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.
[This is a message from Yahweh: ] Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem, the city where [King] David lived. You people continue to celebrate your festivals each year.
2 No nĩngarigiicĩria itũũra rĩa Arieli; nĩrĩkarĩra na rĩcakaye, na rĩgaatuĩka ta riiko rĩa kĩgongona harĩ niĩ.
But I will cause you to experience a great disaster, [and when that happens], people will weep and lament [very much]. Your city will become like [MET] an altar [to me] [where people are burned as sacrifices].
3 Nĩngamba hema ciakwa ngũrigiicĩrie; nĩngagũthiũrũrũkĩria na mĩthiringo mĩraihu na igũrũ, ngũrigiicĩrie na ihumbu cia tĩĩri, ngũtharĩkĩre.
I will cause your enemies [to come to your city]; they will surround it by [building] towers and putting in place other things with which to attack 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.
Then you will talk [as though you were] buried deep in the ground [DOU]; it will sound like someone whispering from under the ground, like [SIM] a ghost speaking from a grave.
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, suddenly your enemies will be blown away like dust; their armies will disappear like [SIM] chaff that is blown away [by the wind]. [It will happen] very 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.
The Commander of the armies of angels will come [to help you] with thunder and an earthquake and a very loud noise, with a strong wind and a big storm and a fire that will burn up everything.
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:
[Then] the armies of all the nations that will be attacking Jerusalem will quickly disappear like a dream in the night [DOU]. Those who will be attacking Jerusalem will suddenly vanish/disappear.
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.
People who are asleep dream about eating food, [but] when they wake up, they are still hungry. People who are thirsty dream about drinking something, [but] when they wake up they are still thirsty. It will be like that when your enemies come to attack Zion Hill; [they will dream about conquering you, but when they wake up, ] [they will realize that they have not succeeded].
9 Gegearai na mũmake, mwĩtuei atumumu na mwage kuona; mũnyue mũrĩĩo, no mũtikarĩĩo nĩ ndibei, ningĩ mũtũgũũge, no mũtigatũgũũgio nĩ njoohi.
You [people of Jerusalem], be amazed and surprised [about this] [IRO]! Do not believe [what I have said] [SAR]! And continue to be blind [IRO] [about what Yahweh is doing]. You are stupid, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. You stagger, but not from drinking alcoholic drinks.
10 Jehova nĩamũreheire toro mũnene: nĩahingĩte maitho manyu (inyuĩ anabii); nĩahumbĩrĩte mĩtwe yanyu (inyuĩ ooni-maũndũ).
Because Yahweh has prevented the prophets [DOU] from understanding [and telling you his messages], [it is as though] he has caused you to be fast/deeply asleep.
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.”
[Yahweh gave me] this vision; [but] for you, it is only words on a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to those who can read [and request that they read it], they will say, “We cannot read it because the scroll is sealed.”
12 Kana mũngĩnengera mũndũ ũtangĩhota gũthoma ibuku rĩu rĩa gĩkũnjo, mũmwĩre atĩrĩ, “Twagũthaitha, tũthomere ibuku rĩĩrĩ,” nake akaamũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ndiũĩ gũthoma.”
When you give it to [others] who cannot read, they will say, “[We cannot read it because] we do not know how to 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.
[So] the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say [MTY], but they do not think [IDM] about what I [desire]. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized.
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, again I will do something to amaze these people; I will perform many miracles. And [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are wise are not really wise, and [I will show that] the people [who tell others that they] are intelligent are not really intelligent.
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?”
Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh, the [evil] things that they plan to do; they do those things in the darkness and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot [RHQ] see us; he cannot [RHQ] know what we are doing!’
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”?
They are extremely foolish! [They act as though] they were the potters and I was the clay! Something that was created should certainly never [RHQ] say to the one who made it, ‘You did not make me!’ A jar should never say, ‘The potter who made me did not know what he was doing!’”
17 Githĩ ti kahinda kanini gatigaire Lebanoni kũgarũrwo gũtuĩke mũgũnda mũnoru, naguo mũgũnda ũcio mũnoru ũtuĩke ta mũtitũ?
Soon [the forests in] Lebanon will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fields, and that will happen very soon.
18 Mũthenya ũcio, andũ arĩa mataiguaga nĩmakaigua ciugo cia ibuku rĩu rĩa gĩkũnjo, namo maitho ma atumumu arĩa matũũraga moonaga mairia na nduma nĩmakona.
At that time, deaf people will [be able to hear]; [they will be able to] hear when someone reads from a book; and blind people will [be able to see]; [they will be able to] see things when it is gloomy and [even] when it is dark.
19 Na o rĩngĩ andũ arĩa ahooreri nĩmagakenera Jehova; nao andũ arĩa athĩĩni nĩmagakenera Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel [has done].
20 Andũ arĩa matarĩ tha nĩmakabuĩria, nao arĩa anyũrũrania nĩmagathira, na arĩa meriragĩria gwĩka ũũru nĩmakaniinwo:
There will be no more people who ridicule [others] and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.
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 testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish/disappear. Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court [persuade judges to] make unjust decisions.
22 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ũrĩa wahonokirie Iburahĩmu ekwĩra nyũmba ya Jakubu atĩrĩ: “Jakubu ndagaaconorithio rĩngĩ; na matigacooka gũtukia ithiithi ciao rĩngĩ.
That is why Yahweh, who rescued Abraham, says about the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed; no longer will they show on their faces that they are ashamed.
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.
When they see that I have blessed them by giving them many children and doing many other things for them, they will realize that I am the Holy One of Israel, and they will revere me, the God to whom they, the descendants of Jacob, belong.
24 Andũ arĩa ngoro ciao imahĩtithagia nĩmakaagĩa na ũmenyo, nao arĩa matetaga nĩmagathikĩrĩria mataaro.”
When that happens, those who have not been able to think well will think clearly, and those who complain [about what I am doing] will accept what I am teaching them.”
