Isaiah 29
1 Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
Ole wako, wewe Arieli, Arieli, mji alimokaa Daudi! Ongezeni mwaka kwa mwaka, na mzunguko wa sikukuu zenu uendelee.
2 And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
Hata hivyo nitauzunguka Arieli kwa jeshi, utalia na kuomboleza, utakuwa kwangu kama mahali pa kuwashia moto madhabahuni.
3 I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
Nitapiga kambi pande zote dhidi yako, nitakuzunguka kwa minara na kupanga mazingirwa yangu dhidi yako.
4 You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
Utakaposhushwa, utanena kutoka ardhini, utamumunya maneno yako kutoka mavumbini. Sauti yako itatoka katika nchi kama vile ya mzimu, utanongʼona maneno yako toka mavumbini.
5 But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
Lakini adui zako wengi watakuwa kama vumbi laini, kundi la wakatili watakuwa kama makapi yapeperushwayo. Naam, ghafula, mara moja,
6 you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atakuja na ngurumo, tetemeko la ardhi, na kwa sauti kuu, atakuja na dhoruba, tufani na miali ya moto iteketezayo.
7 All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
Kisha makundi ya mataifa yote yale yapiganayo dhidi ya Arieli, yale yanayomshambulia yeye na ngome zake, na kumzunguka kwa jeshi, watakuwa kama ilivyo ndoto, kama maono wakati wa usiku:
8 as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
kama vile mtu aliye na njaa aotavyo kuwa anakula, lakini huamka, bado njaa yake ingalipo, kama vile mtu mwenye kiu aotavyo kuwa anakunywa maji, lakini huamka akiwa anazimia, akiwa bado angali ana kiu. Hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa kwa makundi yote ya mataifa yanayopigana dhidi ya Mlima Sayuni.
9 Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
Duwaeni na kushangaa, jifanyeni vipofu wenyewe na msione, leweni, lakini si kwa mvinyo, pepesukeni lakini si kwa kileo.
10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
Bwana amewaleteeni usingizi mzito: Ameziba macho yenu (ninyi manabii); amefunika vichwa vyenu (ninyi waonaji).
11 And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
Kwa maana kwenu ninyi, maono haya yote si kitu ila maneno yaliyotiwa lakiri katika kitabu. Kama mkimpa mtu yeyote awezaye kusoma kitabu hiki, nanyi mkamwambia, “Tafadhali kisome,” yeye atajibu, “Mimi siwezi, kwa kuwa kimetiwa lakiri.”
12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
Au kama mkimpa mtu yeyote kitabu hiki asiyeweza kusoma na kumwambia, “Tafadhali kisome,” atajibu, “Mimi sijui kusoma.”
13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Bwana anasema: “Watu hawa hunikaribia kwa vinywa vyao na kuniheshimu kwa midomo yao, lakini mioyo yao iko mbali nami. Ibada yao kwangu inatokana na maagizo waliyofundishwa na wanadamu.
14 Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
Kwa hiyo mara nyingine tena nitawashangaza watu hawa, kwa ajabu juu ya ajabu. Hekima ya wenye hekima itapotea, nayo akili ya wenye akili itatoweka.”
15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Ole kwa wale wanaokwenda kwenye vilindi virefu kumficha Bwana mipango yao, wafanyao kazi zao gizani na kufikiri, “Ni nani anayetuona? Ni nani atakayejua?”
16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
Mnapindua mambo juu chini, kana kwamba mfinyanzi aweza kufikiriwa kuwa kama udongo wa mfinyanzi! Je, kile kilichofinyangwa chaweza kumwambia yule aliyekifinyanga, “Wewe hukunifinyanga mimi?” Je, chungu kinaweza kumwambia mfinyanzi, “Wewe hujui chochote?”
17 In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
Kwa muda mfupi sana, je, Lebanoni haitageuzwa kuwa shamba lenye rutuba, na shamba lenye rutuba liwe kama msitu?
18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Katika siku ile viziwi watasikia maneno ya kitabu, na katika utusitusi na giza macho ya kipofu yataona.
19 The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Mara nyingine tena wanyenyekevu watafurahi katika Bwana, wahitaji watafurahi katika yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
20 For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
Wakatili watatoweka na wenye kudhihaki watatokomea, nao wote wenye jicho la uovu watakatiliwa mbali,
21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
wale ambao kwa neno humfanya mtu kuwa mwenye hatia, wamtegeao mtego mtetezi katika mahakama, na kwa ushuhuda wa uongo humnyima haki yeye asiye na hatia.
22 Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
Kwa hiyo hili ndilo Bwana, aliyemkomboa Abrahamu, analosema kwa nyumba ya Yakobo: “Yakobo hataaibishwa tena, wala nyuso zao hazitabadilika sura tena.
23 For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Wakati watakapoona watoto wao miongoni mwao, kazi ya mikono yangu, watalitakasa Jina langu takatifu; wataukubali utakatifu wa yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Yakobo, nao watamcha Mungu wa Israeli.
24 Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
Wale wanaopotoka rohoni watapata ufahamu, nao wale wanaolalamika watayakubali mafundisho.”
