Isaiah 50
1 Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Iko wapi hati ya talaka ya mama yako ambayo kwayo niliachana naye? Au nimewauza ninyi kwa nani miongoni mwa watu wanaonidai? Kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu mliuzwa, kwa sababu ya makosa, mama yenu aliachwa.
2 Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.
Nilipokuja, kwa nini hakuwepo hata mmoja? Nilipoita, kwa nini hakuwepo hata mmoja wa kujibu? Je, mkono wangu ni mfupi mno hata nisiweze kuwakomboa? Je, mimi sina nguvu za kukuokoa? Kwa kukemea tu naikausha bahari, naigeuza mito ya maji kuwa jangwa; samaki wake wanaoza kwa kukosa maji na kufa kwa ajili ya kiu.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Ninalivika anga weusi na kufanya nguo ya gunia kuwa kifuniko chake.”
4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
Bwana Mwenyezi amenipa ulimi uliofundishwa, ili kujua neno limtegemezalo aliyechoka. Huniamsha asubuhi kwa asubuhi, huamsha sikio langu lisikie kama mtu afundishwaye.
5 The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back.
Bwana Mwenyezi amezibua masikio yangu, nami sikuwa mwasi, wala sikurudi nyuma.
6 I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Niliwapa mgongo wangu wale wanipigao, mashavu yangu wale wangʼoao ndevu zangu; sikuuficha uso wangu kutokana na fedheha na kutemewa mate.
7 But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Kwa sababu Bwana Mwenyezi ananisaidia, sitatahayarika. Kwa hiyo nimekaza uso wangu kama jiwe la gumegume, nami ninajua sitaaibika.
8 He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.
Yeye anipatiaye haki yangu yu karibu. Ni nani basi atakayeleta mashtaka dhidi yangu? Tukabiliane uso kwa uso! Mshtaki wangu ni nani? Ni nani aliye mshtaki wangu?
9 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Ni Bwana Mwenyezi anisaidiaye mimi. Ni nani huyo atakayenihukumu? Wote watachakaa kama vazi, nondo watawala wawamalize.
10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, — let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.
Ni nani miongoni mwenu amchaye Bwana, na kulitii neno la mtumishi wake? Yeye atembeaye gizani, yeye asiye na nuru, na alitumainie jina la Bwana, na amtegemee Mungu wake.
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Lakini sasa, ninyi nyote mnaowasha mioto, na kupeana mienge iwakayo ninyi kwa ninyi, nendeni, tembeeni katika nuru ya moto wenu na ya mienge mliyoiwasha. Hili ndilo mtakalolipokea kutoka mkononi mwangu: Mtalala chini kwa mateso makali.
