Isaia 24
1 Atĩrĩrĩ, Jehova akirie kwananga thĩ, na atũme ĩkire ihooru; nake nĩakamĩũnũha na ahurunje arĩa matũũraga kuo:
Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
2 gũgaakorwo kũrĩ ũndũ o ũmwe kũrĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na kũrĩ andũ, kũrĩ ndungata na kũrĩ mũmĩathi, kũrĩ ndungata ya mũirĩtu na kũrĩ mũtumia ũrĩa mũmĩathi, kũrĩ mwendia wa indo na kũrĩ mũgũri, kũrĩ mũkoombi na kũrĩ mũkoombanĩri, kũrĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩ na thiirĩ na kũrĩ ũrĩa ũrandũraga thiirĩ.
And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 Thĩ nĩ kwanangwo ĩkaanangwo na ĩtigwo ĩrĩ ũtheri biũ. Jehova nĩwe warĩtie ũhoro ũcio.
The earth will be utterly devastated and utterly plundered. For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 Thĩ ĩngʼarĩte ĩkahooha, mabũrũri mothe magathirĩrĩkĩra na makahooha, andũ arĩa marĩ ngumo a thĩ nĩmorĩtwo nĩ hinya.
The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
5 Thĩ nĩngwatie thaahu nĩ andũ ayo; nao maremeire mawatho, na makaagarara irĩra, na magathũkia kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa gĩa gũtũũra tene na tene.
And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kĩrumi nĩkĩrarĩa thĩ; na andũ arĩa matũũraga kuo makaherithio nĩ ũndũ wa wĩhia wao. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio arĩa matũũraga gũkũ thĩ nĩmacinĩtwo na mwaki, na nĩ anini mũno matigaire.
Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.
7 Ndibei ĩrĩa ya mũhihano nĩ thiru, nayo mĩthabibũ ĩkahooha; nao andũ arĩa marĩ ikeno-inĩ no gũcaaya maracaaya.
The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.
8 Gĩkeno kĩrĩa kiumanaga na kũhũũrwo gwa tũhembe nĩgĩtigĩte gũkenwo, narĩo inegene rĩa andũ arĩa arĩĩu nĩrĩthirĩte, ningĩ gĩkeno kĩrĩa gĩkenagwo gũkĩhũũrwo kĩnanda kĩa mũgeeto nĩgĩkirĩtio.
The gladness of the drums has ceased. The sound of rejoicing has quieted. The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.
9 Andũ arĩa manyuuaga ndibei matigacooka kũnyua makĩinaga rwĩmbo, nayo njoohi nĩĩrũrĩire arĩa mamĩnyuuaga.
They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
10 Narĩo itũũra rĩrĩa inene rĩanangĩku rĩkirĩte ihooru, namo matoonyero ma nyũmba ciothe nĩmahinge.
The city of vanity has been worn away. Every house has been closed up; no one enters.
11 Kũu njĩra-inĩ andũ nĩ kũrĩra mararĩra nĩ kwaga ndibei, gĩkeno gĩothe gĩtuĩkĩte kĩeha, nacio ikeno ciothe igathira thĩ.
There will be a clamor for wine in the streets. All rejoicing has been abandoned. The gladness of the earth has been carried away.
12 Itũũra rĩrĩa inene nĩrĩanange biũ, nakĩo kĩhingo kĩarĩo kiunangĩtwo gĩgatuĩka tũcunjĩ.
Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.
13 O ta ũrĩa mũtĩ wa mũtamaiyũ ũikaraga wainainio, na o ta ũrĩa mũtĩ wa mũthabibũ ũikaraga thabibũ ciahaarwo hĩndĩ ya magetha, ũguo noguo ũhoro ũgaikara gũkũ thĩ na ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ ciothe.
For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.
14 Maranĩrĩra, makoigĩrĩria nĩ gũkena; kuuma mwena wa ithũĩro marakũngũĩra ũnene wa Jehova.
These few shall lift up their voice and give praise. When the Lord will have been glorified, they will make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio inyuĩ andũ a kuuma mwena wa irathĩro gocithiai Jehova; nenehiai rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli, kũu icigĩrĩra-inĩ cia iria.
Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
16 Nĩtũiguĩte nyĩmbo ikĩinwo kuuma ituri cia thĩ, ikainwo atĩrĩ: “Arogoocwo ũcio Mũthingu.” No niĩ ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ ndĩ na haaro-ĩ! nĩgũkorwo nĩndĩrahiinyĩrĩrĩka, ĩĩ ti-itherũ nĩndĩrahiinyĩrĩrĩka! Andũ arĩa akunyanĩri nĩmarakunyanĩra arĩa angĩ, o acio akunyanĩri magakunyanĩra arĩa angĩ na ũkunyanĩri mũnene mũno!”
From the ends of the earth, we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One. And I said: “My secret is for myself! My secret is for myself! Woe to me! Those who would betray us have betrayed us, and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”
17 Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ andũ arĩa mũtũũraga thĩ, iguoyohia, na irima, o na mũtego nĩcio imwetereire.
Dread, and the pit, and the snare are over you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 Mũndũ ũrĩa ũkoora nĩ ũndũ wa iguoyohia, akaagũa irima, nake ũrĩa ũkoimĩra irima rĩu-rĩ, akaagwatio nĩ mũtego ũcio. Ndirica cia mũiyũro wa maaĩ cia igũrũ nĩhiingũre, nacio itina cia thĩ igathingitha.
And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.
19 Thĩ nĩnjatũku, yatũkĩte ĩkarekania, ningĩ nĩĩrathingitha mũno mũno.
The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!
20 Thĩ ĩratũgũga o ta mũrĩĩu, ĩgathũngũthio ũũ na ũũ o ta gĩthũnũ hĩndĩ ya rũhuho; mehia ma ũremi wayo nĩmamĩritũhĩire mũno, kũgũa nĩĩkũgũa na ndĩgaacooka gwĩtiiria rĩngĩ.
The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.
21 Mũthenya ũcio-rĩ, Jehova nĩakaherithia maahinya ma kũu igũrũ, o kũu matu-inĩ, na aherithie athamaki a thĩ ĩno.
And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above, and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.
22 Nĩmagacookanĩrĩrio hamwe o ta ũrĩa andũ oohe macookanagĩrĩrio kĩoho-inĩ; makaahingĩrwo njeera na thuutha wa matukũ maingĩ nĩmakaherithio.
And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit. And they will be enclosed in that place, as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.
23 Mweri nĩũgaconorithio, na riũa rĩconoke; nĩgũkorwo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩwe ũgaathamaka arĩ Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Zayuni na Jerusalemu, na mbere ya athuuri akuo, athamake arĩ na riiri.
And the moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be confounded, when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.
