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] apostate sons, A declaration of YHWH! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My Spirit, So as to 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 are walking to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My mouth, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.
3 Lakini ulinzi wa Farao utakuwa kwa aibu yenu, kivuli cha Misri kitawaletea fedheha.
And the strength of Pharaoh Has been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,
4 Ingawa wana maafisa katika Soani na wajumbe wamewasili katika Hanesi,
For his princes were in Zoan, And his messengers reach Hanes.
5 kila mmoja ataaibishwa kwa sababu ya taifa lisilowafaa kitu, ambalo haliwaletei msaada wala faida, bali aibu tu na fedheha.”
He made all ashamed of a people that do not profit, Not for help, and not for profit, But for shame, and also for 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. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, From where [are] viper and flying, burning serpent, They carry their wealth on the shoulder of donkeys, And their treasures on the hump of camels, To a people not profitable.
7 kuvipeleka Misri, ambaye msaada wake haufai kabisa. Kwa hiyo nimemwita “Rahabu Asiyefanya Chochote.”
Indeed, Egyptians [are] vanity, and help in vain, Therefore I have cried concerning this: “Their strength [is] to sit 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.
No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And inscribe it on a scroll, And it is for a latter day, for a witness for all time,
9 Hawa ni watu waasi, watoto wadanganyifu, watoto ambao hawataki kusikiliza mafundisho ya Bwana.
That this [is] a people of rebellion, sons—liars, Sons not willing to hear the Law of YHWH.
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 have said to seers, “Do not see,” And to prophets, “Do not prophesy to us straightforward 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!”
Turn aside from the way, Decline from 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 said the Holy One of Israel: “Because of your kicking against this word, And you 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 is to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction 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 has broken it As the breaking of the potters’ bottle, Beaten down—He does not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.”
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 Lord YHWH, The Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might,” And you have not been willing.
16 Mlisema, ‘Hapana, tutakimbia kwa farasi.’ Kwa hiyo mtakimbia! Mlisema, ‘Tutakimbia kwa farasi waendao kasi.’ Kwa hiyo wanaowafukuza watakwenda kasi!
And you say, “No, for we flee on a horse,” Therefore you flee, And, “We ride on the swift!” Therefore your pursuers are 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 [flee] because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five you flee, Until you have surely been left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.
18 Hata hivyo Bwana anatamani kutupatia neema, anainuka ili kuwaonyesha huruma. Kwa kuwa Bwana ni Mungu wa haki. Wamebarikiwa wote wanaomngojea yeye!
And therefore YHWH waits to favor you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For YHWH [is] a God of judgment, O the blessedness of all waiting 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 in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Do not weep—weeping, Pitying, He pities you at the voice of your cry, When He hears He answers you.
20 Ingawa Bwana huwapa chakula cha shida na maji ya taabu, walimu wenu hawatafichwa tena, kwa macho yenu wenyewe mtawaona.
And the Lord has given to you bread of adversity, And water of oppression. And your teachers remove no longer, And your eyes have seen your teachers,
21 Mkigeuka kuume au kushoto, masikio yenu yatasikia sauti nyuma yenu ikisema, “Hii ndiyo njia, ifuateni.”
And your ear hears a word behind you, saying, “This [is] the way, go in it,” When you turn to the right, And when you 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 you have defiled the covering of Your carved images of silver, And the ephod of your molten image of gold, You scatter them as a sickening thing, “Go out,” you say to it.
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 has given rain [for] your seed, With which you sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it has been fat and plentiful, Your livestock enjoy an enlarged pasture in that day.
24 Maksai na punda walimao watakula majani makavu na vyakula vilivyotengenezwa, vinavyotandazwa kwa uma na sepeto.
And the oxen and the young donkeys serving the ground, Eat fermented provender, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.
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 has been on every high mountain, And on every exalted hill, Streams—conduits of waters, In a day of much slaughter, in the falling of towers.
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.
And the light of the moon has been as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun is sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day of YHWH’s binding up the breach of His people, When He heals the stroke of its 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 YHWH is coming from far, His anger is burning, and the flame [is] great, His lips have been 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, It divides to the neck, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, [Is] on 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.
Singing is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, To go to the mountain of YHWH, 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 YHWH has caused The splendor of His voice to be heard, And the coming down of His arm He shows with the raging of anger, And the flame of a consuming fire, Scattering, and inundation, and hailstone.
31 Sauti ya Bwana itaivunjavunja Ashuru, kwa fimbo yake ya utawala atawapiga.
For from the voice of YHWH Asshur [is] broken down, He strikes with a rod.
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 passage of the settled staff, That YHWH causes to rest on him, Has been with tambourines and with harps, And in battles of shaking He has fought with it.
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 Tophet is arranged from former time, Even it is prepared for the king, He has made deep, He has made large, Its pile [is] fire and much wood, The breath of YHWH, As a stream of brimstone, is burning in it!
