Isaya 19
1 Neno kuhusu Misri: Tazama, Bwana amepanda juu ya wingu liendalo kwa haraka naye anakuja Misri. Sanamu za Misri zinatetemeka mbele yake, nayo mioyo ya Wamisri inayeyuka ndani yao.
The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt are moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt melteth in the midst of it.
2 “Nitamchochea Mmisri dhidi ya Mmisri, ndugu atapigana dhidi ya ndugu, jirani dhidi ya jirani, mji dhidi ya mji, ufalme dhidi ya ufalme.
And I will incite the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3 Wamisri watakufa moyo, na nitaibatilisha mipango yao. Watatafuta ushauri kwa sanamu na kwa roho za waliokufa, kwa waaguzi na kwa wale waongeao na mizimu.
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols and unto the conjurers, and unto the necromancers, and unto the soothsayers.
4 Nitawatia Wamisri mikononi mwa bwana mkatili na mfalme mkali atatawala juu yao,” asema Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord, and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
5 Maji ya mito yatakauka, chini ya mto kutakauka kwa jua.
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up;
6 Mifereji itanuka; vijito vya Misri vitapungua na kukauka. Mafunjo na nyasi vitanyauka,
and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
7 pia mimea iliyoko kando ya Mto Naili, pale mto unapomwaga maji baharini. Kila shamba lililopandwa kando ya Mto Naili litakauka, litapeperushwa na kutoweka kabisa.
The meadows by the Nile, on the banks of the Nile, and everything sown by the Nile, shall be dried up, be driven away, and be no [more].
8 Wavuvi watalia na kuomboleza, wale wote watupao ndoano katika Mto Naili, watadhoofika kwa majonzi.
And the fishers shall mourn, and all they that cast fish-hook into the Nile shall lament, and they that spread net upon the waters shall languish.
9 Wale watu wafanyao kazi ya kitani kilichochambuliwa watakata tamaa, wafumaji wa kitani safi watavunjika moyo.
And they that work in fine flax, and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed.
10 Wafanyao kazi ya kufuma nguo watahuzunishwa, nao vibarua wataugua moyoni.
And her pillars shall be broken in pieces, and all workers for hire shall be sad of soul.
11 Maafisa wa Soani ni wapumbavu kabisa, washauri wa Farao wenye busara wanatoa ushauri wa kijinga. Unawezaje kumwambia Farao, “Mimi ni mmojawapo wa watu wenye hekima, mwanafunzi wa wafalme wa zamani”?
They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: [their] counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
12 Wako wapi sasa watu wako wenye hekima? Wao wakuonyeshe na kukufahamisha ni nini Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amepanga dhidi ya Misri.
Where are they then, thy wise [men]? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
13 Maafisa wa Soani wamekuwa wapumbavu, viongozi wa Memfisi wamedanganyika, walio mawe ya pembe ya taifa lake wameipotosha Misri.
The princes of Zoan are become foolish, the princes of Noph are deceived; and the corner-stones of its tribes have caused Egypt to err.
14 Bwana amewamwagia roho ya kizunguzungu; wanaifanya Misri iyumbayumbe katika yale yote inayoyafanya, kama vile mlevi ayumbayumbavyo katika kutapika kwake.
Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.
15 Misri haiwezi kufanya kitu chochote, cha kichwa wala cha mkia, cha tawi la mtende wala cha tete.
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
16 Katika siku ile Wamisri watakuwa kama wanawake. Watatetemeka kwa hofu mbele ya mkono wa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote anaoinua dhidi yao.
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
17 Nayo nchi ya Yuda itawatia hofu Wamisri, kila mmoja atakayetajiwa Yuda ataingiwa na hofu, kwa sababu ya kile ambacho Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote anapanga dhidi yao.
And the land of Judah shall be a dismay unto Egypt: every one that thinketh of it shall be afraid for himself, because of the counsel of Jehovah of hosts, which he hath purposed against it.
18 Katika siku hiyo miji mitano ya Misri, itazungumza lugha ya Kanaani, na kuapa kumtii Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote. Mji mmojawapo utaitwa Mji wa Uharibifu.
In that day shall there be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan, and swearing by Jehovah of hosts: one shall be called, The city of Heres.
19 Katika siku hiyo patakuwepo madhabahu ya Bwana katikati ya Misri na mnara wa kumbukumbu kwa Bwana kwenye mpaka wa Misri.
In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to Jehovah:
20 Itakuwa alama na ushahidi kwa ajili ya Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote katika nchi ya Misri. Watakapomlilia Bwana kwa sababu ya watesi wao, Mungu atawapelekea mwokozi na mtetezi, naye atawaokoa.
and it shall be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of the oppressors, and he will send them a saviour and defender, who shall deliver them.
21 Hivyo Bwana atajijulisha mwenyewe kwa Wamisri, nao katika siku hiyo watamkubali Bwana. Wataabudu kwa kumtolea dhabihu na sadaka za nafaka, watamwekea Bwana nadhiri na kuzitimiza.
And Jehovah shall be known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day, and shall serve with sacrifice and oblation; and they shall vow a vow unto Jehovah, and perform it.
22 Bwana ataipiga Misri kwa tauni; atawapiga na kuwaponya. Watamgeukia Bwana, naye atayasikia maombi yao na kuwaponya.
And Jehovah will smite Egypt; he will smite and heal: and they shall return to Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.
23 Katika siku hiyo kutakuwepo na njia kuu kutoka Misri hadi Ashuru. Waashuru watakwenda Misri, na Wamisri watakwenda Ashuru. Wamisri na Waashuru wataabudu pamoja.
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria; and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and Egypt shall serve with Assyria.
24 Katika siku hiyo Israeli itakuwa ya tatu, pamoja na Misri na Ashuru, nao watakuwa baraka kwa dunia.
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
25 Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atawabariki, akisema, “Baraka iwe kwa Misri watu wangu, kwa Ashuru kazi ya mikono yangu, na kwa Israeli urithi wangu.”
whom Jehovah of hosts will bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance!
