1Ndinzwei, imwi zviwi, teererai, imwi marudzi avanhu ari kure, Jehovha akandidana ndiri muchizvaro, akareva zita rangu ndichiri mudumbu ramai vangu;
1Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:
2akaita muromo wangu somunondo unopinza; akandivanza mumumvuri wechanza chake, akandiita museve unopenya, akandichengeta mugoba rake;
2and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:
3akati kwandiri, Ndiwe muranda wangu; Isiraeri wandinozvirumbidza maari.
3and he said to me, “You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4Asi ndakati, Ndakatambura pasina, ndakapedza simba rangu pasina pazvinhu zvisina maturo; asi zvirokwazvo kururamisirwa kwangu kuri kuna Jehovha, nomubayiro wangu kuna Mwari wangu.
4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”
5Zvino zvanzi naJehovha, akandiumba kubva pachizvaro, kuti ndive muranda wake, ndidzosere Jakovezve kwaari, uye kuti Isiraeri vaunganidzwezve kwaari (nokuti ndinokudzwa pamberi paJehovha, Mwari wangu ndiye wava simba rangu);
5Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength);
6zvirokwazvo, iye akati, Chinhu chiduku kuti uve muranda wangu kuti umutse marudzi aJakove, nokudzosazve vakasara vaIsiraeri; ndichapawo uve chiedza chavahedheni, kuti kuponesa kwangu kusvikire kumugumo wenyika.
6yes, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
7Zvanzi naJehovha, Mudzikunuri waIsiraeri, noMutsvene wake, kumweya unozvidzwa , kuno anovengwa norudzi rwose, kumuranda wavabati, Madzimambo achaona ndokusimuka; machinda naiwo achanamata, nokuda kwaJehovha akatendeka, iye Mutsvene waIsiraeri, wakakusanangura.
7Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
8Zvanzi naJehovha, Ndakakupindura nenguva yakafanira, ndakakubatsira nezuva rokuponeswa; ndichakuchengeta, nokukuita sungano yavanhu, kuti umutse nyika, nokuvagarisa nhaka dzakanga dzaparadzwa;
8Thus says Yahweh, “In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
9kuti uti kuna vakasungwa, Budai; nokuna vagere murima, Zviratidzei. Vachadya zvokudya panzira, namafuro avo achava pazvikomo zvisina zvibereko.
9saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
10Havangavi nenzara kana nyota, havangabayiwi nokupiswa kunyange nezuva, nekuti iye, anovanzwira nyasha, achavatungamirira, achavafambisa pamatsime emvura.
10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.
11Ndichaita makomo angu ose nzira, migwagwa yangu ichakwiridzwa.
11I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
12Tarirai, vamwe vachauya vachibva kure; tarirai, vamwe vachabva kurutivi rwokumusoro nokumavirazuva, navamwe kunyika yeSinimi.
12Behold, these shall come from far; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.”
13Imbai, imwi denga rose, newe nyika ufare; imwi makomo imbai kwazvo, nekuti Jehovha akanyaradza vanhu vake, achinzwira tsitsi vanotambudzika.
13Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14Asi Ziyoni rakati Jehovha akandisiya, Ishe akandikangamwa.
14But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
15Ko mukadzi angakangamwe mwana wake waanomwisa, akasava netsitsi nomwanakomana wechizvaro chake here? Zvirokwazvo vangakangamwa zvavo, asi ini handingakukangamwi.
15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
16Tarira, ndakakunyora pazvanza zvangu; masvingo ako ari pamberi pangu nguva dzose.
16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
17Vana vako vanokurumidza; vaparadzi vako navanokuita dongo vachabuda mauri.
17Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.
18Ringira kose-kose nameso ako, uone; ava vose vanoungana pamwechete, vachiuya kwauri. Noupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha, zvirokwazvo uchazvifukidza navo vose sechishongo, uchazvisunga chiuno navo somwenga.
18Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
19Nokuti, kana ari matongo ako nenzvimbo dzako dzakasiiwa, nenyika yako yakaparadzwa, zvirokwazvo zvino haingaringani vagere mairi, navanokuminya vachava kure.
19“For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now you shall be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
20Vana, vawakanga watorerwa, vacharamba vachiti munzeve dzako, Pano hapandiringani, ndidzivurirei nzvimbo pandingagara.
20The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
21Ipapo uchati mumoyo mako, Ndianiko akandiberekera ava, zvandakatorerwa vana vangu, ndiri ndoga, ndadzingwa, ndichidzungaira kose-kose? Ndianiko akarera ava? Tarirai, ndakanga ndasiiwa ndoga; ko ava vakanga varipi?
21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?’”
22Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndichasimudzira marudzi ruoko rwangu, nokumisira vanhu mureza wangu; vachauya navanakomana vako vanavo pachipfuva chavo, navakunda vako vachatakurwa pamafudzi avo.
22Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23Madzimambo achava varerai; vahosi vavo madzimai enyu anokurerai vachakotama pamberi penyu zviso zvavo zvakatarira pasi, vachinanzva guruva riri patsoka dzenyu; ipapo muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha; vanondimirira havanganyadziswi.
23Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
24Ko ane simba angatorerwe zvaakapamba here, kana vatapwa vowakarurama vangarwirwa here?
24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
25Asi zvanzi naJehovha, Kunyange navatapwa veanesimba vachamutorerwa, nezvakapambwa zveanotyisa zvichadzikunurwa; nekuti ndicharwa neanorwa newe, nokuponesa vana vako.
25But thus says Yahweh, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
26Uye ndichadyisa vamanikidzi vako nyama yavo yomene,uye vachabatwa neropa ravo, seinenge iri waini inonaka; uye nyama yose ichaziva kuti ini Jehovha, ndini Muponesi wako, noMudzikunuri wako, Anesimba waJakove.
26I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”