Isaya 52
1 Amka, amka, ee Sayuni, jivike nguvu. Vaa mavazi yako ya fahari, ee Yerusalemu, mji mtakatifu. Asiyetahiriwa na aliye najisi hataingia kwako tena.
Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
2 Jikungʼute mavumbi yako, inuka, uketi kwenye kiti cha enzi, ee Yerusalemu. Jifungue minyororo iliyo shingoni mwako, ee Binti Sayuni uliye mateka.
Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion.
3 Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Mliuzwa pasipo malipo, nanyi mtakombolewa bila fedha.”
For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
4 Kwa maana hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenyezi: “Hapo kwanza watu wangu walishuka Misri kuishi, hatimaye, Ashuru wakawaonea.
For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.
5 “Basi sasa nina nini hapa?” asema Bwana. “Kwa kuwa watu wangu wamechukuliwa pasipo malipo, nao wale wanaowatawala wanawadhihaki,” asema Bwana. “Mchana kutwa jina langu limetukanwa bila kikomo.
Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.
6 Kwa hiyo watu wangu watalijua Jina langu; kwa hiyo katika siku ile watajua kwamba ndimi niliyetangulia kulisema. Naam, ni mimi.”
For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.
7 Tazama jinsi miguu ya wale waletao habari njema ilivyo mizuri juu ya milima, wale wanaotangaza amani, wanaoleta habari njema, wanaotangaza wokovu, wauambiao Sayuni, “Mungu wako anatawala!”
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling!
8 Sikiliza! Walinzi wako wanapaza sauti zao, pamoja wanapaza sauti zao kwa furaha. Wakati Bwana atakaporejea Sayuni, wataliona kwa macho yao wenyewe.
The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.
9 Pazeni sauti ya nyimbo za furaha pamoja, enyi magofu ya Yerusalemu, kwa maana Bwana amewafariji watu wake, ameikomboa Yerusalemu.
Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.
10 Mkono mtakatifu wa Bwana umefunuliwa machoni pa mataifa yote, nayo miisho yote ya dunia itaona wokovu wa Mungu wetu.
The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
11 Ondokeni, ondokeni, tokeni huko! Msiguse kitu chochote kilicho najisi! Tokeni kati yake mwe safi, ninyi mchukuao vyombo vya Bwana.
Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
12 Lakini hamtaondoka kwa haraka, wala hamtakwenda kwa kukimbia; kwa maana Bwana atatangulia mbele yenu, Mungu wa Israeli atakuwa mlinzi nyuma yenu.
For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you.
13 Tazama, mtumishi wangu atatenda kwa hekima; atatukuzwa, na kuinuliwa juu, na kukwezwa sana.
See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.
14 Kama walivyokuwa wengi walioshangazwa naye, kwani uso wake ulikuwa umeharibiwa sana zaidi ya mtu yeyote na umbo lake kuharibiwa zaidi ya mfano wa mwanadamu:
As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
15 hivyo atayashangaza mataifa mengi, nao wafalme watafunga vinywa vyao kwa sababu yake. Kwa kuwa yale ambayo hawakuambiwa, watayaona, nayo yale wasiyoyasikia, watayafahamu.
So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
