Isaya 26
1 Katika siku ile, wimbo huu utaimbwa katika nchi ya Yuda: Tuna mji ulio na nguvu, Mungu huufanya wokovu kuwa kuta zake na maboma yake.
At that time, this will be the song that is sung in the land of Judah: “Ours is a strong city! Its walls and defenses are our salvation!
2 Fungua malango ili taifa lenye haki lipate kuingia, taifa lile lidumishalo imani.
Open the gates so the nation who follows the right can come in, the nation that stays faithful.
3 Utamlinda katika amani kamilifu yeye ambaye moyo wake ni thabiti kwa sababu anakutumaini wewe.
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
4 Mtumaini Bwana milele, kwa kuwa Bwana, Bwana, ni Mwamba wa milele.
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
5 Huwashusha wale wajikwezao, huushusha chini mji wenye kiburi, huushusha hadi ardhini na kuutupa chini mavumbini.
He brings down those who live so high and mighty; he demolishes the proud city with its high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust.
6 Miguu huukanyaga chini, miguu ya hao walioonewa, hatua za hao maskini.
The poor tread it underfoot; the oppressed walk on top of it.
7 Mapito ya wenye haki yamenyooka. Ewe uliye Mwenye Haki, waisawazisha njia ya mtu mnyofu.
You God, do what is right, and you straighten out the way for those who live right; you smooth out their path.
8 Naam, Bwana, tukienenda katika sheria zako, twakungojea wewe, jina lako na sifa zako ndizo shauku za mioyo yetu.
Yes, we follow your instructions, Lord, we put our hope in you. What we most want is to remember you and your wonderful character.
9 Nafsi yangu yakutamani wakati wa usiku, wakati wa asubuhi roho yangu yakuonea shauku. Wakati hukumu zako zinapokuja juu ya dunia, watu wa ulimwengu hujifunza haki.
I look for you in the night; deep inside me I long for you. When your laws are shown to the earth, then the people of the world learn what is right.
10 Ingawa neema yaonyeshwa kwa waovu, hawajifunzi haki, hata katika nchi ya unyofu huendelea kutenda mabaya wala hawazingatii utukufu wa Bwana.
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they don't learn to do right. Even in a country where people do what's right, they continue to do evil and they don't think about how great the Lord is.
11 Ee Bwana, mkono wako umeinuliwa juu, lakini hawauoni. Wao na waone wivu wako kwa ajili ya watu wako tena waaibishwe, moto uliowekwa akiba kwa ajili ya adui zako na uwateketeze.
Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!
12 Bwana, unaamuru amani kwa ajili yetu, yale yote tuliyoweza kuyakamilisha ni wewe uliyetenda kwa ajili yetu.
Lord, you give us peace and prosperity; everything we've achieved you have done for us.
13 Ee Bwana, Mungu wetu, mabwana wengine zaidi ya wewe wametutawala, lakini jina lako pekee ndilo tunaloliheshimu.
Lord our God, there have been other lords besides you who have ruled us, but you are the only one we worship.
14 Wao sasa wamekufa, wala hawako tena hai, roho za waliokufa hazitarudi tena. Uliwaadhibu na kuwaangamiza, umefuta kumbukumbu lao lote.
They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
15 Umeliongeza hilo taifa, Ee Bwana, umeliongeza hilo taifa. Umejipatia utukufu kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, umepanua mipaka yote ya nchi.
You have made the nation grow, Lord, you have made the nation grow. You have expanded our borders of the land, and we honored you.
16 Bwana, walikujia katika taabu yao, wewe ulipowarudi, waliweza kuomba kwa kunongʼona tu.
Lord, when we were suffering we came to you, pouring out our prayers like whispers as you disciplined us.
17 Kama mwanamke mwenye mimba aliyekaribia kuzaa anavyogaagaa na kulia kwa ajili ya maumivu yake, ndivyo tulivyokuwa mbele zako, Ee Bwana.
Just as a pregnant woman giving birth tosses about and cries out in pain, that's what we were like in your presence, Lord.
18 Tulikuwa na mimba, tuligaagaa kwa maumivu, lakini tulizaa upepo. Hatukuleta wokovu duniani, hatujazaa watu katika ulimwengu huu.
However, even though we became pregnant and we tossed about in pain, we gave birth to nothing but air. We did not bring about the salvation of the earth, and the people of the world have not become alive.
19 Lakini wafu wenu wataishi, nayo miili yao itafufuka. Ninyi mnaokaa katika mavumbi, amkeni mkapige kelele kwa furaha. Umande wenu ni kama umande wa asubuhi, dunia itawazaa wafu wake.
But those who died in you, Lord, will live! Their bodies will rise again! Wake up, and sing for joy, you people sleeping in the dust, for the dew you receive is like the dew of the morning giving life to those in the grave.
20 Nendeni, watu wangu, ingieni vyumbani mwenu na mfunge milango nyuma yenu, jificheni kwa kitambo kidogo mpaka ghadhabu yake ipite.
My people, go inside your homes and close your doors behind you. Hide there for a little while until the fury has passed.
21 Tazama, Bwana anakuja kutoka makao yake ili kuwaadhibu watu wa dunia kwa ajili ya dhambi zao. Dunia itadhihirisha umwagaji damu juu yake, wala haitaendelea kuwaficha watu wake waliouawa.
Watch out! The Lord is coming from where he lives to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it; the earth won't hide those who have been killed any no longer.”
