Isaiah 22
1 The doom of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the roofs?
Tamko kuhusu bonde la maono:
2 O noiseful, tumultuous city, joyous town? thy slain ones are not slain with the sword, and not those that die in battle.
Mji wenye kelele, mji umejaa maovu; wafu hawajauwawa kwa upanga, na hawakuuwawa kwenye vita.
3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are made prisoners by the bowmen: all that are found in thee are made prisoners together, who have run away from afar.
Viongozi wenu wamekimbia pamoja, lakini wamekamatwa pasipo na upinde, wote kwa pamoja wamekamatwa na wamekamatwa pamoja; walikimbia kutoka mbali.
4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly; be not urgent to comfort me, because of the wasting of the daughter of my people.
Hivyo basi, Msiniangalie mimi, nitalia kwa uchungu; msijaribu kunifariji kuhusiana na kuharibika kwa binti ya watu wangu.
5 For a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity hath the Lord Eternal of hosts in the valley of vision; walls are broken, and crying is heard against the mountain.
Maana kuna siku za ghasia, akanyagaye chini, na fujo za Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi, katika bonge la maono, kuanguka chini kwa ukuta, na watu wanalia juu ya milima.
6 And 'Elam beareth the quiver, [cometh] with men in chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovereth the shield.
Elamu chukua podo juu, na gari la watu na farasi, na kirghizameweka ngao wazi.
7 And it is so, that thy choicest valleys are full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array against the gate.
Siku hiyo ambapo mabonde ulioyachagua yatajaa magari, na farasi watachukua nafasi zao katika lango.
8 And he laid open the covering of Judah; and thou didst look on that day toward the armor of the house of the forest.
Atauodoa mbali ulinzi wa Yuda; na utaona siku hiyo utaona silaha katika jumba la msitu.
9 And the breaches of the city of David have ye seen, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Umeona matawi ya mji wa Daudi, jinsi mlivyowengi, na kukusanya maji katika birika la chini.
10 And the houses of Jerusalem have ye numbered, and ye have pulled down the houses to fortify the wall.
Umehesabu nyumba za Yerusalemu, na umerarua nyumba chini kuuimarish ukuta.
11 And a tank have ye made between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but ye have not looked at the Maker thereof, him that fashioned it in distant times have ye not regarded.
Na umefanya hifadhi katika ya kuta mbili maana maji ya birika la zamani. Maana haukuwahusisha walioujenga mji, walioupanga mji kutoka zamani.
12 And the Lord Eternal of hosts called on that day for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.
Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi amewaita siku hiyo watu waje kuomboleza na kulia, wanyoe vichwa vyao na kuvaa nguo za magunia.
13 And behold [there are] gladness and joy, slaying of oxen, and killing of sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we must die.”
Lakini angalia, badala yake sherehe na furaha, kuuwa ng'ombe na kuchinga kondoo, njooni tule na kunjwa mvinjo maana kesho tutakufa.
14 And it was revealed in my ears by the Lord of hosts: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven unto you until ye die, said the Lord the Eternal of hosts.
Hili limebanika kwenye masikio yangu na Yahwe wa majeshi: Hakika maovu haya hayatasamehewa, hata utakapokufa, ''Amesema Bwana wa majeshi.
15 Thus hath said the Lord, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is [superintendent] over the house;
Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi, asema hivi, ''Nenda kwa huyu kiongozi, kwa Shebana, aliye juu ya nyumba, na umwambie,
16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn out for thyself here a sepulchre, [the man] that hath hewn out on high his sepulchre, that holloweth out in the rock a habitation for himself?
Ni nina aliyekuruhusu kuchimba kaburi lako mwenyewe, kukata juu ya kaburi na juu ya urefu katika mahali pa kupunzikia ndani mwamba?''
17 Behold, the Lord will thrust thee about with a mighty throw, O man! and will lay fast hold of thee;
Yahwe anakaribia kukutupa chini; mtu mwenye nguvu, anakaribia kukutupa chini; atakuzongazonga.
18 He will roll thee up as a bundle, and [toss thee] like a ball into a country of ample space: there shalt thou die, and there shall [remain] the chariots of thy glory, thou disgrace of the house of thy lord.
Atahakikisha anatuzungusha zungusha, na kutupa msukosuko kama mpira kwenye nchi kubwa. Pale utakapokufa, na pale gari lako tukufu litakapo kuwa; utakuwa aibu ya nyumba ya bwana wako!
19 And I will cast thee out from thy station, and from thy post shall he pull thee down.
''Nami nitakuondoa katika ofisi yako na katika kituo chako. Na utavutwa chini.
20 And it shall come to pass on that day, that I will call my servant, for Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu.
Na itakuwa hivi kuhusu siku hiyo nitamchukua Eliakimu mtoto wa Hilkia mtumishi wangu.
21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and thy girdle will I fasten around him, and thy government will I place into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Nitamvisha yeye kwa kanzu yenu na kumvika mkanda wenu, na nitahamisha mamlaka yenu kwenye mikono yake. Atakuwa baba wa wenyeji wa Yerusalemu na katika nyumba ya Yuda.
22 And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder; so that he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Nitaziweka funguo za nyumba ya Daudi kwenye mabega yake; Atafungua, na hakuna atakayefunga; na atafunga na hakuna atakayefungua.
23 And I will fasten him as a tent-nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a chair of honor to his father's house.
Nami nitamuimarisha yeye, kigingi katika mahali salama, na atakuwa kiti cha utukufu katika nyumba ya baba yake.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the shoots and offshoots, all the small vessels, from the vessels of basins, even to all the vessels of flagons.
Nao wataangukia juu yake utukufu wote wa baba nyumba ya baba yake, watoto wake na uzao wake na kila chombo kidogo kutoka vikombe mpaka majagi yote.
25 On that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall be removed the nail that is fastened in the sure place, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that is upon it shall be cut off; for the Lord hath spoken it.
Siku hiyo- hili ndilo tamko la Yahwe wa majeshi- kigingi kilichowekwa katika mazingira imara kitatoa njia, utavunjika, na kuanguka, na uzito ulionao utaondoleawa- maana Yahwe amesema.
