Isaya
33 Malwa obe, obewa wonauna ye bakyangye konauna;+
Obewa walukamo bakwenu ye bakyangye kwalukamo!
Byo ukapwisha konauna, ne obewa bakakonauna.+
Byo ukapwisha kwibalukamo, ne obewa bakakwalukamo.
2 Anweba Yehoba, tubilai bibusa.+
Yenu yenka twaketekela.
Tukwashainga na mukoko*+ wenu kimye kyonse lukelo,
Kine, anweba yenu mwitupulusha mu bimye bya malwa.+
3 Bantu byo bakomvwanga kyungwe, bakanyema.
Kimye kyo mukemana, bisaka bya bantu bikapalañenamo.+
4 Byonkatu nzhiye byo ibungakena pamo na kuja kajo, ne bintu byenu byo baonauna byo byo bakebipwizha pamo;
Byonkatu biiya kisamba kya nzhiye, ne bantu byo byo bakeya na kwibipukula.
5 Yehoba ukatumbijikwa,
Mambo aye wikala mwiulu mwine.
Aye ukakumbanya Ziona na bunchibamambo bwaoloka ne bololoke.
6 Aye ye nkwasho wenu kimye kyonse;
Bukishinka, maana, kuyuka bintu ne kwakamwa Yehoba+ bikaleta lupulukilo+
Mambo bino bintu byo byo anemeka bingi.
7 Talai! Babiyangala babo babena kujila mu mukwakwa;
Baluwe baleta mbila ya mutende babena kujila bingi.
8 Mu mikwakwa bantu baleka kupitamo;
Kafwako muntu nangwa umo upita mu mashinda a tulolo ne.
9 Kyalo kibena kujila mabingo ne kuba bulanda.
Bichi bya Lebanoni bebilengesha bumvu;+ byabola.
Shalona washalatu nobe kiselebwa,
Kabiji Bashana ne Kamela bakunta mabuula abo.+
11 Mwaimichile nsono yauma kabiji mwasemene bishinshi bya nsono.
Milanguluko yenu ikemukatazha nobe bemusoka na mujilo.+
12 Kabiji mitundu ya bantu ikekala nobe nswakala ye basoka.
Byonka byo kikala ku miba yo batema, ne abo bakebasoka mu mujilo.+
13 Anweba muji kwalepa, umvwai byo nkeba kuba!
Ne anweba muji pepi, yukai bulume bwami!
14 Bandengamambo baji mu Ziona, moyo wibakwata;+
Moyo wibakwata bansatuki ne kwipuzha’mba:
‘Ñanyi mwi atweba wakonsha kwikala muji mujilo ubena kuteema?+
Ñanyi mwi atweba wakonsha kwikala mu lubebe lwa mujilo ubula kuzhima?’
15 Kana yenkawa utwajijila kwenda mu bololoke,+
Wamba bya kine,+
Ukana kuba bintu mu jishinda jabula ja kishinka, ko kuba’mba ubula kumwena mali mu jishinda jatama,
Ukana kutambula mazhikakanwa nangwa kwangata bintu,+
Ukana kuteleka ku bapingila kwipaya bakwabo,
Kabiji yenka ukanya meso anji kutala pa bintu byatama
16 —Aye ukekala peulu pene ya mitumba;
Kya kufyamamo* kyanji kikekala nsakwa ya mabwe,
Bakamupanga kajo,
Kabiji kechi bakamutananga mema a kutoma ne.”+
17 Meso enu akamona buya bwa mfumu;
Kabiji akamona kyalo kiji kwalepa.
18 Mukavuluka mu michima yenu* bintu bileta moyo ne kwipuzha’mba:
“Nanchi munembeshi uji pi?
Baji pi aba bapainenga misonko?+
Baji pi aba babajilenga byamba?”
19 Bantu bashinta kechi mukebamonapo jibiji ne,
Bonka bamba mulaka wakatazha* kumvwa,
Bamba mulaka ungi wa kukankalwa kukwatakanya.+
20 Talai Ziona, muzhi mo tujiila bijiilo byetu!+
Meso enu akamona Yelusalema kwikala mpunzha ya mutende,
Tente ye bakabula kupopolola.+
Mpopo ya tente kechi bakeisumpulapo ne,
Kabiji kafwako ntambo nangwa imo ya ku tente ikachibikako ne.
21 Pakuba Yehoba wa lukumo,
Ukekala kwi atweba nobe kuntu kuji mikola yabaya ne twana twayo,
Kechi mukapita bwato bwa kuvuwa ne,
Kabiji kechi mukapitapo maato akatampe ne.
22 Mambo Yehoba ye Mutonyi wetu,+
Yehoba ye Upana Mizhilo,+
Yehoba ye Mfumu wetu,+
Aye ye uketupulusha.+
23 Ntambo ya maato a balwanyi benu ikazela;
Kechi yakonsha kukwata kakichi ko bemika kulutwe ya bwato nangwa kutanyika ntambo ya kwendesha bwato ne.
Pa kyokya kimye, bintu byavula byaonaika bakebyabana;
Ne balemana nabo bakasendapo bintu bimo.+
24 Kafwako muntu* nangwa umo ukekala mu kyalo ukamba’mba: “Nakolwa” ne.+
Bantu bakekalamo bakebalekelako mambo abo.+