1Nyaradzai, nyaradzai vanhu vangu, ndizvo zvinoreva Mwari wenyu.
1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2Taurirai zvingavaraidza Jerusaremu, danidzirai kwavari kuti kurwa kwavo kwapera, kuti zvakaipa zvavo zvakangamwirwa, kuti vapiwa noruoko rwaJehovha kurohwa kwakaringana pamusoro pezvivi zvavo.
2Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of suffering is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.
3Inzwi rounodanidzira, achiti, Gadzirai murenje nzira yaJehovha, ruramisirai Mwari wedu mugwagwa musango.
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!
4Mipata yose ichazadzwa, makomo ose nezvikomo zvose zvichaderedzwa; pana makoronga pachaenzaniswa; Pasakaenzana pachaitwa bani;
4Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.
5kubwinya kwaJehovha kucharatidzwa, vanhu vose vachazviona pamwechete nekuti muromo waJehovha wakataura izvozvo.
5And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
6Inzwi roanoti, Danidzirai! Mumwe akati, Ndichadanidzireiko? Vanhu vose uswa, kunaka kwazvo kose kwakaita seruva rokusango.
6A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? -- All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.
7Uswa hunowoma, ruva rinosvava, nekuti mweya waJehovha unofuridza pamusoro pazvo; zvirokwazvo vanhu uswa.
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, for the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8Huswa hunooma, ruva rinosvava; asi shoko raMwari wedu richagara nokusingaperi.
8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God abideth for ever.
9Nhai, iwe, unoparidzira Ziyoni mashoko akanaka, kwira pagomo refu; nhai, iwe, unoparidzira Jerusaremu mashoko akanaka, danidzira nesimba, danidzira, usatya; uti kumaguta aJudha, Tarirai, Mwari wenyu!
9O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest glad tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10Tarirai, Ishe Jehovha achauya somunhu ane simba, ruoko rwake ruchamubatira ushe; tarirai, mubayiro wake anawo, zvaanoripirwa zviri pamberi pake.
10Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.
11Achafudza boka rake somufudzi, achaunganidza makwayana ake mumaoko ake, nokuatakura pachipfuva chake, achanyatso kutungamirira nhunzvi dzinomwisa.
11He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.
12Ndianiko akayera mvura zhinji muchanza choruoko rwake, nokuyera denga napanosvika mimwe, nokuenzanisa guruva rapasi nechiyero, nokuyera kurema kwamakomo nechiedzo, nezvikomo nechiyero?
12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with [his] span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
13Ndianiko wakayera Mweya waJehovha, kana akamudzidzisa achimurayira namano?
13Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and, [as] his counsellor, hath taught him?
14Akarangana nani, ndiyani akamurayira nokumudzidzisa nzira yokururamisira, nokumudzidzisa zivo, nokumuratidza nzira yenjere here?
14With whom took he counsel, and [who] gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
15Tarirai, marudzi avanhu akaita sedomwe remvura muchirongo, anenge guruva shomanene pachiyero; tarirai, anosimudza zvivi sechinhu chiduku-duku.
15Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.
16Rebhanoni harine huni dzingaringana kuvesera, kunyange mhuka dzaro hadziringani kuitwa zvipiriso zvingapiswa.
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
17Marudzi ose anoverengwa pamberi pake sezmashoma kupfuura pasina seasina maturo.
17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
18Zvino mungafananidza Mwari naniko? Kana mungamuenzanisa nomufananidzo upiko?
18To whom then will ye liken ùGod? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19Kana uri mufananidzo, muumbi wakaumba, mupfuri wendarama anounamira nendarama, ndokuupfurira ngetani dzesirivha.
19The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it].
20Murombo anoshaiwa chipo chakadaro, anosanangura muti asingawori; anozvitsvakira mhizha yakachenjera ingamuvezera mufananidzo usingazununguki.
20He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
21Hamuna kuziva here? Hamuna kunzwa here? Hamuna kuzviudzwa kubva pakutanga here? Hamuna kunzwisisa kubva pakuteyiwa kwenyika here?
21-- Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?
22Ndiye agere kumusoro kwenyika yakaurungana, vanhu vagerepo vakaita semhashu; ndiye anotatamura denga somucheka, nokuriwaridza setende kuti agaremo;
22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
23ndiye anoderedza machinda kusvikira oita saasipo, vatongi venyika anovaita sechinhu chisina maturo.
23that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24Zvirokwazvo, havana kusimwa, zvirokwazvo, havana kudzvarwa, zvirokwazvo, hunde yavo haina kubata pasi; zvino wofuridza pamusoro pavo, vooma, nechamupupuri chinovabvisa sehundi.
24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
25Ko zvino mungandifananidza nani, kuti ndienzane naye? Ndizvo zvinotaura Mutsvene.
25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26Tarirai kumusoro nameso enyu, muone kuti ndiani akasika izvozvi, anobudisa hondo yazvo yakawanda; iye anozvidana zvose namazita azvo; nokuda koukuru bwesimba rake, uye zvaari mukuru pakusimba kwake, hakune chimwe chinoshaikwa.
26Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth.
27Unorevereiko, iwe Jakove, unotaurireiko iwe Isiraeri, uchiti, Nzira yangu haizikamwi naJehovha, Mwari wangu anondidarika asingandiruramisiri?
27Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
28Hauna kuziva here? Hauna kunzwa here? Mwari asingaperi, Jehovha, Musiki wamativi ose enyika, haaziyi, haaneti; njere dzake hadzingazikamwi.
28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.
29Vanoziya anovapa simba; anoshaiwa simba anomuwedzera simba rake.
29He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
30Kunyange navakomana vachaziya nokuneta, namajaya achawira pasi chose;
30Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
31asi vanomirira Jehovha vachawana simba idzva; vachabhururuka namapapiro samakondo, vachamhanya vasinganeti, vachafamba vasingaziyi.
31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint.