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.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.
2 Fungua malango ili taifa lenye haki lipate kuingia, taifa lile lidumishalo imani.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3 Utamlinda katika amani kamilifu yeye ambaye moyo wake ni thabiti kwa sababu anakutumaini wewe.
Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee: ] because he trusteth in thee.
4 Mtumaini Bwana milele, kwa kuwa Bwana, Bwana, ni Mwamba wa milele.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:
5 Huwashusha wale wajikwezao, huushusha chini mji wenye kiburi, huushusha hadi ardhini na kuutupa chini mavumbini.
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, [even] to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust.
6 Miguu huukanyaga chini, miguu ya hao walioonewa, hatua za hao maskini.
The foot shall tread it down, [even] the feet of the poor, [and] the steps of the needy.
7 Mapito ya wenye haki yamenyooka. Ewe uliye Mwenye Haki, waisawazisha njia ya mtu mnyofu.
The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
8 Naam, Bwana, tukienenda katika sheria zako, twakungojea wewe, jina lako na sifa zako ndizo shauku za mioyo yetu.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
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.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Ingawa neema yaonyeshwa kwa waovu, hawajifunzi haki, hata katika nchi ya unyofu huendelea kutenda mabaya wala hawazingatii utukufu wa Bwana.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, [yet] will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
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, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 Bwana, unaamuru amani kwa ajili yetu, yale yote tuliyoweza kuyakamilisha ni wewe uliyetenda kwa ajili yetu.
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13 Ee Bwana, Mungu wetu, mabwana wengine zaidi ya wewe wametutawala, lakini jina lako pekee ndilo tunaloliheshimu.
O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 Wao sasa wamekufa, wala hawako tena hai, roho za waliokufa hazitarudi tena. Uliwaadhibu na kuwaangamiza, umefuta kumbukumbu lao lote.
[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Umeliongeza hilo taifa, Ee Bwana, umeliongeza hilo taifa. Umejipatia utukufu kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, umepanua mipaka yote ya nchi.
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth.
16 Bwana, walikujia katika taabu yao, wewe ulipowarudi, waliweza kuomba kwa kunongʼona tu.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.
17 Kama mwanamke mwenye mimba aliyekaribia kuzaa anavyogaagaa na kulia kwa ajili ya maumivu yake, ndivyo tulivyokuwa mbele zako, Ee Bwana.
Like as a woman with child, [that] draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
18 Tulikuwa na mimba, tuligaagaa kwa maumivu, lakini tulizaa upepo. Hatukuleta wokovu duniani, hatujazaa watu katika ulimwengu huu.
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
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.
Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Nendeni, watu wangu, ingieni vyumbani mwenu na mfunge milango nyuma yenu, jificheni kwa kitambo kidogo mpaka ghadhabu yake ipite.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
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.
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
