisa zvinokubatsira, anokutungamirira panzira yaunofanira kufamba nayo.
18Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
18Haiwa! Dai wakateerera hako mirayiro yangu! Rugare rwako rungadai rwakaita sorwizi, nokururama kwako samafungu egungwa!
19and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: their name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
19Vana vako vaiva sejecha, nezvibereko zvomuviri wako setsanga dzaro; zita rake harizaibviswa kana kuparadzwa pamberi pangu.
20Go ye forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing; declare, cause this to be heard, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
20Ibvai paBhabhironi, tizai vaKaradhea; paridzai nenzwi rokuimba, muzivise izvi, muzvireve kusvikira kumigumo yenyika; muti, Jehovha akadzikunura muranda wake Jakove.
21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
21Havana kunzwa nyota nguva yaakavafambisa mumarenje; akavayereresa mvura ichibva padombo, akatsemurawo dombo, mvura zhinji ikadzutuka.
22There is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.
22Zvanzi naJehovha, Vakaipa havana rugare.