Isaya 35

¹Renje nenyika yakaoma zvichafara; sango richafara kwazvo, richatumbuka seruva.The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

²Richatumbuka zvizhinji, nokufara kwazvo nomufaro nokuimba; richapiwa kunaka kukuru kweRebhanoni, noukomba hweKarimeri neSharoni; vachaona kunaka kukuru kwaJehovha, ihwo ukomba hwaMwari wedu.It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

³Simbisai maoko asine simba, mutsigire mabvi anodedera.Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

⁴Iti kuna vane moyo inotya, Simbai, musatya! Tarirai, Mwari wenyu achauya nokutsiva, nokuripira kwaMwari; achauya achikuponesai.Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

⁵Ipapo meso amapofu achasvinudzwa, nenzeve dzematsi dzichadziurwa.Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

⁶Ipapo anokamhina achakwakuka senondo, rurimi rwembeveve rwuchaimba nokuti mvura zhinji ichadzutuka murenje, nehova dzemvura musango.Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

⁷Jecha, rinopisa, richashanduka dziva, nevhu, rine nyota, zvitubu zvemvura; paugaro hwamakava, paaivata, pachava nouswa, netsanga nenhokwe.And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

⁸Ipapo pachava nomugwagwa, nenzira, ichanzi, Nzira youtsvene; ine tsvina haangafambi nayo, asi ichava yavo; vanofamba nayo, kunyange ari mapenzi, havangarashiki.And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

⁹Hapangavi neshumba, kunyange nechikara hachingafambipo; hazvingawanikwipo, asi vakadzikunurwa ndivo vachafambapo;No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

¹⁰vakasunungurwa vaJehovha vachadzoka, vachasvika Ziyoni vachiimba, mufaro usingaperi uchava pamisoro yavo; vachawana mufaro nomoyo muchena, kuchema nokusuwa kuchatiza.And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.