Isaiah 59
1 Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear;
Tazama, mkono wa Yahwe sio mfupi ambao hautweza kukuokoa wewe; wala sikio lake sio zito, ambalo haliwezi kusikia.
2 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he doth not hear.
Matendo yako ya dhambi, hata hivyo, zimekutenga wewe na Mungu, na dhambi zenu zimemfanya aufiche uso wake msimuone wala kumsikia yeye.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:
Maana mikono yenu ina madoa ya damu na vidole vyenu vimejaa dhambi. Midomo yenu inazungumza uongo na ulimi wenu unazungumza kwa nia mbaya.
4 none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Hakuna hata mmoja aitae haki, na hakuna anayewasihi kesi yake katika haki. Wanayamini maneno yasiyo ya haki, maneno ya uongo; wanashika matatizo na kuzaa dhambi.
5 They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Wanetotoa mayai ya nyoka wenye sumu na hufuma mtandao wa buibui. Yeyote alaye mayai yake atakufa, na ikiwa yai litavunjika, litatotoa nyoka mwenye sumu.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Mitando yao haitatumika kama mavazi, wala hawawezi kujifukia wenyewe kwa kazi yao. Kazi zao ni kazi za dhambi, na matendo ya vurugu yako mikononi mwao.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;
Miguu yao inakimbilia uovu, na wanakimbilia kumwaga damu isiyo na hatia. Mawazo yao ni mawazo ya dhambi; vurugu na uharibifu ndio njia yao.
8 the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked: whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.
Njia ya amani hawaijuyui, na hakuna haki katika njia zao. Wametengeneza njia njia zlizopotoka; yeyote atakaye safiri kupitia njia hizi njia hizi hazijui amani.
9 Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
Hivyo basi haki iko mbali a sisi, wala haki haijatufikia sisi. Tunasubiri mwanga tunaona giza; tunatafuta mwangaza, lakini tunatembea gizani. Tunapapasa kwenywe ukuta kama kipofu, kama wale wasiona,
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are as the dead.
Tuna mashaka mchana kweupe kama kwenye mwanga unaofifia; miongoni mwa wenye nguvu tuko kama watu waliokufa.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
Sisi tunaunguruma kama dubu na kuomboleza kama njiwa; tunasubiria haki, lakini hakuna kitu; kwa ukombozi, lakini uko mbali na sisi.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and our iniquities, we know them:
Maana makosa yetu mengi yako mbele zako, na dhambi zetu zinatushuhudia sisi; maana makosa yako pamoja na sisi.
13 in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Tumeaasi, kumkana Yahwe na kuacha kumfuata Mungu. Tulizungumzia ulafi kujeuka nyuma, na kuanza kulalamika kutoka moyoni na maneno ya uongo.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
Haki imerudishwa nyuma, wenye haki wamesimama mbali sana; maana ukweli uko mashakani katika mraba wa umma, haki haiwezi kuja.
15 And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw [it], and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.
Waaminifu wamenda zao, na yeyote anayegeuka mbali na maovu anajiathiri mwenyewe. Yahwe aliliona hilo na hakupendezwa maana hakuna haki.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Aliona kwamba hakuna mtu, na akastaajabu kwamba hakuna mtu wa kuoma. Hivyo basi mkono wake uliletao wakovu kwake, na haki yake unamtosheleza yeye.
17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Huivaa haki kama ngao kifuani na kofia ya chuma ya wokovu kichwani mwake. Anajivika mwenyewe kwa mavazi ya kisasi na kuvaa vazi la bidii.
18 According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Analipa tena kwa kilichotokea, hukumu ya hasira kwa adui zake na kwa adui atairidisha adhabu ya kisiwa kama zawadi yao.
19 And they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and from the rising of the sun, his glory. When the adversary shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah will lift up a banner against him.
Hivyo wataliogopa jina la Yahwe kutoka magharibi na utukufu wake kutoka mashariki; maana atakuja kama mkondo wa mto, inaendeshwa na pumzi ya Yahwe.
20 And the Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
Mkombozi atakuja Sayuni na wale watkaojeuka kutoka matendo yao ya uasi katika nyumba ya Yakobo- Hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
Na kama mimi, hili ni agano langu pamoja nao- asema Yahwe- Roho yangu iliyo juu yenu, na maneno yangu niliyoyaweka kinywani mwenu, hayataondoka midomo mwenu au kuodoka mbali na midomo wajukuu wenu, au kwenda mbali asema Yahwe- kuanziia sasa na hata milele.''
