Isaiah 47
1 Go down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Babylonia! No longer will people call you gentle and delicate.
“Shuka uketi mavumbini, ee Bikira Binti Babeli; keti chini pasipo na kiti cha enzi, ee binti wa Wakaldayo. Hutaitwa tena mwororo wala wa kupendeza.
2 Go to work grinding flour with millstones. Remove your veil. Strip off your skirt, bare your legs, wade through rivers.
Chukua mawe ya kusagia, usage unga, vua shela yako. Pandisha mavazi yako, ondoa viatu vyako, vuka vijito kwa shida.
3 You will be seen naked; what should be kept private will be shamefully exposed. I will take vengeance—I won't spare anyone.
Uchi wako utafunuliwa na aibu yako itaonekana. Nitalipa kisasi; sitamhurumia hata mmoja.”
4 Our Redeemer—his name is the Lord Almighty—is the Holy One of Israel.
Mkombozi wetu: Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ndilo jina lake; ndiye yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
5 Sit quietly, and go into the darkness, daughter of Babylonia. Never again will you be called queen of all kingdoms.
“Keti kimya, ingia gizani, Binti wa Wakaldayo, hutaitwa tena malkia wa falme.
6 I was angry with my people, and I abandoned those who belonged to me. I handed them over to you. But you didn't show them mercy—you even mistreated old people.
Niliwakasirikia watu wangu na kuaibisha urithi wangu; niliwatia mikononi mwako, nawe hukuwaonea huruma. Hata juu ya wazee uliweka nira nzito sana.
7 You said, “I will reign forever as the eternal queen.” But you didn't think about what was coming; you didn't remember what would happen to you in the end.
Ukasema, ‘Nitaendelea kuwa malkia milele!’ Lakini hukutafakari mambo haya wala hukuwaza juu ya kile kingeweza kutokea.
8 Now listen to this, you sensual woman, sitting there so sure of yourself, saying to yourself, “I am supreme—there's nobody besides me. I shall never be a widow or experience the loss of my children.”
“Sasa basi, sikiliza, ewe kiumbe mpenda anasa, ukaaye mahali pako pa salama, na kujiambia mwenyewe, ‘Mimi ndiye, wala hakuna mwingine zaidi yangu. Kamwe sitakuwa mjane, wala sitafiwa na watoto.’
9 But both these things will happen to you in quick succession! In just one day you will lose your children and become a widow. You will have this experience in its totality, in spite of all your witchcraft, in spite of all your magic spells.
Haya mawili yatakupata, kufumba na kufumbua, katika siku moja: kufiwa na watoto, na ujane. Yote yatakupata kwa kipimo kikamilifu, ijapokuwa uchawi wako ni mwingi, na uaguzi wako ni mwingi.
10 You put your trust in your evil actions, saying “No one can see what I'm doing.” Your wisdom and knowledge seduced you, and you told yourself, “I am supreme—there's nobody besides me.”
Umeutegemea uovu wako, nawe umesema, ‘Hakuna yeyote anionaye.’ Hekima yako na maarifa yako vinakupoteza unapojiambia mwenyewe, ‘Mimi ndiye, wala hakuna mwingine zaidi yangu.’
11 Evil is going to strike you, and you won't be able to magic it away. Disaster will fall on you that you can't stop by paying a ransom. Destruction will suddenly hit you that you weren't expecting.
Maafa yatakujia, nawe hutaweza kuyaondoa kwa uaguzi. Janga litakuangukia, wala hutaweza kulikinga kwa fidia; msiba mkuu usioweza kuutabiri utakujia ghafula.
12 So keep going with your magic spells and all your witchcraft, which you have worked at since you were young. Maybe you'll be successful, maybe you'll terrify people!
“Endelea basi na uaguzi wako, na wingi wa uchawi wako, ambao umeutumikia tangu utoto wako. Labda utafanikiwa, labda unaweza ukasababisha hofu kuu.
13 All the advice you've received has worn you out! Where are your astrologers, those who look to the stars for guidance, who give you their predictions every month? Let them stand up and save you from what's coming down on you!
Ushauri wote uliopokea umekuchosha bure! Wanajimu wako na waje mbele, wale watazama nyota watabiriao mwezi baada ya mwezi, wao na wawaokoe na lile linalokuja juu yenu.
14 But look at them! They're like stubble that fire burns up completely—they can't even save their own lives from the flames. This is no fire to sit beside and grow warm!
Hakika wako kama mabua makavu; moto utawateketeza. Hawawezi hata kujiokoa wao wenyewe kutokana na nguvu za mwali wa moto. Hapa hakuna makaa ya kumtia mtu yeyote joto; hapa hakuna moto wa kuota.
15 All those people you've worked with, all those you've traded with from when you were young—they will all go their own way, nobody will come and save you.
Hayo ndiyo yote wanayoweza kuwatendea ninyi, hawa ambao umetaabika nao na kufanya nao biashara tangu utoto. Kila mmoja atatoroka; hakuna yeyote awezaye kukuokoa.
