< Isaiah 50 >

1 This is what Yahweh says, “Where is the certificate of divorce with which I divorced your mother? To which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins, and because of your rebellion, your mother was sent away.
Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Iko wapi hati ya talaka ya mama yako ambayo kwayo niliachana naye? Au nimewauza ninyi kwa nani miongoni mwa watu wanaonidai? Kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu mliuzwa, kwa sababu ya makosa, mama yenu aliachwa.
2 Why did I come but there was no one there? Why did I call but no one answered? Was my hand too short to ransom you? Was there no power in me to rescue you? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea; I make the rivers a desert; their fish die for lack of water and rot.
Nilipokuja, kwa nini hakuwepo hata mmoja? Nilipoita, kwa nini hakuwepo hata mmoja wa kujibu? Je, mkono wangu ni mfupi mno hata nisiweze kuwakomboa? Je, mimi sina nguvu za kukuokoa? Kwa kukemea tu naikausha bahari, naigeuza mito ya maji kuwa jangwa; samaki wake wanaoza kwa kukosa maji na kufa kwa ajili ya kiu.
3 I clothe the sky with darkness; I cover it with sackcloth.”
Ninalivika anga weusi na kufanya nguo ya gunia kuwa kifuniko chake.”
4 The Lord Yahweh has given me a tongue as one of those who are taught, so that I speak a sustaining word to the weary one; he wakes me morning by morning; he awakens my ear to hear like those who are taught.
Bwana Mwenyezi amenipa ulimi uliofundishwa, ili kujua neno limtegemezalo aliyechoka. Huniamsha asubuhi kwa asubuhi, huamsha sikio langu lisikie kama mtu afundishwaye.
5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away backward.
Bwana Mwenyezi amezibua masikio yangu, nami sikuwa mwasi, wala sikurudi nyuma.
6 I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard; I did not hide my face from acts of shame and spitting.
Niliwapa mgongo wangu wale wanipigao, mashavu yangu wale wangʼoao ndevu zangu; sikuuficha uso wangu kutokana na fedheha na kutemewa mate.
7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I am not disgraced; so I have made my face like flint, for I know that I will not be put to shame.
Kwa sababu Bwana Mwenyezi ananisaidia, sitatahayarika. Kwa hiyo nimekaza uso wangu kama jiwe la gumegume, nami ninajua sitaaibika.
8 He who will justify me is close by. Who will oppose me? Let us stand and confront one another. Who is my accuser? Let him come near to me.
Yeye anipatiaye haki yangu yu karibu. Ni nani basi atakayeleta mashtaka dhidi yangu? Tukabiliane uso kwa uso! Mshtaki wangu ni nani? Ni nani aliye mshtaki wangu?
9 See, the Lord Yahweh will help me. Who will declare me guilty? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
Ni Bwana Mwenyezi anisaidiaye mimi. Ni nani huyo atakayenihukumu? Wote watachakaa kama vazi, nondo watawala wawamalize.
10 Who among you fears Yahweh? Who obeys the voice of his servant? Who walks in deep darkness without light? He should trust in the name of Yahweh and lean on his God.
Ni nani miongoni mwenu amchaye Bwana, na kulitii neno la mtumishi wake? Yeye atembeaye gizani, yeye asiye na nuru, na alitumainie jina la Bwana, na amtegemee Mungu wake.
11 Look, all you who light fires, who equip yourselves with torches: walk in the light of your fire and in the flames that you have ignited. This is what you have received from me: You will lie down in a place of pain.
Lakini sasa, ninyi nyote mnaowasha mioto, na kupeana mienge iwakayo ninyi kwa ninyi, nendeni, tembeeni katika nuru ya moto wenu na ya mienge mliyoiwasha. Hili ndilo mtakalolipokea kutoka mkononi mwangu: Mtalala chini kwa mateso makali.

< Isaiah 50 >