Isaiah 31
1 Woe [to] those going down to Egypt for help, And [who] lean on horses, And trust on chariots, because [they are] many, And on horsemen, because [they are] very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And have not sought YHWH.
Ole wao wale washukao Misri kwa ajili ya msaada, wale wategemeao farasi, wanaoweka tumaini katika wingi wa magari yao ya vita, na katika nguvu nyingi za wapanda farasi, lakini hawamwangalii yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli, wala hawatafuti msaada kwa Bwana.
2 And He [is] also wise, and brings in evil, And He has not turned aside His words, And He has risen against a house of evildoers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.
Hata hivyo yeye pia ana hekima na anaweza kuleta maafa, wala hayatangui maneno yake. Yeye atainuka dhidi ya nyumba ya mwovu, dhidi ya wale ambao huwasaidia watenda mabaya.
3 And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And YHWH stretches out His hand, And the helper has stumbled, And the helped one has fallen, And together all of them are consumed.
Lakini Wamisri ni wanadamu, wala si Mungu, farasi wao ni nyama, wala si roho. Wakati Bwana atakaponyoosha Mkono wake, yeye anayesaidia atajikwaa, naye anayesaidiwa ataanguka, wote wawili wataangamia pamoja.
4 For thus said YHWH to me: “As the lion and the young lion growl over his prey, Against whom a multitude of shepherds is called, He is not frightened from their voice, And he is not humbled from their noise; So YHWH of Hosts comes down To war on Mount Zion, and on her height.
Hili ndilo Bwana analoniambia: “Kama vile simba angurumavyo, simba mkubwa juu ya mawindo yake: hata ingawa kundi lote la wachunga mifugo huitwa pamoja dhidi yake, hatiwi hofu na kelele zao wala kusumbuliwa na ghasia zao; ndivyo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atakavyoshuka kufanya vita juu ya Mlima Sayuni na juu ya vilele vyake.
5 As birds flying, so does YHWH of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.”
Kama ndege warukao, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ataukinga Yerusalemu; ataukinga na kuuokoa, atapita juu yake na kuufanya salama.”
6 Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostasy.
Mrudieni yeye ambaye nyumba ya Israeli imemwasi sana.
7 For in that day each despises His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you—a sin.
Kwa kuwa katika siku ile kila mmoja wenu atazikataa sanamu za fedha na za dhahabu zilizotengenezwa kwa mikono yenu yenye dhambi.
8 And Asshur has fallen by sword, not of the high, Indeed, a sword—not of the low, consumes him, And he has fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary.
“Ashuru itaanguka kwa upanga ambao si wa mwanadamu; upanga usio wa kibinadamu utawaangamiza. Watakimbia mbele ya upanga na vijana wao wa kiume watafanyizwa kazi kwa lazima.
9 And he passes on [to] his rock from fear, And his princes have been frightened by the ensign—a declaration of YHWH, Who has a light in Zion, And who has a furnace in Jerusalem!
Ngome zao zitaanguka kwa sababu ya hofu; kwa kuona bendera ya vita, majemadari wao watashikwa na hofu ya ghafula,” asema Bwana, ambaye moto wake uko Sayuni, nayo tanuru yake iko Yerusalemu.
