Isaya 53
1 Ni nani aliyeamini ujumbe wetu, na mkono wa Bwana umefunuliwa kwa nani?
Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 Alikua mbele yake kama mche mwororo na kama mzizi katika nchi kavu. Hakuwa na uzuri wala utukufu wa kutuvutia kwake, hakuwa na chochote katika sura yake cha kutufanya tumtamani.
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor loveliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 Alidharauliwa na kukataliwa na wanadamu, mtu wa huzuni nyingi, ajuaye mateso. Kama mtu ambaye watu humficha nyuso zao, alidharauliwa, wala hatukumhesabu kuwa kitu.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Hakika alichukua udhaifu wetu na akajitwika huzuni zetu, hata hivyo tulidhania kuwa amepigwa na Mungu, akapigwa sana naye, na kuteswa.
Surely he has borne our sicknesses, and carried our pains: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 Lakini alitobolewa kwa ajili ya makosa yetu, alichubuliwa kwa ajili ya maovu yetu; adhabu iliyotuletea sisi amani ilikuwa juu yake, na kwa majeraha yake sisi tumepona.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 Sisi sote, kama kondoo, tumepotea, kila mmoja wetu amegeukia njia yake mwenyewe, naye Bwana aliweka juu yake maovu yetu sisi sote.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 Alionewa na kuteswa, hata hivyo hakufungua kinywa chake; aliongozwa kama mwana-kondoo apelekwaye machinjoni, kama vile kondoo anyamazavyo mbele ya wao wamkataye manyoya, hivyo hakufungua kinywa chake.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.
8 Kwa kuonewa na kuhukumiwa aliondolewa. Nani awezaye kueleza kuhusu kizazi chake? Kwa maana alikatiliwa mbali na nchi ya walio hai, alipigwa kwa ajili ya makosa ya watu wangu.
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 Wakamfanyia kaburi pamoja na waovu, pamoja na matajiri katika kifo chake, ingawa hakutenda jeuri, wala hapakuwa na hila kinywani mwake.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Lakini yalikuwa ni mapenzi ya Bwana kumchubua na kumsababisha ateseke. Ingawa Bwana amefanya maisha yake kuwa sadaka ya hatia, ataona uzao wake na kuishi siku nyingi, nayo mapenzi ya Bwana yatafanikiwa mkononi mwake.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11 Baada ya maumivu ya nafsi yake, ataona nuru ya uzima na kuridhika; kwa maarifa yake, mtumishi wangu mwenye haki atawafanya wengi kuwa wenye haki, naye atayachukua maovu yao.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Kwa hiyo nitamgawia sehemu miongoni mwa wakuu, naye atagawana nyara pamoja na wenye nguvu, kwa sababu aliyamimina maisha yake hadi mauti, naye alihesabiwa pamoja na wakosaji. Kwa kuwa alichukua dhambi za wengi, na kuwaombea wakosaji.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
