God Will Save His People and Punish Their Enemies
1Who is this man coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom?
His clothes are stained bright red.
Who is he? He is dressed up in all his glory.
He is marching toward us with great strength.
The Lord answers, “It is I.
I have won the battle.
I am mighty.
I have saved my people.”
2Why are your clothes red?
They look as if you have been stomping
on grapes in a winepress.
3The Lord answers, “I have been stomping on the nations
as if they were grapes.
No one was there to help me.
I walked all over the nations because I was angry.
That is why I stomped on them.
Their blood splashed all over my clothes.
So my clothes were stained bright red.
4I decided it was time to pay back Israel’s enemies.
The year for me to set my people free had come.
5I looked around, but no one was there to help me.
I was shocked that no one gave me any help.
So I used my own power to save my people.
I had the strength to do it because I was angry.
6I walked all over the nations because I was angry with them.
I made them drink from the cup of my great anger.
I poured out their blood on the ground.”
Isaiah Praises the Lord and Prays to Him
7I will talk about the kind things the Lord has done.
I’ll praise him for everything he’s done for us.
He has done many good things
for the nation of Israel.
That’s because he loves us and is very kind to us.
8In the past he said, “They are my people.
They are children who will be faithful to me.”
So he saved them.
9When they suffered, he suffered with them.
He sent his angel to save them.
He set them free because he is loving and kind.
He lifted them up and carried them.
He did it again and again in days long ago.
10But they refused to obey him.
They made his Holy Spirit sad.
So he turned against them and became their enemy.
He himself fought against them.
11Then his people remembered what he did long ago.
They recalled the days of Moses and his people.
They asked, “Where is the God who brought
Israel through the Red Sea?
Moses led them as the shepherd of his flock.
Where is the God who put
his Holy Spirit among them?
12He used his glorious and powerful arm
to help Moses.
He parted the waters of the sea in front of them.
That mighty act made him famous forever.
13He led them through that deep sea.
Like a horse in open country,
they didn’t trip and fall.
14They were like cattle that are taken down to the plains.
They were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.”
That’s how he guided his people.
So he made a glorious name for himself.
15Lord, look down from heaven.
Look down from your holy and glorious throne.
Where is your great love for us?
Where is your power?
Why don’t you show us
your tender love and concern?
16You are our Father.
Abraham might not accept us as his children.
Jacob might not recognize us as his family.
But you are our Father, Lord.
Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.
17Lord, why do you let us wander away from you?
Why do you let us become so stubborn
that we don’t respect you?
Come back and help us.
We are the tribes that belong to you.
18For a little while your holy people possessed the land.
But now our enemies have torn your temple down.
19We are like people you never ruled over.
We are like those who don’t belong to you.
Yehova Agonjetsa Anthu a Mitundu Ina
1Kodi ndani uyo akubwera kuchokera ku Edomu,
atavala zovala za ku Bozira za madontho ofiira?
Kodi uyu ndani, amene wavala zovala zokongola,
akuyenda mwa mphamvu zake?
“Ndi Ineyo, woyankhula zachilungamo
ndiponso wamphamvu zopulumutsa.”
2Nanga bwanji zovala zanu zili psuu,
ngati za munthu wofinya mphesa?
3“Ndapondereza ndekha anthu a mitundu ina ngati mphesa,
palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe anali nane.
Ndinawapondereza ndili wokwiya
ndipo ndinawapondereza ndili ndi ukali;
magazi awo anadothera pa zovala zanga,
ndipo zovala zanga zonse zinathimbirira.
4Pakuti ndinatsimikiza mu mtima mwanga kuti lafika tsiku lolipsira anthu anga;
ndipo chaka cha kuwomboledwa kwanga chafika.
5Ndinayangʼana ndipo panalibe munthu wondithandiza.
Ndinadabwa kwambiri kuti panalibe wondichirikiza;
choncho ndinapambana ndi mphamvu zanga,
ndipo mkwiyo wanga unandilimbitsa.
6Ndinapondereza mitundu ya anthu ndili wokwiya;
ndipo ndinawasakaza
ndipo ndinathira magazi awo pansi.”
Matamando ndi Pemphero
7Ndidzafotokoza za kukoma mtima kwa Yehova,
ntchito zimene Iye ayenera kutamandidwa.
Ndidzatamanda Yehova chifukwa cha zonse zimene watichitira.
Inde, mwa chifundo ndi kukoma mtima kwake
Yehova wachitira nyumba ya Israeli
zinthu zabwino zambiri.
8Yehova anati, “Ndithu awa ndi anthu anga,
ana anga amene sadzandinyenga Ine.”
Choncho anawapulumutsa.
9Iyenso anasautsidwa mʼmasautso awo onse,
ndipo mngelo wochokera kwa Iye anawapulumutsa.
Mwa chikondi ndi chifundo chake iye anawapulumutsa,
anawanyamula ndikuwatenga
kuyambira kale lomwe.
10Komabe iwo anawukira
ndi kumvetsa chisoni Mzimu Woyera.
Motero Yehova anatembenuka nakhala mdani wawo
ndipo Iye mwini anamenyana nawo.
11Pamenepo anthu ake anakumbukira masiku amakedzana,
masiku a Mose mtumiki wake;
ndipo anafunsa kuti, “Ali kuti Yehova amene anawawolotsa pa nyanja,
pamodzi ndi Mose mʼbusa wawo?
Ali kuti Iye amene anayika
Mzimu Woyera pakati pawo?
12Ali kuti amene anachita zinthu zodabwitsa
ndi mphamvu zake zazikulu kudzera mwa Mose?
Ali kuti amene anagawa madzi pa nyanja anthu ake akuona,
kuti dzina lake limveke mpaka muyaya,
13amene anawayendetsa pa nyanja yozama?
Monga kavalo woyendayenda mʼchipululu,
iwo sanapunthwe;
14Mzimu Woyera unawapumulitsa
ngati mmene ngʼombe zimapumulira.
Umu ndi mmene Inu munatsogolera anthu anu
kuti dzina lanu lilemekezeke.”
15Inu Yehova amene muli kumwambako, pa mpando wanu wolemekezeka,
wopatulika ndi waulemerero, tiyangʼaneni ife.
Kodi changu chanu ndi mphamvu zanu zili kuti?
Simukutionetsanso kukoma mtima kwanu ndi chifundo chanu.
16Koma Inu ndinu Atate athu,
ngakhale Abrahamu satidziwa
kapena Israeli kutivomereza ife;
Inu Yehova, ndinu Atate athu,
kuyambira kale dzina lanu ndinu Mpulumutsi wathu.
17Chifukwa chiyani, Inu Yehova, mukutisocheretsa pa njira zanu?
Bwanji mukutilola kuti tikhale owuma mitima kotero kuti sitikukuopaninso?
Bwererani chifukwa cha atumiki anu;
mafuko a anthu amene ali cholowa chanu.
18Anthu anu atangokhala pa malo anu opatulika pa kanthawi kochepa,
adani athu anasakaza malo anu opatulika.
19Ife tili ngati anthu amene
simunawalamulirepo
ngati iwo amene sanakhalepo anthu anu.
