The Lord’s Saving Power for Zion Lasts Forever
1The Lord says, “Listen to me, you who want to do what is right.
Pay attention, you who look to me.
Consider the rock you were cut out of.
Think about the rock pit you were dug from.
2Consider Abraham. He is the father of your people.
Think about Sarah. She is your mother.
When I chose Abraham, he did not have any children.
But I blessed him and gave him many of them.
3You can be sure that I will comfort Zion’s people.
I will look with loving concern on all their destroyed buildings.
I will make their deserts like Eden.
I will make their dry and empty land like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be there.
People will sing and give thanks to me.
4“Listen to me, my people.
Pay attention, my nation.
My instruction will go out to the nations.
I make everything right.
That will be a guiding light for them.
5The time for me to set you free is near.
I will soon save you.
My powerful arm will make everything right among the nations.
The islands will put their hope in me.
They will wait for my powerful arm to act.
6Look up toward the heavens.
Then look at the earth.
The heavens will vanish like smoke.
The earth will wear out like clothes.
Those who live there will die like flies.
But I will save you forever.
My saving power will never end.
7“Listen to me, you who know what is right.
Pay attention, you who have taken my instruction to heart.
Do not be afraid when mere human beings make fun of you.
Do not be terrified when they laugh at you.
8They will be like clothes that moths have eaten up.
They will be like wool that worms have chewed up.
But my saving power will last forever.
I will save you for all time to come.”
9Wake up, arm of the Lord! Wake up!
Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes!
Wake up, just as you did in the past.
Wake up, as you did long ago.
Didn’t you cut Rahab to pieces?
Didn’t you stab that sea monster to death?
10Didn’t you dry up the Red Sea?
Didn’t you dry up those deep waters?
You made a road on the bottom of that sea.
Then those who were set free went across.
11Those the Lord has saved will return to their land.
They will sing as they enter the city of Zion.
Joy that lasts forever will be like beautiful crowns on their heads.
They will be filled with gladness and joy.
Sorrow and sighing will be gone.
12The Lord says to his people,
“I comfort you because of who I am.
Why are you afraid of mere human beings?
They are like grass that dries up.
13How can you forget me? I made you.
I stretch out the heavens.
I lay the foundations of the earth.
Why are you terrified every day?
Is it because those who are angry with you are crushing you?
Is it because they are trying to destroy you?
Their anger can’t harm you anymore.
14You prisoners who are so afraid will soon be set free.
You will not die in your prison cells.
You will not go without food.
15I am the Lord your God.
I stir up the ocean. I make its waves roar.
My name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
16I have put my words in your mouth.
I have kept you safe in the palm of my hand.
I set the heavens in place.
I laid the foundations of the earth.
I say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”
The Cup of the Lord’s Great Anger
17Wake up, Jerusalem!
Wake up! Get up!
The Lord has handed you the cup of his great anger.
And you have drunk from it.
That cup makes people unsteady on their feet.
And you have drunk from it to the very last drop.
18Among all the children who were born to you
there was none to guide you.
Among all the children you brought up
there was none to lead you by the hand.
19Nothing but trouble has come to you.
You have been wiped out and destroyed.
And you have suffered hunger and war.
No one feels sorry for you.
No one can comfort you.
20Your children have fainted.
They lie helpless at every street corner.
They are like antelope that have been caught in a net.
They have felt the full force of the Lord’s great anger.
Jerusalem, your God had to warn them strongly.
21So listen to me, you suffering people of Jerusalem.
You have been made drunk, but not by drinking wine.
22Your Lord and King speaks.
He is your God.
He stands up for his people. He says,
“I have taken from you the cup of my great anger.
It made you unsteady on your feet.
But you will never drink
from that cup again.
23Instead, I will give it to those who made you suffer.
They said to you,
‘Fall down flat on the ground.
Then we can walk all over you.’
And that is exactly what you did.
You made your back like a street to be walked on.”
Ũhonokio wa Zayuni wa Tene na Tene
1“Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrũmagĩrĩra maũndũ ma ũthingu ta thikĩrĩriai,
o inyuĩ mũrongoragia Jehova:
Rorai rwaro rwa ihiga rũrĩa mwarutirwo,
o na kĩenjero kĩa mahiga kĩrĩa mwenjirwo;
251:2 Kĩam 12:2; Ahib 11:11ta rorai Iburahĩmu, o we ithe wanyu,
o na Sara, ũrĩa wamũciarire.
Nĩgũkorwo hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aarĩ o wiki nĩguo ndamwĩtire,
na ngĩmũrathima, ngĩtũma aingĩhe.
351:3 Isa 52:9; Kĩam 2:8Ti-itherũ Jehova nĩakahooreria Zayuni,
o na ahoorerie kũndũ gwakuo kũrĩa kwanangĩtwo;
werũ wakuo akaaũtua o ta Edeni,
na rũngʼũrĩ rwakuo arũtue o ta mũgũnda wa Jehova.
Kũu guothe gũkaiyũra gĩkeno, na gũcanjamũka ngoro,
na gũcookagia ngaatho, o gũkĩinagwo nyĩmbo.
451:4 Isa 2:4; Thab 50:7“Inyuĩ andũ akwa ta thikĩrĩriai,
na inyuĩ rũrĩrĩ rwakwa, njiguai:
Nĩgũkorwo watho ũkoima harĩ niĩ;
nakĩo kĩhooto gĩakwa nĩkĩo gĩgaatuĩka ũtheri wa ndũrĩrĩ.
551:5 Thab 85:9; Kĩam 49:10Ũhoro wakwa wa ũthingu nĩũrooka o na ihenya,
nakuo kũhonokania gwakwa kũrĩ hakuhĩ kuoneka,
o nakuo guoko gwakwa nĩkuo gũgaatuĩra andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciira wa kĩhooto.
Andũ a icigĩrĩra-inĩ nĩ niĩ magaacũthĩrĩria
na meterere guoko gwakwa marĩ na mwĩhoko.
651:6 Math 24:35; 2Pet 3:10Tiirai maitho manyu na igũrũ,
na mũrore thĩ ĩrĩa ĩrĩ mũhuro;
igũrũ rĩkaabuĩria o ta ndogo,
nayo thĩ ĩthire o ta ũrĩa nguo ĩthiraga,
nao atũũri ao makuage o ũguo ta ngi.
No rĩrĩ, ũhonokio wakwa nĩwagũtũũra nginya tene,
naguo ũthingu wakwa ndũrĩ hĩndĩ ũgaathira.
751:7 Gũcook 6:6; Atũm 5:41“Ta njiguai, inyuĩ andũ arĩa mũũĩ ũhoro wa ũthingu,
o inyuĩ andũ arĩa mũrũmĩtie watho wakwa ngoro-inĩ cianyu:
Mũtigetigĩre kũmenwo nĩ andũ,
o na kana mũmakio nĩ irumi iria mamũrumaga nacio.
8Nĩgũkorwo makaarĩĩo nĩ memenyi mathire biũ o ta nguo;
na marĩĩo nĩ igunyũ o ta marĩ guoya wa ngʼondu.
No rĩrĩ, ũhoro wakwa wa ũthingu nĩ wa gũtũũra nginya tene,
naguo ũhonokio wakwa ũtũũre nginya njiarwa-inĩ ciothe.”
951:9 Atiir 5:12; Thab 74:13Arahũka, arahũka! Wĩĩkĩre hinya,
wee guoko kwa Jehova;
arahũka o ta ũrĩa waarahũkire matukũ marĩa ma tene,
warahũke o ta hĩndĩ ya njiarwa cia tene.
Githĩ wee tiwe watinangirie Rahabu tũcunjĩ,
o wee watheecangire nyamũ ĩyo nene, ũkĩmĩtũrĩkania?
10Githĩ tiwe wahũithirie iria,
maaĩ ma kũndũ kũrĩa kũriku mũno,
o wee watemire njĩra kũu iria-inĩ kũrĩa kũriku,
nĩgeetha andũ arĩa wakũũrĩte maringĩre yo?
1151:11 Isa 35:9; Kũg 7:17Andũ arĩa akũũre a Jehova nĩmagacooka.
Nao magaatoonya Zayuni makĩinaga;
nĩmagekĩrwo thũmbĩ ya gĩkeno gĩa tene na tene.
Magaakena na macanjamũke,
nakĩo kĩeha na mũcaayo nĩigathira biũ.
1251:12 2Akor 1:4; 1Pet 1:24“Niĩ, o niĩ mwene-rĩ, nĩ niĩ ndĩmũhooreragia.
Wee ũrĩ ũ, atĩ nĩguo wĩtigĩre andũ arĩa makuuaga,
na ũgetigĩra ariũ a andũ arĩa magaatuuo o ta nyeki,
1351:13 Isa 17:10; Ayub 4:17nawe ũkariganĩrwo nĩ Jehova ũrĩa wakũũmbire,
o we ũrĩa watambũrũkirie matu,
na agĩaka mĩthingi ya thĩ,
atĩ nĩguo o ũtũũrage na guoya o mũthenya
nĩ ũndũ wa mangʼũrĩ ma mũhinyanĩrĩria
rĩrĩa ekwĩhaarĩria aniinane?
Namo mangʼũrĩ ma mũhinyanĩrĩria ũcio-rĩ, makĩrĩ ha?
1451:14 Isa 49:10Nao oohwo arĩa marainaina nĩ guoya nĩmekuohorwo o narua;
matigakuĩra kũu marima-inĩ ma njeera,
o na kana irio ciao ciage.
15Nĩgũkorwo nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu,
ũrĩa ũtũmaga iria rĩikie ndiihũ nĩguo makũmbĩ marĩo makaruruma;
Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake.
1651:16 Thaam 4:12; Jer 7:23Nĩnjĩkĩrĩte ciugo ciakwa kanua-inĩ gaku,
na ngakũhumbĩra na kĩĩruru gĩa guoko gwakwa,
o niĩ ndatambũrũkirie matu harĩa marĩ,
na ngĩaka mĩthingi ya thĩ,
o niĩ njĩĩraga andũ a Zayuni atĩrĩ, ‘Inyuĩ mũrĩ andũ akwa.’ ”
Gĩkombe kĩa Mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova
1751:17 Isa 52:1; Ayub 21:20Arahũka, arahũka!
Wee Jerusalemu ũkĩra,
o wee ũnyuĩrĩire gĩkombe kĩa mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova,
ũnengereirio kuuma guoko-inĩ gwake,
o wee ũnyuĩrĩire kuuma mbakũri
ĩrĩa ĩtũmaga andũ matũgũũge na ũkamĩinĩkĩrĩria.
1851:18 Thab 88:18Harĩ ariũ ake othe arĩa aaciarire,
gũtirĩ o na ũmwe ũngĩmũtongoria;
o na ningĩ ariũ ake othe arĩa aarerire-rĩ,
gũtirĩ o na ũmwe ũngĩmũnyiita guoko.
19Mogwati maya meerĩ nĩmo magũkorete;
nũũ ũgaagĩkũhooreria?
Mogwati macio nĩ mwanangĩko na ũniinani,
ningĩ nĩ ngʼaragu o na rũhiũ rwa njora;
nũũ ũgaagĩkũhooreria?
2051:20 Isa 5:25; Ayub 40:11Ariũ aku nĩmaringĩkĩte;
nao makomete macemanĩrio-inĩ ma njĩra ciothe,
magakoma o ta thiiya ĩnyiitĩtwo nĩ mũtego.
Maiyũrĩtwo nĩ mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova,
na ikũũma rĩa Ngai wanyu.
2151:21 Isa 14:32Nĩ ũndũ ũcio igua ũhoro ũyũ, wee ũnyariirĩtwo,
ũkarĩĩo, no ti ndibei ĩkũrĩĩte.
22Mwathani Jehova Ngai waku
ũrĩa ũgitagĩra andũ ake, ekuuga ũũ:
“Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngwehereirie gĩkombe kĩrĩa gĩatũmire ũtũgũge,
ngakĩruta guoko-inĩ gwaku;
o na ngakwehereria mbakũri ya mangʼũrĩ makwa,
na ndũgacooka kũmĩnyuĩra rĩngĩ.
2351:23 Jer 25:15-17, 26, 28; Zek 12:2Nĩnganeana mbakũri ĩyo moko-inĩ ma arĩa makũnyariiraga,
o arĩa maakwĩrire atĩrĩ,
‘Wĩgũithie thĩ, nĩguo tũkũgerere igũrũ.’
Nawe ũgĩkoma, mũgongo waku ũgĩtuĩka taarĩ thĩ,
na ũkĩũtua taarĩ njĩra nĩguo andũ acio makũgeragĩre igũrũ.”
