Isaya 30
1 Bwana asema, “Ole kwa watoto wakaidi, kwa wale wanaotimiza mipango ambayo si yangu, wakifanya makubaliano, lakini si kwa Roho wangu, wakilundika dhambi juu ya dhambi,
Woe to the rebellious sons, says Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
2 wale washukao kwenda Misri bila kutaka shauri langu, wanaotafuta msaada wa ulinzi wa Farao, watafutao kivuli cha Misri kwa ajili ya kimbilio.
who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Lakini ulinzi wa Farao utakuwa kwa aibu yenu, kivuli cha Misri kitawaletea fedheha.
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4 Ingawa wana maafisa katika Soani na wajumbe wamewasili katika Hanesi,
For their rulers are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
5 kila mmoja ataaibishwa kwa sababu ya taifa lisilowafaa kitu, ambalo haliwaletei msaada wala faida, bali aibu tu na fedheha.”
They shall all be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, who are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6 Neno kuhusu wanyama wa Negebu: Katika nchi ya taabu na shida, ya simba za dume na jike, ya nyoka mwenye sumu kali na nyoka warukao, wajumbe huchukua utajiri wao juu ya migongo ya punda, hazina zao juu ya nundu za ngamia, kwa lile taifa lisilokuwa na faida,
The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people who shall not profit them.
7 kuvipeleka Misri, ambaye msaada wake haufai kabisa. Kwa hiyo nimemwita “Rahabu Asiyefanya Chochote.”
For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.
8 Nenda sasa, liandike neno hili juu ya kibao kwa ajili yao, liandike kwenye kitabu, ili liweze kuwa shahidi milele kwa ajili ya siku zijazo.
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
9 Hawa ni watu waasi, watoto wadanganyifu, watoto ambao hawataki kusikiliza mafundisho ya Bwana.
For it is a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the law of Jehovah,
10 Wanawaambia waonaji, “Msione maono tena!” Nako kwa manabii wanasema, “Msiendelee kutupatia maono ambayo ni ya kweli! Tuambieni mambo ya kupendeza, tabirini mambo ya uongo.
who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy deceits.
11 Acheni njia hii, ondokeni katika mapito haya, nanyi acheni kutukabili pamoja na yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli!”
Get you out of the way. Turn aside out of the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12 Kwa hiyo, hili ndilo asemalo yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli: “Kwa sababu mmekataa ujumbe huu, mkategemea uonevu na kutumainia udanganyifu,
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it,
13 dhambi hii itakuwa kwenu kama ukuta mrefu, wenye ufa na wenye kubetuka, ambao unaanguka ghafula, mara moja.
therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
14 Utavunjika vipande vipande kama chombo cha udongo ukipasuka pasipo huruma ambapo katika vipande vyake hakuna kipande kitakachopatikana kwa kuukulia makaa kutoka jikoni au kuchotea maji kisimani.”
And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there shall not be found among the pieces of it a shard with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
15 Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi, yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli, asemalo: “Katika kutubu na kupumzika ndio wokovu wenu, katika kutulia na kutumaini ndizo nguvu zenu, lakini hamkutaka.
For thus said the lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, Ye shall be saved in returning and rest. Your strength shall be in quietness and in confidence. And ye would not,
16 Mlisema, ‘Hapana, tutakimbia kwa farasi.’ Kwa hiyo mtakimbia! Mlisema, ‘Tutakimbia kwa farasi waendao kasi.’ Kwa hiyo wanaowafukuza watakwenda kasi!
but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses. Therefore ye shall flee. And ye said, We will ride upon the swift. Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17 Watu 1,000 watakimbia kwa ajili ya kitisho cha mtu mmoja, kwa vitishio vya watu watano wote mtakimbia, hadi mtakapoachwa kama mlingoti wa bendera juu ya kilele cha mlima, kama bendera juu ya kilima.”
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one. Ye shall flee at the threat of five, till ye are left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
18 Hata hivyo Bwana anatamani kutupatia neema, anainuka ili kuwaonyesha huruma. Kwa kuwa Bwana ni Mungu wa haki. Wamebarikiwa wote wanaomngojea yeye!
And therefore Jehovah will wait, that he may be gracious to you. And therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you, for Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
19 Enyi watu wa Sayuni, mnaoishi Yerusalemu, hamtalia tena. Tazameni jinsi atakavyokuwa na huruma mtakapolia kwa kumwomba msaada! Mara asikiapo, atawajibu.
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. Thou shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to thee at the voice of thy cry. When he shall hear, he will answer thee.
20 Ingawa Bwana huwapa chakula cha shida na maji ya taabu, walimu wenu hawatafichwa tena, kwa macho yenu wenyewe mtawaona.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet thy teachers shall not be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.
21 Mkigeuka kuume au kushoto, masikio yenu yatasikia sauti nyuma yenu ikisema, “Hii ndiyo njia, ifuateni.”
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
22 Kisha mtanajisi sanamu zenu zilizofunikwa kwa fedha, na vinyago vyenu vilivyofunikwa kwa dhahabu. Mtazitupilia mbali kama vitambaa vya wakati wa hedhi na kuziambia, “Haya, tokeni hapa!”
And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold. Thou shall cast them away as an unclean thing. Thou shall say to it, Get thee away.
23 Pia atawapa mvua kwa ajili ya mbegu mnazootesha ardhini, chakula kinachotoka ardhini kitakuwa kizuri sana, tena tele. Katika siku ile, ngʼombe wenu watalisha katika shamba pana la majani.
And he will give the rain for thy seed, with which thou shall sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day thy cattle shall feed in large pastures.
24 Maksai na punda walimao watakula majani makavu na vyakula vilivyotengenezwa, vinavyotandazwa kwa uma na sepeto.
Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
25 Katika siku ile ya mauaji makuu, wakati minara itakapoanguka, vijito vya maji vitatiririka juu ya kila mlima mrefu na kila kilima kilichoinuka sana.
And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 Mwezi utaangaza kama jua, nao mwanga wa jua utangʼaa mara saba zaidi, kama nuru ya siku saba, wakati Bwana atakapoyafunga majeraha ya watu wake na kuwaponya vidonda alivyowatia.
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.
27 Tazama, Jina la Bwana linakuja kutoka mbali, likiwa na hasira kali inayowaka pamoja na wingu zito la moshi, midomo yake imejaa ghadhabu na ulimi wake ni moto ulao.
Behold, the name of Jehovah comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire,
28 Pumzi yake ni kama mkondo wa maji yaendayo kasi, yakipanda hadi shingoni. Hutikisa mataifa katika chekecheke ya uharibifu, huweka lijamu katika mataya ya mataifa ambayo huwaongoza upotevuni.
and his breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction. And a bridle that causes to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.
29 Nanyi mtaimba kama usiku ule mnaadhimisha sikukuu takatifu. Mioyo yenu itashangilia kama vile watu wanapokwea na filimbi kwenye mlima wa Bwana, kwa Mwamba wa Israeli.
Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as he who goes with a pipe to come to the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.
30 Bwana atawasababisha watu waisikie sauti yake ya utukufu, naye atawafanya wauone mkono wake ukishuka pamoja na hasira yake kali na moto ulao, kukiwa na tufani ya mvua, ngurumo za radi na mvua ya mawe.
And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the coming down of his arm with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast and tempest and hailstones.
31 Sauti ya Bwana itaivunjavunja Ashuru, kwa fimbo yake ya utawala atawapiga.
For through the voice of Jehovah the Assyrian shall be dismayed. With his rod he will smite him.
32 Kila pigo Bwana atakaloliweka juu yao kwa fimbo yake ya kuadhibu, litakuwa kwa wimbo wa matari na vinubi, anapopigana nao katika vita kwa mapigo ya mkono wake.
And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tambourine and harps. And he will fight with them in battles with the brandishing of his arm.
33 Tofethi imeandaliwa toka zamani, imewekwa tayari kwa ajili ya mfalme. Shimo lake la moto limetengenezwa kwa kina kirefu na kwa upana mkubwa, likiwa na moto na kuni tele; pumzi ya Bwana, kama kijito cha kiberiti, huuwasha moto.
For a Topheth is prepared of old, yea, it is made ready for the king. He has made it deep and large. The pile of it is fire and much wood. The breath of Jehovah kindles it, like a stream of brimstone.
