Isaiah 64 – NIV & GKY

New International Version

Isaiah 64:1-12

In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11. 1Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,

that the mountains would tremble before you!

2As when fire sets twigs ablaze

and causes water to boil,

come down to make your name known to your enemies

and cause the nations to quake before you!

3For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,

you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

4Since ancient times no one has heard,

no ear has perceived,

no eye has seen any God besides you,

who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

5You come to the help of those who gladly do right,

who remember your ways.

But when we continued to sin against them,

you were angry.

How then can we be saved?

6All of us have become like one who is unclean,

and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;

we all shrivel up like a leaf,

and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

7No one calls on your name

or strives to lay hold of you;

for you have hidden your face from us

and have given us over to64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of our sins.

8Yet you, Lord, are our Father.

We are the clay, you are the potter;

we are all the work of your hand.

9Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord;

do not remember our sins forever.

Oh, look on us, we pray,

for we are all your people.

10Your sacred cities have become a wasteland;

even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.

11Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you,

has been burned with fire,

and all that we treasured lies in ruins.

12After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?

Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?

Holy Bible in Gĩkũyũ

Isaia 64:1-12

164:1 Thab 144:5; Mik 1:3Atĩrĩrĩ, naarĩ korwo watarũranga matu ũikũrũke gũkũ thĩ,

nĩguo irĩma ithingithe irĩ mbere yaku!

264:2 Thab 99:1; Jer 5:22O ta ũrĩa mwaki ũmundagia thari ikarĩrĩmbũka,

na ũgatũma maaĩ matherũke-rĩ,

ikũrũka thĩ ũtũme rĩĩtwa rĩaku rĩmenywo nĩ thũ ciaku,

na ũtũme ndũrĩrĩ ciinaine irĩ mbere yaku!

364:3 Thab 65:5Nĩgũkorwo hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Wee wekire maũndũ ma kũmakania marĩa tũteerĩgĩrĩire-rĩ,

nĩwaikũrũkire, nacio irĩma igĩthingitha irĩ mbere yaku.

464:4 1Akor 2:9Kuuma o tene gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe ũrĩ waigua maũndũ ta macio,

na gũtirĩ gũtũ kũrĩ kwaigua ũhoro ta ũcio,

o na kana riitho rĩkĩona Ngai ũngĩ tawe,

ũrĩa wĩkaga maũndũ nĩ ũndũ wa andũ arĩa maikaraga mamwetereire.

5Wee ũũkaga gũteithia andũ arĩa mekaga maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire makenete,

o acio maririkanaga njĩra ciaku.

No rĩrĩa twagire gũcirũmĩrĩra tũgĩthiĩ na mbere na kwĩhia-rĩ,

wee nĩwarakarire.

Ithuĩ-rĩ, tũngĩkĩhonoka atĩa?

664:6 Isa 46:12; Thab 90:5-6Ithuothe tũtuĩkĩte ta mũndũ ũrĩ na thaahu,

na ciĩko ciothe cia ũthingu witũ ihaana ta ndangari irĩ magigi;

ithuothe tũhohaga tũkahaana ta ithangũ,

namo mehia maitũ magatũhuruta o ta ũrĩa rũhuho rũhuruutaga maragara.

7Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe ũkayagĩra rĩĩtwa rĩaku,

kana akageria anyiitane nawe;

nĩgũkorwo nĩũtũhithĩte ũthiũ waku,

ũgagĩtũma tũhinyĩrĩrĩke nĩ ũndũ wa mehia maitũ.

864:8 Thaam 4:22; Isa 29:16No rĩrĩ, Wee Jehova, wee nĩwe ithe witũ.

Ithuĩ tũrĩ rĩũmba, nawe nĩwe mũtũũmbi;

ithuothe tũrĩ wĩra wa moko maku.

964:9 Isa 54:8; Thab 100:3Wee Jehova-rĩ, tiga gũtũrakarĩra mũno makĩria,

o na kana ũtũũre ũririkanaga mehia maitũ.

Na rĩrĩ, ta tũrore twagũthaitha,

wone atĩ ithuothe tũrĩ andũ aku.

10Matũũra maku marĩa manene maamũre nĩmatuĩkĩte werũ;

o na itũũra rĩa Zayuni rĩtuĩkĩte werũ,

narĩo itũũra rĩa Jerusalemu rĩgakira ihooru.

1164:11 Thab 74:3-7; Alaw 26:31Hekarũ iitũ ĩrĩa nyamũre na ĩrĩ riiri,

kũrĩa maithe maitũ maakũgoocagĩra,

nĩĩcinĩtwo na mwaki,

nacio indo ciitũ ciothe iria irĩ bata nĩcianangĩtwo.

1264:12 Kĩam 43:31; Esit 4:14Thuutha wa maũndũ macio mothe, Wee Jehova-rĩ,

anga nĩũgũtũtiganĩria, wage gũtũteithia?

Ũgũkira o ro ũguo na ũkĩrĩrĩrie gũtũherithia makĩria?