Isaya 57

¹Akarurama anoparara, asi hakuna munhu ane hanya nazvo; navanoda Mwari vanobviswa, kusina munhu anorangarira kuti vakarurama vanobviswa pazvakaipa.The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

²Asi vakaipa vakafanana negungwa rakabvongodzwa; nokuti harigoni kuzorora, asi mvura yaro inobudisa matope namarara.He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

³Asi swederai pano, imi vanakomana vomuroyi, zvibereko zvemhombwe nechifeve.But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

⁴Munofara pamusoro paani? Munoshamisira ani muromo wenyu, nokubudisa rurimi rwenyu? Ko hamuzi vana vokudarika, zvibereko zvenhema,Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

⁵iyemi, munozvimutsa pakati pemiouki, napasi pomuti mumwe nomumwe mutema, imi munobaya vana mumipata, pasi pemikaha yamatombo?Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

⁶Pakati pamabwe anotedza omupata ndipo panomugove wako; iwo, iwo ndizvo zvawakagoverwa; ndizvo zvawakadururira chipiriso chinodururwa, zvawakavigira chipo. Ko ini ndichayananiswa naizvozvo here?Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

⁷Wakawadza nhovo dzako pamusoro pegomo rakareba rakakwirira; ndiko kwawakakwira kundobayira zvibayiro.Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

⁸Wakaisa chirangaridzo chako shure kwemikova nezvivivo, nokuti wakazvifukurira mumwe, asati ari ini, ukakwira; wakakurisa nhovo dzako, ukaita sungano navo; wakada nhovo dzavo kwawakadziwana.Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

⁹Ukaenda kuna mambo namafuta, ukawedzera zvinonhuwira zvako, ukatuma nhume dzako kure, ukazvininipisa kusvikira paSheori.And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

¹⁰Wakaneta norwendo rwako rukuru; kunyange zvakadaro hauna kuti, Hazvina maturo; wakawana simba rako richivandudzwa, naizvozvo hauna kupera simba.Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

¹¹Wakatya nokuvhunduka aniko, zvawareva nhema, ukasandirangarira, nokuva nehanya? Ko ini handina kuramba ndinyerere nguva refu, ukasanditya here?And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

¹²Ndichaparidza kururama kwako; kana ari mabasa ako, haangakubatsiri.I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

¹³Kana uchidanidzira, avo vawakaunganidza, ngavakurwire; asi mhepo ichavatora, mweya uchavabvisa vose; asi anovimba neni, nyika ichava yake, achagara nhaka yegomo rangu dzvene.When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

¹⁴Zvichanzi, Tutirai, tutirai, gadzirai nzira, bvisa chigumbuso panzira yavanhu vangu.And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

¹⁵Nokuti zvanzi noAkakwirira Arikumusoro, anogara mukusingaperi, ane zita rinonzi Dzvene, Ndinogara pakakwirira napanzvimbo tsvene, uye noane mweya wakapwanyika anozvininipisa, kuti ndiponesezve mweya woanozvininipisa, ndiponesezve moyo wowakapwanyika.For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

¹⁶Nokuti handingarwi nokusingaperi, handingatsamwi nguva dzose; nokuti mweya ungapera simba pamberi pangu, nemweya yandakasika.For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

¹⁷Nokuti ndakanga ndakatsamwa nokuda kwokuipa kwokuchiva kwake, ndikamurova; ndakavanza chiso changu, ndikatsamwa; akaramba achingotsauka nenzira yakada moyo wake.For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

¹⁸Ndakaona nzira dzake, asi ndichamuporesa, ndichamufambisawo, nokumunyaradzazve iye navanomuchema.I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

¹⁹Ndini ndinosika zvibereko zvemiromo; zvanzi naJehovha, `Rugare, rugare kunoari kure nokunoari pedo, ndichamuporesa.'I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

²⁰Asi vakaipa vakafanana negungwa rakabvongodzwa; nokuti harigoni kuzorora, asi mvura yaro inobudisa matope namarara.But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

²¹Zvanzi naMwari wangu, `Vakaipa havana rugare.'There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.