Izhani mose imwi bana nyota
1 Izhani, imwi mose muna nyota,
izhani ku vula,
imwi musina mari,
izhani mutenge muje.
Izhani mutenge nkumbi we zhambi ne nkaka,
tengani musina mari kene themba.
2 Ini mushingisa mari kusi mu tjiwunga kene?
Ini mushingisa matatabuko muna tjisingagutshe kene?
Munditeedze nge njele, ijani tjakalulwama,
mushathile zwakanaka zwinoshathisa meya.
3 Zhulani zebe, muzhe kundili,
ihwani ndizo mutjile.
Ndowothama tjidumano tjisingapele namwi,
ndowomulakidza ludo gusingapele gwandakagadzabgwe Dafite.
4 Bonani, ndakanthama ntendeki ku bathu
ntungamili ne nlauli we bathu.
5 Bonani, mowodana njudzi dzamusingazibe,
njudzi dzisingamuzibe dzowolabukila kumuli,
dziyikhwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu,
ibo Wakayengemala we Iziraela,
ngoti bakamukudza.
6 Shakani Yahwe batjawanika,
mubadane batji pejo.
7 Mbimbi ngaasiye zila iye,
ne usakalulwama asiye mikumbulo iye.
Ngaashandukile kuna Yahwe kuti banhwile ngoni,
ashandukile ku Ndzimu wedu,
ngoti unowon'zwiibhatigwa.
8 “Ngoti njalakang'wa dzangu ate dzili dzenyu,
ne zila dzenyu ate dzilidzangu,”
koleba Yahwe.
9 Se kudzimu kuli kule kudwa mu shango,
zila dzangu dzakajalo dzikule ne dzenyu
ne mikumbulo yangu ikule ne yenyu.
10 Se vula ne kapuku zwideluka zwidwa ku zhuzhugwi,
ngono zwibe zwisingabgwilile ko
koga zwibe zwidilidzila shango,
zwiyithama kuti ithinile iduse zwizwalo,
ndizo n'dzwali awane mbewu ne unoja awane zojiwa,
11 saikokubo, dama langu lowobhuda mu nlomo wangu,
ngono alingabuye lisina tjalinatjo,
koga lowowidza tjandakazwimisila kuti litjishinge,
ngono likakunda muna tjandakalitumila kutjishinga.
12 Dumbu mowobhuda nge kushatha,
ngono mukatungamigwa nge kunyalala,
matombo ne matuthu a mbeli kwenyu,
anowopululudza nge kushatha,
ne miti yose ye shango inowoloba phande.
13 Mu bumo gwe mihwa kowomela nsipuri,
mu bumo gwe zwikungubo kukamela nshangule,
ngono kowobe ikumbuludzo tja Yahwe,
kukabe tjilakidzo tjigelile tjose tjisingawo kolomogwa.
The Lord's Invitation
1 If you are thirsty,
come and drink water!
If you don't have any money,
come, eat what you want!
Drink wine and milk
without paying a cent.
2 Why waste your money
on what really isn't food?
Why work hard for something
that doesn't satisfy?
Listen carefully to me,
and you will enjoy
the very best foods.
3 Pay close attention!
Come to me and live.
I will promise you
the eternal love and loyalty
that I promised David.
4 I made him the leader and ruler
of the nations;
he was my witness to them.
5 You will call out to nations
you have never known.
And they have never known you,
but they will come running
because I am the Lord,
the holy God of Israel,
and I have honored you.
God's Words Are Powerful
6 Turn to the Lord!
He can still be found.
Call out to God! He is near.
7 Give up your evil ways
and your evil thoughts.
Return to the Lord our God.
He will be merciful
and forgive your sins.
8 The Lord says:
“My thoughts and my ways
are not like yours.
9 Just as the heavens
are higher than the earth,
my thoughts and my ways
are higher than yours.
10 “Rain and snow fall from the sky.
But they don't return
without watering the earth
that produces seeds to plant
and grain to eat.
11 That's how it is with my words.
They don't return to me
without doing everything
I send them to do.”
God's People Will Celebrate
12 When you are set free,
you will celebrate
and travel home in peace.
Mountains and hills will sing
as you pass by,
and trees will clap.
13 Cypress and myrtle trees
will grow in fields
once covered by thorns.
And then those trees will stand
as a lasting witness
to the glory of the Lord.