Isaya 60
1 “Ondoka, angaza, kwa kuwa nuru yako imekuja na utukufu wa Bwana umezuka juu yako.
Rise up to be illuminated, O Jerusalem! For your light has arrived, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you.
2 Tazama, giza litaifunika dunia na giza kuu litayafunika mataifa, lakini Bwana atazuka juu yako na utukufu wake utaonekana juu yako.
For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness will cover the peoples. Then the Lord will rise above you, and his glory will be seen in you.
3 Mataifa watakuja kwenye nuru yako na wafalme kwa mwanga wa mapambazuko yako.
And the nations will walk in your light, and the kings will walk by the splendor of your rising.
4 “Inua macho yako na utazame pande zote: Wote wanakusanyika na kukujia, wana wako wanakuja toka mbali, nao binti zako wanabebwa mikononi.
Lift up your eyes all around and see! All these have been gathered together; they have arrived before you. Your sons will arrive from far away, and your daughters will rise up from your side.
5 Ndipo utatazama na kutiwa nuru, moyo wako utasisimka na kujaa furaha, mali zilizo baharini zitaletwa kwako, utajiri wa mataifa utakujilia.
Then you will see, and you will overflow, and your heart will be amazed and expanded. When the multitude of the sea will have been converted to you, the strength of the nations will approach you.
6 Makundi ya ngamia yatajaa katika nchi yako, ngamia vijana wa Midiani na Efa. Nao wote watokao Sheba watakuja, wakichukua dhahabu na uvumba na kutangaza sifa za Bwana.
A multitude of camels will inundate you: the dromedaries from Midian and Ephah. All those from Sheba will arrive, carrying gold and frankincense, and announcing praise to the Lord.
7 Makundi yote ya Kedari yatakusanyika kwako, kondoo dume wa Nebayothi watakutumikia, watakubalika kama sadaka juu ya madhabahu yangu, nami nitalipamba Hekalu langu tukufu.
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together before you; the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. They will be offered upon my pleasing altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
8 “Ni nani hawa warukao kama mawingu, kama hua kuelekea kwenye viota vyao?
Who are these ones, who fly like the clouds and like doves to their windows?
9 Hakika visiwa vinanitazama, merikebu za Tarshishi ndizo zinazotangulia, zikiwaleta wana wenu kutoka mbali, wakiwa na fedha na dhahabu zao, kwa heshima ya Bwana, Mungu wenu, yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli, kwa maana amekujalia utukufu.
For the islands await me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning, so that I may lead your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord your God and to the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
10 “Wageni watazijenga upya kuta zako, na wafalme wao watakutumikia. Ingawa katika hasira nilikupiga, lakini katika upendeleo wangu nitakuonyesha huruma.
And the sons of sojourners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in my wrath, I have struck you. And in my reconciliation, I have taken pity on you.
11 Malango yako yatakuwa wazi siku zote, kamwe hayatafungwa, mchana wala usiku, ili watu wapate kukuletea utajiri wa mataifa: wafalme wao wakiongoza maandamano ya ushindi.
And your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed day or night, so that the strength of the nations may be brought before you, and their kings may be lead in.
12 Kwa maana taifa au ufalme ule ambao hautakutumikia utaangamia; utaharibiwa kabisa.
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish. And the Gentiles will be devastated by solitude.
13 “Utukufu wa Lebanoni utakujilia, msunobari, mvinje pamoja na mteashuri, ili kupapamba mahali pangu patakatifu, nami nitapatukuza mahali pa miguu yangu.
The glory of Lebanon will arrive before you, the fir tree and the box tree and the pine tree together, to adorn the place of my sanctification. And I will glorify the place of my feet.
14 Wana wa wale waliokuonea watakuja wakisujudu mbele yako, wote wanaokudharau watasujudu kwenye miguu yako, nao watakuita Mji wa Bwana, Sayuni ya Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
And the sons of those who humiliate you will approach and will bow down before you. And all who detract you will reverence the path of your feet. And they will call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Ingawa umeachwa na kuchukiwa, bila yeyote anayesafiri ndani yako, nitakufanya kuwa fahari ya milele, na furaha ya vizazi vyote.
For though you were forsaken, and held in hatred, and there was no one who would pass near you, I will establish you as an everlasting glory, as a gladness from generation to generation.
16 Utanyonya maziwa ya mataifa, na kunyonyeshwa matiti ya wafalme. Ndipo utakapojua kwamba Mimi, Bwana, ni Mwokozi wako, Mkombozi wako, niliye Mwenye Nguvu wa Yakobo.
And you will drink the milk of the Gentiles, and you will be nursed at the breasts of kings, and you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
17 Badala ya shaba nitakuletea dhahabu, na fedha badala ya chuma. Badala ya mti nitakuletea shaba, na chuma badala ya mawe. Nitafanya amani kuwa mtawala wako, na haki kuwa mfalme wako.
In exchange for brass, I will bring gold; and in exchange for iron, I will bring silver; and for wood, brass; and for stones, iron. And I will make your visitation into peace, and your leaders into justice.
18 Jeuri hazitasikika tena katika nchi yako, wala maangamizi au uharibifu ndani ya mipaka yako, lakini utaita kuta zako Wokovu, na malango yako Sifa.
Iniquity will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation and destruction in your borders. And salvation will occupy your walls, and praise will occupy your gates.
19 Jua halitakuwa tena nuru yako mchana, wala mwangaza wa mwezi hautakuangazia, kwa maana Bwana atakuwa nuru yako ya milele, naye Mungu wako atakuwa utukufu wako.
The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon illuminate you. Instead, the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and your God will be your glory.
20 Jua lako halitazama tena, nao mwezi wako hautafifia tena; Bwana atakuwa nuru yako milele, nazo siku zako za huzuni zitakoma.
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not diminish. For the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and the days of your mourning will be completed.
21 Ndipo watu wako wote watakuwa waadilifu, nao wataimiliki nchi milele. Wao ni chipukizi nililolipanda, kazi ya mikono yangu, ili kuonyesha utukufu wangu.
And your people will all be just. They will inherit the earth in perpetuity, the seedling of my planting, the work of my hand, so as to glorify me.
22 Aliye mdogo kwenu atakuwa elfu, mdogo kuliko wote atakuwa taifa lenye nguvu. Mimi ndimi Bwana; katika wakati wake nitayatimiza haya upesi.”
The least will become a thousand, and a little one will become a very strong nation. I, the Lord, will accomplish this, suddenly, in its time.
