Isaya
58 “Bijikishai; kange mwikileke ne!
Bijikai na jiwi jenu ja peulu nobe lusengo.
Buulai bantu bami bubi bwabo,+
Ne ba mu kisemi kya kwa Yakoba mambo abo.
2 Bankebakeba pa juba pa juba,
Kabiji basangalela mu kukeba kuyuka mashinda ami,
Nobe bajinga kisaka kya bantu kyaubilenga bintu byaoloka
Kabiji kyabujile kusankilapo bololoke bwa Lesa+ wabo.
Bakeba’mba nebachibile mambo monka mo aolokela,
Ne kukeba kufwenya kwipi ne Lesa:+
3 ‘Mambo ka o mubujila kumona byo tuzhikilwa na nzala?+
Kabiji mambo ka o mubujila kumona byo twimanyika atwe bene?’*+
Mambo pa juba jo muzhikilwa na nzala, mubatu bikeba michima yenu,*
Kabiji mumanyika bantu benu ba mingilo.+
4 Anweba mwitobosha ne kulwa kimye kyo muzhikilwa na nzala,
Kabiji mwipuma na binkonyi bya bubi.
Kechi mwakonsha kuzhikilwa na nzala byonka byo muba ne kulengela mawi enu kumvwanyika mwiulu ne.
5 Nanchi juba jo nasajile ja kuzhikilwa na nzala jafwainwa kwikala bino,
Nobe juba muntu jo emanyikilamo aye mwine,*
Ja kunyengeka mutwe wanji nobe nsono yalepa,
Ja kwanshika bisapi bya majila nobe mwanya ne kusansapo buto nyi?
Nanchi jino jo juba jo mutela’mba ja kuzhikilwa na nzala ne kutokesheshamo Yehoba ku muchima nyi?
6 Ine, jino jo juba ja kuzhikilwa na nzala jo nasajile:
Ja kukasulula minyololo ya bubi,
Ja kukasulula ntambo ya ku kikonkoji,+
Ja kukasulula bantu bo bamanyikilenga,+
Ne kuchimauna bikonkoji byonse pakachi;
7 Ke juba ja kuja kajo kenu na boba bafwa nzala,+
Ja kuleta bayanji ne boba babula mazubo mu nzubo yobe,
Ja kuvwika muntu ye mwamona wabula bya kuvwala,+
Kabiji ke juba ja kubula kwifya ku balongo benu.
8 Ponkapo kyeya kyenu kikasama nobe lukelo,+
Kabiji bakemubuka bukiji.
Bololoke bwenu bukemutangijilanga,
Ne lukumo lwa Yehoba lukekala kunyuma yenu na kwimuzhikijila.+
9 Kabiji byo muketa, Yehoba ukakumbula;
Mukakeba bukwasho, ne aye ukemwambila’mba, ‘Amiwa bano!’
Umvwe mwafumya bikonkoji byenu
Ne kuleka kwitongaula minwe ne kwiambila byatama,+
10 Kabiji umvwe mwapana kajo ko mwatemwa ku muntu wafwa nzala+
Ne kukwasha boba bo bamanyika,*
Kepo kyeya kyenu kikasamina ne mu mfishi,
Ne mfishi yenu ikaluka nobe kyeya kya mute.+
11 Yehoba ukemutangijilanga kimye kyonse
Kabiji ukemupa* bintu mu ntanda yauma;+
Ukakosesha bikupa byenu,
Kabiji mukekala nobe mashamba o batekezha bulongo,+
Nobe nsulo ya mema ibula kuma.
12 Na mambo a anweba, bakashimukulula bintu byaonaikile,+
Kabiji mukatunga jibiji pa bitendekesho patungile bisemi byajingako kala.+
13 Umvwe na mambo a Sabado, mwaleka* kuba bintu bikeba* michima yenu pa juba jami jazhila,+
Ne kutela juba ja Sabado amba ke juba jawama bingi, juba jazhila ja Yehoba, juba ja kumutumbijikilamo,+
Kabiji mwijinemeka ne kubula kuba bintu bikeba michima yenu ne kubula kwamba bintu byatutu,
14 Po po mukasangalela mwi Yehoba,
Kabiji nkemulengela kwenda peulu pene ya ntanda.+