Isaya 53
1 Ni nani aliyeamini ujumbe wetu, na mkono wa Bwana umefunuliwa kwa nani?
LORD, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been 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 grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nor special appearance 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 was despised, and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and familiar with illness; and as one from whom people hide their face. He was despised, and we did not value him.
4 Hakika alichukua udhaifu wetu na akajitwika huzuni zetu, hata hivyo tulidhania kuwa amepigwa na Mungu, akapigwa sana naye, na kuteswa.
Surely he bore our diseases, and took our pains; yet we considered him stricken, and struck down by 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 pierced for our transgressions, and he was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds 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. Everyone has turned 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, yet when he was afflicted he did not open his mouth. He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he does not open 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.
In his oppression his justice was taken away. Who will consider his generation? For his life was cut off from the earth. For the transgression of my people he was led to death.
9 Wakamfanyia kaburi pamoja na waovu, pamoja na matajiri katika kifo chake, ingawa hakutenda jeuri, wala hapakuwa na hila kinywani mwake.
And they assigned his grave with the wicked, yet with the rich at his death, though he had committed no sin, nor was deceit found 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 the LORD was pleased to crush him and make him ill. Although his soul is made a reparation offering, he will see his offspring, he will prolong his days, and the desire of the LORD will succeed by 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.
After the suffering of his soul he will see light and be satisfied by his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant, will make many righteous, and he will 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 I will divide him a portion with the great, and he will divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and he was numbered with transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for their transgressions.
