Isaya 63
1 Ni nani huyu anayekuja kutoka Edomu, kutoka Bosra, mwenye mavazi yaliyotiwa madoa mekundu? Ni nani huyu, aliyevikwa joho la kifahari, anayetembea kwa ukuu wa nguvu zake? “Mimi ndimi, nisemaye katika haki, mwenye nguvu wa kuokoa.”
Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2 Kwa nini mavazi yako ni mekundu, kama ya yule akanyagaye shinikizo la zabibu?
Why [art thou] red in thy apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-vat.
3 “Nimekanyaga shinikizo la zabibu peke yangu; kutoka mataifa hakuna mtu aliyekuwa pamoja nami. Nimewaponda kwa miguu katika hasira yangu na kuwakanyaga chini katika ghadhabu yangu; damu yao ilitia matone kwenye mavazi yangu, na kutia madoa nguo zangu zote.
I have trodden the wine-press alone; and of the people [there was] none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 Kwa kuwa siku ya kisasi ilikuwa moyoni mwangu, mwaka wa ukombozi wangu umefika.
For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 Nilitazama, lakini hakuwepo yeyote wa kunisaidia, nilishangaa kwa kuwa hakuwepo yeyote aliyetoa msaada; hivyo mkono wangu wenyewe ndio ulionifanyia wokovu, na ghadhabu yangu mwenyewe ndiyo iliyonitegemeza.
And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 Nilikanyaga mataifa kwa miguu katika hasira yangu, katika ghadhabu yangu niliwalewesha, na kumwaga damu yao juu ya ardhi.”
And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
7 Nitasimulia juu ya wema wa Bwana, kwa matendo ambayo apaswa kusifiwa, sawasawa na yote ambayo Bwana ametenda kwa ajili yetu: naam, mambo mengi mema aliyoyatenda kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli, sawasawa na huruma zake na wema wake mwingi.
I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.
8 Alisema, “Hakika wao ni watu wangu, wana ambao hawatanidanganya”; hivyo akawa Mwokozi wao.
For he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Savior.
9 Katika taabu zao zote naye alitaabika, na malaika wa uso wake akawaokoa. Katika upendo wake na rehema zake aliwakomboa, akawainua na kuwachukua siku zote zilizopita.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
10 Lakini waliasi, na kumhuzunisha Roho Mtakatifu wake. Hivyo aligeuka na kuwa adui yao, na yeye mwenyewe akapigana dhidi yao.
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
11 Ndipo watu wake wakazikumbuka siku zilizopita, siku za Mose na watu wake: yuko wapi yeye aliyewaleta kupitia katikati ya bahari, pamoja na wachungaji wa kundi lake? Yuko wapi yule aliyeweka Roho wake Mtakatifu katikati yao,
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, [and] his people, [saying], Where [is] he that brought them out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where [is] he that put his holy Spirit within him?
12 aliyetuma mkono wake uliotukuka wenye nguvu kuwa katika mkono wa kuume wa Mose, aliyegawa maji ya bahari mbele yao, ili kujipatia jina milele,
That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
13 aliyewaongoza kupitia kwenye vilindi? Kama farasi katika nchi iliyo wazi, wao hawakujikwaa,
That led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble?
14 kama ngʼombe washukao bondeni kwenye malisho, walipewa pumziko na Roho wa Bwana. Hivi ndivyo ulivyowaongoza watu wako ili kujipatia mwenyewe jina tukufu.
As a beast goeth down in the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
15 Tazama chini kutoka mbinguni ukaone kutoka kiti chako cha enzi kilichoinuliwa juu, kitakatifu na kitukufu. Uko wapi wivu wako na uweza wako? Umetuzuilia wema wako na huruma zako.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies towards me? are they restrained?
16 Lakini wewe ni Baba yetu, ingawa Abrahamu hatufahamu sisi wala Israeli hatutambui; wewe, Ee Bwana, ndiwe Baba yetu, Mkombozi wetu tangu zamani za kale ndilo jina lako.
Doubtless thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our Redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.
17 Ee Bwana, kwa nini unatuacha twende mbali na njia zako, na kuifanya mioyo yetu migumu hata hatukukuheshimu? Rudi kwa ajili ya watumishi wako, yale makabila ambayo ni urithi wako.
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thy inheritance.
18 Kwa maana kwa muda mfupi watu wako walimiliki mahali pako patakatifu, lakini sasa adui zetu wamepakanyaga mahali patakatifu pako.
The people of thy holiness have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19 Sisi tumekuwa kama wale ambao hujawatawala kamwe, kama wale ambao hawajaitwa kwa jina lako.
We are [thine]: thou never didst bear rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
