Isaiah 50
1 Thus hath said the Lord, Where is your mother's bill of divorcement, wherewith I have sent her away? or who of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother sent away.
Yahwe asema hivi, ''Kiko wapi cheti cha talaka ambacho nimempa tataka mama yako? na kwa nani niliowauza mimi? Tazama, umewauza kwa sababu ya dhambi zako, na kwa sababu ya uasi wako, na mama yako amepelekwa mbali.
2 Why did I come and no man was there, did I call, with none to answer? hath my hand become too short for redeeming? or is there no power in me to deliver? behold, through my threatening I can dry up the sea, I can change the rivers into a wilderness: their fish stink for want of water, and die for thirst.
Kwa nini nimekuja maana hakuna mtu pale? Kwa nini nimeita lakini hakuna aliyejibu? Je mkono wangu ni mfupi kukufidia wewe? Je hakuna nguvu katika ukombozi wngu kwako? Tazama, maonyo yangu, nimeikausha bahari; nimeufanya mto kuwa jangwa; samaki wake wamekufa na kuoza kwa kukosa maji.
3 I can clothe the heavens with blackness, and I can make sackcloth their garment.
Nimelivisha giza; na ku kwa ngfunika nguo za magunia.''
4 The Lord Eternal hath given me a tongue for teaching, that I should know how to strengthen the weary with the word: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to listen like those who are well taught.
Bwana Yahwe amenipa mimi lugha kama wale wanayofundishwa, ili kwamba nizungumze maneno ya kudumisha kwa yeye aliyechoka; huniamsha mimi asubuhi kwa asubuhi; huyaamsha masikio yangu kama wale wanofundisha.
5 The Lord Eternal hath opened me my ear, and I resisted not: I turned not backward.
Bwana Yahwe amefungua sikio langu, na sikuaasi, wala kurudi nyuma.
6 My back I gave up to the smiters, and my cheeks to those that plucked off the hair: my face I hid not from abuse and spitting.
Niliwapa mgongo wangu wale wanaonipiga mimi, na shavu langu kwa wale wanaopokonya nje ndevu zangu; Sitouficha uso wangu kutokana na matendo ya aibu na kutema mate.
7 But the Lord Eternal ever helpeth me; therefore was I not confounded; therefore have I rendered my face like a flint, and I knew that I should not be made ashamed.
Maana Bwana Yahwe atanisaidia mimi; hivyo basi sitapatwa na aibu; hivyo nimeufanya uso wangu kama jiwe, maana ninajua kwamba sitaabishwa.
8 He that justifieth me is near; who will contend with me? let us stand forward together: who hath a dispute with me? let him come near to me.
Yeye aliye nitakasa mimi yu karibu. Ni nani atakayenipinga mimi? Basi na tusimame tufarijiane mmoja mmoja. Nani aliye mshitaki? Muache aje karibu na mimi.
9 Behold, the Lord Eternal will help me; who is the man that will condemn me? lo, they all shall wear out as a garment: the moth shall eat them up.
Tazama, Bwana Yahwe atanisaidia mimi. Nani atakayetangaza kuwa mimi ni mwenye hatia? Tazama, watavaa nje kama vazi; mdomo utawala wao juu.
10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? though he have walked in darkness, and had no light: let him trust in the name of the Lord, and lean for support upon his God.
Ni nani miongoni mwenu anayemuogopa Yahwe? Ni nani anayehieshimu sauti ya Yahwe? Ni nani atakayetembea kwenye giza nene pasipo mwanga?
11 Behold, all ye that kindle fire, that urge on the brands: walk by the blaze of your fire, and by the brands ye have kindled; from my hand hath this been bestowed on you; in pain shall ye lie down.
Tazama, ninyi nyote mnaowasha, ni nani aliyewapa wenyewe kwa tochi: tembeni katika mwanga wa moto wenu na katika moto mliouwasha. Hili ndilo mlilopokea kutoka kwangu: utalala chini katika mahali pachungu.
