Isaya 26

¹Nezuva iro rwiyo urwu ruchaimbwa panyika yavaJudha: Tine guta rakasimba; iye achaisapo masvingo nenhare ruve ruponeso.In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

²Zarurai masuo, kuti rudzi rwakarurama, runochengeta chokwadi, rupinde.Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

³Anomoyo wakasimba muchamuchengeta murugare rukuru, nokuti anovimba nemi.Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

⁴Vimbai naJehovha nokusingaperi, iye Jehovha ndiye dombo nokusingaperi.Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

⁵Nokuti akaderedza vagere pakakwirira, iro guta riri kumusoro, anorideredza, anorideredza kusvikira pavhu; anoriputsira pasi muguruva.For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

⁶Richatsikwa netsoka, idzo tsoka dzavarombo, nokutsika kwavanoshaiwa.The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

⁷Nzira yavakarurama yakarurama; imi munoruramisa nzira yavakarurama.The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

⁸Zvirokwazvo, takakumirirai Jehovha, panzira yokutonga kwenyu; mweya yedu inoshuva zita renyu nechirangaridzo chenyu.Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

⁹Ndakakushuvai nomweya wangu usiku; zvirokwazvo, ndichakutsvakai zvikuru nomweya wangu uri mukati mangu; nokuti kana kutonga kwenyu kuri panyika, vanhu vagere munyika vanodzidza zvakarurama.With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

¹⁰Akaipa kunyange achinzwirwa tsitsi, haangadzidzi zvakarurama; achaita hake zvisakarurama panyika yakarurama, haangaoni umambo hwaJehovha.Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

¹¹Jehovha, ruoko rwenyu rwakasimudzwa, asi ivo havaoni; asi vachaona kushingaira kwenyu pamusoro pavanhu, vakanyadziswa; zvirokwazvo moto uchapedza vavengi venyu.LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

¹²Jehovha, imi muchatigadzirira rugare; nokuti makatibatirawo mabasa edu ose.LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

¹³Jehovha Mwari wedu, mamwe madzishe kunze kwenyu akanga akatibata; asi ticharumbidza zita renyu tichibatsirwa nemi moga.O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

¹⁴Vakafa havangararamizve, vaparara, havazomukizve; saka makasvika kwavari, mukavaparadza, nokugumisa kurangarirwa kwavo kwose.They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

¹⁵Mawanza rudzi, Jehovha, mawanza rudzi; makurumbira, makurisa miganho yose yenyika.Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

¹⁶Jehovha, vakakutsvakai panguva yokutambudzika; vakadurura munyengetero muchivaranga.LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

¹⁷Mukadzi ane pamuviri, asvika pedo pakusununguka, sezvaanorwadziwa achichema pakurwadziwa kwake, ndizvo zvatakanga takaita pamberi penyu, Jehovha.Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

¹⁸Isu takanga tava nepamuviri, takanga tiri pakurwadziwa, takabereka zvinenge mhepo bedzi; hatina kuvigira nyika sununguro, uye vangagara panyika havana kuzvarwa.We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

¹⁹Vakafa venyu vachararama, zvitunha zvavo zvichamuka. Mukai, muimbe, imi mugere muguruva; nokuti dova renyu rakaita sedova rechiedza; nyika ichabudisa vakafa.Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

²⁰Uyai vanhu vangu, pindai muimba yenyu yomukati, mupfige mikova yenyu shure kwenyu; muvande nguva duku, kusvikira kutsamwa kwapfuura.Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

²¹Nokuti tarira Jehovha anobuda panzvimbo yake kurova vagere panyika nokuda kwezvivi zvavo; nyikawo ichafukura ropa rayo, ikasazofukidzazve vakaurawa vayo.For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.