Isaya 10
1 Ole wao wawekao sheria zisizo za haki, kwa wale watoao amri za kuonea,
Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;
2 kuwanyima maskini haki zao na kuzuilia haki za watu wangu walioonewa, kuwafanya wajane mawindo yao na kuwanyangʼanya yatima.
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!
3 Mtafanya nini siku ya kutoa hesabu, wakati maafa yatakapokuja kutoka mbali? Mtamkimbilia nani awape msaada? Mtaacha wapi mali zenu?
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
4 Hakutasalia kitu chochote, isipokuwa kujikunyata miongoni mwa mateka, au kuanguka miongoni mwa waliouawa. Hata kwa haya yote, hasira yake haijageukia mbali, mkono wake bado umeinuliwa juu.
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.
5 “Ole kwa Ashuru, fimbo ya hasira yangu, ambaye mkononi mwake ana rungu ya ghadhabu yangu!
O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
6 Ninamtuma dhidi ya taifa lisilomjua Mungu, ninamtuma dhidi ya taifa linalonikasirisha, kukamata mateka na kunyakua nyara, pia kuwakanyaga chini kama matope ya barabarani.
I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Lakini hili silo analokusudia, hili silo alilo nalo akilini; kusudi lake ni kuangamiza, kuyakomesha mataifa mengi.
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 Maana asema, ‘Je, wafalme wote si majemadari wangu?
For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?
9 Je, Kalno hakutendwa kama Karkemishi? Hamathi si kama Arpadi, nayo Samaria si kama Dameski?
[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Kama vile mkono wangu ulivyotwaa falme za sanamu, falme ambazo vinyago vyao vilizidi vile vya Yerusalemu na Samaria:
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 je, nisiishughulikie Yerusalemu na sanamu zake kama nilivyoshughulikia Samaria na vinyago vyake?’”
Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 Bwana atakapokuwa amemaliza kazi yake yote dhidi ya Mlima Sayuni na Yerusalemu, atasema, “Nitamwadhibu mfalme wa Ashuru kwa ajili ya majivuno ya ukaidi wa moyo wake na kutazama kwa macho yenye dharau.”
Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the LORD hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 Kwa kuwa anasema: “‘Kwa nguvu za mkono wangu nimefanya hili, kwa hekima yangu, kwa sababu nina ufahamu. Niliondoa mipaka ya mataifa, niliteka nyara hazina zao, kama yeye aliye shujaa niliwatiisha wafalme wao.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:
14 Kama mtu atiavyo mkono kwenye kiota, ndivyo mkono wangu ulivyochukua utajiri wa mataifa; kama watu wakusanyavyo mayai yaliyoachwa, ndivyo nilivyokusanya nchi zote; wala hakuna hata mmoja aliyepiga bawa au kufungua kinywa chake kutoa mlio.’”
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Je, shoka laweza kujigamba kuwa na nguvu zaidi kuliko yule anayelitumia, au msumeno kujisifu dhidi ya yule anayeutumia? Ni kana kwamba fimbo ingeweza kumwinua yeye aichukuaye, au mkongojo ungemwinua mwenye kuutumia!
Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth with it? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it, [or] as if the staff should lift [itself], [as if it were] no wood.
16 Kwa hiyo Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, atatuma ugonjwa wa kudhoofisha kwa askari wake walio hodari, katika fahari yake moto utawaka kama mwali wa moto.
Therefore will the LORD, the LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he will kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 Nuru ya Israeli itakuwa moto, Aliye Mtakatifu wao mwali wa moto; katika siku moja utaunguza na kuteketeza miiba na michongoma yake.
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 Fahari ya misitu yake na mashamba yenye rutuba utateketeza kabisa, kama vile mtu mgonjwa adhoofikavyo.
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
19 Nayo miti inayobaki katika misitu yake itakuwa michache sana hata mtoto mdogo angeweza kuihesabu.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 Katika siku ile, mabaki ya Israeli, walionusurika wa nyumba ya Yakobo, hawatamtegemea tena yeye aliyewapiga, lakini watamtegemea kwa kweli Bwana Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them; but shall lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 Mabaki watarudi, mabaki wa Yakobo watamrudia Mungu Mwenye Nguvu.
The remnant shall return, [even] the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 Ingawa watu wako, ee Israeli, ni wengi kama mchanga wa pwani, ni mabaki yao tu watakaorudi. Maangamizi yamekwisha amriwa, ni mengi tena ni haki.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [yet] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, atatekeleza maangamizi yaliyoamriwa juu ya nchi yote.
For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24 Kwa hiyo, hili ndilo Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote asemalo: “Enyi watu wangu mkaao Sayuni, msiwaogope Waashuru, wanaowapiga ninyi kwa fimbo na kuinua rungu dhidi yenu, kama Misri ilivyofanya.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
25 Bado kitambo kidogo sana hasira yangu dhidi yenu itakoma, na ghadhabu yangu itaelekezwa kwenye maangamizi yao.”
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction.
26 Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atawachapa kwa mjeledi, kama alivyowapiga Wamidiani katika mwamba wa Orebu, naye atainua fimbo yake juu ya maji, kama alivyofanya huko Misri.
And the LORD of hosts will raise up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and [as] his rod [was] upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 Katika siku hiyo mzigo wao utainuliwa kutoka mabegani mwenu, na nira yao kutoka shingoni mwenu; nira itavunjwa kwa sababu ya kutiwa mafuta.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
28 Wanaingia Ayathi, wanapita katikati ya Migroni, wanahifadhi mahitaji huko Mikmashi.
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his furniture.
29 Wanavuka kivukoni, nao wanasema, “Tutapiga kambi huko Geba usiku kucha.” Rama inatetemeka; Gibea ya Sauli inakimbia.
They have gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul hath fled.
30 Piga kelele, ee Binti Galimu! Sikiliza, ee Laisha! Maskini Anathothi!
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.
31 Madmena inakimbia; watu wa Gebimu wanajificha.
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
32 Siku hii ya leo watasimama Nobu; watatikisa ngumi zao kwa mlima wa Binti Sayuni, kwa kilima cha Yerusalemu.
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand [against] the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Tazama, Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, atayakata matawi kwa nguvu kuu. Miti mirefu sana itaangushwa, ile mirefu itashushwa chini.
Behold, the LORD, the LORD of hosts will lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 Atakata vichaka vya msitu kwa shoka; Lebanoni itaanguka mbele zake yeye Mwenye Nguvu.
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
