Isaiah 27
1 At that time the Lord will take his sharp, large, and strong sword, and punish Leviathan, the slithering serpent, and Leviathan, the coiled serpent, and he will kill the sea dragon.
Katika siku ile, Bwana ataadhibu kwa upanga wake, upanga wake mkali, mkubwa na wenye nguvu, ataadhibu Lewiathani yule nyoka apitaye kwa mwendo laini, Lewiathani yule nyoka mwenye kujipinda; atamuua joka huyo mkubwa sana wa baharini.
2 At that time, sing about a beautiful vineyard.
Katika siku ile: “Imbeni kuhusu shamba la mizabibu lililozaa:
3 I, the Lord, take care of it, watering it often. I guard it night and day so that nobody can damage it.
Mimi, Bwana, ninalitunza, nalinyweshea maji mfululizo. Ninalichunga usiku na mchana ili mtu yeyote asije akalidhuru.
4 I'm not angry anymore. If there are thorns and brambles I would go and fight them, burning them all up,
Mimi sijakasirika. Licha pangekuwepo michongoma na miiba kunikabili! Ningepambana dhidi yake katika vita, ningeliichoma moto yote.
5 Otherwise they should come to me for protection. They should make their peace with me, yes, make their peace with me.
Au niwaache waje kwangu kwa ajili ya kupata kimbilio, wao na wafanye amani nami, naam, wafanye amani nami.”
6 In the future the descendants of Jacob will be like a tree taking root. Israel will flower and send out shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit!
Katika siku zijazo, Yakobo atatia mizizi, Israeli atatoa chipukizi na kuchanua maua, naye atajaza ulimwengu wote kwa matunda.
7 Has the Lord hit Israel as he hit those that attacked them? Were they killed like their killers were killed?
Je, Bwana amempiga vile alivyowapiga wale waliompiga? Je, yeye ameuawa vile walivyouawa wale waliomuua yeye?
8 You dealt with them by sending them into exile, by banishing them. He drove them away with his powerful force, like when the east wind blows.
Kwa vita na kwa kumfukuza unapingana naye: kwa mshindo wake mkali anamfukuza, kama siku ile uvumapo upepo wa mashariki.
9 Through this experience Jacob's guilt will be forgiven. The removal of their sins will come to fruition when they take all the pagan altar stones and crush them to pieces like chalk—no Asherah poles or altars of incense will be left standing.
Kwa hili, basi, hatia ya Yakobo itafanyiwa upatanisho, nalo hili litakuwa matunda ya utimilizo wa kuondolewa kwa dhambi yake: Wakati atakapoyafanya mawe yote ya madhabahu kuwa kama mawe ya chokaa yaliyopondwa vipande vipande, hakuna nguzo za Ashera au madhabahu za kufukizia uvumba zitakazobaki zimesimama.
10 The fortified city will be abandoned, its houses as empty and lonely as a desert. Cattle will graze and rest there, stripping bare the branches of its trees.
Mji ulio na boma umebaki ukiwa, makao yaliyotelekezwa, yaliyoachwa kama jangwa. Huko ndama hulisha, huko hujilaza, wanakwanyua matawi yake.
11 Their dry branches are broken off and used by women to make fires. This is a people that doesn't have any sense, so their Maker won't feel sorry for them, and their Creator won't help them.
Wakati vijiti vyake vimekauka, huvunjwa nao wanawake huja na kuwasha navyo moto. Kwa kuwa hili ni taifa lisilo na ufahamu, kwa hiyo yeye aliyewafanya hana huruma juu yao, Muumba wao hawaonyeshi fadhili.
12 At that time the Lord will thresh the grain harvested from the Euphrates River to the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered up one by one.
Katika siku ile Bwana atapura kutoka matiririko ya Mto Frati hadi Kijito cha Misri, nanyi ee Waisraeli, mtakusanywa mmoja mmoja.
13 At that time a loud trumpet will sound, and those who were dying in Assyria will return along with those exiled in Egypt. They will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Katika siku ile tarumbeta kubwa italia. Wale waliokuwa wakiangamia katika nchi ya Ashuru, nao wale waliokuwa uhamishoni katika nchi ya Misri watakuja na kumwabudu Bwana katika mlima mtakatifu huko Yerusalemu.
