Bumambo guzhele mbakiso
1 Tjitsha tja Jesi tjowothinila,
lutabi gowokula gudwa mu midzi iye gukazwala mitjelo.
2 Meya ya Yahwe inowogala munli,
meya ye butjenjedu neye hwisiso,
meya ye gumbuludzo ne simba,
meya ye luzibo ne kutja Yahwe.
3 Ngono kushatha kukwe kowobe mukutja Yahwe.
Aatowosumikilisa nge bona kwe mesho awe,
kene kuli kuwidza ndebo nge hwa kwe zebe dzidze.
4 Koga unowosumikilisa bashayi nge ndulamo,
unopedzisa ndebo nge lubu mu kusumikilisa bashayi ne shango,
ngono unowoloba shango nge shamu ye nlomo uwe,
nge mafemo e milomo iye unowobulaya babi.
5 Ndulamo inowobe mwandabula we thunji dzidze,
kugalikabgwe kukabe mwandabula we thunji dzidze.
6 Phele inowogala ne pkhwizana,
ngwe iyo inowobutha ne mbudzana,
phulu ne shumbana ne zwithuwo zwakakodziwa zowobutha pathu pang'ompela,
ngono mwana ntukununu unowozwitungamila.
7 Ng'ombe hadzi ne bhira zowoja pathu pang'ompela,
bana badzo banowobutha bose,
shumba inowoja bushwa se ng'ombe.
8 Mwana unomwa unowozanila pa mwina we ipakupaku,
mwana wasiya zhamu unowolonga luboko mu zwimba le thumbi.
9 Azwingakubadze kene kuli kutjinya
mu dombo langu lose lakayengemala,
ngoti shango inowobe ili zhele kuziba Yahwe
se vula yakaanga gungwa.
10 Mu zhuba ilelo n'dzi wa Jesi unowoma uli tjilakidzo mu zwitjaba, zwitjaba ndiye wazwinowoshaka, magalo awe anowolumbidzwa.
11 Mu zhuba ilelo She banowotambunudza luboko gwabo kakale gwe bubili kubuza malimbelimbe e bathu babo kudwa mu Siriya ne mu Egipiti ne mu Patirosi nemu Itopiya nemu Elamu nemu Shinari nemu Hamati ne kudwa mu shango dzimu tjekelo dze gungwa.
12 Banowomilidzila zwitjaba tjilakidzo,
ngono banowokubungaya bakapalala be Iziraela
bakakubunganya be Juda
bakapaladziwa kudwa mu mbizho nna dze shango.
13 Fupa la Ifureimi lowopela,
naibabo banokwebakweba Juda banowothubugwa,
Ifureimi aatowothamila Juda fupa,
Juda iye aatowokwebakwebana na Efureimu.
14 Koga banowodzatila mu mathudzi e Bafilisitiya ku golombedzo,
bubili gwabo banowotapila bathu be ku bhezhuba.
Banowotambunudza luboko gwabo kubhayana na Edomu ne Moabu,
ngono Baamoni banowobahwa.
15 Yahwe banowowomesa
gorokoro le gungwa gwe Egipiti,
ngono banowozunguza luboko gwabo pezhugwi kwe Gwizi gwe Yufuratesi
nge phepo inopisa,
banowoguthubukanya gukabe ngolo dzili kutendeka
kuti bathu batjuluke pakawoma.
16 Ngono kowobe ne zila hwulu kudwa ku Asiriya
inoyenda malimbelimbe akasala e bathu bawo,
sekwakabe kuli iko nge Iziraela
pabakabhuda mu shango ye Egipiti.
Peace at Last
1 Like a branch that sprouts
from a stump,
someone from David's family
will someday be king.
2 The Spirit of the Lord
will be with him
to give him understanding,
wisdom, and insight.
He will be powerful,
and he will know
and honor the Lord.
3 His greatest joy will be
to obey the Lord.
This king won't judge
by appearances
or listen to rumors.
4 The poor and the needy
will be treated with fairness
and with justice.
His word will be law
everywhere in the land,
and criminals
will be put to death.
5 Honesty and fairness
will be his royal robes.
6 Leopards will lie down
with young goats,
and wolves will rest
with lambs.
Calves and lions
will eat together
and be cared for
by little children.
7 Cows and bears will share
the same pasture;
their young will rest
side by side.
Lions and oxen
will both eat straw.
8 Little children will play
near snake holes.
They will stick their hands
into dens of poisonous snakes
and never be hurt.
9 Nothing harmful will take place
on the Lord's holy mountain.
Just as water fills the sea,
the land will be filled
with people who know
and honor the Lord.
God's People Will Come Back Home
10 The time is coming when one of David's descendants will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.
11 When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast. 12 He will give a signal to the nations, and he will bring together the refugees from Judah and Israel, who have been scattered all over the earth. 13 Israel will stop being jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be the enemy of Israel. 14 Instead, they will get together and attack the Philistines in the west. Then they will defeat the Edomites, the Moabites, and the Ammonites in the east. They will rule those people and take from them whatever they want.
15 The Lord will dry up the arm of the Red Sea near Egypt, and he will send a scorching wind to divide the Euphrates River into seven streams that anyone can step across. 16 Then for his people who survive, there will be a good road from Assyria, just as there was a good road for their ancestors when they left Egypt.