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 hiyo Yahwe kwa upanga wake ulio mgumu, mkubwa na mkali, atamadhibu Leviathani na nyoka yule anayetambaa kwa kupenya, na atamuua mnyama anayeishi baharini.
2 At that time, sing about a beautiful vineyard.
Siku hiyo: Shamba la zabibu, litawaimbia.
3 I, the Lord, take care of it, watering it often. I guard it night and day so that nobody can damage it.
''Mimi Yahwe ni mlinzi wake; Ninalimwagia maji kila wakati; hivyo hakuna anayelimiza, Ninalilinda usiku na mchana.
4 I'm not angry anymore. If there are thorns and brambles I would go and fight them, burning them all up,
Sina hasira, Oh, kama mbigiri na miiba! Katika vita nitatembea dhidi yao; Nitawachoma wote kwa pamoja;
5 Otherwise they should come to me for protection. They should make their peace with me, yes, make their peace with me.
labda wafahamu ulinzi wangu na wafanye amani na mimi, waache wafanye amani na mimi.
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!
Kwa siku inayokuja, Yakobo atachukua mzizi; Israeli itatoa maua na kuchipua; na itaijaza aridhi yote kwa matunda.''
7 Has the Lord hit Israel as he hit those that attacked them? Were they killed like their killers were killed?
Je Yahwe alimshambulia Yakobo na Israeli na hayo mataifa yaliyomshambulia? Je Yakobo na Israeli waliuliwa na wao kama mliowachinja katika mataifa mliowauwa wao?
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.
Kitika kipimo halisi cha kuridhisha, watume Yakobo na Israeli mbali; aliwaondosha mbali kwa upepo mkali, katika siku ya 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.
Hivyo kwa njia hii, maovu ya Yakobo yatalipiwa, maana hii itakuwa matunda yote yakuomdolewa dhambi zake: pale atakapofanya mathebau ya mawe kama chokaa na kuviangamiza katika vipande vipande, na hakuna nguzo za Ashera au madhebau itakayoachwa imesimama.
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.
Maana mji imara umeharibiwa, makao yake na faragha yake yameachwa kama jangwa. Kuna ndama wanachungwa, na huko ndiko atakapo lala na kuyala 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.
Matawi yake yatakaponyauka yatanguka. Wanawake watakuja na kuyatumia kutengeneza moto, maana hawa sio watu waelewa. Hivyo basi Muumba wao hatakuwa na huruma juu yao, na yeye aliyewaumba atakuwa na huruma juu yao.
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.
Na siku hiyo itakuwa kwamba Yahwe atapururua kutoka mto Efrate mpaka Wadi ya Misri na njie, watu wa Israeli, tutakusanyika mahali pamoja 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.
Siku hiyo tarumbeta kubwa litapulizwa; na watu waliopotea katika nchi ya Asiria watakuja, na waliotupwa katika nchi ya Misri, watamuabudu Yahwe katika mlima mtakatifu huko Yerusalemu.
