The helper of Israel
1‘Be silent before me, you islands!
Let the nations renew their strength!
Let them come forward and speak;
let us meet together at the place of judgment.
2‘Who has stirred up one from the east,
calling him in righteousness to his service41:2 Or east, / whom victory meets at every step?
He hands nations over to him
and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust with his sword,
to wind-blown chaff with his bow.
3He pursues them and moves on unscathed,
by a path his feet have not travelled before.
4Who has done this and carried it through,
calling forth the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord – with the first of them
and with the last – I am he.’
5The islands have seen it and fear;
the ends of the earth tremble.
They approach and come forward;
6they help each other
and say to their companions, ‘Be strong!’
7The metalworker encourages the goldsmith,
and the one who smooths with the hammer
spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, ‘It is good.’
The other nails down the idol so that it will not topple.
8‘But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
9I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, “You are my servant”;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
10So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11‘All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
12Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
13For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
14Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,
little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help you,’ declares the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15‘See, I will make you into a threshing-sledge,
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.
16You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale will blow them away.
But you will rejoice in the Lord
and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17‘The poor and needy search for water,
but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
But I the Lord will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18I will make rivers flow on barren heights,
and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert into pools of water,
and the parched ground into springs.
19I will put in the desert
the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers in the wasteland,
the fir and the cypress together,
20so that people may see and know,
may consider and understand,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21‘Present your case,’
says the Lord.
‘Set forth your arguments,’
says Jacob’s King.
22‘Tell us, you idols,
what is going to happen.
Tell us what the former things were,
so that we may consider them
and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,
23tell us what the future holds,
so that we may know you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,
so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.
24But you are less than nothing
and your works are utterly worthless;
whoever chooses you is detestable.
25‘I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes –
one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads on rulers as if they were mortar,
as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26Who told of this from the beginning, so that we could know,
or beforehand, so that we could say, “He was right”?
No-one told of this,
no-one foretold it,
no-one heard any words from you.
27I was the first to tell Zion, “Look, here they are!”
I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.
28I look but there is no-one –
no-one among the gods to give counsel,
no-one to give answer when I ask them.
29See, they are all false!
Their deeds amount to nothing;
their images are but wind and confusion.
Mũteithia wa Isiraeli
1“Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ icigĩrĩra, ta kirai ki mũrĩ mbere yakwa!
Nacio ndũrĩrĩ nĩcierũhie hinya wacio!
Nĩcikuhĩrĩrie ciarie;
nĩtũcemaniei hamwe tũciire.
241:2 Ezar 1:2; Isa 45:1, 13“Nũũ warahũrĩte mũndũ oime na mwena wa irathĩro,
akamwĩta amũtungatagĩre na ũthingu?
Aneanaga ndũrĩrĩ kũrĩ we,
na agatooria athamaki makamwathĩkagĩra.
Amatuuaga o ta rũkũngũ na rũhiũ rwake rwa njora,
akamatua maragara na ũta wake nao makombũrwo nĩ rũhuho.
3Amatengʼeragia, akamahĩtũka atagurarĩtio,
o na angĩkorwo nĩ njĩra atarĩ agerera na magũrũ make mbere ĩyo.
441:4 Isa 44:6; Kũg 1:8, 17Nũũ wĩkĩte ũndũ ũcio na akaũhingia,
ageeta njiarwa marĩĩtwa kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria?
Niĩ Jehova, nĩ niĩ wa mbere
na wa kũrigĩrĩria; niĩ nĩ niĩ we.”
5Icigĩrĩra nĩciĩoneire ũndũ ũcio na igetigĩra;
nacio ituri cia thĩ ikainaina.
Ikuhagĩrĩria na ikeyumĩria;
641:6 Josh 1:6o ũmwe ateithagia ũrĩa ũngĩ,
na akeera mũrũ wa nyina atĩrĩ, “Wĩyũmĩrĩrie mũno!”
741:7 Jer 10:3-5; Isa 46:7Mũbundi ekagĩra mũturi wa thahabu hinya,
nake ũrĩa ũnyorokagia na nyondo ĩrĩa nene
omagĩrĩria ũrĩa ũturagĩra ihiga-inĩ rĩa ũturi.
Nake akoiga atĩrĩ, “Wĩra ũcio wa kũnyiitithania cuma nĩ mwega.”
Akanyiitithania mũhianano ũcio wa kũhooywo na mĩcumarĩ, nĩguo ndũkenyenye, ũgwe.
841:8 2Maũ 20:7; Jak 2:23“No rĩrĩ, wee Isiraeli, ndungata yakwa,
o wee Jakubu ũrĩa thuurĩte,
o inyuĩ njiaro cia Iburahĩmu mũrata wakwa,
9ndakũrutire kuuma ituri cia thĩ,
ngĩgwĩta kuuma koine ciayo iria irĩ kũraya mũno.
Ngĩkwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Wee ũrĩ ndungata yakwa;’
nĩngũthuurĩte na ndikũregete.
1041:10 Isa 43:2, 5; Thaam 3:20Nĩ ũndũ ũcio tiga gwĩtigĩra, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ hamwe nawe;
tiga kũmaka, nĩgũkorwo niĩ nĩ niĩ Ngai waku.
Nĩndĩkuongagĩrĩra hinya na ngũteithagie;
na ti-itherũ nĩndĩrĩgũtiiragĩrĩra na guoko gwakwa kwa ũrĩo kwa ũthingu.
1141:11 Isa 45:24“Andũ arĩa othe makũrakaragĩra magagũũkĩrĩra
ti-itherũ nĩmagaconorithio na manyararithio;
arĩa marũaga nawe
magaatuĩka o ta kĩndũ hatarĩ na mathire biũ.
1241:12 Isa 17:14O na ũngĩgaacaria thũ ciaku, ndũgaaciona.
Andũ arĩa mahũũranaga mbaara nawe
magaatuĩka o ta kĩndũ hatarĩ.
13Nĩgũkorwo niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, Ngai waku,
ũrĩa ũkũnyiitaga guoko kwa ũrĩo,
na agakwĩra atĩrĩ, Tiga gwĩtigĩra;
nĩngũgũteithia.
1441:14 Kĩam 15:1; Ayub 4:19Tiga gwĩtigĩra, wee Jakubu kagunyũ gaka,
o wee Isiraeli gakundi kanini,
niĩ mwene nĩ niĩ ngũgũteithia,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga,
ũcio Mũkũũri waku, Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
1541:15 Ayub 41:30; Thab 107:33“Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngagũtua kĩhũũri kĩa ngano,
kĩhũũri kĩerũ na kĩũgĩ, kĩna magego maingĩ.
Nĩũkahũũra irĩma na ũcihehenje,
natuo tũrĩma ũtũtue mũũngũ.
1641:16 Jer 51:2; Mar 1:24Wee nĩũgaacihuha, naruo rũhuho rũcigũrũkie,
nakĩo kĩhuhũkanio gĩcihurunje.
No rĩrĩ, wee nĩũgakenera Jehova,
na wĩrahagĩre Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
17“Andũ arĩa athĩĩni na abatari methaga maaĩ ma kũnyua, no gũtirĩ;
nĩmĩ ciao nĩcingʼarĩtio nĩ nyoota.
No rĩrĩ, niĩ Jehova nĩngamacookeria ũhoro;
niĩ Ngai wa Isiraeli, ndirĩ hĩndĩ ngaamatiganĩria.
1841:18 2Ath 3:17; Isa 35:7Nĩngatũma njũũĩ itherere kũu rũngʼũrĩ-inĩ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru,
nacio ithima itherũke cianda-inĩ.
Nĩngatũma kũu werũ-inĩ kũgĩe tũria twa maaĩ,
nakuo kũndũ kũrĩa kũngʼaru ndũme gũtherũke ithima cia maaĩ.
19Nĩngahaanda mĩtarakwa na mĩgaa,
na mĩhandathi na mĩtamaiyũ kũu werũ-inĩ.
Na haande mĩbinde kũndũ kũrĩa gũtakũraga kĩndũ,
na mĩthengera, na mĩkarakaba o hamwe,
2041:20 Thaam 6:7; Ezar 7:6nĩgeetha andũ mone na mamenye,
mecũũranie na mataũkĩrwo,
atĩ nĩ guoko kwa Jehova gwĩkĩte maũndũ macio,
na atĩ Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli nĩwe wamĩũmbire.”
21Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Rehei ciira wanyu ũrĩa mũrĩ naguo.
Onaniai ihooto cianyu cia hinya,”
ũguo nĩguo Mũthamaki wa Jakubu ekuuga.
2241:22 Isa 45:21; Joh 13:19“Rehei ngai cianyu cia mĩhianano ya kũhooywo
itwĩre ũrĩa gũkaahaana.
Twĩrei ũrĩa maũndũ ma tene maatariĩ,
nĩguo twĩcũũranie ũhoro wamo,
na tũmenye ũrĩa makaarigĩrĩria.
Kana mũtũmenyithie ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa magooka thuutha,
2341:23 Isa 45:3; Jer 10:5na mũtwĩre ũrĩa gũgaikara thuutha-inĩ,
nĩguo tũmenye atĩ mũrĩ ngai.
Ĩkai ũndũ mwega kana mũũru,
nĩguo tũmake na tũiyũrwo nĩ guoya.
2441:24 Isa 37:19; Thab 109:7No rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrĩ kĩndũ hatarĩ,
na mawĩra manyu matirĩ bata;
mũndũ ũrĩa ũmwĩthuurĩire atariĩ o ta kĩndũ kĩrĩ magigi.
2541:25 Jer 50:9, 41“Nĩnjarahũrĩte mũndũ wa kuuma gathigathini, na nĩarooka:
mũndũ uumĩte irathĩro rĩa riũa ũrĩa ũkayagĩra rĩĩtwa rĩakwa.
Arangagĩrĩria aathani a thĩ o ta marĩ ndaka,
akamarangĩrĩria o ta ũrĩa mũmbi akimaga rĩũmba.
2641:26 Hab 2:18-19Nũũ waheanire ũhoro ũcio kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria, nĩguo tũũmenye;
kana akĩũheana mbere ĩyo, nĩguo tuuge atĩrĩ, ‘Ũhoro ũcio aarĩtie nĩ wa ma’?
Gũtirĩ mũndũ weranire ũhoro ũyũ,
na gũtirĩ mũndũ waũheanĩte mbere ĩyo,
gũtirĩ mũndũ waiguĩte ũhoro ũyũ kuuma kũrĩ inyuĩ.
2741:27 Isa 40:9Nĩ niĩ ndaarĩ wa mbere kwĩra Zayuni atĩrĩ, ‘Atĩrĩrĩ, aya marĩ haha!’
Nĩ niĩ ndatũmire mũndũ athiĩ Jerusalemu agatware ũhoro ũrĩa mwega.
2841:28 Isa 63:5Ndĩrarora no hatirĩ mũndũ;
gũtirĩ mũndũ thĩinĩ wao ũngĩheana kĩrĩra,
gũtirĩ mũndũ wa kũnjookeria ũhoro rĩrĩa ingĩmoria kĩũria.
2941:29 1Sam 12:21; Jer 5:13Atĩrĩrĩ, andũ othe nĩ a maheeni!
Ciĩko ciao no cia tũhũ;
mĩhianano yao ya gwacũhio ĩhaana o ta rũhuho, na nĩ ya tũhũ mũtheri.
