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