Isaiah 5
1 I will sing now for my beloved, the song of my dear one touching his vineyard. A vineyard had my beloved on a rich hill-top;
Nitaimba wimbo kwa ajili ya mmoja nimpendaye, kuhusu shamba lake la mizabibu: Mpendwa wangu alikuwa na shamba la mizabibu kwenye kilima chenye rutuba.
2 And he fenced it in, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in its midst, and also a winepress he hewed out therein: and he hoped that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth worthless fruit.
Alililima na kuondoa mawe na akaliotesha mizabibu bora sana. Akajenga mnara wa ulinzi ndani yake, na kutengeneza shinikizo la kukamulia divai pia. Kisha akatazamia kupata mazao ya zabibu nzuri, lakini lilizaa matunda mabaya tu.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
“Basi enyi wakazi wa Yerusalemu na watu wa Yuda, hukumuni kati yangu na shamba langu la mizabibu.
4 What more was to be done to my vineyard, that I had not done in it? Why then did I hope that it should bring forth grapes, while it brought forth worthless fruit?
Ni nini zaidi ambacho kingeweza kufanyika kwa shamba langu la mizabibu kuliko yale niliyofanya? Nilipotazamia kupata zabibu nzuri, kwa nini lilizaa zabibu mbaya tu?
5 And now I will let you know also what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten off; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down;
Sasa nitawaambia lile nitakalolitendea shamba langu la mizabibu: Nitaondoa uzio wake, nalo litaharibiwa, nitabomoa ukuta wake, nalo litakanyagwa.
6 And I will lay it quite waste; it shall not be pruned, nor hoed around; and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; and the clouds will I command that they send down no rain upon it.
Nitalifanya nchi ya ukiwa isiyokaliwa na watu, halitakatiwa matawi wala kulimwa, nayo michongoma na miiba itamea huko, nitaamuru mawingu yasinyeshe mvua juu yake.”
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he hoped for justice, but behold injustice; for equity, but behold iniquity.
Shamba la mzabibu la Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ni nyumba ya Israeli, na watu wa Yuda ni bustani yake ya kumpendeza. Alitazamia haki, lakini akaona umwagaji damu, alitazamia uadilifu, lakini akasikia vilio vya taabu.
8 Woe unto those that cause house to join on house, bring field near to field, till there is no more room, so that ye may be left alone as the inhabitants in the midst of the land!
Ole wenu mnaoongeza nyumba baada ya nyumba na kuunganisha mashamba baada ya mashamba hadi hakuna nafasi iliyobaki, nanyi mnaishi peke yenu katika nchi.
9 In my ears [spoke] the Lord of hosts, Truly many houses shall become desolate, yea, great and beautiful ones without an inhabitant.
Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amesema nikisikia: “Hakika nyumba kubwa zitakuwa ukiwa, nayo majumba ya fahari yatabaki bila kukaliwa.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield [but] one bath, and a chomer-seed shall yield [but] an ephah.
Shamba la mizabibu la eka kumi litatoa bathi moja ya divai, na homeri ya mbegu zilizopandwa itatoa efa moja tu ya nafaka.”
11 Woe unto those that rise up early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink; that continue until late in the twilight, till wine inflame them!
Ole wao wale waamkao asubuhi na mapema wakikimbilia kunywa vileo, wale wakawiao sana mpaka usiku, mpaka wamewaka kwa mvinyo.
12 And there are harp and psaltery, tambourine and flute, and wine at their drinking-feasts; but the deeds of the Lord they regard not, and the works of his hands they behold not.
Wana vinubi na zeze kwenye karamu zao, matari, filimbi na mvinyo, lakini hawayajali matendo ya Bwana, wala hawana heshima kwa ajili ya kazi ya mikono yake.
13 Therefore are my people led into exile, for want of knowledge: and their honorable men suffer of famine, and their multitude are panting with thirst.
Kwa hiyo watu wangu watakwenda uhamishoni kwa sababu ya kukosa ufahamu, watu wao wenye vyeo watakufa kwa njaa na watu wao wengi watakauka kwa kiu.
14 Therefore hath the deep enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure: and there descend [Jerusalem's] glory, and her multitude, and her noise, and whoever rejoiced therein. (Sheol h7585)
Kwa hiyo kaburi limeongeza hamu yake na kupanua mdomo wake bila kikomo, ndani mwake watashuka wakuu wao na wingi wa watu, pamoja na wagomvi wao, na wafanyao sherehe wote. (Sheol h7585)
15 And bent down shall be the son of earth, and humbled shall be the man, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled;
Hivyo mwanadamu atashushwa, na binadamu kunyenyekezwa, macho ya wenye majivuno yatanyenyekezwa.
16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified by [displaying his] righteousness.
Lakini Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atatukuzwa kwa ajili ya haki yake, naye Mungu Mtakatifu atajionyesha mwenyewe kuwa mtakatifu kwa haki yake.
17 Then shall the sheep feed according to their wont, and the ruins of the fat ones shall sojourners eat.
Kondoo watajilisha kwenye malisho yao wenyewe, wana-kondoo watajilisha katika magofu ya matajiri.
18 Woe unto those that draw iniquity with the cords of falsehood, and as with a wagon-rope, sinfulness;
Ole wao wanaovuta dhambi kwa kamba za udanganyifu na uovu kama kwa kamba za mkokoteni,
19 That say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it: and let draw nigh and come the counsel of the Holy One of Israel, that we may know it!
kwa wale wanaosema, “Mungu na afanye haraka, aharakishe kazi yake ili tupate kuiona. Huo mpango wa Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli na ukamilike, tena udhihirike ili tupate kuujua.”
20 Woe unto those that say of the evil it is good, and of the good it is evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Ole wao wanaoita ubaya ni wema, na wema ni ubaya, wawekao giza badala ya nuru, na nuru badala ya giza, wawekao uchungu badala ya utamu, na utamu badala ya uchungu.
21 Woe unto those that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
Ole wao walio na hekima machoni pao wenyewe, na kujiona wenye akili machoni pao wenyewe.
22 Woe unto those that are heroes to drink wine, and men of might to mingle strong drink;
Ole wao walio mashujaa kwa kunywa mvinyo, nao walio hodari katika kuchanganya vileo,
23 Who justify the wicked in lieu of a bribe, and who deprive the righteous of their right!
wale wanaoachilia wenye hatia kwa kupokea hongo, lakini huwanyima haki wasio na hatia.
24 Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and dry hay sinketh before the flame: so shall their root be as rotten things, and their blossom shall fly up as the dust; because they have despised the law of the Lord of hosts, and the word of the Holy One of Israel they have rejected.
Kwa hiyo, kama ndimi za moto zirambavyo nyasi, na kama vile majani makavu yazamavyo katika miali ya moto, ndivyo mizizi yao itakavyooza na maua yao yatakavyopeperushwa kama mavumbi; kwa kuwa wameikataa sheria ya Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote na kulisukumia mbali neno la Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
25 For this cause is kindled the anger of the Lord against his people, and he stretcheth forth his hand against them, and he smiteth them; and the mountains tremble, and their carcasses lie like sweepings in the midst of the streets: with all this his anger is not turned away, but still is his hand stretched out.
Kwa hiyo hasira ya Bwana inawaka dhidi ya watu wake, mkono wake umeinuliwa na anawapiga. Milima inatetemeka, maiti ni kama takataka kwenye barabara. Hata kwa haya yote, hasira yake haijageukia mbali, mkono wake bado umeinuliwa juu.
26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar, and will call for one of them from the end of the earth; and, behold, with speed, swiftly, it cometh;
Yeye anainua bendera kwa ajili ya mataifa yaliyo mbali, anapiga filimbi kwa ajili ya wale walio kwenye miisho ya dunia. Tazama wamekuja, kwa kasi na kwa haraka!
27 There is none weary, nor stumbling among its men; it slumbereth not, it sleepeth not; not loosened is the girdle of its loins, not broken is the latchet of its shoes;
Hakuna hata mmoja wao anayechoka wala kujikwaa, hakuna hata mmoja anayesinzia wala kulala, hakuna mkanda uliolegezwa kiunoni, hakuna gidamu ya kiatu iliyokatika.
28 Whose arrows are sharpened, and all whose bows are bent; its horses hoofs are hard like the flint, and its wheels like the whirlwind;
Mishale yao ni mikali, pinde zao zote zimevutwa, kwato za farasi wao ziko kama jiwe la gumegume, magurudumu ya magari yao ya vita ni kama upepo wa kisulisuli.
29 It hath a roar like the lioness, it roareth like the young lions: yea, it growleth, and layeth hold of the prey, and carrieth it safely off, with none to deliver.
Ngurumo yao ni kama ile ya simba, wananguruma kama wana simba, wanakoroma wanapokamata mawindo yao, na kuondoka nayo pasipo yeyote wa kuokoa.
30 And it will rage against them on that day like with the raging of the sea: and if one look unto the earth, behold, there is darkness, oppression, and the light is darkened through the darkness of its clouds.
Katika siku ile watanguruma juu yake kama ngurumo za bahari. Kama mtu akiitazama nchi, ataona giza na dhiki; hata nuru itatiwa giza kwa mawingu.
