Isaiah 63
1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, dyed red in his garments from Bozrah? this—glorious in his apparel, moving along in the greatness of his strength? “I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
Ni nani huyu anayekuja kutoka Edomu, kutoka Bosra, mwenye mavazi yaliyotiwa madoa mekundu? Ni nani huyu, aliyevikwa joho la kifahari, anayetembea kwa ukuu wa nguvu zake? “Mimi ndimi, nisemaye katika haki, mwenye nguvu wa kuokoa.”
2 Why is redness on thy apparel, and [why are] thy garments as of one that treadeth the wine-press?
Kwa nini mavazi yako ni mekundu, kama ya yule akanyagaye shinikizo la zabibu?
3 “I have trodden the vat alone, and of the nations there was no man with me; and I trod them down in my anger, and I trampled on them in my fury; and their blood was sprinkled on my garments, and all my raiments have I stained.
“Nimekanyaga shinikizo la zabibu peke yangu; kutoka mataifa hakuna mtu aliyekuwa pamoja nami. Nimewaponda kwa miguu katika hasira yangu na kuwakanyaga chini katika ghadhabu yangu; damu yao ilitia matone kwenye mavazi yangu, na kutia madoa nguo zangu zote.
4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed was come.
Kwa kuwa siku ya kisasi ilikuwa moyoni mwangu, mwaka wa ukombozi wangu umefika.
5 And I looked, and there was no one to help, and I was astonished, and there was no one to support; and then my own arm aided me, and my fury—this it was that upheld me.
Nilitazama, lakini hakuwepo yeyote wa kunisaidia, nilishangaa kwa kuwa hakuwepo yeyote aliyetoa msaada; hivyo mkono wangu wenyewe ndio ulionifanyia wokovu, na ghadhabu yangu mwenyewe ndiyo iliyonitegemeza.
6 And I stamped down nations in my anger, and I made them drunken with my fury, and brought down to the earth their victorious strength.”
Nilikanyaga mataifa kwa miguu katika hasira yangu, katika ghadhabu yangu niliwalewesha, na kumwaga damu yao juu ya ardhi.”
7 The kindnesses of the Lord will I mention, the praises of the Lord, in accordance with all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the abundant goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and the abundance of his kindnesses.
Nitasimulia juu ya wema wa Bwana, kwa matendo ambayo apaswa kusifiwa, sawasawa na yote ambayo Bwana ametenda kwa ajili yetu: naam, mambo mengi mema aliyoyatenda kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli, sawasawa na huruma zake na wema wake mwingi.
8 And he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie; and he became to them a Saviour.
Alisema, “Hakika wao ni watu wangu, wana ambao hawatanidanganya”; hivyo akawa Mwokozi wao.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and he carried them all the days of old.
Katika taabu zao zote naye alitaabika, na malaika wa uso wake akawaokoa. Katika upendo wake na rehema zake aliwakomboa, akawainua na kuwachukua siku zote zilizopita.
10 But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit; and he changed himself to become their enemy, and he fought against them.
Lakini waliasi, na kumhuzunisha Roho Mtakatifu wake. Hivyo aligeuka na kuwa adui yao, na yeye mwenyewe akapigana dhidi yao.
11 Then remembered his people the ancient days of Moses, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put within him his holy Spirit?
Ndipo watu wake wakazikumbuka siku zilizopita, siku za Mose na watu wake: yuko wapi yeye aliyewaleta kupitia katikati ya bahari, pamoja na wachungaji wa kundi lake? Yuko wapi yule aliyeweka Roho wake Mtakatifu katikati yao,
12 That displayed by the right hand of Moses his glorious arm; that divided the water before them, to make unto himself an everlasting name?
aliyetuma mkono wake uliotukuka wenye nguvu kuwa katika mkono wa kuume wa Mose, aliyegawa maji ya bahari mbele yao, ili kujipatia jina milele,
13 That led them through the deeps, as a horse through the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
aliyewaongoza kupitia kwenye vilindi? Kama farasi katika nchi iliyo wazi, wao hawakujikwaa,
14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, so did the spirit of the Lord bring them to rest; thus didst thou guide thy people, to make unto thyself a glorious name.
kama ngʼombe washukao bondeni kwenye malisho, walipewa pumziko na Roho wa Bwana. Hivi ndivyo ulivyowaongoza watu wako ili kujipatia mwenyewe jina tukufu.
15 Look down from heaven, and behold, from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mights, the yearning of thy bowels and of thy mercy which are now restrained from me?
Tazama chini kutoka mbinguni ukaone kutoka kiti chako cha enzi kilichoinuliwa juu, kitakatifu na kitukufu. Uko wapi wivu wako na uweza wako? Umetuzuilia wema wako na huruma zako.
16 For thou art our father; for Abraham knoweth nothing of us, and Israel recogniseth us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
Lakini wewe ni Baba yetu, ingawa Abrahamu hatufahamu sisi wala Israeli hatutambui; wewe, Ee Bwana, ndiwe Baba yetu, Mkombozi wetu tangu zamani za kale ndilo jina lako.
17 Why hast thou let us go astray, O Lord, from thy ways, suffered our heart to be hardened against thy fear? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy heritage.
Ee Bwana, kwa nini unatuacha twende mbali na njia zako, na kuifanya mioyo yetu migumu hata hatukukuheshimu? Rudi kwa ajili ya watumishi wako, yale makabila ambayo ni urithi wako.
18 But a brief space were thy holy people in possession, when our adversaries trod down thy sanctuary.
Kwa maana kwa muda mfupi watu wako walimiliki mahali pako patakatifu, lakini sasa adui zetu wamepakanyaga mahali patakatifu pako.
19 We are become as though we are those over whom thou hast never ruled, over whom thy name hath not been called.
Sisi tumekuwa kama wale ambao hujawatawala kamwe, kama wale ambao hawajaitwa kwa jina lako.
