Mitundu Yaitanidwa
Wogonjetsa akuuka kuchokera kum'mawa ndipo mitundu ya anthu ikufulumira kukhomerera mafano awo ndi misomali kuti asagwe. M'malo mwake Atate akugwira dzanja la Israeli, namutcha nyongolotsi Yakobo ndi kumuuza kuti asaope. Mafano akutsutsidwa kuti anene chilichonse chimene chidzachitike, ndipo sakuyankha kanthu.
41 1Mundimvere Ine mwakachetechete, inu zilumba; anthu akonzenso mphamvu zawo. Abwere pafupi nayankhule; tiyeni tonse tiyandikire pamodzi ku chiweruzo.
2Ndani anautsa munthu wochokera kummawa, namuyitana mwa chilungamo kuti amutsate? Anapereka mitundu kwa iye nagonjetsa mafumu pamaso pake; anawasandutsa fumbi ndi lupanga lake, mapesi owuluzidwa ndi mphepo ndi uta wake. 3Anawatsata napita mwamtendere, podutsa njira imene mapazi ake sanaiyendepo. 4Ndani anachita nakwaniritsa zimenezi, namayitana mibadwo kuyambira pachiyambi? Ine ndine Atate—Woyamba, ndiponso ndili ndi otsiriza; Ine ndine Iye.
5Zilumba zaona nachita mantha; malekezero a dziko lapansi akunjenjemera; iwo ayandikira nabwera. 6Munthu aliyense amathandiza mnzake, nanena kwa m'bale wake, “Limba mtima!” 7Mmisiri amalimbikitsa mmisiri wa golide, ndipo wosalaza ndi nyundo amalimbikitsa amene amamenya chitsulo, nanena za kuphatikiza, “Ndi kwabwino”; ndipo amachikhomerera ndi misomali kuti chisasunthike.
8Koma iwe, Israeli, mtumiki wanga, Yakobo, amene ndinakusankha, mbewu ya Abrahamu, bwenzi langa, a a v8 Israeli watchulidwa pano monga mtumiki wa Atate wathu; koma chithunzi chapadera cha Mtumiki m'nyimbo zotsatira za Yesaya (Yesaya 42, 49, 50, 52–53) ndiye Yesu, Israeli weniweni amene amakwaniritsa maitanidwe ake. 9iwe amene ndinakutenga kuchokera kumalekezero a dziko lapansi, nakuyitana kuchokera kumbali zake zakutali, ndinena kwa iwe, “Iwe ndiwe mtumiki wanga; ndakusankha iwe, ndipo sindinakukane”. 10“Usaope, pakuti Ine ndili ndi iwe; usataye mtima, pakuti Ine ndine Atate wako. Ndidzakulimbitsa, ndidzakuthandiza iwe, ndidzakugwiritsa ndi dzanja langa lamanja lachilungamo. b b v10 “Ine ndine Atate wako” akutanthauzira mawu a pangano a Chihebri akuti “Ine ndine Mulungu wako” — Atate wathu amadzimangirira kwa anthu ake osati ngati mulungu wakutali, koma ngati Atate.
11Taona, onse amene akupsera mtima pa iwe adzachita manyazi nanyozeka; amene amalimbana nawe adzakhala ngati chabe nawonongeka. 12Udzafunafuna amene amachita nawe nkhondo, koma sudzawapeza iwo; amene amamenyana nawe adzakhala ngati chabechabe.” 13Pakuti Ine, Atate wako, ndakugwira dzanja lako lamanja; Ine ndine amene ndikunena kwa iwe, “Usaope, Ine ndine amene ndikukuthandiza.” 14Usaope, iwe mphutsi Yakobo, inu anthu a Israeli! Ine ndine amene ndikukuthandiza, atero Atate wathu; Momboli wako ndiye Woyera wa Israeli—Atate wako. c c v14 “Woyera wa Israeli” ndi dzina lapadera limene Yesaya amagwiritsa ntchito pa Atate wathu — Woyerayo amene wadzimangirira m'pangano kwa anthu amene amawatcha akeake. 15“Taona, ndakusandutsa iwe chida chopunthira, chatsopano chakuthwa, chokhala ndi mano ambiri; udzapuntha mapiri nuwaphwanya iwo, nasandutsa zitunda ngati mankhusu. 16Udzawapeta, ndipo mphepo idzawawulutsa, ndipo mphepo yamkuntho idzabalalitsa iwo. Koma iwe udzakondwera mwa Atate wathu; mwa Woyera wa Israeli udzanyadira.
17Pamene osauka ndi osowa adzafunafuna madzi, ndipo palibe, ndipo malilime awo adzawuma ndi ludzu, Ine, Atate wako, ndidzawayankha iwo; Ine, Atate wa Israeli, sindidzawasiya. 18Ndidzatsegula mitsinje pa zitunda zowuma, ndi akasupe m'zigwa; ndidzasandutsa chipululu kukhala maiwe a madzi, ndi nthaka yowuma kukhala akasupe otuluka. 19Ndidzabzala m'chipululu mkungudza, mthethe, mureti, ndi mtengo wa olivi; ndidzayika m'chipululu saipuresi, mtengo wa pulani, ndi paini, pamodzi, 20kuti aone nadziwe, aganizire nazindikire pamodzi, kuti dzanja langa lachita izi, kuti Ine, Woyera wa Israeli, ndazilenga.”
21Fotokozani mlandu wanu, atero Atate wathu; bweretsani umboni wanu, atero Mfumu ya Yakobo. 22Iwo abweretse, natiuze zimene zidzachitika. Tiuzeni zinthu zakale, kuti zinali chiyani, kuti tiziganizire nadziwe matsiriziro ake; kapena tilengezereni zinthu zobwera. 23Tiuzeni zimene zidzachitike mtsogolo, kuti tidziwe kuti inu ndinu milungu; chitani chabwino, kapena chitani choipa, kuti tithedwe nzeru nadzazidwa ndi mantha pamodzi. 24Taonani, inu ndinu chabe, ndipo ntchito yanu njopanda pake kuposa chabe; aliyense wokusankhani ndi chonyansa.
25Ndinautsa munthu wochokera kumpoto, ndipo wabwera, kuchokera kotulukira dzuwa, munthu amene amaitana pa dzina langa; akuponda olamulira ngati matope, ngati woumba mbiya akuponda dongo. 26Ndani analengeza izi kuyambira pachiyambi, kuti tidziwe, ndi kale lomwe, kuti tinene, “Iye akunena zoona”? Panalibe amene analengeza, palibe amene analalika, palibe amene anamva mawu anu. 27Ine ndinali woyamba kunena kwa Ziyoni, “Taona, awa ali pano!” ndipo ndinapatsa Yerusalemu mthenga wa uthenga wabwino. 28“Koma pamene ndiyang'ana, palibe munthu; pakati pa awa palibe mlangizi amene, pamene ndifunsa, angandiyankhe. 29Taonani, onsewa ndi achinyengo; ntchito zawo ndi zachabe; mafano awo owumbidwa ndi mphepo yopanda kanthu.”