1Tarirai muranda wangu wandinotsigira, musanangurwa wangu anofadza mweya wangu. Ndakaisa Mweya wangu pamusoro pake, achavigira marudzi kururamisirwa.
1Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one — My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
2Haangadani, kana kudanidzira nenzwi rake, kana kunzwisa inzwi rake panzira dzomumusha.
2He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.
3Rutsanga rwakapwanyika haangaruvhuni, nomwenje unopfungaira haangaudzimi; achavigira vanhu kururamisirwa muchokwadi.
3A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.
4lye haangapfungairi kana kupwanyiwa, kusvikira agadza kururama panyika; zvivi zvichamirira murayiro wake.
4He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.
5Zvanzi naMwari iye akasika denga rose, akaritatamura, iye akatambanudza nyika nezvinobvamo, iye anopa vanhu varimo kufema, navanofambapo mweya wavo,
5Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
6Ini Jehovha ndakudana nokururama, ndichabata ruoko rwako, ndichakuchengeta, ndikuite sungano yavanhu, uye chiedza chamarudzi;
6I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.
7usvinudze meso asingaoni, ubudise vasungwa patirongo, navagere murima paimba yokusungwa.
7To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
8Ndini Jehovha, ndiro zita rangu; kukudzwa kwangu handingakupi mumwe, kana kurumbidzwa kwangu kumifananidzo yakavezwa.
8I [am] Jehovah, this [is] My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.
9Tarirai, zvinhu zvakare zvaitika, ndinoparidza zvinhu zvitsva; ndinokuudzai izvozvo zvisati zvabukira.
9The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.
10Imbirai Jehovha rwiyo rutsva, murumbidzei kubvira pamigumo yenyika; imi, munoburukira kugungwa, nezvose zviri mukati maro, zviwi navagere pazviri.
10Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants.
11Renje namaguta aro ngazvidanidzire, nemisha inogarwa naKedhari; vagere mumatombo ngavaimbe, ngavadanidzire vari pamusoro pamakomo.
11The wilderness and its cities do lift up [the voice], The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry.
12Ngavakudze Jehovha, vaparidzire zviwi kurumbidzwa kwake.
12They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.
13Jehovha achabuda semhare, achamutsa kushingaira somunhu wokurwa; achadana, zvirokwazvo, achadanidzira, acharwa navavengi vake nesimba.
13Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.
14Ndakanyarara nguva refu, ndakaramba ndinyerere, ndikazvidzora; zvino ndichachema somukadzi ari kusununguka, ndichafemedzeka nokutakwaira pamwechete.
14I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
15Ndichaparadza makomo nezvikomo, nokuomesa zvose zvinomerapo; nzizi ndichadziita zviwi, namadziva ndichaapisa.
15I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.
16Mapofu ndichaafambisa nenzira yaasingazivi, pamakwara aasingazivi ndichaatungamirira; rima ndichariita chiedza pamberi pavo, nezvakakombama ndichazviruramisa. Zvinhu izvi ndichazviita, handingavasii.
16And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These [are] the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
17Vanovimba nemifananidzo yakavezwa, vanoti kumifananidzo yakaumbwa, Imi muri vamwari vedu, ivo vadzoserwa shure, vachanyadziswa kwazvo.
17Removed backward — utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye [are] our gods.`
18Inzwai, imwi matsi; tarirai, imwi mapofu, muone.
18Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
19Ndianiko bofu, haazi iye muranda wangu here? Ndiani matsi, senhume yangu yandinotuma?
19Who [is] blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who [is] blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?
20Anoona zvinhu zvizhinji, asi haacherekedzi; nzeve dzake dzakadziuka, asi haanzwi.
20Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
21Zvakafadza Jehovha, nokuda kokururama kwake, kukudza murayiro nokuurumbidza
21Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.
22Asi ava ndavanhu vakatorerwa nokupambarwa; vose vakateyiwa mumakomba, vakavanzwa mudzimba dzokusungwa, vava chinhu chakatapwa, hakuna anovarwira, chinhu chakapambwa, hakuna anoti, Dzosa!
22And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes — all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.`
23Ndianiko pakati penyu acharerekera nzeve dzake kune chinhu ichi? Achateerera nokunzwa panguva inouya?
23Who among you giveth ear [to] this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.
24Ndianiko akarega Jakove apambwe, nalsiraeri awirwe namakororo? Haazi Jehovha here? Iye watakatadzira, wavakaramba kufamba nenzira dzake, wavakaramba kuteerera murayiro wake.
24Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah — He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law.
25Naizvozvo akadurura pamusoro pake kutsamwa kwake kukuru, nesimba rokurwa; zvikamupisira kumativi ose, asingazvizivi; zvikamupisa, asi akanaga asine hanya nazvo.
25And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!