Isaya 22
1 Neno kuhusu Bonde la Maono: Nini kinachokutaabisha sasa, kwamba ninyi nyote mmepanda juu ya mapaa?
THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?
2 Ewe mji uliojaa ghasia, ewe mji wa makelele na sherehe! Watu wenu waliokufa hawakuuawa kwa upanga, wala hawakufa vitani.
The city is filled with shouting [men]: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.
3 Viongozi wako wote wamekimbia pamoja, wamekamatwa bila kutumia upinde. Ninyi nyote mliokamatwa mlichukuliwa wafungwa pamoja, mlikimbia wakati adui alipokuwa bado mbali.
All thy princes have fled, and [thy] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in thee have fled far away.
4 Kwa hiyo nilisema, “Geukia mbali nami, niache nilie kwa uchungu. Usijaribu kunifariji juu ya maangamizi ya watu wangu.”
Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.
5 Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, anayo siku ya ghasia, ya kukanyaga, na ya kuogofya katika Bonde la Maono, siku ya kuangusha kuta na ya kupiga kelele mpaka milimani.
For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.
6 Elamu analichukua podo, pamoja na waendesha magari ya vita na farasi. Kiri anaifungua ngao.
And the Elamites took [their] quivers, and [there were] men mounted on horses, and [there was] a gathering for battle.
7 Mabonde yako yaliyo mazuri sana yamejaa magari ya vita, nao wapanda farasi wamewekwa kwenye malango ya mji;
And it shall be [that] thy choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up thy gates.
8 ulinzi wa Yuda umeondolewa. Nawe ulitazama siku ile silaha katika Jumba la Kifalme la Mwituni,
And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city.
9 mkaona kuwa Mji wa Daudi una matundu mengi katika ulinzi wake, mkaweka akiba ya maji kwenye Bwawa la Chini.
And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one [had] turned the water of the old pool into the city;
10 Mlihesabu majengo katika Yerusalemu nanyi mkabomoa nyumba ili kuimarisha ukuta.
and that they [had] pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city.
11 Mlijenga bwawa la maji katikati ya kuta mbili kwa ajili ya maji ya Bwawa la Zamani, lakini hamkumtazama Yule aliyelitengeneza, au kuwa na heshima kwa Yule aliyeubuni tangu zamani za kale.
And ye procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but ye looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it.
12 Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, aliwaita siku ile ili kulia na kuomboleza, kungʼoa nywele zenu na kuvaa nguo ya gunia.
And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
13 Lakini tazama, kuna furaha na sherehe, kuchinja ngʼombe na kuchinja kondoo, kula nyama na kunywa mvinyo! Mnasema, “Tuleni na kunywa, kwa kuwa kesho tutakufa!”
but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
14 Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amelifunua hili nikiwa ninasikia: Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, asema: “Mpaka siku ya kufa kwenu, dhambi hii haitafanyiwa upatanisho.”
And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.
15 Hili ndilo Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, asemalo: “Nenda ukamwambie huyu wakili Shebna, ambaye ni msimamizi wa jumba la kifalme:
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the treasurer, and say to him, Why art thou here?
16 Unafanya nini hapa, na ni nani aliyekupa ruhusa kujikatia kaburi lako mwenyewe, ukichonga kaburi lako mahali palipo juu, na kutoboa kwa patasi mahali pako pa kupumzikia katika mwamba?
and what hast thou to do here, that thou hast here hewn thyself a sepulchre, and madest thyself a sepulchre on high, and hast graven for thyself a dwelling in the rock?
17 “Jihadhari, Bwana yu karibu kukukamata thabiti, na kukutupa mbali, ewe mtu mwenye nguvu.
Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy [such] a man, and will take away thy robe and thy glorious crown,
18 Atakuvingirisha uwe kama mpira na kukutupa katika nchi kubwa. Huko ndiko utakakofia, na huko ndiko magari yako ya vita ya fahari yatabakia, wewe unayeifedhehesha nyumba ya bwana wako!
and will cast thee into a great and unmeasured land, and there thou shalt die: and he will bring thy fair chariot to shame, and the house of thy prince to be trodden down.
19 Nitakuondoa kutoka kazi yako, nawe utaondoshwa kutoka nafasi yako.
And thou shalt be removed from thy stewardship, and from thy place.
20 “Katika siku ile, nitamwita mtumishi wangu, Eliakimu mwana wa Hilkia.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Chelcias:
21 Nitamvika joho lako, nami nitamfunga mshipi wako kiunoni mwake, na kumkabidhi mamlaka yako. Yeye atakuwa baba kwa wale wanaoishi Yerusalemu na kwa nyumba ya Yuda.
and I will put on him thy robe, and I will grant him thy crown with power, and I will give thy stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda.
22 Nitaweka mabegani mwake ufunguo wa nyumba ya Daudi. Kile afunguacho hakuna awezaye kufunga, na kile afungacho hakuna awezaye kufungua.
And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David [upon] his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open.
23 Nitamgongomea kama kigingi kilicho mahali palipo imara, naye atakuwa kiti cha enzi cha heshima kwa ajili ya nyumba ya baba yake.
And I will make him a ruler in a sure place, and he shall be for a glorious throne of his father's house.
24 Utukufu wote wa jamaa yake utakuwa juu yake: Watoto wa jamaa hiyo na machipukizi yake, vyombo vyake vyote vidogo, tangu bakuli hadi magudulia yote.”
And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in that day.
25 Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote asema, “Katika siku ile, kigingi kilichogongomewa mahali imara kitaachia njia. Kitakatwa, nacho kitaanguka na mzigo ulioningʼinia juu yake utaanguka chini.” Bwana amesema.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.
