1Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. 3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. 4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;48.4 obstinate: Heb. hard 5I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. 6Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
9¶ For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.48.10 with…: or, for silver 11For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.48.13 my…: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out 14All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20¶ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Isiraeli kũũmia Ngoro
148:1 Kĩam 29:35; Jer 4:2“Atĩrĩrĩ, we nyũmba ya Jakubu, ta thikĩrĩria ũhoro ũyũ,
o wee wĩtanagio na rĩĩtwa rĩa Isiraeli,
na uumĩte rũciaro-inĩ rwa Juda,
o inyuĩ mwĩhĩtaga mũkĩgwetaga rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova,
na mũkahooya Ngai wa Isiraeli,
o na gũtuĩka mũtimũhooyaga na ma kana na ũthingu,
248:2 Neh 11:1; Arom 2:17nĩgũkorwo inyuĩ mwĩĩtaga atũũri a itũũra rĩrĩa inene itheru,
na mũkehoka Ngai wa Isiraeli,
o ũcio rĩĩtwa rĩake arĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe:
3O tene nĩndarathire ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa magooka,
ngĩmaaria na kanua gakwa na ngĩtũma mamenyeke;
na o ro rĩmwe ngĩmahingia, namo magĩĩkĩka.
448:4 Thaam 32:9; Atũm 7:51Nĩgũkorwo nĩndamenyaga atĩ wee ũrĩ mũremi mũno,
nayo ngingo yaku ĩkahaana ta rũga rũmũ rwa kĩgera,
naguo thiithi waku ũgatuĩka ta gĩcango.
5Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndakwĩrire maũndũ maya o tene;
ngĩkwĩra ũhoro wamo mataanekĩka, nĩgeetha ndũkanoige atĩrĩ,
‘Mĩhianano yakwa ya kũhooywo nĩyo ĩĩkĩte maũndũ macio;
mũhianano wakwa wa gwacũhio, na ngai yakwa ya kĩgera
nĩcio ciathanire ũhoro wamo.’
648:6 Isa 41:22; Arom 16:25Kũigua nĩmũiguĩte maũndũ macio; ta kĩmarorei mothe.
Githĩ mũtikamoimbũra atĩ nĩguo matariĩ?
“Kuuma rĩu ndĩĩkwĩraga ũhoro wa maũndũ merũ,
ngakwĩra ũhoro wa maũndũ mahithe, o marĩa wee ũtooĩ.
748:7 Thaam 6:7Maũndũ macio mathondeketwo o rĩu, na ti ma tene;
ndũrĩ waigua ũhoro ũcio, waũigua ũmũthĩ.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndũngiuga atĩrĩ,
‘Maũndũ macio nĩndamenyete ũhoro wamo.’
848:8 Gũcook 29:4; Thab 58:3Wee ndũrĩ waigua kana ũkamenya;
kuuma o tene matũ maku matirĩ mahingũka.
Nĩnjũũĩ wega ũrĩa ũrĩ mũndũ mũgarũ,
o na atĩ kuuma waciarwo wetirwo mũremi.
948:9 1Sam 12:22; Neh 9:31Nĩngwamba kũrũgamia mangʼũrĩ makwa nĩ ũndũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩakwa;
na tondũ wa ũgooci wakwa ndigĩrĩirie mangʼũrĩ macio matigagũkore,
nĩguo ndigakũniine biũ.
10Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngũtheretie o na gũtuĩka ti ta ũrĩa betha ĩtheragio;
wee-rĩ, ngũgeretie thĩinĩ wa icua rĩa mĩnyamaro.
1148:11 Gũcook 32:27; Ezek 20:9, 14, 22, 44Nĩ ũndũ wakwa niĩ mwene,
ĩĩ ti-itherũ, nĩ ũndũ wakwa niĩ mwene-rĩ, nĩngeeka ũndũ ũcio.
Niĩ mwene-rĩ, ndaahota atĩa gwĩtĩkĩria rĩĩtwa rĩakwa rĩthaahio?
Riiri wakwa ndikaũhe mũndũ ũngĩ.
Isiraeli Kũrekio
1248:12 Kũg 1:17“Atĩrĩrĩ, wee Jakubu, ta thikĩrĩria,
o na wee Isiraeli ũrĩa niĩ njĩtĩĩte:
Niĩ nĩ niĩ Ngai; nĩ niĩ wa mbere,
o na ningĩ nĩ niĩ wa kũrigĩrĩria.
1348:13 Ahib 1:10-12; Ayub 9:8Guoko gwakwa kĩũmbe nĩkuo kwahaandire mĩthingi ya thĩ,
na guoko gwakwa kwa ũrĩo gũgĩtambũrũkia matu;
rĩrĩa ndaameta,
mothe marũgamaga o hamwe.
14“Cookanĩrĩrai hamwe inyuothe na mũthikĩrĩrie:
Nĩ mĩhianano ĩrĩkũ ya kũhooywo ĩrĩ yoimbũranĩra maũndũ macio?
Mũndũ ũrĩa Jehova ethuurĩire manyiitanĩre nake
nĩwe ũkaahingia muoroto wake wa gũũkĩrĩra bũrũri wa Babuloni;
guoko gwake nĩkuo gũgookĩrĩra andũ a Babuloni.
1548:15 Atiir 4:10; Isa 45:1Niĩ, o niĩ-rĩ, nĩnjarĩtie;
ĩĩ nĩguo, nĩ niĩ ndĩmwĩtĩte,
na nĩngamũrehe,
na nĩakagaacĩra wĩra-inĩ wake.
1648:16 Isa 45:19; Zek 2:9, 11“Nguhĩrĩriai mũthikĩrĩrie ũhoro ũyũ:
“Kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria ndirĩ ndaaria ũhoro na hitho;
maũndũ macio makĩoneka, niĩ ngoragwo ho.”
Na rĩu Mwathani Jehova nĩwe ũndũmĩte,
we mwene o na Roho wake.
17Jehova, o we Mũkũũri waku,
o we Mũtheru wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai waku,
ũrĩa ũkũrutaga maũndũ marĩa makwagĩrĩire,
na nowe ũkuonagĩrĩria njĩra ĩrĩa wagĩrĩirwo nĩkũgera.
1848:18 Thab 147:14Naarĩ korwo nĩmwaiguĩte maathani makwa,
thayũ wanyu ũngĩahaanire ta rũũĩ rũgũtherera,
naguo ũthingu wanyu ũhaane ta makũmbĩ ma iria-inĩ.
1948:19 Kĩam 12:2; Jer 35:19Njiaro cianyu ingĩaingĩhire o ta mũthanga,
nacio ciana cianyu cingĩhe ta hĩndĩ cia mũthanga iria itangĩtarĩka;
rĩĩtwa rĩao rĩtingĩkaaniinwo,
kana rĩanangwo, rĩeherio mbere yakwa.”
2048:20 Jer 50:8; Kũg 18:4Umai bũrũri wa Babuloni,
mwĩtharei, muume kũrĩ andũ a Babuloni!
Anĩrĩrai ũhoro ũyũ na kayũ kanene mũkenete,
na mũhunjie ndũmĩrĩri ĩno.
Mĩtũmei nginya ituri-inĩ cia thĩ;
ugai atĩrĩ, “Jehova nĩakũũrĩte ndungata yake Jakubu.”
2148:21 Ndar 20:11Matianyootire hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aamatoongoreirie werũ-inĩ;
nĩamarutĩire maaĩ kuuma rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga;
o na ningĩ agĩatũra rwaro rwa ihiga,
namo maaĩ makiuma ho.
2248:22 Isa 57:21Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Andũ arĩa aaganu matikagĩa na thayũ o na rĩ.”
