Isaiah 31
1 Woe to those who 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 don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t 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 disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who 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 stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed 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 the LORD says to me, “As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so the LORD of Hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
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 hovering, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”
Kama ndege apaavyo, hivyo Yahwe wa majeshi atailinda Yerusalemu; atailinda na kuiokoa kama apitavyo juu na kuilinda.
6 Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.
Mrudieni yeye kutoka huyo mliyemgeukia, watu wa Israeli.
7 For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
Maana katika siku hiyo kila mmoja ataondoa miungu ya fedha na miungu ya dhahabu iliyotegenezwa kwa mikono yenu yenye dhambi.
8 “The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labour.
Asiria atangamizwa kwa upanga; na upanga usioshikiwa na mtu utumaliza yeye. Ataukimbia upanga, na vijana wake wadogo watafanyishwa kazi ngumu.
9 His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,” says 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.
