Isaiah 66
1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
Yahwe asema hivi, ''Mbinguni ni makao yangu, na nchi ni miguu yangu. Iko wapi nyumba uliyonitengenezea mimi? iko wapi sehemu amabayo ninaweza kupumzika?
2 For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.
Mkono wangu umeyafanya haya yote; hivi ndovyo jinsi ambavyo vitu vitatokeavyo—hili ndilo tamko la Yahwe. Mtu niliyempitisha, mwenye roho iliyopondeka na mwenye kujutia roho, na atetemekaye kwa ajili ya neno langu.
3 He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;
Yeyote achinjae ng'ombe humuua mtu pia; yeye anayetoa sadaka ya kondoo huvunja shingo ya mbwa pia; yeye anayetoa sadaka ya mavuno anatoa sadaka ya damu yangurue; yeye anayetoa kumbukumbuvumba huwabariki wakosaji pia. Wamechagua njia zao wenyewe wanachukua radhi kwa uchafu wao wenyewe.
4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.
Katika njia hiyo hiyo nitachagua adhabu yao wenyewe; Nitaleta juu yao kitu wanachokiogopa, maana niilpowaita, hakuna aliyeitika; nilipozungumza aliyenisikiliza mimi. Walifanya yaliyo maovu mbele yangu, na kuchagua yasiyo nipenindeza mimi.''
5 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.
Sikiliza neno la Yahwe, ewe utemekae kwa neno lake, ''Kaka zako wanaonichukia na kukutenga wewe kwa ajili ya jina langu walisema, 'Na atukuzwe Yahwe, halafu tutaiona furaha yenu; lakini mtatiwa katika aibu.
6 There is a noise of war from the town, a sound from the Temple, the voice of the Lord giving punishment to his haters.
Sauti ya vita vya ghasi vinakuja katika mji, sauti kutoka hekaluni, sauti ya Yahwe anawarudia maadui zake.
7 Before her pains came, she gave birth; before her pains, she gave birth to a man-child.
Kabla ajaenda katika chumba, hujifungua; kabla ya uchungu kumtoka hujifungua mtoto wa kiume.
8 When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away.
Ni nani asikiaye mambo haya? Ni nani aonae mambo haya? Je taifa linaweza kuanzishwa kwa wakati mmoja? lakini kwa haraka Sayuni inapokwenda katika chumba, hujifungua watoto wake.
9 Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.
Ninawezaje kumleta mtoto azaliwe na nisimruhusu mtoto azaliwe? Yahwe auliza? — au Je ninamleta mtoto wakati tu wa kujifungua na halafu nimshikilie tena - anauliza Yahwe.''
10 Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:
Furahia na Yerusalemu na fuhahia kwa ajili yake, ninyi nyote mnaopenda yeye; furahia pamoja na yeye, ninyi mnaomboleza juu yake!
11 So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.
Maana utamuuguza na ataridhika, katika maziwa yake atakufariji; utakunywa mpaka ushibe na kufurahia kwa wingi wa utukufu wake.
12 For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.
Yahwe asema hivi, ''Ni nanakaribia kutawanya mafanikio juu katika mto, na utajiri wa mataifa kama wingi wa mkondo wa maji. Utamuuguza kwa upande wake, na kubebwa katika mikono yake, mtabebwa juu ya magoti yake.
13 As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
Kama vile mama anavyomfariji mtoto wake, hivyo basi nami nitawafariji ninyi, na mtapata faraja katika Yerusalemu.''
14 And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.
Utayaona haya, na moyo wako utafurahia, na mifupa yako itachipukia kama zabuni ya nyasi. Aridhi ya Yahweitajulikana kwa watumishi wake, lakini atawaonyesha hasira yake dhidi ya maadui zake.
15 For the Lord is coming with fire, and his war-carriages will be like the storm-wind; to give punishment in the heat of his wrath, and his passion is like flames of fire.
Kwa kutazama, Yahwe anakuja kwa moto, na gari lake linakuja kama upepo wa dhoruba kuleta joto katika hasira yake na kukemea kwake ni kama moto uwakao.
16 For with fire and sword will the Lord come, judging all the earth, and his sword will be on all flesh: and great numbers will be put to death by him.
Maana Yahwe ametekeleza hukumu juu ya watu kwa moto na kwa upanga wake. Wale watakaouliwa na Yahwe watakuwa wengi.
17 As for those who keep themselves separate, and make themselves clean in the gardens, going after one in the middle, taking pig's flesh for food, and other disgusting things, such as the mouse: their works and their thoughts will come to an end together, says the Lord.
Watajiweka wakfu wenyewe na kujisafisha wenywe, ili waweze kuingia katika bustani, kumfuata aliyeko katikati ya wale walao nyama ya nguruwe na vitu haramu kama panya. ''Watafika mwisho - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
18 And I am coming to get together all nations and tongues: and they will come and will see my glory.
Maana ninayajua matendo yao na mawazo yao. Wakatiutafika nitakapoyakusanya mataifa yote na lugha zote. Watakuja na kuona utukufu wangu.
19 And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.
Nitaweka ishara ya ukuu wangu miongoni mwao. Halafu nitawatuma wakazi kutoka miongoni mwao kwa mataifa. Kwa Tarshishi, Puti, na Ludi, upinde wale wanaochukua upinde wao, kwa Tubali, Javani, na umbali kuelekea katika pwani kule ambapo hawajasikia chochote kuhusu mimi wala kuona utukufu wangu. Watatangaza utukufu wangu miongoni mwa mataifa.
20 And they will take your countrymen out of all the nations for an offering to the Lord, on horses, and in carriages, and in carts, and on asses, and on camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, as the children of Israel take their offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
Watawaleta kaka zako wote nje ya mataifa yote, kama sadaka kwa Yahwe. Watakuja kwa farasi na kwa gari, na kwa gari, juu ya nyumbu na juu ya ngamia, kuelekea mlima wangu mtakatifu Yerusalemu - asema Yahwe. Maana watu wangu wa Israeli wataleta sadaka ya mavuno kwenye vyombo visafi katika nyumba ya Yahwe.
21 And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.
Baadhi ya vitu hivi nitavichagua kama makuhani na walawi — asema Yahwe.
22 For as the new heaven and the new earth which I will make will be for ever before me, says the Lord, so will your seed and your name be for ever.
Maana itakuwa mbingu mpya na nchi mpya ambayo nitakayoifanya ibaki mbele zangu— Hili ndilo tamko la Yahwe— Hivyo ndivyo ukoo wenu utakavyobakia, na jina lenu litabaki.
23 And it will be, that from new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will come to give worship before me, says the Lord.
Kutoka mwenzi mmoja mpaka mwingine, na kutoka sabato moja mpaka nyingine, watu wote watakuja kukuinamia chini— asema Yahwe.
24 And they will go out to see the dead bodies of the men who have done evil against me: for their worm will ever be living, and their fire will never be put out, and they will be a thing of fear to all flesh.
Watakwenda nje na kuona miili ya wafu ya watu walioniasi mimi, maana wadudu wawalao wao hatakufa, na moto huwaunguzao hautazimika; na itakuwa ni chuki kwa wale wote wenye mwili.''
