Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?
Ni nani aliyeamini ujumbe wetu, na mkono wa Bwana umefunuliwa kwa nani?
2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Alikua mbele yake kama mche mwororo na kama mzizi katika nchi kavu. Hakuwa na uzuri wala utukufu wa kutuvutia kwake, hakuwa na chochote katika sura yake cha kutufanya tumtamani.
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
Alidharauliwa na kukataliwa na wanadamu, mtu wa huzuni nyingi, ajuaye mateso. Kama mtu ambaye watu humficha nyuso zao, alidharauliwa, wala hatukumhesabu kuwa kitu.
4 Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
Hakika alichukua udhaifu wetu na akajitwika huzuni zetu, hata hivyo tulidhania kuwa amepigwa na Mungu, akapigwa sana naye, na kuteswa.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
Lakini alitobolewa kwa ajili ya makosa yetu, alichubuliwa kwa ajili ya maovu yetu; adhabu iliyotuletea sisi amani ilikuwa juu yake, na kwa majeraha yake sisi tumepona.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Sisi sote, kama kondoo, tumepotea, kila mmoja wetu amegeukia njia yake mwenyewe, naye Bwana aliweka juu yake maovu yetu sisi sote.
7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.
Alionewa na kuteswa, hata hivyo hakufungua kinywa chake; aliongozwa kama mwana-kondoo apelekwaye machinjoni, kama vile kondoo anyamazavyo mbele ya wao wamkataye manyoya, hivyo hakufungua kinywa chake.
8 He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
Kwa kuonewa na kuhukumiwa aliondolewa. Nani awezaye kueleza kuhusu kizazi chake? Kwa maana alikatiliwa mbali na nchi ya walio hai, alipigwa kwa ajili ya makosa ya watu wangu.
9 They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Wakamfanyia kaburi pamoja na waovu, pamoja na matajiri katika kifo chake, ingawa hakutenda jeuri, wala hapakuwa na hila kinywani mwake.
10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
Lakini yalikuwa ni mapenzi ya Bwana kumchubua na kumsababisha ateseke. Ingawa Bwana amefanya maisha yake kuwa sadaka ya hatia, ataona uzao wake na kuishi siku nyingi, nayo mapenzi ya Bwana yatafanikiwa mkononi mwake.
11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
Baada ya maumivu ya nafsi yake, ataona nuru ya uzima na kuridhika; kwa maarifa yake, mtumishi wangu mwenye haki atawafanya wengi kuwa wenye haki, naye atayachukua maovu yao.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Kwa hiyo nitamgawia sehemu miongoni mwa wakuu, naye atagawana nyara pamoja na wenye nguvu, kwa sababu aliyamimina maisha yake hadi mauti, naye alihesabiwa pamoja na wakosaji. Kwa kuwa alichukua dhambi za wengi, na kuwaombea wakosaji.
