Isaiah 34
1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it.
Njooni karibu, enyi mataifa, nanyi msikilize; sikilizeni kwa makini, enyi kabila za watu! Dunia na isikie, navyo vyote vilivyo ndani yake, ulimwengu na vyote vitokavyo ndani yake!
2 For the wrath of Jehovah is against all the nations, and [his] fury against all their armies: he hath devoted them to destruction, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
Bwana ameyakasirikia mataifa yote; ghadhabu yake ni juu ya majeshi yao yote. Atawaangamiza kabisa, atawatia mikononi mwa wachinjaji.
3 And their slain shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up from their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Waliouawa watatupwa nje, maiti zao zitatoa uvundo, milima itatota kwa damu zao.
4 And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as a leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as the withered [fruit] from the fig-tree.
Nyota zote za mbinguni zitayeyuka na anga litasokotwa kama kitabu, jeshi lote la angani litaanguka kama majani yaliyonyauka kutoka kwenye mzabibu, kama tini iliyonyauka kutoka kwenye mtini.
5 For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
Upanga wangu umekunywa na kushiba huko mbinguni, tazama, unashuka katika hukumu juu ya Edomu, wale watu ambao nimeshawahukumu, kuwaangamiza kabisa.
6 The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Upanga wa Bwana umeoga katika damu, umefunikwa na mafuta ya nyama: damu ya kondoo na mbuzi, mafuta kutoka figo za kondoo dume. Kwa maana Bwana ana dhabihu huko Bosra, na machinjo makuu huko Edomu.
7 And the buffaloes shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Nyati wataanguka pamoja nao, ndama waume na mafahali wakubwa. Nchi yao italowana kwa damu, nayo mavumbi yataloa mafuta ya nyama.
8 For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.
Kwa sababu Bwana anayo siku ya kulipiza kisasi, mwaka wa malipo, siku ya kushindania shauri la Sayuni.
9 And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:
Vijito vya Edomu vitageuka kuwa lami, mavumbi yake yatakuwa kiberiti kiunguzacho, nchi yake itakuwa lami iwakayo!
10 it shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Haitazimishwa usiku wala mchana, moshi wake utapaa juu milele. Kutoka kizazi hadi kizazi itakuwa ukiwa, hakuna mtu yeyote atakayepita huko tena.
11 And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.
Bundi wa jangwani na bundi mwenye sauti nyembamba wataimiliki, bundi wakubwa na kunguru wataweka viota humo. Mungu atanyoosha juu ya Edomu kamba ya kupimia ya machafuko matupu, na timazi ya ukiwa.
12 Of her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.
Watu wake wa kuheshimiwa hawatakuwa na chochote kitakachoitwa ufalme huko, nao wakuu wao wote watatoweka.
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.
Miiba itaenea katika ngome za ndani, viwawi na michongoma itaota kwenye ngome zake. Itakuwa maskani ya mbweha, makao ya bundi.
14 And there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilith also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Viumbe vya jangwani vitakutana na fisi, nao mbuzi-mwitu watalia wakiitana; huko viumbe vya usiku vitastarehe pia na kujitafutia mahali pa kupumzika.
15 There shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.
Bundi wataweka viota huko na kutaga mayai, atayaangua na kutunza makinda yake chini ya uvuli wa mabawa yake; pia huko vipanga watakusanyika, kila mmoja na mwenzi wake.
16 Search ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
Angalieni katika gombo la Bwana na msome: Hakuna hata mmoja katika hawa atakayekosekana, hakuna hata mmoja atakayemkosa mwenzi wake. Kwa kuwa ni kinywa chake Mungu kimeagiza, na Roho wake atawakusanya pamoja.
17 For he himself hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them with the line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Huwagawia sehemu zao, mkono wake huwagawanyia kwa kipimo. Wataimiliki hata milele na kuishi humo kutoka kizazi hadi kizazi.
