Isaia 5
1 Nĩngũinĩra mwendwa wakwa ũrĩa nyendete rwĩmbo, ndĩmũinĩre rwĩmbo rũkoniĩ mũgũnda wake wa mĩthabibũ: Mwendwa wakwa aarĩ na mũgũnda wa mĩthabibũ kĩrĩma-inĩ handũ hanoru mũno.
I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my paternal cousin, about his vineyard. A vineyard was made for my beloved, at the horn in the son of oil.
2 Akĩũthiũrũrũkĩria na mũtaro, na akĩũngania mahiga marĩa mothe maarĩ kuo akĩmate, agĩcooka akĩũhaanda mĩthabibũ ĩrĩa mĩega mũno. Nĩaakire mũthiringo mũraihu na igũrũ kũu thĩinĩ waguo, o na ningĩ akĩenja handũ ha kũhihagĩra thabibũ. Nake agĩeterera ũciare thabibũ njega, no rĩrĩ, waciarire thabibũ cia gĩthaka.
And he fenced it in, and he picked the stones out of it, and he planted it with the best vines, and he built a tower in the middle of it, and he set up a winepress within it. And he expected it to produce grapes, but it produced wild vines.
3 “Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ andũ aya mũtũũraga Jerusalemu o na andũ a Juda, tũtuithaniei ciira, niĩ na mũgũnda wakwa wa mĩthabibũ.
Now then, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah: judge between me and my vineyard.
4 Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ ũngĩ ingĩekire mũgũnda ũcio wakwa wa mĩthabibũ gũkĩra ũguo ndawĩkire? Waciarire thabibũ cia gĩthaka nĩkĩ, o hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndetereire ũciare thabibũ njega?
What more should I have done for my vineyard that I did not do for it? Should I not have expected it to produce grapes, though it produced wild vines?
5 Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngũmwĩra ũrĩa ngwĩka mũgũnda ũcio wakwa wa mĩthabibũ: Nĩngũwehereria rũgiri rwaguo, nĩguo wanangwo, njooke momore rũthingo rwaguo, nĩguo ũrangĩrĩrio.
And now, I will reveal to you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its fence, and it will be plundered. I will pull down its wall, and it will be trampled.
6 Ndĩũtiganĩrie wanangĩke, ũtegũcehwo kana kũrĩmwo, naguo ũrĩmeraga congʼe na mĩigua. Ningĩ njathe matu matikanaurĩrie mbura.”
And I will make it desolate. It will not be pruned, and it will not be dug. And briers and thorns will rise up. And I will command the clouds not to rain upon it.
7 Mũgũnda wa mĩthabibũ wa Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩguo nyũmba ya Isiraeli, nao andũ a Juda nĩo mũgũnda wake wa mĩthabibũ ũrĩa akenagĩra. Nake eethire ciira wa kĩhooto, akĩona o ũiti wa thakame; agĩcaria ũthingu, no akĩigua kĩrĩro kĩa mĩnyamaro.
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel. And the man of Judah is his delightful seedling. And I expected that he would do judgment, and behold iniquity, and that he would do justice, and behold an outcry.
8 Kaĩ, inyuĩ arĩa mũikaraga mũkĩĩongagĩrĩra nyũmba mũrĩ na haro-ĩ! O inyuĩ mũnyiitithanagia gĩthaka kĩmwe na kĩrĩa kĩngĩ gĩgatuĩka kĩmwe, nginya hakaaga handũ ha gũtigĩria andũ arĩa angĩ, nĩguo mũtũũre bũrũri-inĩ mũrĩ inyuiki.
Woe to you who join house to house, and who combine field to field, even to the limits of the place! Do you intend to live alone in the midst of the earth?
9 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe oigĩte atĩrĩ ngĩiguaga: “Ti-itherũ nyũmba iria nene nĩigakira ihooru, nacio nyũmba iria thaka ciage andũ a gũciikara.
These things are in my ears, says the Lord of hosts. Otherwise, many houses, great and beautiful, will become desolate, without an inhabitant.
10 Mũgũnda wa ĩĩka ikũmi wa mĩthabibũ ũkaaruta bathi ĩmwe ya ndibei, nayo homeri ĩmwe ya mbegũ yume eba ĩmwe ya ngano.”
Then ten acres of vineyard will produce one small bottle of wine, and thirty measures of seed will produce three measures of grain.
11 Kaĩ arĩa marokaga gũũkĩra rũciinĩ tene, makahangʼĩre njoohi marĩ na haaro-ĩ! o acio maikaraga thĩ ũtukũ gũgakũra, nginya makarĩĩo nĩ ndibei.
Woe to you who rise up in the morning to pursue drunkenness, and to drink even until evening, so as to be inflamed with wine.
12 Maruga-inĩ mao makoragwo na inanda cia mũgeeto, na cia inubi na tũhembe, na mĩtũrirũ, o na ndibei, no matirũmbũyagia ciĩko cia Jehova, na makaagĩra wĩra wa moko make gĩtĩĩo.
Harp and lyre and timbrel and pipe, as well as wine, are at your feasts. But you do not respect the work of the Lord, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
13 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ akwa nĩmagatahwo matwarwo bũrũri ũngĩ nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga ũmenyo; andũ ao arĩa atĩĩku magaakua nĩ ngʼaragu, nakĩo kĩrĩndĩ kĩao kĩhooteke nĩ nyoota.
Because of this, my people have been led away as captives, for they did not have knowledge, and their nobles have passed away from famine, and their multitudes have dried up from thirst.
14 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mbĩrĩra nĩĩnenehetie thuti nĩ ũndũ wao, na ĩgaathamia kanua kayo gatarĩ gĩturi; kũu nĩkuo gũkaaharũrũka andũ ao arĩa marĩ igweta na ikundi cia andũ, hamwe na andũ arĩa manyuuaga makanegena, o na arĩĩu. (Sheol h7585)
For this reason, Hell has expanded its soul, and has opened its mouth without any limits. And their strong ones, and their people, and their exalted and glorious ones will descend into it. (Sheol h7585)
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũndũ nĩakaharũrũkio, nakĩo kĩrĩndĩ gĩconorithio, namo maitho ma arĩa etĩĩi maconorithio.
And man will be bowed down, and man will be humbled, and the eyes of the exalted will be brought low.
16 No Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩagatũũgĩrio nĩ ũndũ wa ciira wake wa kĩhooto, nake Mũrungu, o we ũcio mũtheru, nĩakeyonania nĩ mũtheru na ũndũ wa ũthingu wake.
And the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, and the holy God will be sanctified in justice.
17 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ngʼondu ikaarĩĩaga ta irĩ ũrĩithio-inĩ wacio; natuo tũgondu tũkaarĩithagio kũndũ kũrĩa kwanangĩku gwa itonga.
And the lambs will pasture in proper order, and new arrivals will eat from the deserts turned into fertile lands.
18 Kaĩ arĩa maguucagia mehia na mĩhĩndo ya maheeni marĩ na haaro-ĩ! o acio maguucagia waganu na mĩkanda ta ĩrĩa ĩguucagia ngaari cia ngʼombe,
Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart,
19 o acio moigaga atĩrĩ, “Ngai nĩahiũhe oke, nĩahĩke wĩra wake nĩguo tũwone. Nĩũkuhĩrĩrie, mũbango wa Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli nĩũũke, nĩguo tũũmenye.”
and who say: “Let him hurry, and let his work arrive soon, so that we may see it. And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach and arrive, so that we may know it.”
20 Kaĩ arĩa metaga ũũru wega, naguo wega makawĩta ũũru marĩ na haaro-ĩ! o acio matuaga nduma nĩyo ũtheri, na ũtheri makaũtua nduma, na magatua kĩndũ kĩrũrũ nĩ kĩrĩ mũrĩo, nakĩo kĩndũ kĩrĩa kĩrĩ mũrĩo magagĩtua nĩ kĩrũrũ.
Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Hĩ! Kaĩ arĩa meyonaga marĩ oogĩ maitho-inĩ mao, na makeyona marĩ na ũmenyi marĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe to you who are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own sight!
22 Hĩ! Kaĩ andũ arĩa marĩ ngumo ya kũnyua ndibei, na njoorua cia kũriingia indo cia gũtũma andũ marĩĩo marĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!
23 o arĩa marekagĩrĩria andũ arĩa mehĩtie nĩ ũndũ wa ihaki, no makarega gũtua ciira wa kĩhooto wa andũ arĩa matehĩtie.
For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.
24 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, o ta ũrĩa nĩnĩmbĩ cia mwaki icinaga itira cia mũgũnda, na ta ũrĩa nyeki nyũmũ ĩniinũkagio nĩ rũrĩrĩmbĩ rwa mwaki-rĩ, ũguo noguo mĩri yao ĩkaabutha, na kĩro kĩao kĩũmbũrwo o ta rũkũngũ; nĩgũkorwo nĩmaregete watho wa Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na makamena kiugo kĩa Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
Because of this, as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the heat of a flame burns it completely, so will their root become like glowing embers, and so will their offshoot ascend like dust. For they have cast aside the law of the Lord of hosts, and they have blasphemed the eloquence of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio marakara ma Jehova maakanĩte mookĩrĩre andũ ake; nake nĩatambũrũkĩtie guoko amagũthe magũe thĩ. Irĩma nacio igathingitha, nacio ciimba ciao ikaaraganio njĩra-inĩ ta mahuti. No o na kũrĩ ũguo-rĩ, marakara make matirĩ maraahũahũa, guoko gwake no gũtambũrũkĩtio o na rĩu.
For this reason, the fury of the Lord has been enraged against his people, and he has extended his hand over them, and he has struck them. And the mountains were disturbed. And their carcasses became like dung in the midst of the streets. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
26 Nake ahaicĩtie bendera handũ igũrũ eete ndũrĩrĩ iria irĩ kũraya, nao arĩa marĩ ituri cia thĩ ahuhaga biringi akĩmeeta. Nĩo aya mokĩte, matengʼerete na ihenya.
And he will lift up a sign to nations far away, and he will whistle to them from the ends of the earth. And behold, they will rush forward speedily.
27 Gũtirĩ o na ũmwe wao ũraanoga kana akahĩngwo, gũtirĩ o na ũmwe ũracũũnga kana agakoma; gũtirĩ ũraregeria mũcibi njohero, o na gũtirĩ rũrigi rwa kĩraatũ rũtuĩkĩte.
There is no one weak or struggling among them. They will not become drowsy, and they will not sleep. Neither will the belt around their waist be loosened, nor the laces of their boots be broken.
28 Mĩguĩ yao nĩ mĩũgĩ, namo mota mao mothe nĩmageete; mahũngũ ma mbarathi ciao mahaana ta ihiga rĩa nyaigĩ, namo magũrũ ma ngaari ciao cia ita mathiiaga ta rũhuho.
Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are taut. The hoofs of their horses are like flint, and their wheels are like the force of a tempest.
29 Mũraramo wao nĩ ta wa mũrũũthi, nao mararamaga o ta njaũ cia mĩrũũthi; marurumaga makĩnyiita ũguĩmi wao, na makaũkuua na gũtirĩ ũngĩũteithũra.
Their roaring is like the lion; they will roar like young lions. They will both roar and seize their prey. And they will wrap themselves around it, and there will be no one who can rescue it.
30 Mũthenya ũcio makaararama nĩ ũndũ wa kĩrĩa manyiitĩte, o ta ũrĩa iria rĩrurumaga rĩgĩikia ndiihũ. Na mũndũ angĩgaacũthĩrĩria bũrũri-inĩ, akoona no nduma ĩrĩ kuo na mĩnyamaro, o naguo ũtheri nĩũgaathiĩkwo nĩ matu.
And in that day, they will make a noise over it, like the sound of the sea. We will gaze out toward the land, and behold, the darkness of the tribulation, and even the light has been darkened by its gloom.
