Isaya 55

¹Nhai, imi mose mune nyota, uyai kumvura zhinji, noasina mari, uyai, mutenge mudye; zvirokwazvo, uyai mutenge waini nomukaka, musine mari, pasina mutengo. .Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

²Munoparadzireiko mari muchitenga zvisati zviri zvokudya, nesimba renyu muchitenga zvisingagutisi? Nditeererei zvakanaka, mudye zvakanaka,uye mweya yenyu ngaizvifadze nezvakakora.Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

³Rerekai nzeve yenyu, muuye kwandiri; inzwai, mweya yenyu igorarama; ndichaita nemi sungano isingaperi, nyasha dzazvokwadi dzakapikirwa Dhavhidhi.Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

⁴Tarirai, ndakamuita chapupu kumarudzi avanhu, ave mutungamiriri nomubati wamarudzi.Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

⁵Tarira, uchadana rudzi rwawakanga usingazivi, norudzi rwakanga rusingakuzivi, iwe ruchamhanyira kwauri, nokuda kwaJehovha Mwari wako, nokwoMutsvene waIsiraeri; nokuti iye akakukudza.Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

⁶Tsvakai Jehovha achawanikwa, danai kwaari achiri pedo.Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

⁷Akaipa ngaasiye nzira yake, nomunhu asakarurama mirangariro yake; ngaadzokere kuna Jehovha, iye achamunzwira nyasha, nokuna Mwari wedu, nokuti achakanganwira zvikuru.Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

⁸Nokuti ndangariro dzangu hadzizi ndangariro dzenyu, nenzira dzenyu hadzizi nzira dzangu ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

⁹Nokuti denga sezvarakakwirira kupfuura nyika, saizvozvo nzira dzangu dzakakwirira kupfuura nzira dzenyu, nendangariro dzangu kupfuura ndangariro dzenyu.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

¹⁰Nokuti mvura nechando sezvazvinoburuka zvichibva kudenga, zvisingazodzokeriko, asi zvinodiridza nyika, zvichiiberekesa nokuitungisa maruva, ichipa mudzvari mbewu, nomudyi zvokudya,For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

¹¹ndizvo zvichaita shoko rangu rinobuda mumuromo mangu; haringadzokeri kwandiri risina, asi richaita zvandinoda, richiendika pane zvandakaritumira.So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

¹²Nokuti muchabuda nomufaro, nokufambiswa norugare; makomo nezvikomo zvichaimba nomufaro pamberi penyu; miti yose yokudondo ichauchira.For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

¹³Panzvimbo yomuti womunzwa pachamera musaipuresi, panzvimbo yorukato pachamera mumirite; zvichava kuna Jehovha mukurumbira nechiratidzo chisingaperi, chisingazoparadzwi.Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.