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.
On that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: A strong city have we; his aid will he grant [us] as walls and defence.
2 Fungua malango ili taifa lenye haki lipate kuingia, taifa lile lidumishalo imani.
Open ye the gates, that there may enter in the righteous nation which guardeth the truth.
3 Utamlinda katika amani kamilifu yeye ambaye moyo wake ni thabiti kwa sababu anakutumaini wewe.
The confiding mind wilt thou keep in perfect peace; because he trusteth in thee.
4 Mtumaini Bwana milele, kwa kuwa Bwana, Bwana, ni Mwamba wa milele.
Trust ye in the Lord unto eternity; for in Yah the Lord is everlasting protection.
5 Huwashusha wale wajikwezao, huushusha chini mji wenye kiburi, huushusha hadi ardhini na kuutupa chini mavumbini.
For he bendeth down the dwellers of the height; the lofty fortress—he layeth it low; he layeth it low, along the ground; he casteth it down to the dust.
6 Miguu huukanyaga chini, miguu ya hao walioonewa, hatua za hao maskini.
The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
7 Mapito ya wenye haki yamenyooka. Ewe uliye Mwenye Haki, waisawazisha njia ya mtu mnyofu.
The path of the just is straight: thou, most upright, dost ever level the road of the just.
8 Naam, Bwana, tukienenda katika sheria zako, twakungojea wewe, jina lako na sifa zako ndizo shauku za mioyo yetu.
Yea, on the path of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; for thy name, and for the remembrance of thee, was the longing of our soul.
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.
In my soul have I longed for thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek for thee; for when thy judgments are [sent] on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Ingawa neema yaonyeshwa kwa waovu, hawajifunzi haki, hata katika nchi ya unyofu huendelea kutenda mabaya wala hawazingatii utukufu wa Bwana.
If favor be shown to the wicked, he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not regard 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, thy hand was raised high, but they would not see: oh that they might see, and be ashamed, [thy] zeal for the people; yea, the fire which shall devour them—thy enemies.
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 also all our works hast thou accomplished for us.
13 Ee Bwana, Mungu wetu, mabwana wengine zaidi ya wewe wametutawala, lakini jina lako pekee ndilo tunaloliheshimu.
O Lord our God, lords have had dominion over us beside thee; [but] of thee only would 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 will not live [again]; [they are] departed, they will not rise [again]; therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made to perish every memorial of them.
15 Umeliongeza hilo taifa, Ee Bwana, umeliongeza hilo taifa. Umejipatia utukufu kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, umepanua mipaka yote ya nchi.
Thou hast done more for the nation, O Lord, thou hast done more for the nation; thou hast glorified thyself: thou hast enlarged all the ends of the earth.
16 Bwana, walikujia katika taabu yao, wewe ulipowarudi, waliweza kuomba kwa kunongʼona tu.
Lord, in trouble have they sought thee, they poured out earnest prayers 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 pregnant woman, that is near giving birth, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs: so have we been in thy presence, O Lord.
18 Tulikuwa na mimba, tuligaagaa kwa maumivu, lakini tulizaa upepo. Hatukuleta wokovu duniani, hatujazaa watu katika ulimwengu huu.
We have been pregnant and in pain, [but it was] as though we brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; and the inhabitants of the world have not 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 shall live, my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing ye, that dwell in the dust; for a dew on herbs is thy dew, and the earth shall cast out the departed.
20 Nendeni, watu wangu, ingieni vyumbani mwenu na mfunge milango nyuma yenu, jificheni kwa kitambo kidogo mpaka ghadhabu yake ipite.
Go, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy door behind thee: hide thyself but for a little moment, until the indignation be passed away.
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 visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth on them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more be a cover over her slain.
