Isaiah 27
1 In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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 In that day sing ye of her: 'A vineyard of foaming wine!'
Siku hiyo: Shamba la zabibu, litawaimbia.
3 I the LORD do guard it, I water it every moment; lest Mine anger visit it, I guard it night and day.
''Mimi Yahwe ni mlinzi wake; Ninalimwagia maji kila wakati; hivyo hakuna anayelimiza, Ninalilinda usiku na mchana.
4 Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! I would with one step burn it altogether.
Sina hasira, Oh, kama mbigiri na miiba! Katika vita nitatembea dhidi yao; Nitawachoma wote kwa pamoja;
5 Or else let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; yea, let him make peace with Me.
labda wafahamu ulinzi wangu na wafanye amani na mimi, waache wafanye amani na mimi.
6 In days to come shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud; and the face of the world shall be filled with fruitage.
Kwa siku inayokuja, Yakobo atachukua mzizi; Israeli itatoa maua na kuchipua; na itaijaza aridhi yote kwa matunda.''
7 Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by Him?
Je Yahwe alimshambulia Yakobo na Israeli na hayo mataifa yaliyomshambulia? Je Yakobo na Israeli waliuliwa na wao kama mliowachinja katika mataifa mliowauwa wao?
8 In full measure, when Thou sendest her away, Thou dost contend with her; He hath removed her with His rough blast in the day of the east wind.
Kitika kipimo halisi cha kuridhisha, watume Yakobo na Israeli mbali; aliwaondosha mbali kwa upepo mkali, katika siku ya upepo wa mashariki.
9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
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 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
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 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, and He that formed them will not be gracious unto 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 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will beat off His fruit from the flood of the River unto the Brook of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
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 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great horn shall be blown; and they shall come that were lost in the land of Assyria, and they that were dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship the LORD in the holy mountain at 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.
