Isaiah 16
1 Send ye the lambs of the ruler of the land from Sela', through the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Pelekeni wana-kondoo kama ushuru kwa mtawala wa nchi, Kutoka Sela, kupitia jangwani, hadi mlima wa Binti Sayuni.
2 For it shall be, that, as a fugitive bird, as a chased nest, so shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon.
Kama ndege wanaopapatika waliofukuzwa kutoka kwenye kiota, ndivyo walivyo wanawake wa Moabu kwenye vivuko vya Arnoni.
3 Bring counsel, execute justice; render like the night thy shadow in the midst of the noonday; conceal the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.
“Tupeni shauri, toeni uamuzi. Wakati wa adhuhuri, fanyeni kivuli chenu kama usiku. Waficheni watoro, msisaliti wakimbizi.
4 Let my outcasts sojourn with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the waster: till ceaseth the extortion, past be the wasting, and vanished be the oppressor out of the land.
Waacheni watoro wa Moabu wakae pamoja nanyi; kuweni mahali pao pa salama ili kuepuka mharabu.” Mtesi atafikia mwisho na maangamizi yatakoma, aletaye vita atatoweka kutoka nchi.
5 And there shall be founded through kindness a throne; and there shall sit upon it in truthfulness in the tent of David a judge who seeketh justice, and is quick in righteousness.
Kwa upendo kiti cha enzi kitaimarishwa, kwa uaminifu mtu ataketi juu yake, yeye atokaye nyumba ya Daudi: yeye ambaye katika kuhukumu hutafuta haki, na huhimiza njia ya haki.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; [that] he is very proud: of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath, his groundless lies.
Tumesikia juu ya kiburi cha Moabu: kiburi chake cha kujivuna na udanganyifu, kiburi chake na ufidhuli wake, lakini majivuno yake si kitu.
7 Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the strong walls of Kir-charesseth shall ye lament, deeply stricken.
Kwa hiyo Wamoabu wanaomboleza, wanaiombolezea Moabu kwa pamoja. Wanaomboleza na kuhuzunika kwa ajili ya watu wa Kir-Haresethi.
8 For the fields of Cheshbon are withered, the vine of Sibmah —the lords of nations have beaten down its branches, they did reach as far as Ya'zer, into the wilderness did they wander; its tendrils were stretched forth, they passed over the sea.
Mashamba ya Heshboni yananyauka, pia na mizabibu ya Sibma. Watawala wa mataifa wamekanyaga mizabibu iliyo mizuri sana, ambayo ilipata kufika Yazeri na kuenea kuelekea jangwani. Machipukizi yake yalienea yakafika hadi baharini.
9 Therefore will I weep, when weeping for Ya'zer, for the vine of Sibmah: I will moisten thee richly with my tears, O Cheshbon, and El'aleh; for over [the gathering of] thy summer fruits and over thy harvest the battle-cry is fallen.
Hivyo ninalia kama Yazeri aliavyo, kwa ajili ya mizabibu ya Sibma. Ee Heshboni, ee Eleale, ninakulowesha kwa machozi! Kelele za furaha kwa ajili ya tunda lako lililoiva na kwa ajili ya mavuno zimekomeshwa.
10 And [thus] are taken away joy and gladness out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards shall be no singing, shall be no joyful shout: in the presses shall the treader not tread out wine; I have stopped the harvest-call.
Furaha na shangwe zimeondolewa kutoka mashamba ya matunda; hakuna yeyote aimbaye wala apazaye sauti katika mashamba ya mizabibu; hakuna yeyote akanyagaye zabibu shinikizoni, kwa kuwa nimekomesha makelele.
11 Therefore my bowels shall groan for Moab like a harp, and my inward parts for Kir-charess.
Moyo wangu unaomboleza kwa ajili ya Moabu kama kinubi, nafsi yangu yote kwa ajili ya Kir-Haresethi.
12 And it shall come to pass, that it shall be seen that Moab is weary on the high-places; and he will come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not accomplish [aught].
Wakati Moabu anapojitokeza mahali pake pa juu, anajichosha mwenyewe tu; anapokwenda mahali pake pa kuabudia miungu ili kuomba, haitamfaidi lolote.
13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab in former times.
Hili ndilo neno ambalo Bwana ameshasema kuhusu Moabu.
14 But now hath the Lord spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired laborer, shall the glory of Moab be rendered mean with all this [his] great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and inconsiderable.
Lakini sasa Bwana anasema: “Katika miaka mitatu, kama vile mtumishi aliyefungwa na mkataba angeihesabu, fahari ya Moabu na watu wake wengi watadharauliwa, nao walionusurika watakuwa wachache sana, tena wanyonge.”
