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, YHWH is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He has entered Egypt, And the idols of Egypt have been moved at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melts in its midst.

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 armed Egyptians against Egyptians, And they fought, each against his brother, And each against his neighbor, 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 has been emptied out in its midst. And I swallow up its counsel, And they have sought to the idols, And to the charmers, And to those having familiar spirits, And to the wizards.

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

And I have delivered the Egyptians Into the hand of a hard lord, And a strong king rules over them, A declaration of the Lord, YHWH of Hosts.

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

And waters have failed from the sea, And a river is desolated and dried up.

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

And they have turned away the flowings, Brooks of the bulwark have been weak and dried up, Reed and flag have withered.

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.

Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, has withered, It has been driven away, and is not.

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

And the fishers have lamented, And all casting a hook into the brook have mourned, And those spreading dragnets on the face of the waters have languished.

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

And makers of fine flax have been ashamed, And weavers of networks.

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

And its foundations have been struck, All making wages [are] afflicted in 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”?

Only, the princes of Zoan [are] fools, The counsel of the wise ones of the counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of kings of antiquity?”

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 now, your wise ones? Indeed, let them now tell [it] to you, And they know what YHWH of Hosts has counseled against Egypt!

13 Maafisa wa Soani wamekuwa wapumbavu, viongozi wa Memfisi wamedanganyika, walio mawe ya pembe ya taifa lake wameipotosha Misri.

Princes of Zoan have been foolish, Princes of Noph have been lifted up, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.

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

YHWH has mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard errs in his vomit.

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

And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, 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 Egypt is like women, And it has mourned, and been afraid, Because of the waving of the hand of YHWH of Hosts, That He is waving 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 has been to Egypt for a cause of staggering, Everyone who mentions it, fears for himself, Because of the counsel of YHWH of Hosts, That He is counseling 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 there are five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the lip of Canaan, And swearing to YHWH of Hosts, “The city of destruction,” is said of one.

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 is an altar to YHWH In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar to YHWH near its border,

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 has been for a sign and for a testimony, To YHWH of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry to YHWH from the face of oppressors, And He sends a Savior to them, Even a great one, and has delivered 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 YHWH has been known to Egypt, And the Egyptians have known YHWH in that day, And done sacrifice and present, And vowed a vow to YHWH, and completed [it].

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

And YHWH has struck Egypt, striking and healing, And they have turned back to YHWH, And He has accepted their plea, And has healed 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 a highway is out of Egypt to Asshur, And the Assyrians have come into Egypt, And the Egyptians into Asshur, And the Egyptians have served with the Assyrians.

24 Katika siku hiyo Israeli itakuwa ya tatu, pamoja na Misri na Ashuru, nao watakuwa baraka kwa dunia.

In that day Israel is third, With Egypt, and with Asshur, A blessing in the heart 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.”

In that YHWH of Hosts blessed it, saying, “Blessed [is] My people—Egypt, And the work of My hands—Asshur, And My inheritance—Israel!”