1Nyararai pamberi pangu, imwi zviwi; vanhu ngavawane simba idzva, ngavaswedere, ipapo ngavataure; ngatiswedere pamwechete kutongerwa mhaka.
1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2Ndianiko wakamutsa mumwe kumabvazuva, anokunda pose-pose paa notsika? Ndianiko anomupa marudzi avanhu, achimubatisa madzimambo paushe hwake? Anovaisa pamunondo wake seguruva, napauta hwake sehundi inodzingwa nemhepo.
2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3Anodzingana navo, ndokupfuura hake zvakanaka nenzira yaasina kumbotsika netsoka dzake.
3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4Ndianiko akabata basa iro nokuzviita? Ndiye anodana marudzi kubvira pakutanga; ini Jehovha, wokutanga, nowokupedzisira.
4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
5Zviwi zvakaona, zvikatya; migumo yenyika inodedera, inoswedera, youya.
5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6Mumwe nomumwe anobatsira wokwake; anoti kuhama yake, Tsunga hako moyo.
6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7Saizvozvo muvezi anosimbisa mupfuri wendarama, nowanopfura nenyundo anosimbisa anorova panhera, achiti, Pamusoro pokunamatidza. Zvakanaka; ndokuzvirovera nembambo kuti zvirege kuzununguka.
7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8Asi iwe Isiraeri, muranda wangu, Jakove, wandakasanangura, vana vaAbhurahamu shamwari yangu,
8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9iwe wandakatora kumigomo yenyika, ndikakudana kumakona ayo, ndikati kwauri, Uri muranda wangu, ndakakusanangura, handina kukurasha.
9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10Usatya, nekuti ndinewe; usavhunduka, nekuti ndiri Mwari wako; ndichakusimbisa, zvirokwazvo, ndichakubatsira; zvirokwazvo, ndichakutsigira noruoko rwangu rworudyi rune simba.
10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11Tarira, vose vanokutsamwira, vachanyadziswa vave nenyadzi; vanokakavara newe vachava sechinhu chisipo, vachaparara.
11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12Uchavatsvaka, asi haungavawani, ivo vanokakavara newe; vanorwa newe vachava sechinhu chisipo, sechinhu chisina maturo.
12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13nekuti ini Jehovha, Mwari wako, ndichabata ruoko rwako rworudyi, ndichiti kwauri, Usatya, ini ndichakubatsira.
13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14Usatya, Jakove iwe honye, nemwi varume vaIsiraeri; ini ndichakubatsira, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, mudzikunuri wako ndiye Mutsvene waIsiraeri.
14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15Tarira, ndakakuita mupuro mutsva, unopinza, unameno; uchapura makomo, nokuaputsa-putsa, uchaita zvikomo zvive sehundi.
15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16Uchaaurutsa, achatorwa nemhepo, chamupupuri chichaaparadzira kose; iwe uchafarira Jehovha, nokuzvirumbidza noMutsvene waIsiraeri.
16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17Varombo navanoshayiwa vanotsvaka mvura, asi haipo, marimi avo anooma nenyota; ini, Jehovha ndichavapindura, ini Mwari walsiraeri, handingavarasi.
17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18Ndichazarura nzizi pamakomo asine miti, namatsime pakati pemipata; renje ndichariita dziva remvura, nenyika yakaoma zvitubu zvemvura.
18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19Ndichasima parenje miti yemisidhari, nemiakasia, nemimirite, nemiorivhi; ndichaisa musango misiperesi, nemipani,nemifiri iyo yose;
19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
20kuti vanhu vaone, nokuziva, nokurangarira, nokunzwisisa, kuti ruoko rwaJehovha ndirwo rwakaita izvozvo, uye kuti Mutsvene waIsiraeri ndiye wakazvisika.
20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21Zvanzi naJehovha, Revai mhaka yenyu; zvanzi namambo waJakove, Uyai namashoko enyu akasimba.
21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22Ngavauye nawo, vatiudze zvichaitwa, tiudzei zvinhu zvakare, kuti ndezvei, kuti tizvirangarire, tizive kuguma kwazvo; kana mutizivise zvichazovapo.
22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23Tiudzei zvinhu zvichazovapo pashure, tizive kuti muri vamwari; zvirokwazvo, itai zvakanaka, kana itai zvakaipa, kuti tishamiswe, tizvione tose pamwechete.
23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24Tarirai imwi hamuzi chinhu, nebasa renyu harizi chinhu; anokusanangurai anonyangadza.
24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
25Ndamutsa mumwe anobva kurutivi rwokumusoro, zvino wasvika; mumwe anobva kumabudazuva, anodana zita rangu; iye achatsika vabati samatope, somuumbi anokanya ivhu.
25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26Ndianiko wakatiudza izvozvo kubvira pakutanga, kuti tizive? Napanguva yakare, kuti titi, Zvirokwazvo? Zvirokwazvo, hakuna anotiudza, zvirokwazvo, hakuna anotiratidza, zvirokwazvo, hakuna anonzwa mashoko enyu.
26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27Ndini ndichatanga kuti kuZiyoni, Tarirai, tarirai, havo; ndichatumira Jerusaremu nhume inouya namashoko akanaka.
27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28Kana ndichitarira, hakuna munhu; pakati pavo hakuna anogona kurayirira, angapindura shoko, kana ndichivabvunza.
28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29Tarirai, ava vose havana maturo, mabasa avo haana maturo, haazi chinhu; mifananidzo yavo yakaumbwa imhepo nezvisina maturo.
29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.