Jesaja
44 “Paife pwilikina, ove Jakob, omupiya wange,
Naave, ove Israel, ou nda hoolola.
‘Ino kala wa tila, omupiya wange Jakob,
Naave, Jesurun,* oo nda hoolola.
3 Osheshi ohandi ka tila omeva kombada yaao a fya enota,*
Nomakungulukilo omeva medu likukutu.
Ohandi ka tilila omhepo yange kombada yoludalo loye,
Nenangekonoupuna lange kombada yoludalo loye.
4 Notava ka twiyuka va fa ve li momwiidi mutalala,
Ngaashi omiti da hapa nawa* di li pomatondokelo omeva.
5 Umwe ota ka tya: “Ame ondaJehova.”
Mukwao ote ke liifana nedina laJakob,
Naumwe vali ota ka shanga peke laye ta ti: “OndaJehova.”
Note ke liluka edina laIsrael.’
6 Eshi osho Jehova,
Ohamba yaIsrael nOmukulili waye, Jehova womatangakwaita, ta ti:
‘Aame ndotete nondaxuuninwa.
Kape na Kalunga umwe ehe fi ame.
7 Olyelye e li po a fa nge?
Ne shi shiivife, noku shi popya noku shi hololela nge!
Okudja efimbo olo nda shita ovanhu omido donale,
Nava popye kombinga yoinima oyo tai ke uya
Nosho yo oyo tai ka ningwa.
8 Inamu kala mwa tila,
Noinamu fya ombabanghukuta koumbada.
Mbela inandi lombwela keshe umwe womunye komesho yefimbo noku shi shiivifa?
Onye eendombwedi dange.
Mbela ope na ngoo vali Kalunga umwe ehe fi ame?
Ahowe, kape na vali Emanya limwe; kape na limwe ndi shii.’”
9 Aveshe ovo hava hongo oihongwafano ovongaho elela,
Noinima yavo, oyo va lenga, kai na ekwafo lasha.
Ngaashi eendombwedi dayo, ihai* mono ko, nokai shii sha,
Onghee ovo ve i ninga otava ka fifwa ohoni.
10 Olyelye ta ka honga oshikalunga, ile okuhambula oshihongwafano moshivela*
Osho itashi dulu okweeta ouwa washa?
11 Taleni! Aveshe ovo hava endafana naye otava ka fifwa ohoni!
Ovo have i hongo ovanhu vongaho.
Aveshe nava ongale nokukala ofika.
Otava ka tilifwa nokufifwa ohoni pamwe.
12 Omuhambwidi oha longele oshivela shilaula pomakala noshilongifo* shaye.
Ohe shi hambula neehamala,
Ohe shi longo nokwooko kwaye ku na eenghono.
Opo nee oha fi ondjala, noha kanifa eenghono;
Iha nu omeva, noha kala a loloka.
13 Omuhongi woiti oha nane ongodi yokumetifa, a tende omifinda nomya itilyana.
Ohe shi longo noshilongifo shokulalakanifa oiti nosho yo shokudidilikifa.
14 Ope na umwe oo oilonga yaye okuteta omiti domisederi.
Oha hoolola omuti wonhumba, omuti munene,
Nohe u efa u kule mokati komiti dikwao domofuka.
Okwa twika omuti, oo hau kala alushe wa hapa, nodula oye u kulika.
15 Opo nee ohau ningi oikuni yomunhu, a teme omundilo.
Oha kufa imwe yomuyo, a xuxumukwe;
Oha tema omundilo nokuteleka omungome.
Oha hongo mo yo oshikalunga noku shi longela.
Oha hongo mo oshihongwafano, nohe shi twile eengolo.
16 Etata lomuyo ohe i tema omundilo;
Netata lomuyo ohe i yofifa po ombelela oyo ta li, ndele ta kuta.
Oha xuxumukwa yo, ndele ta ti:
“Ah! Onda dja outalala, eshi handi tale omundilo.”
17 Ashike ei ya xupa po ohe i ningi oshikalunga, oshihongwafano shaye.
Ohe shi linyongamene noku shi longela.
Oha ilikana kusho, ndele ta ti:
“Xupife nge, osheshi oove kalunga kange.”
18 Kave na eshi ve shii, kave udite ko,
Molwaashi omesho avo okwa fifikinifwa, nokave wete ko,
Nomutima wavo kau na ounongo.
19 Kape na umwe ta diladila momutima waye,
Ile e na eshiivo, ile eudeko ta ti:
“Etata lomuyo onde i tema po omundilo,
Nokomakala ayo onda teleka ko omungome, nonda yofa ko ombelela ndi lye.
Mbela ei ya xupa po nandi i ninge oshinima shitondifa?
Mbela nandi longele oshitetela* shoshiti sha dja komuti?”
20 Oha li omute.
Omutima waye u na omakoto owe mu twalaatwala.
Ita dulu okulixupifa ye mwene,* noita ti:
“Mbela osho shi li meke lange lokolulyo kashi fi oipupulu?”
21 “Dimbuluka oinima ei, ove Jakob, nosho yo ove, ove Israel,
Osheshi ove omupiya wange.
Onde ku shita, nou li omupiya wange.
Ove Israel, itandi ke ku dimbwa.
22 Ohandi dimi po omanyono oye, a fa a uvikwa noshilemo,
Nomatimba oye a fa a uvikwa noshilemo shilaula.
Alukila kwaame, osheshi ohandi ke ku kulila.
23 Ingida nehafo, ove eulu,
Osheshi Jehova okwa katuka onghatu!
Ingideni omolwefindano, nye oule wedu!
Ingideni omolwehafo, nye eemhunda,
Nye eefuka nomiti deni adishe!
Osheshi Jehova okwa kulila Jakob,
Nokwa holola efimano laye okupitila muIsrael.”
24 Eshi osho Jehova, Omukulili woye,
Oo e ku ma, ofimbo wa li moshidalelo, ta ti:
“Aame Jehova, ou nda shita oinima aishe.
Onda nyanununa mo eulu ame mwene,
Nonda yala edu.
Olyelye a li pamwe naame?
25 Ohandi ka xulifa po omadidiliko ovanhu, ovo hava popi oinima yongaho,*
Naame aame handi ka ningifa ovanyanekeli va katuke ngaashi omalai;
Oo handi ka ngwangwaneka ovalumenhu ovanaendunge
Nokulundululila eshiivo lavo moulai;
26 Ou ta ningifa ondjovo yomupiya waye i wanifwe
Nokuwanifa filufilu osho ovatumwa vaye va xunganeka;
Oo ta ti kuJerusalem, ‘Otashi ka kalwa,’
Nokoilando yaJuda, ‘Otai ka tungululwa,
Nohandi ka tungulula oikulukuma yasho’;
27 Oo ta ti komeva malemale, ‘Pwiinina,
Nohandi ka pwiininika omilonga doye adishe’;
28 Oo ta ti kuKores, ‘Oye omufita wange,
Nota ka wanifa po filufilu keshe osho nda hala’;
Oo ta ti kuJerusalem, ‘Otashi ka tungululwa,’
Nokotembeli, ‘Ekanghameno loye otali ka dikwa.’”