¹Simuka, uvheneke, nekuti chiedza chako chasvika, nokubwinya kwaJehovha kwamuka pamusoro pako.

¹Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.

²Nokuti, tarira, rima richafukidza nyika, nerima guru marudzi avanhu; asi Jehovha achabuda pamusoro pako, kubwinya kwake kuchaonekwa pamusoro pako.

²For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen.

³Vahedheni achauya kuchiedza chako, namadzimambo kukubwinya kokubuda kwako

³And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.

⁴Simudza meso ako, uone, vose vanoungana pamwechete, vachiuya kwauri; vanakomana vako vachauya vachibva kure, vakunda vako vacharerwa pahudyu .

⁴Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported.

⁵Ipapo uchazviona ukapenya nomufaro, moyo wako uchadedera nokufariswa; nekuti zvakawanda zvegungwa zvichaiswa kwauri, fuma yamarudzi avanhu ichauya kwauri.

⁵Then thou seest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee.

⁶Makamera mazhinji-zhinji achakufukidza, nemhuru dzemakamera eMidhiani neEfa; vose veShebha vachauya, vachauya nendarama nezvinonhuhwira, vachaparidza kurumbidzwa kwaJehovha.

⁶A company of camels covereth thee, Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, All of them from Sheba do come, Gold and frankincense they bear, And of the praises of Jehovah they proclaim the tidings.

⁷Mapoka ose amakwai eKedhari achaunganidzirwa kwauri, makondobwe eNebhayoti achakushumira; zvichaiswa paaritari yangu ndichizvifarira, ndichashongedza imba yokukudzwa kwangu.

⁷All the flock of Kedar are gathered to thee, The rams of Nebaioth do serve thee, They ascend for acceptance Mine altar, And the house of My beauty I beautify.

⁸Ndivana aniko ava vanobhururuka segore, senjiva dzinouya kumahwindo ezvirugu zvadzo?

⁸Who [are] these — as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

⁹Zvirokwazvo, zviwi zvichandimirira, nezvikepe zveTarishishi zvichatungamira zvichiuya navanakomana vako vanobva kure, vachiuya nesirivha yavo nendarama yavo kuzviisa kuzita raJehovha Mwari wako, nokunoMutsvene waIsiraeri, nekuti ndiye wakakushongedza.

⁹Surely for Me isles do wait, And ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee.

¹⁰Vatorwa vachavaka masvingo ako, madzimambo avo achakushumira; nekuti ndakakurova nokutsamwa kwangu, asi ndakakunzwira nyasha netsitsi dzangu.

¹⁰And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee.

¹¹Masuwo ako achagara akazaruka nguva dzose, haangazarirwi masikati nousiku, kuti vauyise kwauri fuma yamarudzi avanhu namadzimambo avo, akatapwa.

¹¹And opened have thy gates continually, By day and by night they are not shut, To bring unto thee the force of nations, Even their kings are led.

¹²nekuti rudzi noushe, zvinoramba kukushumira, zvichaparara; zvirokwazvo marudzi iwayo achaparadzwa chose.

¹²For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.

¹³Zvinobwinya zveRebhanoni zvichauya kwauri, misaipuresi, nemipaini nemifiri pamwechete, kuti ndishongedze nzvimbo yeimba yangu tsvene; uye ndichabwinyisa nzvimbo yetsoka dzangu.

¹³The honour of Lebanon unto thee doth come, Fir, pine, and box together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary, And the place of My feet I make honourable.

¹⁴Vanakomana vavatambudzi vako vachauya kwauri vachikotama; vose vaikuzvidza vachazvikotamisa pasi-pasi petsoka dzako; vachakutumidza zita rokuti, Guta raJehovha, Ziyoni roMutsvene waIsiraeri.

¹⁴And come unto thee, bowing down, Have sons of those afflicting thee, And bowed themselves to the soles of thy feet Have all despising thee, And they have cried to thee: `City of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.`

¹⁵wakange wakasiiwa nokuvengwa, kusisina munhu aipfuura nomukati mako, asi zvino ndichakuita chinhu chinorumbidzwa nokusingaperi, chinofarirwa kusvikira kumarudzi mazhinji.

¹⁵Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation.

¹⁶Uchamwawo mukaka wamarudzi, uchamwa mazamu amadzimambo; ipapo uchaziva kuti ini Jehovha ndini muponesi wako, noMudzikunuri wako, waMasimbaose waJakove.

¹⁶And thou hast sucked the milk of nations, Yea, the breast of kings thou suckest, And thou hast known that I, Jehovah, Thy Saviour, and Thy Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷Panzvimbo yendarira ndichauya nendarama, panzvimbo yedare ndichauya nesirivha, panzvimbo yamatanda safuri, napanzvimbo yamabwe dare. Rugare ndicharugadza ruve madzishe ako, noKururama kuve vabati vako.

¹⁷Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness.

¹⁸Zvinoitwa nesimba hazvichazonzwiki panyika pamiganho yako; asi uchatumidza masvingo ako zita rokuti: Ruponeso, namasuwo ako Rumbidzo.

¹⁸Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called `Salvation` thy walls, And thy gates, `Praise.`

¹⁹Zuva harichazovi chiedza chako masikati, mwedzi haungazokuvhenekeri nokupenya kwawo; asi Jehovha achava kwauri chiedza chisingaperi, naMwari wako kunaka kwako.

¹⁹To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.

²⁰Zuva rako harichazoviri, mwedzi wako haungatapudziki; nekuti Jehovha achava chiedza chako chisingaperi, mazuva okuchema kwako achaguma.

²⁰Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For Jehovah becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed.

²¹Vanhu vako vose vachava vakarurama, vachagara nhaka yenyika nokusingaperi, vachava davi randakasima, nebasa ramaoko angu, kuti ndikudzwe.

²¹And thy people [are] all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

²²Muduku achava chiuru, akadukupa achava rudzi rune simba; ini Jehovha ndichakurumidza kuzviita nenguva yazvo.

²²The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!