Isaiah 5
1 Let me sing a song for my love, about his vineyard. My love owned a vineyard on a productive hill.
Acha niimbe kwa mpendwa wangu mzuri, wimbo wa mpendwa wangu kuhusu shamba la mzabibu. Mpendwa wangu ana shamba kwenye mlima wenye rutuba.
2 He dug it over, cleared the ground of stones, and planted it with the very best vines. In the middle of it he built a watchtower, and he also cut out a winepress from the rock. Then he waited for a good harvest of grapes, but it only produced wild, sour grapes.
Analilima, anaondoa mawe, na anaotesha aina ya mizabibu iliyo bora. Na hujenga mnara katikati ya shamba akichimba shinkizo ndani yake. Anasubiria mzabibu uzae matunda lakini unazaa zabibu mwitu.
3 “Now, you people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
Kwa hiyo sasa, wakazi wa Yerusalemu na watu wa Yuda, toa hukumu kati yangu na shamba la mzabibu.
4 What more could I have done for my vineyard than I've already done? When I looked for sweet grapes, why did it only produce sour ones?
Je ni kitu gani cha ziada unaweza ukakifanya kwenye shamba langu la mizabibu, ambacho sijakifanya? ninapotamzamia izae matunda, kwa nini inazaa matunda mwitu?
5 So let me tell you what I'm going to do to my vineyard. I'll remove its hedge, and it will be destroyed. I'll tear down its wall, and it will be trampled underfoot.
Sasa nitawambia kitu nitakacho kifanya kwenye shamba langu la mzabibu: nitaondoa uzio, nitaligeuza kuwa malisho, Nitavunja ukuta wake chini. Na itakanyagwa chini.
6 I'll turn it into a wasteland. It won't be pruned or weeded—it will be overgrown with brambles and thorns. I'll order the clouds not to rain on it.”
Nami nitaliharibu wala halitapaliliwa wala kuilmwa, bali litatoa mbigiri na miba; nami nitayaamuru mawingu yasinyeshee mvua juu yake.
7 Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty, and the people of Judah are the plants in his garden that made him happy. Yet while he hoped for justice, he only saw injustice; he hoped people would live right, but he only heard the cries of those who were suffering.
Maana shamba la mzabibu la Yahwe Bwana wa majeshi ni nyumba ya Israeli, na mtu wa Yuda ndio mazao yake ya kupendeza; anaisubiria haki lakini badala ya yaki kuna mauwaji; maana haki, lakini badala yake ni kelele zikihitaji msaada.
8 Tragedy is coming to you who buy house upon house and field upon field, joining them all together until no one else has anywhere to live and you live alone in the land.
Ole wao wanaoungana nyumba kwa nyumba, shamba kwa shamba, mpaka wanamaliza, na umebaki mwenyewe kwenye shamba!
9 I heard the Lord Almighty declare: You can be sure that many houses are destined to become ruins, and beautiful mansions destined to become uninhabited.
Yahwe wa majeshi ameniambia mimi, nyumba nyingi zitakuwa wazi, hata kubwa na zinazovutia, hakuna mwenyeji yeyote.
10 Ten acres of vineyard will only produce a six gallons of wine, and a measure of seed only a tenth of that in grain.
Maana mashamba ya mizabibu la nira kumi lilitoa bathi moja tu, na homeri ya mbegu itatoa efa tu.
11 Tragedy is coming to you who get up early in the morning wanting a drink, and who stay up late drinking wine until you're drunk.
Ole wao wanaoamka asubuhi na mapema kutafuta pombe kali, wale wanaokaa usiku wa manane mpaka pombe inawaka moto.
12 At their feasts you have lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine, but you don't ever consider what the Lord is doing, and you don't recognize his help.
Wanasherekea kwa kinubi, kinanda, kigoma, filimbi, na mvinyo, lakini hawazitambui kazi za Yahwe, wala hawaziangalii kazi za mikono yake.
13 As a result my people will be exiled for their lack of understanding. Their honored leaders will starve, and the crowds will be dying of thirst.
Kwa hiyo watu wangu wameenda kifungoni kwa kukosa uelewa; viongozi wao wakuheshimiwa wanashinda na njaa, na watu wao hana kitu cha kunjwa.
14 The grave's appetite increases, its mouth opens wide, and Jerusalem's nobility and the masses will go down into it, along with the rowdy, drunken mobs. (Sheol h7585)
Hivyo basi kuzimu kumeongeza ladha yake na imefungua kinywa chake kwa kiasi kikubwa; wasomi wao, viongozi wao, manabii na wenye furaha miongoni mwao, watashuka kuzimu. (Sheol h7585)
15 Everyone will be brought down, everyone will be humbled; the proud will lower their eyes in humiliation.
Mtu atalazimishwa kuinama chini, na watu watakuwa wayenyekevu; na macho yao ya kujivuna yatatupwa chini,
16 But the Lord Almighty will be vindicated because he does what is right; the holy God will be shown to be holy because of his goodness.
Yahwe wa majeshi atainuliwa katika haki yake, na Mungu mtakatifu atajidhirisha kuwa mtakatifu kwa haki yake.
17 Lambs will graze as in their own pasture; fattened livestock and goats will feed among the ruins of the rich.
Ndipo kondoo watalishwa kama wako kwenye malisho yao wenyewe, na katika uharibifu, kondoo watachungwa kama wageni.
18 Tragedy is coming to you who pull along your sins behind you with iniquity with cords made of lies, and pulling with ropes a cartful of wickedness.
Ole wao wanaovuta pamoja na waovu kwa kamba isiyo na maana na wanaovuta pamoja na dhambi kwa kamba za gari.
19 You are among the people who say, “God should hurry up! Why doesn't God get a move on with what he's doing so we can see it? Why doesn't the Holy One of Israel execute his plan? Let's see it happen so we can understand what it is!”
Ole kwa wale wasemao, '' Basi na Mungu afanye haraka, basi afanya upesi, ili tuweze kuona kinachotokea; na tuache mipango ya Mtakatifu wa Israeli ije, ili tuifahamu.''
20 Tragedy is coming to you who say evil is good, and good is evil; who turn darkness into light and light into darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
Ole wao waitao uovu wema, na wema ni uovu; inayowakilisha giza kama mwanga, na mwanga kama giza; inayowakilisha kitu kichungu kama kitamu, na kitamu kama kichungu!
21 Tragedy is coming to you who are wise in your own eyes and think you're so clever.
Ole kwa wale wenye busara machoni mwao, na buasra kwa uelewa wao!
22 Tragedy is coming to you who are wine-drinking champions, and experts at mixing alcoholic drinks;
Ole wao ambao ni washindi kwa kunjwa mvinyo, na wazoefu wa kuchanganya pombe kali;
23 you who set the guilty free for a bribe, and yet deny justice to the innocent.
ambao wako huru kumpa haki mtenda maovu, na kuwanyima haki wenye haki!
24 In the same way fire burns up stubble and dry grass falls down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers disintegrate into dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty, and have treated with contempt what the Holy One of Israel has said.
Hivyo basi kama ndimi za moto zinazokula mabua, kama majani makavu yanavyochomwa na moto, hivyo basi mizizi yake itaoza na maua yake yataperuka kama mavumbi. Hii itatokea kwa sababu wameikataa sheria ya Yahwe wa majeshi, na kwa sababu wamedharau neno la Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
25 That's why the Lord burns with anger against his people. He has lifted up his hand and hit them, shaking the mountains, and leaving their corpses lying like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, his anger is not finished, and his hand is still lifted up.
Hivyo basi hasira ya Yahwe imewaka juu ya watu wake. Ameunyoosh mkono wake juu yao na kuwaadhibu wao. Milima inatikisika, na maiti ni kama takata mitaani. Katika mambo yote haya, hasira yake haijapungua; badala yake, ameonyoosha mkono wake nje.
26 He will send a signal to the distant nations, and will whistle for those living at the ends of the earth. See how quickly they respond, how speedily they come!
Atapandisha bendera ya ishara mabali na mataifa na atapuliza filimbi kwa wale walio mwisho wa nchi. Tazama watakuja wakikimbia mara moja.
27 None of them gets tired or stumbles; none of them rests or sleeps. No belt comes loose, and no sandal strap breaks.
Hakuna tairi wala mashaka miongoni mwao; hakuna asinzae wala kulala usingizi. Au kama mkanda uliolegea, wala kamba za viatu kukatika.
28 Their arrows are already sharpened, and all their bows have been strung. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint; their chariot wheels spin like a whirlwind.
Mishale yao ni mikali na upinde wao umejikunja; kwato za farasi wao' ni kama jiwe, na gari lao magurudumu yake ni kama miba.
29 They roar like lions, like young lions. They growl, and pounce on their prey. They drag it off so it can't be rescued.
Mngurumo wao utakuwa kama wa simba, wataunguruma kama mtoto wa simba. Watanguruma na kukamata mawindo na kuvuta mbali, na hakuna hatakayeokolewa.
30 At that time they will roar over their prey like the roaring of the sea. Anyone who looks out over the land will see only darkness and distress—even the sunlight will be darkened by clouds.
Siku hiyo ataunguruma juu ya mawindo kama vile bahari kwa kishindo. Yeyote atakayeangalia nchi, ataona giza na mateso; hata mwanga hutafanjwa kuwa mweusi kwa mawingu.
