Invitation to the thirsty
1‘Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labour on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3Give ear and come to me;
listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a ruler and commander of the peoples.
5Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendour.’
6Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,’
declares the Lord.
9‘As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
it will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
13Instead of the thorn-bush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure for ever.’
Gwĩtwo kwa Andũ Anyootu
155:1 Joh 4:14; Kũg 3:18“Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ inyuothe arĩa mũnyootiĩ-rĩ,
ũkaai mũnyue maaĩ;
na inyuĩ mũtarĩ na mbeeca-rĩ,
ũkaai mũgũre irio, mũrĩe!
Ũkaai, mũgũre ndibei na iria
mũtarĩ na mbeeca mũkũruta, na hatarĩ na thogora.
2Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mũtũmĩre mbeeca harĩ irio gũtarĩ,
o na mũnoge mũkĩrutĩra wĩra kĩndũ gĩtangĩmũhũũnia?
Thikĩrĩriai na mũnjigue, nĩguo mũrĩĩage indo iria njega,
nacio ngoro cianyu nĩirĩkenagĩra irio iria njega mũno.
355:3 Kĩam 9:16; Atũm 13:34Tegai matũ mũthikĩrĩrie, na mũũke kũrĩ niĩ;
njiguai nĩgeetha mũtũũre muoyo.
Na niĩ nĩngarĩĩkanĩra na inyuĩ kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa gũtũũra tene na tene,
arĩ wendo wakwa wa kwĩhokeka ũrĩa nderĩire Daudi.
455:4 Kũg 1:5; 2Maũ 7:18Atĩrĩrĩ ũcio nĩndĩmũtuĩte mũira kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ,
na ngamũtua mũtongoria na mũnene wa ndũrĩrĩ.
5Ti-itherũ nĩũgeeta ndũrĩrĩ iria ũtooĩ,
nacio ndũrĩrĩ iria itakũũĩ itengʼere ciũke kũrĩ we,
nĩ ũndũ wa Jehova Ngai waku,
o we Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli,
nĩgũkorwo nĩakũhumbĩte ũkengu mũnene.”
655:6 Thab 32:6; 2Akor 6:1-2Mathaai Jehova hĩndĩ ĩrĩa angĩoneka;
mũkaĩrei hĩndĩ ĩrĩa arĩ hakuhĩ.
755:7 Isa 44:22; 2Maũ 6:21Mũndũ ũrĩa mwaganu nĩatigane na mĩthiĩre yake,
nake mũndũ ũrĩa ũtarĩ mũthingu atigane na meciiria make mooru.
Nĩacookerere Jehova, na nĩekũmũiguĩra tha,
na acookerere Ngai witũ,
nĩgũkorwo nĩakĩragĩrĩria kũrekanĩra.
855:8 Afil 2:5; Mik 4:12“Nĩgũkorwo meciiria makwa timo meciiria manyu,
o na kana mĩthiĩre yanyu ĩgatuĩka ta mĩthiĩre yakwa,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
955:9 Thab 103:11“O ta ũrĩa matu maraihanĩrĩirie na thĩ,
ũguo noguo mĩthiĩre yakwa ĩraihanĩrĩirie na mĩthiĩre yanyu,
o na meciiria makwa magakĩra meciiria manyu.
1055:10 Alaw 25:19; 2Akor 9:10Nĩgũkorwo o ta ũrĩa mbura yuraga,
narĩo ira rĩkaharũrũka kuuma igũrũ,
na iticookaga kuo itaihũgĩtie thĩ
na igatũma mĩmera ĩthundũke na ĩciare,
nĩguo mũhandi aheo mbeũ
na ũrĩa wendaga kũrĩa aheo irio ciake,
1155:11 Gũcook 32:2; Ahib 4:12ũguo noguo kiugo gĩakwa kĩrĩa kiumaga kanua gakwa gĩgaaikara:
Kiugo kĩu gĩtikanjookerera o ro ũguo tũhũ,
no nĩgĩkahingia ũrĩa nyendete wĩkwo,
na gĩkinyanĩrie muoroto ũrĩa watũmire ndĩgĩtũme.
1255:12 Isa 54:10, 13; 1Maũ 16:33Ũkoimagara na gĩkeno,
na ũthiiage ũtongoretio nĩ thayũ;
irĩma o na tũrĩma nacio
nĩigaitĩka kũina rwĩmbo mbere yaku,
nayo mĩtĩ yothe ya gĩthaka nĩĩkahũũra hĩ.
1355:13 Isa 41:19; Isa 63:12Ithenya rĩa mĩigua-rĩ, gũkaamera mĩthengera,
na ithenya rĩa congʼe kũmere mĩhandathi.
Naguo ũndũ ũcio ũgaatuĩka wa gũtũma Jehova agĩe igweta,
na ũtuĩke kĩmenyithia gĩa gũtũũra nginya tene, kĩrĩa gĩtagathũkio.”
