YESAYA 52
52
1 Iwe Tsioni, vuwa! Takuwa, ambara maanḓa au!
Iwe Jerusalema, muḓi mukhethwa,
ambara dza maṱeleṱele!
Vha songo fumbaho na vha dzitshika
a vha tsha ḓo dzhena ngomu hau.
2 Iwe Jerusalema,
fhufhura buse ḽau! Takuwa!
Dzula kha khuluṋoni!
Iwe Tsioni musidzana wa ḽithubwa,
vhofholola geḓane dzo u hungaho mukulo.
3 Muṋe washu u ri,
“A wo ngo rengiswa nga tshithu;
u ḓo vhofhololwa hú songo bviswa tshelede.”
Mudzimu u ḓo vhofholola vhathu vhawe Babele
4 Muṋe wa zwoṱhe Muṋe washu u ri,
“Vhathu vhanga vho ranga u tsela Egipita vha dzula hone,
ngavhuya vha kandeledzwa nga Vhaashuru
hu si na tshe vha tshinya.
5 Zwino fhano ndi khou vhonani?
Hufha vhathu vhanga vho sokou hwalwa nga fhedzi.
Na vhavhusi vho vha thubaho vha a kola;
ḓuvha ḽoṱhe dzina ḽanga
ḽi ṱwa ḽi tshi nyefulwa.
6Huno-ha vhathu vhanga ndi tshi vha vhofholola
vha ḓo ḓivha dzina ḽanga;
musi wonoyo vha ḓo ḓivha uri ndi Nṋe
we nda dzula ndo zwi amba.
Ee, ndi Nṋe!”
Muṋe washu a tshi vhuya na lushaka lwawe
7 Ṋayo dza a no ḓisa mafhungo mavhuya
dzi tshi gidima nṱha ha dzithavha,
zwo naka hani!
Zwi takadza hani a tshi ḓivhadza a mulalo,
a tshi ḓisa mafhungo a takadzaho,
a tshi ḓivhadza a u tshidzwa ha vhathu,
a tshi vhudza Tsioni a ri,
“Mudzimu wau u a vhusa!”
8 Edzou pfa vhalindi vhau vha tshi takusa maipfi;
vhoṱhe vha ṱavha mukosi nga dakalo.
Musi Muṋe washu a tshi vhuelela Tsioni,
vha ḓo zwi vhona nga avho maṱo.
9Matumba oṱhe a Jerusalema nga a lidze mifhululu;
Muṋe washu o fhumudza vhathu vhawe;
o vhofholola Jerusalema!
10 Muṋe washu u ḓo angaladza tshanḓa tshawe tshikhethwa,
tshakha dzoṱhe dza tshi vhona,
migumo yoṱhe ya ḽifhasi
ya vhona Mudzimu washu
a tshi tshidza vhathu vhawe.
11 Ṱuwani, ṱuwani!
Ibvani hafho fhethu!
Ni songo kwama tshithu tsha mashika!
Ibvani Babele, ni songo kumala;
no hwala midzio ya thembele ya Muṋe washu!
12 Hone a ni nga ṱuwi nga shishi;
a ni nga tou shavha;
Muṋe washu u ḓo vha o ni ranga phanḓa;
Mudzimu wa Israele u ḓo ni linda nga murahu.
Luimbo lwa vhuṋa lwa Muḓinḓa wa Muṋe washu: O fela vhutshinyi hashu
13 Muṋe washu u ri,
“Muḓinḓa wanga zwi ḓo mu nakela mushumoni we nda mu ṋea;
u ḓo vha muhulwane a tou gagamiswa,
a huliswa zwihulu.
14Vhanzhi vho ri u mu vhona zwa vha ofhisa;
muthu a tshi mu sedza o vha a si tsha nga muthu;
o vha a si tsha vhonala e muthu.
15Huno zwino tshakha nnzhi dzi tshi mu vhona dzi ḓo kanuka;
mahosi a ḓo ri u mu vhona a akhamala;
vha ḓo vhona zwi sa athu ambiwa,
vha ṱalukanya zwi sa athu pfiwa.”
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