< Isaya 45 >
1 “Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana kwa mpakwa mafuta wake, Koreshi, ambaye nimemshika mkono wake wa kuume kutiisha mataifa mbele yake na kuwavua wafalme silaha zao, kufungua milango mbele yake ili malango yasije yakafungwa:
Thus he says Yahweh to anointed his to Cyrus whom I have taken hold on right [hand] his to subdue before him nations and [the] loins of kings I will loosen to open before him doors and gates not they will be shut.
2 Nitakwenda mbele yako na kusawazisha milima; nitavunjavunja malango ya shaba na kukatakata mapingo ya chuma.
I before you I will go and [the] mountainous land (I will make smooth *Q(K)*) doors of bronze I will break and bars of iron I will cut through.
3 Nitakupa hazina za gizani, mali zilizofichwa mahali pa siri, ili upate kujua ya kwamba Mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, akuitaye kwa jina lako.
And I will give to you treasures of darkness and hidden treasures of secret places so that you may know that I [am] Yahweh who calls by name your [the] God of Israel.
4 Kwa ajili ya Yakobo mtumishi wangu, Israeli niliyemchagua, nimekuita wewe kwa jina lako, na kukupa jina la heshima, ingawa wewe hunitambui.
For [the] sake of servant my Jacob and Israel chosen one my and I summoned you by name your I will give a title you and not you know me.
5 Mimi ndimi Bwana, wala hakuna mwingine, zaidi yangu hakuna Mungu. Nitakutia nguvu, ingawa wewe hujanitambua,
I [am] Yahweh and there not [is] yet besides me there not [is] a god I will gird you and not you know me.
6 ili kutoka mawio ya jua mpaka machweo yake, watu wapate kujua kwamba hakuna Mungu mwingine ila Mimi. Mimi ndimi Bwana wala hakuna mwingine.
So that they may know from [the] rising of [the] sun (and from setting place its *LAH(b)*) that nothing [is] apart from me I [am] Yahweh and there not [is] yet.
7 Mimi ninaumba nuru na kuhuluku giza, ninaleta mafanikio na kusababisha maafa. Mimi, Bwana, huyatenda haya yote.
[who] forms Light and [who] creates darkness [who] brings about well-being and [who] creates calamity I [am] Yahweh [who] does all these [things].
8 “Enyi mbingu juu, nyesheni haki, mawingu na yaidondoshe. Dunia na ifunguke sana, wokovu na uchipuke, haki na ikue pamoja nao. Mimi, Bwana, ndiye niliyeiumba.
Drip down O heaven above and clouds let them flow righteousness let it open up [the] earth so they may bear fruit salvation and righteousness let it cause to sprout together I Yahweh I have created it.
9 “Ole wake yeye ashindanaye na Muumba wake, yeye ambaye ni kigae tu kati ya vigae juu ya ardhi. Je, udongo wa kufinyangia humwambia mfinyanzi, ‘Unatengeneza nini wewe?’ Je, kazi yako husema, ‘Hana mikono’?
Woe to! [one who] contends with [the one who] formed him a potsherd with potsherds of [the] ground ¿ does it say clay to [the one who] forms it what? are you making and work your not hands [belong] to him.
10 Ole wake amwambiaye baba yake, ‘Umezaa nini?’ Au kumwambia mama yake, ‘Umezaa kitu gani?’
Woe to! [one who] says to a father what? are you fathering and to a woman what? are you in labor with!
11 “Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana, yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli na Muumba wake: Kuhusu mambo yatakayokuja, je, unaniuliza habari za watoto wangu, au kunipa amri kuhusu kazi za mikono yangu?
Thus he says Yahweh [the] holy [one] of Israel and [the] [one who] formed it the coming [things] ask me on children my and on [the] work of hands my you command me.
12 Mimi ndiye niliyeumba dunia na kumuumba mwanadamu juu yake. Mikono yangu mwenyewe ndiyo iliyozitanda mbingu, nikayapanga majeshi yake yote ya angani.
I I made [the] earth and humankind on it I created I hands my they stretched out [the] heavens and all host their I commanded.
13 Mimi nitamwinua Koreshi katika haki yangu: nitazinyoosha njia zake zote. Yeye atajenga mji wangu upya, na kuwaweka huru watu wangu walio uhamishoni, lakini si kwa kulipiwa fedha wala kupewa zawadi, asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.”
I I have stirred up him in righteousness and all ways his I will make smooth he he will build city my and exile[s] my he will let go not for hire and not for a bribe he says Yahweh of hosts.
14 Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Mazao ya Misri na bidhaa za Kushi, nao wale Waseba warefu, watakujia na kuwa wako, watakujia wakijikokota nyuma yako, watakujia wamefungwa minyororo. Watasujudu mbele yako wakikusihi na kusema, ‘Hakika Mungu yu pamoja nawe, wala hakuna mwingine; hakuna Mungu mwingine.’”
Thus - he says Yahweh [the] produce of Egypt and [the] traffic of Cush and [the] Sabeans people of stature to you they will pass over and to you they will belong behind you they will walk in fetters they will pass over and to you they will bow down to you they will pray surely [is] among you God and there not [is] yet there not [are] gods.
15 Hakika wewe u Mungu unayejificha, Ee Mungu na Mwokozi wa Israeli.
Truly you [are] a God [who] hides himself O God of Israel deliverer.
16 Wote watengenezao sanamu wataaibika na kutahayarika; wataenda kutahayarika pamoja.
They will be ashamed and also they will be put to shame all of them alike they will walk in ignominy craftsmen of images.
17 Lakini Israeli ataokolewa na Bwana kwa wokovu wa milele; kamwe hutaaibika wala kutatahayarika, milele yote.
Israel it has been saved by Yahweh a salvation of everlastingness not you will be ashamed and not you will be put to shame until everlastingness of perpetuity.
18 Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana, yeye aliyeumba mbingu, ndiye Mungu; yeye aliyeifanya dunia na kuiumba, yeye ndiye aliiwekea misingi imara, hakuiumba ili iwe tupu, bali aliiumba ikaliwe na viumbe vyake. Anasema: “Mimi ndimi Bwana, wala hakuna mwingine.
For thus he says Yahweh [who] created the heavens he [is] God [who] formed the earth and [who] made it he he established it not a wasteland he created it to dwell in he formed it I [am] Yahweh and there not [is] yet.
19 Sijasema sirini, kutoka mahali fulani katika nchi ya giza; sijawaambia wazao wa Yakobo, ‘Nitafuteni bure.’ Mimi, Bwana, nasema kweli; ninatangaza lililo sahihi.
Not in secrecy I spoke in a place of a land of darkness not I said to [the] offspring of Jacob emptiness seek me I Yahweh [am] speaking righteousness [I am] declaring uprightness.
20 “Kusanyikeni pamoja mje, enyi wakimbizi kutoka mataifa. Wale wabebao sanamu za mti ni watu wasio na akili, wale waombao miungu isiyoweza kuokoa.
Gather together and come draw near together O fugitives of the nations not they know those [who] carry [the] wood of idol their and [those who] pray to a god [which] not it will save.
21 Tangazeni litakalokuwepo, lisemeni hilo, wao na wafanye shauri pamoja. Ni nani aliyetangulia kusema hili tangu zamani, aliyetangaza tangu zamani za kale? Je, haikuwa Mimi, Bwana? Wala hapana Mungu mwingine zaidi yangu mimi, Mungu mwenye haki na Mwokozi; hapana mwingine ila mimi.
Declare and bring near also let them take counsel together who? did he proclaim this from antiquity from then did he declare? it ¿ not [was it] I Yahweh and there not again [is] a god except me [is] a God righteous and a deliverer there not besides me.
22 “Nigeukieni mimi, nanyi mkaokolewe, enyi miisho yote ya dunia; kwa maana mimi ndimi Mungu, wala hapana mwingine.
Turn to me and be saved O all [the] ends of [the] earth for I [am] God and there not [is] yet.
23 Nimeapa kwa nafsi yangu, kinywa changu kimenena katika uadilifu wote neno ambalo halitatanguka: Kila goti litapigwa mbele zangu, kwangu mimi kila ulimi utaapa.
By myself I swear it goes forth from mouth my righteousness a word and not it will return that to me it will bow down every knee it will swear every tongue.
24 Watasema kuhusu mimi, ‘Katika Bwana peke yake ndiko kuna haki na nguvu.’” Wote ambao wamemkasirikia Mungu watamjia yeye, nao watatahayarika.
Only [are] in Yahweh of me anyone will say righteousness and strength to him everyone will go and they may be ashamed all those [who] are angry with him.
25 Lakini katika Bwana wazao wote wa Israeli wataonekana wenye haki na watashangilia.
By Yahweh they will be justified and they may boast all [the] offspring of Israel.