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 the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof.

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 set the Egyptians to fight against the Egyptians: and they shall fight brother against brother, and friend against friend, 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 be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers.

4 Nitawatia Wamisri mikononi mwa bwana mkatili na mfalme mkali atatawala juu yao,” asema Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.

And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king shall rule over them, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

5 Maji ya mito yatakauka, chini ya mto kutakauka kwa jua.

And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be wasted and dry.

6 Mifereji itanuka; vijito vya Misri vitapungua na kukauka. Mafunjo na nyasi vitanyauka,

And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.

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 channel of the river shall be laid bare from its fountain, and every thing sown by the water shall be dried up, it shall wither away, and shall be no more.

8 Wavuvi watalia na kuomboleza, wale wote watupao ndoano katika Mto Naili, watadhoofika kwa majonzi.

The fishers also shall mourn, and all that cast a hook into the river shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish away.

9 Wale watu wafanyao kazi ya kitani kilichochambuliwa watakata tamaa, wafumaji wa kitani safi watavunjika moyo.

They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.

10 Wafanyao kazi ya kufuma nguo watahuzunishwa, nao vibarua wataugua moyoni.

And its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.

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”?

The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: 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 now thy wise men? let them tell thee, and shew what the Lord 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 Tanis are become fools, the princes of Memphis are gone astray, they have deceived Egypt, the stay of the people thereof.

14 Bwana amewamwagia roho ya kizunguzungu; wanaifanya Misri iyumbayumbe katika yale yote inayoyafanya, kama vile mlevi ayumbayumbavyo katika kutapika kwake.

The Lord hath mingled in the midst thereof the spirit of giddiness: and they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, as a drunken man staggereth and vomiteth.

15 Misri haiwezi kufanya kitu chochote, cha kichwa wala cha mkia, cha tawi la mtende wala cha tete.

And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.

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 Egypt shall be like unto women, and they shall be amazed, and afraid, because of the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move 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 Juda shall be a terror to Egypt: every one that shall remember it shall tremble because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined concerning 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 there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt, speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hosts: one shall be called the city of the sun.

19 Katika siku hiyo patakuwepo madhabahu ya Bwana katikati ya Misri na mnara wa kumbukumbu kwa Bwana kwenye mpaka wa Misri.

In that day there shall be an altar of the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a monument of the Lord at the borders thereof:

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.

It shall be for a sign, and for a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressor, and he shall send them a Saviour and a defender to 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 the Lord shall be known by Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall worship him with sacrifices and offerings: and they shall make vows to the Lord, and perform them.

22 Bwana ataipiga Misri kwa tauni; atawapiga na kuwaponya. Watamgeukia Bwana, naye atayasikia maombi yao na kuwaponya.

And the Lord shall strike Egypt with a scourge, and shall heal it, and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall be pacified towards them, and 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 there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptian to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrian.

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 to the Egyptian and the Assyrian: a blessing in the midst of the land,

25 Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atawabariki, akisema, “Baraka iwe kwa Misri watu wangu, kwa Ashuru kazi ya mikono yangu, na kwa Israeli urithi wangu.”

Which the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying: Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands to the Assyrian: but Israel is my inheritance.