Isaiah 62
1 For Zion’s sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem’s sake I do not rest, Until her righteousness goes out as brightness, And her salvation burns as a torch.
Kwa ajili ya Sayuni sitanyamaza, kwa ajili ya Yerusalemu sitatulia, mpaka haki yake itakapoangaza kama mapambazuko, wokovu wake kama mwanga wa moto.
2 And nations have seen your righteousness, And all kings your glory, And He is giving a new name to you, That the mouth of YHWH defines.
Mataifa wataona haki yako, nao wafalme wote wataona utukufu wako; wewe utaitwa kwa jina jipya lile ambalo kinywa cha Bwana kitatamka.
3 And you have been a crown of beauty in the hand of YHWH, And a turban of royalty in the hand of your God,
Utakuwa taji ya fahari mkononi mwa Bwana, taji ya kifalme mkononi mwa Mungu wako.
4 It is not said of you anymore, “Forsaken!” And of your land it is not said anymore, “Desolate,” For to you is cried, “My delight [is] in her,” And to your land, “Married,” For YHWH has delighted in you, And your land is married.
Hawatakuita tena Aliyeachwa, wala nchi yako kuiita Ukiwa. Bali utaitwa Hefsiba, nayo nchi yako itaitwa Beula, kwa maana Bwana atakufurahia, nayo nchi yako itaolewa.
5 For a young man marries a virgin, Your builders marry you, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Your God rejoices over you.
Kama vile kijana aoavyo mwanamwali, ndivyo wanao watakavyokuoa wewe; kama bwana arusi amfurahiavyo bibi arusi wake, ndivyo Mungu wako atakavyokufurahia wewe.
6 “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.” O you remembering YHWH, do not keep silence for yourselves,
Nimeweka walinzi juu ya kuta zako, ee Yerusalemu, hawatanyamaza mchana wala usiku. Ninyi wenye kumwita Bwana, msitulie,
7 And do not give silence to Him, Until He establishes, and until He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
msimwache apumzike hadi atakapoufanya imara Yerusalemu na kuufanya uwe sifa ya dunia.
8 YHWH has sworn by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: “I do not give your grain anymore [as] food for your enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink your new wine, For which you have labored.
Bwana ameapa kwa mkono wake wa kuume na kwa mkono wake wenye nguvu: “Kamwe sitawapa tena adui zenu nafaka zenu kama chakula chao; kamwe wageni hawatakunywa tena divai mpya ambayo mmeitaabikia,
9 For those gathering it eat it, and have praised YHWH, And those collecting it drink it in My holy courts.”
lakini wale waivunao nafaka wataila na kumsifu Bwana, nao wale wakusanyao zabibu watainywa divai yake katika nyua za patakatifu pangu.”
10 Pass on, pass on through the gates, Prepare the way of the people, Raise up, raise up the highway, clear it from stones, Lift up an ensign over the peoples.
Piteni, piteni katika malango! Tengenezeni njia kwa ajili ya watu. Jengeni, jengeni njia kuu! Ondoeni mawe. Inueni bendera kwa ajili ya mataifa.
11 Behold, YHWH has proclaimed to the end of the earth: “Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation has come, Behold, His hire [is] with Him, And His wage before Him.”
Bwana ametoa tangazo mpaka miisho ya dunia: “Mwambie Binti Sayuni, ‘Tazama, mwokozi wako anakuja! Tazama ujira wake uko pamoja naye, na malipo yake yanafuatana naye!’”
12 And they have cried to them, “The People of the Holy One! The Redeemed of YHWH!” Indeed, to you is called, “The sought out one, a city not forsaken!”
Wataitwa Watu Watakatifu, Waliokombolewa na Bwana; nawe utaitwa Aliyetafutwa, Mji Usioachwa Tena.
