Isaya
45 Abino byo byaamba Yehoba pa mushingwa wanji Kilusa,+
Yenka ye nakwata ku kuboko kwa ku kilujo+
Kuba’mba ashinde bisaka bya bantu,+
Ne kupwisha bulume* bwa bamfumu,
Kuba’mba bamushinkwile binzhilo bibiji bikwata,
Pa kuba’mba bibelo bakabule kwibishinka:
2 “Amiwa nkatangilako kulutwe yobe,+
Nkakupalañenya tutumbatumba.
Nkalalaula binzhilo bya mukuba,
Ne konauna tupingilo twa kyela kya kapotwe.+
3 Amiwa nkakupa bya buneme biji mu mfishi
Ne bya buneme byo bafya mwafyamika,+
Pa kuba’mba ukayuke’mba amiwa yami Yehoba,
Lesa wa Isalela, yenka wa kwita pa jizhina jobe.+
4 Na mambo a kalume wami aye Yakoba ne Isalela ye nasala,
Amiwa nakwita pa jizhina jobe.
Mbena kukutumba jizhina ja mushingi, nangwa kya kuba kechi wangyukile ne.
5 Amiwa yami Yehoba, kafwako mukwabo ne.
Kafwako Lesa mukwabo ne, yami yenka.+
Amiwa nkakukosesha* nangwa kya kuba kechi wangyukile ne,
6 Pa kuba’mba bantu
Bafuma kuselela juba ne ko jizhikila* bakayuke’mba
Kafwako mukwabo ne, yami yenkatu.+
Yami Yehoba, kafwako mukwabo ne.+
8 Anweba bya mwiulu, ikilai kufuma mwiulu nobe mvula;+
Makumbi anokeshe bololoke.
Ntanda yabanepo ne kupanga bipangwa bya lupulukilo,
Ne kumenesha bololoke pa kimye kimo.+
Amiwa Yehoba, yami nebyuba.”
9 Malwa anji awa ulwa* na Mulenga* wanji,
Mambo aye ujitu nobe kiinga
Kiji pa biinga bikwabo byatebaukila panshi!
Nanchi buchimba bwakonsha kwambila Mbumbi* amba: “Ñanyi kintu kyo ubena kubumba nyi?”+
Nangwa mbumbi kumwambila ku kintu kyo abumba amba: “Maboko ufwao nyi”?*
10 Malwa anji awa wambila bashanji amba: “Mambo ka o mwansemejile?”
Ne kwambila bainanji amba: “Mwansemejile ka?”*
11 Yehoba, yenka Wazhila wa Isalela,+ yenka wamubumbile waamba’mba:
“Nanchi wakonsha kungipuzha pa bintu bikamweka kulutwe
Ne kumbuula bintu bya kuba na baana bami+ ne pa bintu byo nalenga na maboko ami nyi?
12 Yami nalengele ntanda+ ne kulengelapo muntu.+
13 Yehoba wa mabumba waamba’mba, “Amiwa nkaleta muntu mu bololoke,+
Kabiji nkamolwela mashinda anji onse.
Aye ye ukashimika muzhi wami+
Ne kukasulula bazha bami+ kwa kubula mali nangwa kutambula mazhikakanwa.”+
14 Yehoba waamba’mba:
“Bya bunonshi* bya bena Ijipita, busulu* bwa bena Etiopya ne bena Saba bantu bazama,
Bakeya kwi obewa ne kwikala ke bantu bobe.
Bakakulondelanga saka bebakasa minyololo.
Bakeya kwi obewa ne kukufukamina.+
Bakakwambila mu lulombelo amba, ‘Kine Lesa uji nanji,+
Kabiji kechi kujipo Lesa mukwabo ne, kanatu aye yenka kwapwa.’”
15 Kine, anweba mwi Lesa wifya aye mwine,
Anweba Lesa wa Isalela, Mupulushi.+
16 Bonse bakebalengesha bumvu ne kwibalengulula;
Bantu bonse basonga bankishi, bakebafumyapo saka kibalenga bumvu.+
17 Pakuba Isalela bakamupulusha kwi Yehoba myaka ne myaka.+
Obewa kechi bakakulengesha bumvu nangwa kukulengulwisha myaka ne myaka ne.+
18 Mambo Yehoba,
Mulenga walengele bya mwiulu,+ Lesa wa kine,
Yenka walengele ntanda, Mulenga wiikajikile,+
Kechi wiilengele kwikala yatutu* ne, bino wiilengele’mba mukekalenga bantu,+
Waamba’mba: “Amiwa yami Yehoba, kechi kujipo mukwabo ne.
19 Amiwa kechi naambijile mwafyamika,+ mu kyalo muji mfishi ne;
Kechi naambijile baana* ba kwa Yakoba namba,
‘Nkebakebai, pano bino kechi mukantaana ne.’
Amiwa yami Yehoba, wamba bintu bya kine ne kusapwila byaoloka.+
20 Ikonkanyai pamo mwiye.
Iyai pamo anweba bonse mwapuluka mu bisaka bya bantu.+
Aba basenda bankishi ba kusonga
Ne kulomba kwi lesa wakonsha kubula kwibapulusha, kafwako kyo bayuka ne.+
21 Ilondolwelai mambo enu byo aji.
Umvwañanai anwe bene na bene kabiji muyile mumo.
Ñanyi waambijile jimo bino bintu
Kabiji ñanyi wikyambile mu moba a kala kene?
Nanchi kechi amiwa Yehoba nenyi?
22 Anweba bonse mwikala mwaya ntanda, bwelai kwi amiwa kuba’mba mupuluke,+
Mambo amiwa yami Lesa, kafwako mukwabo ne.+
Manungo onse akamfukamina,
Ne bantu bonse bakachipa kwi amiwa mu bukishinka+
24 Ne kwamba’mba, ‘Kine, mwi Yehoba mo muji bololoke ne bulume.
Aba bonse bamuzhingijila bakeya kwi aye saka kibalenga bumvu.