Isaya 2
1 Hili ndilo aliloliona Isaya mwana wa Amozi kuhusu Yuda na Yerusalemu:
This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 Katika siku za mwisho mlima wa Hekalu la Bwana utaimarishwa kama mlima mkuu miongoni mwa milima yote, utainuliwa juu ya vilima, na mataifa yote yatamiminika huko.
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
3 Mataifa mengi yatakuja na kusema, “Njooni, twendeni mlimani mwa Bwana, kwenye nyumba ya Mungu wa Yakobo. Atatufundisha njia zake, ili tuweze kuenenda katika mapito yake.” Sheria itatoka Sayuni, neno la Bwana litatoka Yerusalemu.
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 Atahukumu kati ya mataifa na ataamua migogoro ya mataifa mengi. Watafua panga zao ziwe majembe, na mikuki yao kuwa miundu ya kukata matawi. Taifa halitainua upanga dhidi ya taifa jingine, wala hawatajifunza vita tena.
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
5 Njooni, enyi nyumba ya Yakobo, tutembeeni katika nuru ya Bwana.
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
6 Umewatelekeza watu wako, nyumba ya Yakobo. Wamejaa ushirikina utokao Mashariki, wanapiga ramli kama Wafilisti na wanashikana mikono na wapagani.
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7 Nchi yao imejaa fedha na dhahabu, hakuna mwisho wa hazina zao. Nchi yao imejaa farasi, hakuna mwisho wa magari yao.
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
8 Nchi yao imejaa sanamu, wanasujudia kazi za mikono yao, vitu vile vidole vyao vimevitengeneza.
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
9 Kwa hiyo mwanadamu atashushwa na binadamu atanyenyekezwa: usiwasamehe.
So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
10 Ingieni kwenye miamba, jificheni ardhini kutokana na utisho wa Bwana na utukufu wa enzi yake!
Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
11 Macho ya mtu mwenye majivuno yatanyenyekezwa na kiburi cha wanadamu kitashushwa, Bwana peke yake ndiye atakayetukuzwa siku hiyo.
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
12 Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote anayo siku aliyoiweka akiba kwa wote wenye kujivuna na wenye kiburi, kwa wote wanaojikweza (nao watanyenyekezwa),
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
13 kwa mierezi yote ya Lebanoni iliyo mirefu sana, na mialoni yote ya Bashani,
against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
14 kwa milima yote mirefu na vilima vyote vilivyoinuka,
against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
15 kwa kila mnara ulio mrefu sana na kila ukuta wenye ngome,
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
16 kwa kila meli ya biashara, na kila chombo cha baharini cha fahari.
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
17 Majivuno ya mwanadamu yatashushwa, na kiburi cha wanadamu kitanyenyekezwa, Bwana peke yake ndiye atatukuzwa siku hiyo,
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
18 nazo sanamu zitatoweka kabisa.
and the idols will vanish completely.
19 Watu watakimbilia kwenye mapango ndani ya miamba, na kwenye mahandaki ardhini kutokana na utisho wa Bwana na utukufu wa enzi yake, ainukapo kuitikisa dunia.
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
20 Siku ile, watu watawatupia panya na popo sanamu zao za fedha na za dhahabu, walizozitengeneza ili waziabudu.
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
21 Watakimbilia kwenye mapango miambani na kwenye nyufa za miamba kutokana na utisho wa Bwana na utukufu wa enzi yake, ainukapo kuitikisa dunia.
They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
22 Acheni kumtumainia mwanadamu, ambaye hana kitu ila pumzi katika pua zake. Yeye ana thamani gani?
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
