1Tarirai muranda wangu wandinotsigira, musanangurwa wangu anofadza mweya wangu. Ndakaisa Mweya wangu pamusoro pake, achavigira marudzi kururamisirwa.
1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
2Haangadani, kana kudanidzira nenzwi rake, kana kunzwisa inzwi rake panzira dzomumusha.
2He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
3Rutsanga rwakapwanyika haangaruvhuni, nomwenje unopfungaira haangaudzimi; achavigira vanhu kururamisirwa muchokwadi.
3He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
4lye haangapfungairi kana kupwanyiwa, kusvikira agadza kururama panyika; zvivi zvichamirira murayiro wake.
4He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”
5Zvanzi naMwari iye akasika denga rose, akaritatamura, iye akatambanudza nyika nezvinobvamo, iye anopa vanhu varimo kufema, navanofambapo mweya wavo,
5Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.
6Ini Jehovha ndakudana nokururama, ndichabata ruoko rwako, ndichakuchengeta, ndikuite sungano yavanhu, uye chiedza chamarudzi;
6“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
7usvinudze meso asingaoni, ubudise vasungwa patirongo, navagere murima paimba yokusungwa.
7to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
8Ndini Jehovha, ndiro zita rangu; kukudzwa kwangu handingakupi mumwe, kana kurumbidzwa kwangu kumifananidzo yakavezwa.
8“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
9Tarirai, zvinhu zvakare zvaitika, ndinoparidza zvinhu zvitsva; ndinokuudzai izvozvo zvisati zvabukira.
9Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
10Imbirai Jehovha rwiyo rutsva, murumbidzei kubvira pamigumo yenyika; imi, munoburukira kugungwa, nezvose zviri mukati maro, zviwi navagere pazviri.
10Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
11Renje namaguta aro ngazvidanidzire, nemisha inogarwa naKedhari; vagere mumatombo ngavaimbe, ngavadanidzire vari pamusoro pamakomo.
11Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
12Ngavakudze Jehovha, vaparidzire zviwi kurumbidzwa kwake.
12Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.
13Jehovha achabuda semhare, achamutsa kushingaira somunhu wokurwa; achadana, zvirokwazvo, achadanidzira, acharwa navavengi vake nesimba.
13Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.
14Ndakanyarara nguva refu, ndakaramba ndinyerere, ndikazvidzora; zvino ndichachema somukadzi ari kusununguka, ndichafemedzeka nokutakwaira pamwechete.
14“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
15Ndichaparadza makomo nezvikomo, nokuomesa zvose zvinomerapo; nzizi ndichadziita zviwi, namadziva ndichaapisa.
15I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
16Mapofu ndichaafambisa nenzira yaasingazivi, pamakwara aasingazivi ndichaatungamirira; rima ndichariita chiedza pamberi pavo, nezvakakombama ndichazviruramisa. Zvinhu izvi ndichazviita, handingavasii.
16I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
17Vanovimba nemifananidzo yakavezwa, vanoti kumifananidzo yakaumbwa, Imi muri vamwari vedu, ivo vadzoserwa shure, vachanyadziswa kwazvo.
17“Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.
18Inzwai, imwi matsi; tarirai, imwi mapofu, muone.
18“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
19Ndianiko bofu, haazi iye muranda wangu here? Ndiani matsi, senhume yangu yandinotuma?
19Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?
20Anoona zvinhu zvizhinji, asi haacherekedzi; nzeve dzake dzakadziuka, asi haanzwi.
20You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
21Zvakafadza Jehovha, nokuda kokururama kwake, kukudza murayiro nokuurumbidza
21It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
22Asi ava ndavanhu vakatorerwa nokupambarwa; vose vakateyiwa mumakomba, vakavanzwa mudzimba dzokusungwa, vava chinhu chakatapwa, hakuna anovarwira, chinhu chakapambwa, hakuna anoti, Dzosa!
22But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
23Ndianiko pakati penyu acharerekera nzeve dzake kune chinhu ichi? Achateerera nokunzwa panguva inouya?
23Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24Ndianiko akarega Jakove apambwe, nalsiraeri awirwe namakororo? Haazi Jehovha here? Iye watakatadzira, wavakaramba kufamba nenzira dzake, wavakaramba kuteerera murayiro wake.
24Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
25Naizvozvo akadurura pamusoro pake kutsamwa kwake kukuru, nesimba rokurwa; zvikamupisira kumativi ose, asingazvizivi; zvikamupisa, asi akanaga asine hanya nazvo.
25Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know; and it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”