¹Asi zvino chinzwa, iwe Jakove, muranda wangu, naIsiraeri wandakasanangura,

¹Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

²zvanzi naJehovha, akakuita, akakuumba kubvira pachizvaro, achakubatsira, Usatya hako, iwe Jakove, muranda wangu, newe Jeshuruni, wandakasanangura.

²This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

³nekuti ndichadira mvura pamusoro penyika ine nyota, nenzizi pamusoro pevhu rakaoma; ndichadira Mweya wangu pamusoro porudzi rwako, nokuropafadza kwangu pamusoro pavana vako;

³For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

⁴vachamera pakati pouswa, semikonachando pamvura inoyerera.

⁴and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

⁵Mumwe achati, Ndiri waJehovha, mumwezve achazvitumidza nezita raJakove, mumwezve achanyora noruoko rwake, achiti, Ndiri waJehovha, nokutora zita raIsiraeri.

⁵One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”

⁶Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari wavaIsiraeri, noMudzikunuri wavo, Jehovha wehondo, Ndini wokutanga nowokupedzisira; kunze kwangu hakuna Mwari.

⁶This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

⁷Ndianiko angadana seni, nokuzviparidza, nokuzvigadzirira izvo, kubva panguva yandakagadza vanhu vakare-kare? Zvinhu zvinouya, nezvinozoitika, ngavazviparidze izvo.

⁷Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

⁸Musatya henyu, musavhunduka; handina kukuparidzirai izvozvo kare, nokukuratidzai here? imwi muri zvapupu zvangu. Kunomumwe Mwari kunze kwangu here? Zvirokwazvo, hakune rimwe dombo, ini handirizivi.

⁸Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

⁹Vose vanoita mifananidzo yakavezwa havana maturo, zvinhu zvavanofarira hazvibatsiri; zvapupu zvavo hazvioni uye hazvizivi, kuti vanyadziswe.

⁹Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.

¹⁰Ndianiko akaita mwari, kana mufananidzo wakaumbwa, zvisingabatsiri chinhu?

¹⁰Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?

¹¹Tarirai, vose vanomunamatira vachanyadziswa; vakazviita, vanhu havo, ngavaunganidzwe pamwechete, ngavasimuke; vachatya, vachanyadziswa pamwechete.

¹¹Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.

¹²Mupfuri anopfura sanhu, anobata namazimbe, nokuriita nenyundo, nokuripfura noruoko rune simba; zvirokwazvo ane nzara, simba rake rinopera, haamwi mvura, ndokuziya.

¹²The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

¹³Muvezi anotambanudza rwonzi, anotara mufananidzo nepenzura,anounatsa nembezo, unoutara nechienzaniso , ndokuuveza zvakafanana nomunhu, zvakaenzana nomunhu akanaka, kuti ugare mumba.

¹³The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.

¹⁴Zvino anozvitemera misidhari, ndokutora misipiresi nemiouki, achizvisanangurira mumwe pakati pemiti yomudondo; anosima mupaini, mvura inonaya ndokuukurisa.

¹⁴He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

¹⁵Zvino dzava huni dzomunhu, anotora dzimwe ndokudziya nadzo; zvirokwazvo, anobatidza moto nadzo, ndokubika chingwa; zvirokwazvo, anoveza mwari, ndokumunamata; anoita mufanananidzo wakavezwa, ndokuupfugamira.

¹⁵Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.

¹⁶Rumwe rutivi rwawo anopisa nomoto, norumwe rutivi anogocha nyama, anoidya nyama, nokuguta zvirokwazvo, anozvidziyisa, ndokuti, Haiwa, ndadziya, ndaona moto.

¹⁶He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”

¹⁷Nezvakasara anoita mwari, iwo mufananidzo wake wakavezwa; anoupfugamira, nokuunamata, nokunyengetera kwauri, achiti, Ndirwirei, nekuti ndimi mwari wangu.

¹⁷The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me; for you are my god!”

¹⁸Havazivi, uye havarangariri, nekuti wakanamira meso avo, kuti varege kuona, nemoyo yavo, kuti varege kunzwisisa.

¹⁸They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

¹⁹Hakuna anorangarira, hakuna ruzivo kana njere dzinoti, Ndapisa rumwe rutivi rwawo mumoto, zvirokwazvo, ndabika chingwa pamazimbe awo; ndagocha nyama ndikaidya; zvino ndingaita chinonyangadza nezvakasara zvawo here? Ndingapfugamira danda romuti here?

¹⁹No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”

²⁰Anozvigutisa namadota; moyo wakanyengerwa wamutsausa, haagoni kusunungura moyo wake, kana kuti, Hakuna nhema muruoko rwangu rworudyi here?

²⁰He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”

²¹Funga zvinhu izvi, iwe Jakove, naIsiraeri, nekuti ndiwe muranda wangu; ndakakuumba, uri muranda wangu; haiwa Isiraeri, haungakanganikwi neni.

²¹Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

²²Ndakadzima kudarika kwako, segore gobvu, nezvivi zvako segore; dzokera kwandiri, nekuti ndakakudzikunura.

²²I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

²³Imba, iwe denga rose, nekuti Jehovha akaita izvozvo; danidzirai, mativi ezasi enyika; imbai zvikuru imwi makomo, iwe dondo, nomuti mumwe nomumwe urimo; nekuti Jehovha akadzikunura Jakove, achazvirumbidza muna Isiraeri.

²³Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

²⁴Zvanzi naJehovha, Mudzikunuri wako, akakuumba kubva pachizvaro, Ndini Jehovha, ini ndoga anoita zvinhu zvose, anotatamura denga rose, anotambanudza nyika (ndiani waiva neni?)

²⁴Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

²⁵Iye anoparadza zviratidzo zvavane nhema, anopengesa vauki, anodzosa vachenjeri, achishandura zivo yavo uye upenzi.

²⁵who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

²⁶Iye anosimbisa shoko romuranda wake, anoita zvakarayirirwa nenhume dzake; iye anoti pamusoro peJerusaremu, Richagarwa navanhu, napamusoro pamaguta aJudha, Achavakwa, ini ndichamutsa matongo awo;

²⁶who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’

²⁷iye anoti kumvura yakadzika, Chipwa, uye ndichapwisa nzizi dzako,

²⁷who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers;’

²⁸iye anoti pamusoro paKoreshi, Ndiye mufudzi wangu, achaita zvose zvinondifadza, kana achiti pamusoro peJerusaremu Richavakwa, uye pamusoro petemberi, Nheyo dzako dzichateyiwa.

²⁸Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”