Isaia 29
1 Arieli, o wee Arieli, wee itũũra inene kũrĩa Daudi aatũũraga, kaĩ ũrĩ na haaro-ĩ! Ongerera mwaka kũrĩ mwaka ũngĩ, na mũreke ciathĩ cianyu ithiĩ o na mbere.
Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
2 No nĩngarigiicĩria itũũra rĩa Arieli; nĩrĩkarĩra na rĩcakaye, na rĩgaatuĩka ta riiko rĩa kĩgongona harĩ niĩ.
And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
3 Nĩngamba hema ciakwa ngũrigiicĩrie; nĩngagũthiũrũrũkĩria na mĩthiringo mĩraihu na igũrũ, ngũrigiicĩrie na ihumbu cia tĩĩri, ngũtharĩkĩre.
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
4 Nawe ũgaatungumanio thĩ, waragie ũrĩ thĩ; ũtuĩke wa kũngʼungʼua ũrĩ hau tĩĩri-inĩ. Mũgambo waku ũgaatuĩka ta wa roho wa ũragũri ũroima na thĩ; naguo mũgambo waku ũkaaiguagwo ũrĩ wa mĩheehũ ũkiuma tĩĩri-inĩ.
You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
5 No rĩrĩ, thũ ciaku nyingĩ ĩgaatuĩka ta rũkũngũ rũhinyu, na kĩrĩndĩ kĩa andũ arĩa matarĩ tha matuĩke ta mũũngũ ũrĩa ũmbũragwo. Ũndũ ũcio ũkooneka na ihenya, o rĩmwe,
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
6 amu Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩagooka na marurumĩ, na gĩthingithia, na mũrurumo mũnene, hamwe na rũhuho rũnene, na kĩhuhũkanio kĩnene, na nĩnĩmbĩ cia mwaki ũkũniinana.
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
7 Nakĩo kĩrĩndĩ kĩa ndũrĩrĩ ciothe kĩrĩa kĩrũaga na Arieli, kĩrĩa gĩtharĩkagĩra itũũra rĩu na ciĩhitho ciarĩo iria nũmu, na gĩkarĩthiũrũrũkĩria-rĩ, gĩkaabuĩria o ta kĩroto, o ta kĩoneki kĩa ũtukũ:
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
8 o ta ũrĩa mũndũ mũhũtu arootaga, akeyona akĩrĩa irio, no rĩrĩa okĩra, agakora no mũhũtu; ningĩ gũgaatuĩka o ta ũrĩa mũndũ mũnyootu arootaga, akeyona akĩnyua maaĩ, no agokĩra arĩ mũringĩku, na arĩ o mũnyootu. Ũguo noguo gũgaikara harĩ kĩrĩndĩ kĩa ndũrĩrĩ ciothe iria irũaga na Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni.
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
9 Gegearai na mũmake, mwĩtuei atumumu na mwage kuona; mũnyue mũrĩĩo, no mũtikarĩĩo nĩ ndibei, ningĩ mũtũgũũge, no mũtigatũgũũgio nĩ njoohi.
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
10 Jehova nĩamũreheire toro mũnene: nĩahingĩte maitho manyu (inyuĩ anabii); nĩahumbĩrĩte mĩtwe yanyu (inyuĩ ooni-maũndũ).
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
11 Naguo ũhoro wa kĩoneki gĩkĩ gĩothe harĩ inyuĩ ũtuĩkĩte kĩndũ gĩa tũhũ, ũgatuĩka ta ciugo irĩ ibuku-inĩ rĩa gĩkũnjo, rĩtumĩtwo na rĩkahũũrwo mũhũũri. Na mũngĩnengera mũndũ ũngĩhota gũthoma ibuku rĩu rĩa gĩkũnjo na mũmwĩre atĩrĩ, “Twagũthaitha, tũthomere ibuku rĩĩrĩ,” nake akaamũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ndingĩhota gũthoma tondũ nĩitume na rĩkahũũrwo mũhũũri.”
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
12 Kana mũngĩnengera mũndũ ũtangĩhota gũthoma ibuku rĩu rĩa gĩkũnjo, mũmwĩre atĩrĩ, “Twagũthaitha, tũthomere ibuku rĩĩrĩ,” nake akaamũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ndiũĩ gũthoma.”
Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
13 Mwathani ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Andũ aya manguhagĩrĩria na tũnua twao, na makaahe gĩtĩĩo na mĩromo yao, no ngoro ciao irĩ kũraya na niĩ. Namo mahooya marĩa mahooyaga nĩ kũringana na mawatho marĩa marutĩtwo nĩ andũ.
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
14 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, o rĩngĩ nĩngagegia andũ aya, njĩke maũndũ ma kũgegania, o ma kũgegania biũ; ũũgĩ wa andũ arĩa oogĩ nĩũgaathira, naguo ũmenyo wa andũ arĩa moĩ gũkũũrana maũndũ nĩũkabuĩria.”
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
15 Kaĩ andũ acio mekagĩra kĩyo kĩnene nĩguo mahithe Jehova mĩbango yao marĩ na haaro-ĩ! O acio marutagĩra mawĩra mao nduma-inĩ, mageciiria atĩrĩ, “Nũũ ũratuona?” ningĩ-rĩ, “Nũũ ũngĩmenya ũrĩa tũreka?”
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
16 Inyuĩ mũinamanagia maũndũ, mũũmbi ageciirĩrio nĩwe rĩũmba! Kĩrĩa kĩombirwo no kĩĩre mũkĩũmbi atĩrĩ, “Wee tiwe wanyũũmbire”? Nyũngũ no ĩĩre mũmĩũmbi atĩrĩ, “Wee ndũrĩ ũndũ ũũĩ”?
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
17 Githĩ ti kahinda kanini gatigaire Lebanoni kũgarũrwo gũtuĩke mũgũnda mũnoru, naguo mũgũnda ũcio mũnoru ũtuĩke ta mũtitũ?
In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
18 Mũthenya ũcio, andũ arĩa mataiguaga nĩmakaigua ciugo cia ibuku rĩu rĩa gĩkũnjo, namo maitho ma atumumu arĩa matũũraga moonaga mairia na nduma nĩmakona.
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
19 Na o rĩngĩ andũ arĩa ahooreri nĩmagakenera Jehova; nao andũ arĩa athĩĩni nĩmagakenera Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 Andũ arĩa matarĩ tha nĩmakabuĩria, nao arĩa anyũrũrania nĩmagathira, na arĩa meriragĩria gwĩka ũũru nĩmakaniinwo:
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
21 o acio mahũthagĩra kiugo kĩmwe magatua mũndũ mũhĩtia, na makaigĩra mũciiranĩrĩri mũtego iciirĩro-inĩ, na makahũthĩra ũira wa maheeni nĩguo mũndũ ũtekĩte ũũru aage gũtuĩrwo ciira na kĩhooto.
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
22 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ũrĩa wahonokirie Iburahĩmu ekwĩra nyũmba ya Jakubu atĩrĩ: “Jakubu ndagaaconorithio rĩngĩ; na matigacooka gũtukia ithiithi ciao rĩngĩ.
Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
23 Rĩrĩa makoona ciana ciao iria ndombire na moko makwa irĩ hamwe nao, nĩmakaiga rĩĩtwa rĩakwa rĩrĩ itheru; nĩmakoimbũra ũtheru wa Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Jakubu, na maikarage metigĩrĩte Ngai wa Isiraeli.
For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Andũ arĩa ngoro ciao imahĩtithagia nĩmakaagĩa na ũmenyo, nao arĩa matetaga nĩmagathikĩrĩria mataaro.”
Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
