Isaya 16
1 Pelekeni wana-kondoo kama ushuru kwa mtawala wa nchi, Kutoka Sela, kupitia jangwani, hadi mlima wa Binti Sayuni.
Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from the crags that are toward the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 Kama ndege wanaopapatika waliofukuzwa kutoka kwenye kiota, ndivyo walivyo wanawake wa Moabu kwenye vivuko vya Arnoni.
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.
3 “Tupeni shauri, toeni uamuzi. Wakati wa adhuhuri, fanyeni kivuli chenu kama usiku. Waficheni watoro, msisaliti wakimbizi.
'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.
4 Waacheni watoro wa Moabu wakae pamoja nanyi; kuweni mahali pao pa salama ili kuepuka mharabu.” Mtesi atafikia mwisho na maangamizi yatakoma, aletaye vita atatoweka kutoka nchi.
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.' For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, they that trampled down are consumed out of the land;
5 Kwa upendo kiti cha enzi kitaimarishwa, kwa uaminifu mtu ataketi juu yake, yeye atokaye nyumba ya Daudi: yeye ambaye katika kuhukumu hutafuta haki, na huhimiza njia ya haki.
And a throne is established through mercy, and there sitteth thereon in truth, in the tent of David, one that judgeth, and seeketh justice, and is ready in righteousness.
6 Tumesikia juu ya kiburi cha Moabu: kiburi chake cha kujivuna na udanganyifu, kiburi chake na ufidhuli wake, lakini majivuno yake si kitu.
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, his ill-founded boastings.
7 Kwa hiyo Wamoabu wanaomboleza, wanaiombolezea Moabu kwa pamoja. Wanaomboleza na kuhuzunika kwa ajili ya watu wa Kir-Haresethi.
Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken.
8 Mashamba ya Heshboni yananyauka, pia na mizabibu ya Sibma. Watawala wa mataifa wamekanyaga mizabibu iliyo mizuri sana, ambayo ilipata kufika Yazeri na kuenea kuelekea jangwani. Machipukizi yake yalienea yakafika hadi baharini.
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, whose choice plants did overcome the lords of nations; they reached even unto Jazer, they wandered into the wilderness; her branches were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.
9 Hivyo ninalia kama Yazeri aliavyo, kwa ajili ya mizabibu ya Sibma. Ee Heshboni, ee Eleale, ninakulowesha kwa machozi! Kelele za furaha kwa ajili ya tunda lako lililoiva na kwa ajili ya mavuno zimekomeshwa.
Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh; for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the battle shout is fallen.
10 Furaha na shangwe zimeondolewa kutoka mashamba ya matunda; hakuna yeyote aimbaye wala apazaye sauti katika mashamba ya mizabibu; hakuna yeyote akanyagaye zabibu shinikizoni, kwa kuwa nimekomesha makelele.
And gladness and joy are taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting; no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.
11 Moyo wangu unaomboleza kwa ajili ya Moabu kama kinubi, nafsi yangu yote kwa ajili ya Kir-Haresethi.
Wherefore my heart moaneth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.
12 Wakati Moabu anapojitokeza mahali pake pa juu, anajichosha mwenyewe tu; anapokwenda mahali pake pa kuabudia miungu ili kuomba, haitamfaidi lolote.
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab hath wearied himself upon the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail
13 Hili ndilo neno ambalo Bwana ameshasema kuhusu Moabu.
This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in time past.
14 Lakini sasa Bwana anasema: “Katika miaka mitatu, kama vile mtumishi aliyefungwa na mkataba angeihesabu, fahari ya Moabu na watu wake wengi watadharauliwa, nao walionusurika watakuwa wachache sana, tena wanyonge.”
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying: 'Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall wax contemptible for all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and without strength.'
