Izaiya
21 Mafala analonga pya kutongwa kwa thando yakuti ndi ninga bara:*+
Ninga condzi cakufudza cinabuluka kunterero, nyatwa ikufika,
Kubulukira nʼthando, kubulukira mu dziko yakugopswa.+
2 Ine ndaoneswa masomphenya akugopswa:
Munthu waciphamaso mbakacita pinthu mwaciphamaso,
Pontho munthu wakufudza mbakafudza.
Iwe Elami, ndoko! Iwe Medhya,+ ndoko kazungulire nzinda!
Ine ndinadzamalisa nyatwa zonsene zidatomesa iye.+
3 Thangwi ya masomphenya anewa, ine ndiri kuthabuka kakamwe.*+
Ine ndiri kubva kupha kakamwe,
Ninga kubva kupha kunabva nkazi mu ndzidzi unabala iye.
Ine ndiri wakutsukwala kakamwe kwakuti nkhabe kwanisa kubva;
Ine ndiri wakudzudzumika kakamwe kwakuti nkhabe kwanisa kuona.
4 Ntima wanga ukupaluka; ndiri kutetemera thangwi yakugopa.
Kudoka kwa dzuwa kwakuti ndikhakudikhira kakamwe kusandicitisa kugopa.
5 Ikhani meza, pontho khunganyani mipando!
Dyani, pontho mwani!+
Imwe atsogoleri, lamukani, khwazani mafuta xango!
6 Yahova andipanga tenepa:
“Ndoko kaikhe nyakuonera toera alonge pinafuna ona iye.”
7 Iye aona ngolo ya nkhondo yakuti ikhakweyiwa na makavalo mawiri,
Aona ngolo ya nkhondo yakuti ikhakweyiwa na maburu,
Aona ngolo ya nkhondo yakuti ikhakweyiwa na makamelo.
Iye aonesesa mwadidi kakamwe.
8 Buluka penepo, iye akhuwa ninga nkhalamu:
“Yahova, namasikati onsene ine ndisakhala dzololo pa mbuto yakuonera,
Pontho namasiku onsene ndisaphata basa pa mbuto yanga yakuonera.+
9 Onani cinabwera kule:
Anthu ali mu ngolo ya nkhondo yakuti ikukweyiwa na makavalo mawiri!”+
Penepo iye alonga:
“Agwa! Agwa Bhabhilonya!+
Madzimunthu onsene akusemwa a alungu ace amala gwandwa-gwandwa mbaponywa pantsi!”+
10 Imwe mbumba yanga yakuti yamala kububudwa,
Nsapo wa pa* mbuto yanga yakububudira pinthu,+
Ine ndakupangani mphangwa zidabva ine kuna Yahova wa anyankhondo, Mulungu wa Izraeli.
11 Mphangwa zinalonga pya kutongwa kwa Dhuma:*
Munthu akundicemera kubulukira ku Seiri:+
“Nyakuonera, wasala ndzidzi ungasi toera kunja kuce?
Nyakuonera, wasala ndzidzi ungasi toera kunja kuce?”
12 Nyakuonera atawira:
“Kunja kuli cifupi na kuca, pontho kwasala pangʼono toera kudoke.
Mungafuna kubvundzisa, bvundzani.
Bwerani ulendo unango!”
13 Mphangwa zinalonga pya kutongwa kwa thando:
Munadzagona mu nsitu wa nʼthando,
Imwe nsoka wa anthu a ku Dhedhani,+ anacita ulendo na makamelo.
14 Imwe anthu a ku dziko ya Tema,+
Bweresani madzi toera mupase anthu ali na nyota,
Pontho bweresani nkate toera kupasa ale anathawa.
15 Iwo athawa masupada, supada idabuluswa mʼbudu,
Athawa uta udamala kukungwa, pontho athawa kugopswa kwa nkhondo.
16 Yahova andipanga tenepa: “Mu caka cibodzi basi, ninga pyaka pya nyaganyo,* mbiri yonsene ya Kedhari+ inamala. 17 Anyamapswimo anafuna kusala pakati pa anyankhondo a Kedhari anadzakhala akucepa, thangwi adapilonga ndi Yahova Mulungu wa Izraeli.”