Isaiah 51
1 Listen to me, you who follow what is just and who seek the Lord. Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug.
“Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrũmagĩrĩra maũndũ ma ũthingu ta thikĩrĩriai, o inyuĩ mũrongoragia Jehova: Rorai rwaro rwa ihiga rũrĩa mwarutirwo, o na kĩenjero kĩa mahiga kĩrĩa mwenjirwo;
2 Pay attention to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who bore you. For I called him alone, and I blessed him, and I multiplied him.
ta rorai Iburahĩmu, o we ithe wanyu, o na Sara, ũrĩa wamũciarire. Nĩgũkorwo hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aarĩ o wiki nĩguo ndamwĩtire, na ngĩmũrathima, ngĩtũma aingĩhe.
3 Therefore, the Lord will console Zion, and he will console all its ruins. And he will turn her desert into a place of delights, and her wilderness into a garden of the Lord. Gladness and rejoicing will be found in her, thanksgiving and a voice of praise.
Ti-itherũ Jehova nĩakahooreria Zayuni, o na ahoorerie kũndũ gwakuo kũrĩa kwanangĩtwo; werũ wakuo akaaũtua o ta Edeni, na rũngʼũrĩ rwakuo arũtue o ta mũgũnda wa Jehova. Kũu guothe gũkaiyũra gĩkeno, na gũcanjamũka ngoro, na gũcookagia ngaatho, o gũkĩinagwo nyĩmbo.
4 Pay attention to me, my people, and listen to me, my tribes. For a law will go forth from me, and my judgment will rest as a light for the nations.
“Inyuĩ andũ akwa ta thikĩrĩriai, na inyuĩ rũrĩrĩ rwakwa, njiguai: Nĩgũkorwo watho ũkoima harĩ niĩ; nakĩo kĩhooto gĩakwa nĩkĩo gĩgaatuĩka ũtheri wa ndũrĩrĩ.
5 My just one is near. My savior has gone forth. And my arms will judge the people. The islands will hope in me, and they will patiently wait for my arm.
Ũhoro wakwa wa ũthingu nĩũrooka o na ihenya, nakuo kũhonokania gwakwa kũrĩ hakuhĩ kuoneka, o nakuo guoko gwakwa nĩkuo gũgaatuĩra andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciira wa kĩhooto. Andũ a icigĩrĩra-inĩ nĩ niĩ magaacũthĩrĩria na meterere guoko gwakwa marĩ na mwĩhoko.
6 Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, and the earth will be worn away like a garment, and its inhabitants will pass away in like manner. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will not fail.
Tiirai maitho manyu na igũrũ, na mũrore thĩ ĩrĩa ĩrĩ mũhuro; igũrũ rĩkaabuĩria o ta ndogo, nayo thĩ ĩthire o ta ũrĩa nguo ĩthiraga, nao atũũri ao makuage o ũguo ta ngi. No rĩrĩ, ũhonokio wakwa nĩwagũtũũra nginya tene, naguo ũthingu wakwa ndũrĩ hĩndĩ ũgaathira.
7 Listen to me, you who know what is just, my people who have my law in their heart. Do not be afraid of disgrace among men, and do not dread their blasphemies.
“Ta njiguai, inyuĩ andũ arĩa mũũĩ ũhoro wa ũthingu, o inyuĩ andũ arĩa mũrũmĩtie watho wakwa ngoro-inĩ cianyu: Mũtigetigĩre kũmenwo nĩ andũ, o na kana mũmakio nĩ irumi iria mamũrumaga nacio.
8 For the worm will consume them like a garment, and the moth will devour them like wool. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will be from generation to generation.
Nĩgũkorwo makaarĩĩo nĩ memenyi mathire biũ o ta nguo; na marĩĩo nĩ igunyũ o ta marĩ guoya wa ngʼondu. No rĩrĩ, ũhoro wakwa wa ũthingu nĩ wa gũtũũra nginya tene, naguo ũhonokio wakwa ũtũũre nginya njiarwa-inĩ ciothe.”
9 Rise up, Rise up! Clothe yourself in strength, O arm of the Lord! Rise up as in the days of antiquity, as in generations long past. Have you not struck the arrogant one and wounded the dragon?
Arahũka, arahũka! Wĩĩkĩre hinya, wee guoko kwa Jehova; arahũka o ta ũrĩa waarahũkire matukũ marĩa ma tene, warahũke o ta hĩndĩ ya njiarwa cia tene. Githĩ wee tiwe watinangirie Rahabu tũcunjĩ, o wee watheecangire nyamũ ĩyo nene, ũkĩmĩtũrĩkania?
10 Have not you dried up the sea, the waters of the great abyss, and turned the depths of the sea into a road, so that the delivered could cross over it?
Githĩ tiwe wahũithirie iria, maaĩ ma kũndũ kũrĩa kũriku mũno, o wee watemire njĩra kũu iria-inĩ kũrĩa kũriku, nĩgeetha andũ arĩa wakũũrĩte maringĩre yo?
11 And now, those who have been redeemed by the Lord will return. And they will arrive in Zion, praising. And everlasting rejoicing will be upon their heads. They will take hold of gladness and rejoicing. Anguish and mourning will flee away.
Andũ arĩa akũũre a Jehova nĩmagacooka. Nao magaatoonya Zayuni makĩinaga; nĩmagekĩrwo thũmbĩ ya gĩkeno gĩa tene na tene. Magaakena na macanjamũke, nakĩo kĩeha na mũcaayo nĩigathira biũ.
12 It is I, I myself, who will console you. Who are you that you would be afraid of a mortal man, and of a son of man, who will wither like the grass?
“Niĩ, o niĩ mwene-rĩ, nĩ niĩ ndĩmũhooreragia. Wee ũrĩ ũ, atĩ nĩguo wĩtigĩre andũ arĩa makuuaga, na ũgetigĩra ariũ a andũ arĩa magaatuuo o ta nyeki,
13 And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth? And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury, of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?
nawe ũkariganĩrwo nĩ Jehova ũrĩa wakũũmbire, o we ũrĩa watambũrũkirie matu, na agĩaka mĩthingi ya thĩ, atĩ nĩguo o ũtũũrage na guoya o mũthenya nĩ ũndũ wa mangʼũrĩ ma mũhinyanĩrĩria rĩrĩa ekwĩhaarĩria aniinane? Namo mangʼũrĩ ma mũhinyanĩrĩria ũcio-rĩ, makĩrĩ ha?
14 Advancing quickly, he will arrive to be revealed, and he will not kill unto utter destruction, nor will his bread fail.
Nao oohwo arĩa marainaina nĩ guoya nĩmekuohorwo o narua; matigakuĩra kũu marima-inĩ ma njeera, o na kana irio ciao ciage.
15 But I am the Lord, your God, who stirs up the sea, and who makes the waves swell. The Lord of hosts is my name.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu, ũrĩa ũtũmaga iria rĩikie ndiihũ nĩguo makũmbĩ marĩo makaruruma; Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake.
16 I have placed my words in your mouth, and I have protected you in the shadow of my hand, so that you might plant the heavens, and found the earth, and so that you might say to Zion, “You are my people.”
Nĩnjĩkĩrĩte ciugo ciakwa kanua-inĩ gaku, na ngakũhumbĩra na kĩĩruru gĩa guoko gwakwa, o niĩ ndatambũrũkirie matu harĩa marĩ, na ngĩaka mĩthingi ya thĩ, o niĩ njĩĩraga andũ a Zayuni atĩrĩ, ‘Inyuĩ mũrĩ andũ akwa.’”
17 Lift up, Lift up! Arise, O Jerusalem! You drank, from the hand of the Lord, the cup of his wrath. You drank, even to the bottom of the cup of deep sleep. And you were given to drink, all the way to the dregs.
Arahũka, arahũka! Wee Jerusalemu ũkĩra, o wee ũnyuĩrĩire gĩkombe kĩa mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova, ũnengereirio kuuma guoko-inĩ gwake, o wee ũnyuĩrĩire kuuma mbakũri ĩrĩa ĩtũmaga andũ matũgũũge na ũkamĩinĩkĩrĩria.
18 There is no one who can uphold her, out of all the sons whom she has conceived. And there is no one who would take her by the hand, out of all the sons whom she has raised.
Harĩ ariũ ake othe arĩa aaciarire, gũtirĩ o na ũmwe ũngĩmũtongoria; o na ningĩ ariũ ake othe arĩa aarerire-rĩ, gũtirĩ o na ũmwe ũngĩmũnyiita guoko.
19 There are two things which have happened to you. Who will be saddened over you? There is devastation and destruction, and famine and sword. Who will console you?
Mogwati maya meerĩ nĩmo magũkorete; nũũ ũgaagĩkũhooreria? Mogwati macio nĩ mwanangĩko na ũniinani, ningĩ nĩ ngʼaragu o na rũhiũ rwa njora; nũũ ũgaagĩkũhooreria?
20 Your sons have been cast out. They have slept at the head of all the roads, and they have been ensnared like a gazelle. They have been filled by the indignation of the Lord, by the rebuke of your God.
Ariũ aku nĩmaringĩkĩte; nao makomete macemanĩrio-inĩ ma njĩra ciothe, magakoma o ta thiiya ĩnyiitĩtwo nĩ mũtego. Maiyũrĩtwo nĩ mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova, na ikũũma rĩa Ngai wanyu.
21 Therefore, listen to this, O poor little ones, and you who have been inebriated, but not by wine.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio igua ũhoro ũyũ, wee ũnyariirĩtwo, ũkarĩĩo, no ti ndibei ĩkũrĩĩte.
22 Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord, and your God, who will fight on behalf of his people: Behold, I have taken the cup of deep sleep from your hand. You shall no longer drink from the bottom of the cup of my indignation.
Mwathani Jehova Ngai waku ũrĩa ũgitagĩra andũ ake, ekuuga ũũ: “Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngwehereirie gĩkombe kĩrĩa gĩatũmire ũtũgũge, ngakĩruta guoko-inĩ gwaku; o na ngakwehereria mbakũri ya mangʼũrĩ makwa, na ndũgacooka kũmĩnyuĩra rĩngĩ.
23 And I will set it in the hand of those who have humiliated you, and who have said to your soul: “Bow down, so that we pass over.” And you placed your body on the ground, as a path for them to pass over.
Nĩnganeana mbakũri ĩyo moko-inĩ ma arĩa makũnyariiraga, o arĩa maakwĩrire atĩrĩ, ‘Wĩgũithie thĩ, nĩguo tũkũgerere igũrũ.’ Nawe ũgĩkoma, mũgongo waku ũgĩtuĩka taarĩ thĩ, na ũkĩũtua taarĩ njĩra nĩguo andũ acio makũgeragĩre igũrũ.”
