Isaia 47
1 “Atĩrĩrĩ, harũrũka ũikare thĩ rũkũngũ-inĩ, wee Mũirĩtu Gathirange wa Babuloni; ikara thĩ ũtaikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene, wee Mwarĩ wa andũ a Babuloni. Ndũgacooka gũtuĩka mũndũ wa kũmenyererwo, kana mũndũ mũnyoroku ũtarĩ ũndũ angĩĩkĩra.
“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
2 Oya mahiga ma gĩthĩi, ũthĩe mũtu; eheria gĩtambaya gĩa kwĩhumbĩra ũthiũ. Heta nguo ciaku na ũguũrie magũrũ maku, ũtoboke maaĩ-inĩ ũringe tũrũũĩ.
Take the millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers.
3 Nĩũkarutwo nguo ũtigwo njaga, ũikare ũconorithĩtio. Nĩngerĩhĩria, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ngaiguĩra tha.”
Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”
4 Mũkũũri witũ, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo Rĩĩtwa rĩake, nĩwe Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
Our Redeemer, the LORD of Armies is his name, is the Holy One of Israel.
5 “Wee Mwarĩ wa andũ a Babuloni, ikara thĩ ũkirĩte ki, ũthiĩ ũkinye nduma-inĩ; ndũgacooka gwĩtwo mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja wa gwatha mothamaki.
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called the mistress of kingdoms.
6 Nĩkũrakara ndaarakarĩĩtio nĩ andũ akwa, na ngĩtũma igai rĩakwa rĩthaahe; ngĩmaneana moko-inĩ maku, nawe ũkĩaga kũmaiguĩra tha. O na andũ arĩa akũrũ ũkĩmaigĩrĩra icooki iritũ mũno.
I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.
7 Nawe ũkiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ngũtũũra ndĩ mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja nginya tene!’ No wee ndũigana gũcũũrania maũndũ maya, o na kana wĩciirie ũrĩa ũhoro wamo wa kũrigĩrĩria ũgaikara.
You said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.
8 “Na rĩrĩ, ta thikĩrĩria, wee wendete ikeno, na ũikaraga ũtarĩ ũgwati ũngĩĩtigĩra, na ũkeĩraga atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ no niĩ, na gũtirĩ ũngĩ tiga niĩ. Ndirĩ hĩndĩ ngaatuĩka mũtumia wa ndigwa, kana menye ũhoro wa gũkuĩrwo nĩ ciana.’
“Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me. I won’t sit as a widow, neither will I know the loss of children.’
9 Maũndũ macio meerĩ nĩmagagũkorerera o rĩmwe, mũthenya o ro ũmwe: nĩũgakuĩrwo nĩ ciana, na ũtuĩke mũtumia wa ndigwa. Maũndũ macio magaagũkorerera na ũiyũru biũ, o na gũtuĩka ũrĩ na ũrogi mũingĩ, na ũgo waku ũkaingĩha mũno.
But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: the loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in their full measure, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
10 Ũtũire wĩhokete waganu waku, ũkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũnyonaga.’ Ũũgĩ na ũmenyo waku nĩikũhĩtithagia rĩrĩa ũkwĩĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ no niĩ, na gũtirĩ ũngĩ tiga niĩ.’
For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwanangĩko nĩũgagũkora, na ndũkaamenya ũrĩa ũngĩũũrĩra. Nĩũgakorererwo nĩ mũtino ũrĩa ũtangĩhota gwĩkũũra kuuma kũrĩ guo; ningĩ nĩũgakorererwo o ro rĩmwe nĩ ihooru rĩa maũndũ ũterĩgĩrĩire.
Therefore disaster will come on you. You won’t know when it dawns. Mischief will fall on you. You won’t be able to put it away. Desolation will come on you suddenly, which you don’t understand.
12 “Wee thiĩ na mbere na ciama ciaku cia ũgo, na ũrogi waku mũingĩ ũrĩa ũtũire wĩkaga kuuma ũrĩ mũnini. No gũkorwo hihi nĩũkona kĩguni kĩa mo, kana hihi ũtũme kũgĩe na itua-nda inene.
“Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have laboured from your youth, as if you might profit, as if you might prevail.
13 Irĩra iria ciothe ũheetwo no gũkũnogia ikũnogetie! Ago aku arĩa maroraga igũrũ matu-inĩ nĩmeyumĩrie, acio matuĩragia njata na makaratha mohoro o mweri, o mweri-rĩ, nĩmagĩkũhonokie kuuma kũrĩ maũndũ marĩa megũgũkorerera.
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from the things that will happen to you.
14 Ti-itherũ, andũ acio mahaana ta itira iria itigĩtwo mũgũnda; nĩgũcinwo magaacinwo nĩ mwaki mathire. Matikahota kwĩhonokia kuuma kũrĩ hinya wa rũrĩrĩmbĩ rwa mwaki, nĩgũkorwo hatigaakorwo makara mangĩotwo mwaki; hatirĩ mwaki haha ũngĩotwo.
Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.
15 Ũguo noguo mangĩgwĩkĩra, aya mwanarutithania wĩra na mũkonjorithia nao kuuma rĩrĩa warĩ mũnini. O mũndũ wao athiiaga o na mbere kũhĩtia; gũtigakorwo mũndũ o na ũmwe ũngĩgĩkũhonokia.
The things that you laboured in will be like this: those who have trafficked with you from your youth will each wander in his own way. There will be no one to save you.
