Isaiah 52
1 Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
Amka, amka, vaa nguvu zako, Sayuni; vaa vazi lako zuri, mji mtakatifu; maana hakuna tena kutotahiriwa wala wasio safi kuingia kwako.
2 Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.
Jikung'ute mwenyewe kutoka mavumbini; nyanyuka na ukae, ewe Yerusalemu; ondoa shanga katika shingo yako, wafungwa, binti ya Sayuni.
3 For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
Maana Yahwe asema hivi, umeuzwa bure, na utakombolewa pasipo pesa.''
4 For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.
Maana Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, ''Hapo mwanzo watu wangu walishuka chini Misri kuishi kwa muda mfupi; Waasiria waliwanyanyasa wao hivi karibuni.
5 Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.
Sasa ni kitu gani nilicho nacho hapa- Hili ni tamko Yahwe- aonae kwamba watu wake wanachukuliwa bure tu? Wale wanowaongoza wao wanafanya mzaha-Hili ni tamko la Yahwe- jina langu linakashifiwa mchan kutwa.
6 For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.
Hivyo basi watu wangu watalijua jina langu; watajua kwamba siku hiyo kwamba mimi ndiye ninayesema ''Ndiyo, Ni Mimi!''
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
Ni kwa uzuri gani juu miliima ni miguu ya mjumbe aliyeleta habari njema, atangazae amani, aliyebeba uzuri wa ukuu, aliyetangaza wokovu, anayesema kwa Sayuni, ''Mungu wako anatawala!''
8 The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.
Sikiliza enyi walinzi nyanyueni sauti zenu, kwa pamoja pigeni kelele kwa furaha, maana mtamuona, kwa kila jicho lenu, kurejea kwa Yahwe Sayuni.
9 Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.
Pazeni sauti kwa kuimba kwa furaha, enyi mateka wa Yerusalemu; maana Yahwe amefariji watu wake; ameikomboa Yerusalemu.
10 The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
Yahwe amewaonyesha kwamba mkono wake mtakatifu katika macho ya mataifa yote; nchi yote itauona wokovu wa Mungu wetu.
11 Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
Ondokeni, ondokeni, enendeni mbali na hapa; msiguse kitu chochote ambacho ni najisi; au kuishi katikati yake; jitakase mwenyewe, enyi mliobeba vyombo vya Yahwe.
12 For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you.
Maana hautakwenda nje kwa kukimbia, wala hautaondoka kwa hofu; Maana Yahwe atakuwa mbele yako; na Mungu wa Israeli atakuwa mlinzi wako nyuma.
13 See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.
Tazameni, mtumishi wangu atafanya hekima; atakuwa juu na atanyanyuliwa juu, na atapandishwa juu.
14 As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
Na wengi watamstajabia yeye- muonekano wake umekunjamana nje ya muonekano wa mwanadamu, hivyo basi upande wake ulikuwa mbali na kitu chochote ambacho ni binadamu-
15 So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
Na hivyo, mtumishi wangu atanyunyizia mataifa mengi na wafme watafunga midomo yao kwa sababu yake. Kana kwamba hawajawahi kuambiwa, wataona, kana kwamba hawakusikia, wataelewa.
