Isaiah 25
1 The LORD, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
Yahwe wewe ni Mungu wangu; nitakutukuza wewe, nitalisifu jina lako; maana umetenda matendo ya ajabu, mambo uliyoyapanga toka zamaini, kwa uaminifu na ukamilifu.
2 For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.
Maana umeufanya mji kuwa chungu, ngome ya mji, uharibifu na ngome ya wageni kuwa si mji.
3 Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
Hivyo basi watu wenye nguvu watakutukuza wewe; na mji waishio watu wasio na ukatili watakuogopa wewe.
4 For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
Maana umekuwa katika eneo salama kwa aliye masikni, makazi kwa mhitaji ambaye yuko kwenye dhiki- makazi kwa aliyeko kwenye dhoruba na kivuli kwa aliyeko kwenye jua. Pale punzi ya watu wakatili imekuwa kama dhoruba dhidi ya ukuta,
5 As the heat in a dry place you will bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
na jua kwenye aridhi kavu, na watazuia kelele za wageni, kama vile jua linavyozuiliwa na kivuli cha mawingu, hivyo basi nyimbo wasio na makosa zimejibiwa.
6 In this mountain, the LORD of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
Katika mlima huu Yahwe wa majeshi atafanya kwa watu sikukuu ya ya vitu vilivyonona, na mvinyo uliochaguliwa, zabuni ya nyama na sikuku juu ya sira.
7 He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
Na katika mlima huu atauharibu mfuniko uliowekwa juu watu wote, na mtandao wa kusuka juu ya mataifa.
8 He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.
Atameza kifo daima, na Bwana Yahwe atayafuta machozi katika nyuso zetu; na aibu ya watu wake itatupwa mbali kutoka duniani kote, maana Yahwe amesema hivyo.
9 It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
Yatazungumzwa katika siku hiyo, ''Huyu ni Mungu wetu; na tunayemngoja, na atatuokoa. Huyu ni Yahwe; tuliyemngoja, tutafurahia na kushangilia wokovu wake.''
10 For the LORD’s hand will rest in this mountain. Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
Maana katika mlima huu mkono wa Bwana utashuka; na Moabu itakanyagwakangwa chini kwenye eneo lake, na hata majani yatakanyagwakanyagwa chini katika shimo lililojaa mbolea.
11 He will spread out his hands in the middle of it, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled together with the craft of his hands.
Wataitawnya mikono yao katikati yao, kama vile mpiga mbizi atawanyavyo mikono yake wakati akipiga mbizi. Lakini Bwana atashusha kiburi chao chini japo kuwa na ujuzi katika mikono yao.
12 He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Na ataiangusha chini kwenye aridhi kuta za ngome, kwenye mavumbi.
