Isaya 52

¹Muka, muka, iwe Ziyoni, uzvifukidze nesimba rako; pfeka nguvo dzako dzakaisvonaka, iwe Jerusaremu, guta dzvene; nokuti kubva zvino hakuna angapinda mukati mako asina kudzingiswa nousakanaka.Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

²Zvizunze ubve muguruva; simuka, ugare kwazvo, iwe Jerusaremu; zvisunungura pazvisungo zviri pamutsipa wako, iwe mukunda wakatapwa weZiyoni.Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

³Nokuti zvanzi naJehovha Makazvitengesa kusina mutengo; muchadzikunurwa kusina mari.For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

⁴Nokuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Vanhu vangu vakaburukira Ijipiti kare kundogarako, muAsiria akavamanikidza pasina mhosva.For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

⁵Ko zvino ndinoonei pano; ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; vanhu vangu zvavabviswa pasina? Vanovabata ushe vanopopota, zita rangu rinongomhurwa zuva rose, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

⁶Saka vanhu vangu vachaziva zita rangu; saka vachaziva nezuva iro kuti ndini iye anotaura; tarirai, ndini.Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

⁷Dzakanaka sei pamusoro pamakomo tsoka dzoanouya namashoko akanaka, anoparidza rugare, anouya namashoko akanaka ezvinhu zvakanaka, anoparidza ruponeso, anoti kuZiyoni, Mwari wako anobata ushe!How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

⁸Chinzwa inzwi renharirire dzako! Dzinodana namanzwi, dzinoimba pamwechete; nokuti dzichaonana zviso zvakatarisana, kana Jehovha achidzokera Ziyoni.Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.

⁹Pururudzai nomufaro, imbai pamwechete, imi matongo eJerusaremu, nokuti Jehovha wakanyaradza vanhu vake, wakadzikunura Jerusaremu.Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰Jehovha akafukura ruoko rwake rutsvene pamberi pamarudzi ose; migumo yose yenyika yakaona ruponeso rwaMwari wedu.The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

¹¹Ibvai, ibvai, budai ipapo, musanyangata chinhu chine tsvina; budai pakati paro; zvinatsei, imi munotakura nhumbi dzaJehovha.Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

¹²Nokuti hamungabudi muchikurumidza, kana kuenda muchitiza; nokuti Jehovha achakutungamirirai; Mwari waIsiraeri achakurindirai mumashure.For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

¹³Tarirai, muranda wangu achaita nokuchenjera, achakwiridzwa nokusimudzwa, nokukwirira kwazvo.Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

¹⁴Vazhinji sezvavakashamiswa pamusoro pako, (chiso chake chakanga chakakuvadzwa kupfuura chavamwe vanhu, nechimiro chake kupfuura chavanakomana vavanhu),As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

¹⁵saizvozvo achavhundusa marudzi mazhinji; madzimambo achapfumbira miromo yawo pamusoro pake, nokuti vachaona zvavasina kumboudzwa; vachanzwisisa zvavasina kumbonzwa.So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.