Isaiah 31
1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Ole wao washukao Misri kuomba msaada na kutegemea farasi, kuweka imani katika magari (maana wako wengi) na ( maana faras haziesabiki). Lakini hawausiani na Mtakatifu wa Israeli, wala hawamtafuti Yahwe!
2 Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Lakini ni mwenye busara, na ataleta maafa na atakanusha maneno yake. Na atakuja juu ya nyumba zitendazo maovu, na dhidi ya wale wanaowasaidia kuteda dhambi.
3 Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
Misri ni mtu na sio Mungu, ni farasi wa mwili na sio wa roho. Yahwe atakapota nje kwa mkono wake, wote waliowasaidia watakuwa na mashaka, na yeyote atakayesidia atanguka; wote kwa pamoja watatoweka.
4 For thus hath the LORD spoken to me, As the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Hivi ndivyo Yahwe alivyosema na mimi, '' kama simba, na hata mtoto wa simba, hunguruma juu ya mawindo yake, pale makundi ya wachungaji yanapoita dhidi yake, lakini hatatemeka kwa sauti zao, wala hatakwenda kwa sababu ya kelele zao, hivyo Yahwe wa majeshi atashuka kupigana kwenye mlima Sayuni, katika kilima hicho.
5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it]; [and] passing over he will preserve [it].
Kama ndege apaavyo, hivyo Yahwe wa majeshi atailinda Yerusalemu; atailinda na kuiokoa kama apitavyo juu na kuilinda.
6 Turn ye to [him from] whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
Mrudieni yeye kutoka huyo mliyemgeukia, watu wa Israeli.
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you [for] a sin.
Maana katika siku hiyo kila mmoja ataondoa miungu ya fedha na miungu ya dhahabu iliyotegenezwa kwa mikono yenu yenye dhambi.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Asiria atangamizwa kwa upanga; na upanga usioshikiwa na mtu utumaliza yeye. Ataukimbia upanga, na vijana wake wadogo watafanyishwa kazi ngumu.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire [is] in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Na watashindwa kujiani kwa sababu ya hofu, na mkuu wao ataogopa mbele ya bendera ya jeshi la Yahwe.''- Hili ni tamko la Yahwe, ambao moto uko Sayuni na ambayo sufuria ya moto iko Yerusalemu.
