Isaiah 57
1 The righteous has perished, And there is none laying [it] to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil The righteous one is gathered.
Wenye waki watatoweka, lakini hakuna mtu atakayelitia maanani, na watu wa agano la kuaminika wamekusanyika mbali, lakini hakuna mtu anayefahamu kuwa wenye haki wamekusanyika mbali na maovu,
2 He enters into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward.
Wameingia katika amani; wamepumzika katika vitanda vyao, wale wanotembea katika haki.
3 “And you, come near here, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even you commit whoredom.
Lakini njooni hapa, enyi watoto wa wachawi, watoto wa wazinifu na mwanamke anayefanya ukahaba.
4 Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you enlarge the mouth [And] prolong the tongue? Are you not children of transgression? A false seed?
Ni nani mnayemfanyia mzaha? dhidi ya wale wanofungua midomo yao na kutoa nje ndimi zao? Je ninyi sio watoto wa uaasi, watoto wa uongo?
5 Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.
Enyi unaowasha wenywe kwa kulala pamoja chini ya mualoni, kila chini ya mti mbichi, ewe unaeua watoto wako katika mabonde yaliyokauka, chini ya miamba inayoning'inia.
6 Your portion [is] among the smooth things of a brook, They [are] your lot, You have also poured out an oblation to them, You have caused a present to ascend, Am I comforted in these things?
Miongoni mwa vitu vilaini katika bonde la mto ni mambo uliyopewa uyafanyie kazi. Ni vitu vya ibada yako. Umemwaga nje kinywaji chako kwao na kutoa sadaka ya mazao. Katika haya mambo Je ninaweza kuwa radhi na mambo haya?
7 On a mountain, high and exalted, You have set your bed, You have also gone up there to make a sacrifice.
Umeandaa kitanda chako juu ya mlima mrefu; pia umeeda pale juu kutoa sadaka.
8 And behind the door, and the post, You have set up your memorial, For you have removed from Me, and go up, You have enlarged your bed, And cut [a covenant] with them, You have loved their bed, the station you saw,
Nyuma ya mlango na mihimili ya milango umeweka ishara zako; umeniweka mimi furagha, umejifunua wewe mwenywe, na kwenda juu; umekifanya kitanda changu kuwa kikubwa. Umefanya agano na wao; ulipenda vitanda vyao; uliona sehemu zao za siri.
9 And go joyfully to the king in ointment, And multiply your perfumes, And send your ambassadors far off, And humble yourself to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Ulienda kwa Moleki pamoja na mafuta; umeongeza marashi. Ulimtuma balozi wako mbali sana; Alikwenda chini kuzimu. (Sheol h7585)
10 You have labored in the greatness of your way, You have not said, It is desperate. You have found the life of your hand, Therefore you have not been sick.
Ulichoka kwa safari yako ndefu, lakini haukusema, ''Haina matumaini.'' Umeyatafuta maisha katika mkono wako; Hivyo basi haukudhoofika.
11 And of whom have you been afraid, and fear, That you lie, and have not remembered Me? You have not laid [it] to your heart, Am I not silent, even from of old? And you do not fear Me?
Ni uliyemuogopa? Ni nani uliye muhofia zaidi ambaye aliyekufanya wewe kutenda udanganyifu, kwa wingi namna hiyo ambapo hauwezi kunikumbuka mimi au kufikiria kuhusu mimi? Maana nilikuwa kimya kwa mda mrefu, hauniogopi mimi tena.
12 I declare your righteousness, and your works, And they do not profit you.
Nitatangaza matendo haki yako na nitawaambia kila kitu ulichokifanya, lakini hawatakusaidia.
13 When you cry, let your gatherings deliver you, And wind carries all of them away, Vanity takes away, And whoever is trusting in Me inherits the land, And possesses My holy mountain.”
Utakapolia nje, wacha sanamu ulizozikusnya zikusaidie wewe. Badala yake upepo utavipeperusha vyote, punzi itavipeperusha mbali. Lakini yeye anayenikimbilia mimi atairithi aridhi na atachukua umiliki katika mlima wangu mtakatifu.
14 And He has said, “Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.”
Atasema, 'Jenga, jenga! safisha njia! ondoeni vizuizi vyote katika njia ya watu wangu!''
15 For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and His Name [is] holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,
Maana yeye allye juu palipoinuka, anayeishi katika uzima wa milele, ambaye jina lake ni mtakatifu, asema hivi, ''Ninaishi mahali pa juu na mahali patakatifu pamoja na yeye pia aliyemnyenyekevu na moyo uliopondeka, ili kuzifufua roho za wanyenyekevu na kufufua mioyo ya wanaojutia.
16 For I do not strive for all time, nor am I angry forever, For the spirit is feeble before Me, And the souls I have made.
Maana sitawahukumu milele, wala sitakuwa na hasira milele, Kisha roho ya mtu itazimia mbele yangu, maisha niliyowafanyia.
17 For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been angry, and I strike him, Hiding—and am angry, And he goes on turning back in the way of his heart.
Kwa sababu ya dhambi ya mapato ya vurugu zake, Nilipatwa na hasira, na nikamuadhibu yeye; niliuficha uso wangu, nilikuwa na hasira, lakini alirudi nyuma katika njia za moyo wake mwenyewe.
18 I have seen his ways, and I heal him, indeed, I lead him, And repay comforts to him and to his mourning ones.
Nimeziona njia zake, lakini nitamoponya yeye. Nitamuongoza yeye na kumfariji na kuwashauri wale wanomliliia yeye,
19 Producing the fruit of the lips, Peace, peace, to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him,” said YHWH.
na natengeneza tunda la midomo. Amani, amani, kwa wale walio mbali sana na wale walio karibu-asema Yahwe nitawaponya ninyi.
20 And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For it is not able to rest, And its waters cast out filth and mire.
Lakini waovu ni kama bahari iliyochafuka, haiwezi kutulia, na maji yake yametanda juu ya matope.
21 “There is no peace,” said my God, “for the wicked!”
Hakuna amani kwa wakosaji asema Mungu.''
