Isaiah 53
1 Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?
Ni nani angeweza kuamini tuliyasikia? Na mkono wa Yahwe, kwake uliojidhihirisha?
2 For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
Maana amekuwa mbele za Yahwe kama sampuli, na kama chipukizikatika aridhi kavu; hakuna maajabu yalionekana au mapambo; tulipo muona yeye, hapakuwa na uzuri kutuvutia sisi.
3 Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
Alidharauliwa na kukataliwa na watu; mtu wa huzuni, na mwenye maumivu. Kama mmoja aliyetoka kwa watu wafichao nyuso zao, alidharauliwa; na kujfikiria kuwa asiye na faida.
4 But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.
Lakini hakika amezaliwa ugonjwa wetu na kubeba huzuni yetu; tulidhani aliadhibiwa na Mungu, amepigwa na Mungu, na kutaabishwa.
5 But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
Lakini alichomwa kwa sababu ya uaasi wa matendo yetu; aliangamizwa kwa sababu ya dhambi zetu. Adhabu ya amani yetu ilikuwa juu yake, na kwa majeraha yake sisi tumepona.
6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
Sisi ni kama kondoo tumepotoka; kila mmoja amejeuka katika njia yake, na Yahwe amemueka juu yake maovu kwetu sisi sote.
7 Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.
Aliteswa; lakini alinyenyekea mwenyewe, hakufungua mdomo wake; kama kondooendae kuchinjwa, na kama kondoo mbele ya mtu anayemkata mnyoa yake taratibu, hivyo hakufungua mdomo wake.
8 They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.
Kwa kutumia nguvu na hukumu yeye aliyelaaniwa; ni katika kizazi hicho atafikiria zaidi kuhusu yeye? Lakini aliondolewa katika aridhi ya walio hai; kwa sababu ya makosa ya watu wangu na adhabu ilikuwa juu yake.
9 And they put his body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.
Wameliweka kaburi lake pamoja nawahalifu, kwa utajiri wa mtu katika kifo chake ingawa hakuwa na vurugu wala udanganyifu wowote katika mdomo wake.
10 And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...
Lakini yalikuwa ni mapenzi ya Yahwe kumponda yeye na kumfanya yeye apone. Alipoyafanya maisha yake kuwa sadaka kwa ajili ya dhambi, ataona watoto wake, ataongeza siku zao, na mapenzi ya Yahwe yatatimizwa kupitia yeye.
11 ... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.
Baada ya mateso ya maisha yake, ataona mwanga na ataridhika kwa maarifa yake.
12 For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.
Hivyo basi Je ninaweza kumpa yeye sehemu yake miongoni mwa wengi, naye atatawnya mateka kwa wengi, kwa sabubu amejionyesha yeye mwenye kwenye kifo na amehesabiwa na wahalifu. Amezaa dhambi za wengi na kufanya maombolezo kwa wahalifu.
