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 Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
2 No nĩngarigiicĩria itũũra rĩa Arieli; nĩrĩkarĩra na rĩcakaye, na rĩgaatuĩka ta riiko rĩa kĩgongona harĩ niĩ.
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
3 Nĩngamba hema ciakwa ngũrigiicĩrie; nĩngagũthiũrũrũkĩria na mĩthiringo mĩraihu na igũrũ, ngũrigiicĩrie na ihumbu cia tĩĩri, ngũtharĩkĩre.
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
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.
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall 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,
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
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.
Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring 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:
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
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.
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
9 Gegearai na mũmake, mwĩtuei atumumu na mwage kuona; mũnyue mũrĩĩo, no mũtikarĩĩo nĩ ndibei, ningĩ mũtũgũũge, no mũtigatũgũũgio nĩ njoohi.
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 Jehova nĩamũreheire toro mũnene: nĩahingĩte maitho manyu (inyuĩ anabii); nĩahumbĩrĩte mĩtwe yanyu (inyuĩ ooni-maũndũ).
For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
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 vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for 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.”
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
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.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of 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, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
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 unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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”?
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
17 Githĩ ti kahinda kanini gatigaire Lebanoni kũgarũrwo gũtuĩke mũgũnda mũnoru, naguo mũgũnda ũcio mũnoru ũtuĩke ta mũtitũ?
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as 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.
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 Na o rĩngĩ andũ arĩa ahooreri nĩmagakenera Jehova; nao andũ arĩa athĩĩni nĩmagakenera Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall 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 terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
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.
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
22 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ũrĩa wahonokirie Iburahĩmu ekwĩra nyũmba ya Jakubu atĩrĩ: “Jakubu ndagaaconorithio rĩngĩ; na matigacooka gũtukia ithiithi ciao rĩngĩ.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax 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.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24 Andũ arĩa ngoro ciao imahĩtithagia nĩmakaagĩa na ũmenyo, nao arĩa matetaga nĩmagathikĩrĩria mataaro.”
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
