Isaya 22
1 Neno kuhusu Bonde la Maono: Nini kinachokutaabisha sasa, kwamba ninyi nyote mmepanda juu ya mapaa?
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, 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.
You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town, your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead 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. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They 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, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labour to comfort me for 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 it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, GOD of Hosts, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”
6 Elamu analichukua podo, pamoja na waendesha magari ya vita na farasi. Kiri anaifungua ngao.
Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Mabonde yako yaliyo mazuri sana yamejaa magari ya vita, nao wapanda farasi wamewekwa kwenye malango ya mji;
Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
8 ulinzi wa Yuda umeondolewa. Nawe ulitazama siku ile silaha katika Jumba la Kifalme la Mwituni,
He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armour in the house 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 David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 Mlihesabu majengo katika Yerusalemu nanyi mkabomoa nyumba ili kuimarisha ukuta.
You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke 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 also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who 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.
In that day, the Lord, GOD of Hosts, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in 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!”
and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s 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.”
The LORD of Hosts revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, GOD 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, GOD of Hosts says, “Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even 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? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiselling a habitation for himself in the rock!”
17 “Jihadhari, Bwana yu karibu kukukamata thabiti, na kukutupa mbali, ewe mtu mwenye nguvu.
Behold, the LORD will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.
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 around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you disgrace of your lord’s house.
19 Nitakuondoa kutoka kazi yako, nawe utaondoshwa kutoka nafasi yako.
I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.
20 “Katika siku ile, nitamwita mtumishi wangu, Eliakimu mwana wa Hilkia.
It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the 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.
and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and 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 lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one 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 like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to 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 the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.
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.
“In that day,” says the LORD of Hosts, “the nail that was fastened in a sure place will give way. It will be cut down and fall. The burden that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken it.”
