Isaya 22
1 Neno kuhusu Bonde la Maono: Nini kinachokutaabisha sasa, kwamba ninyi nyote mmepanda juu ya mapaa?
A declaration about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that you have all gone up to the housetops?
2 Ewe mji uliojaa ghasia, ewe mji wa makelele na sherehe! Watu wenu waliokufa hawakuuawa kwa upanga, wala hawakufa vitani.
Is it so you may hear a city full of noises, a town full of revelry? Your dead were not killed with the sword, and they did not die 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 your rulers fled away together, but they were captured without using a bow; all of them were captured together, though they had 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, “Do not look at me, I will weep bitterly; do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction 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 there is a day of tumult, treading down, and confusion for the Lord Yahweh of hosts, in the Valley of Vision, a breaking down of the walls, and people crying out to the mountains.
6 Elamu analichukua podo, pamoja na waendesha magari ya vita na farasi. Kiri anaifungua ngao.
Elam takes up the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir lays the shield bare.
7 Mabonde yako yaliyo mazuri sana yamejaa magari ya vita, nao wapanda farasi wamewekwa kwenye malango ya mji;
It will come about that your choicest valleys will be full of chariots, and the horsemen will take their positions at the gate.
8 ulinzi wa Yuda umeondolewa. Nawe ulitazama siku ile silaha katika Jumba la Kifalme la Mwituni,
He took away the protection of Judah; and you looked in that day to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
9 mkaona kuwa Mji wa Daudi una matundu mengi katika ulinzi wake, mkaweka akiba ya maji kwenye Bwawa la Chini.
You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many, and you collected the water of the lower pool.
10 Mlihesabu majengo katika Yerusalemu nanyi mkabomoa nyumba ili kuimarisha ukuta.
You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you tore down the houses to fortify the wall.
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.
You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not consider the city's maker, who had planned it long ago.
12 Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, aliwaita siku ile ili kulia na kuomboleza, kungʼoa nywele zenu na kuvaa nguo ya gunia.
The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of 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 look, instead, celebration and gladness, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will 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.”
This was revealed in my ears by Yahweh of hosts: “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you, even when you die,” says the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
15 Hili ndilo Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, asemalo: “Nenda ukamwambie huyu wakili Shebna, ambaye ni msimamizi wa jumba la kifalme:
The Lord Yahweh of hosts, says this, “Go to this administrator, to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
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?
'What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a tomb for yourself, hewing out a grave on the heights and carving out a resting place in the rock?'”
17 “Jihadhari, Bwana yu karibu kukukamata thabiti, na kukutupa mbali, ewe mtu mwenye nguvu.
See, Yahweh is about to throw you, a mighty man, about to throw you down; he will grasp you tightly.
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!
He will surely wind you round and round, and toss you like a ball into a vast country. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will be; you will be the shame of your master's house!
19 Nitakuondoa kutoka kazi yako, nawe utaondoshwa kutoka nafasi yako.
“I will thrust you from your office and from your station. You will be pulled down.
20 “Katika siku ile, nitamwita mtumishi wangu, Eliakimu mwana wa Hilkia.
It will come about on that day that I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
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.
I will clothe him with your tunic and put on him your sash, and I will transfer your authority into his hand. He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 Nitaweka mabegani mwake ufunguo wa nyumba ya Daudi. Kile afunguacho hakuna awezaye kufunga, na kile afungacho hakuna awezaye kufungua.
I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; he will open, and none will shut; he will shut, and none will open.
23 Nitamgongomea kama kigingi kilicho mahali palipo imara, naye atakuwa kiti cha enzi cha heshima kwa ajili ya nyumba ya baba yake.
I will fasten him, a peg in a secure place, and he will become a seat of glory for 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.”
They will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and descendants, every small container from the cups to all the jugs.
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.
On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—the peg driven in a firm place will give way, break off, and fall, and the weight that was on it will be cut off—for Yahweh has spoken.
