Isaya 64
1 Laiti ungelipasua mbingu na kushuka chini, ili milima ingelitetemeka mbele zako!
Did You not tear the heavens? You came down, Mountains flowed from Your presence,
2 Kama vile moto uteketezavyo vijiti na kusababisha maji kuchemka, shuka ukafanye jina lako lijulikane kwa adui zako, na kusababisha mataifa yatetemeke mbele zako!
(As fire kindles stubble—Fire causes water to boil), To make Your Name known to Your adversaries, Nations tremble from Your presence.
3 Kwa maana ulipofanya mambo ya kutisha ambayo hatukuyatazamia, ulishuka, nayo milima ikatetemeka mbele zako.
In Your doing fearful things [that] we do not expect, You came down, Mountains flowed from Your presence.
4 Tangu nyakati za zamani hakuna yeyote aliyesikia, hakuna sikio lililotambua, hakuna jicho lililomwona Mungu mwingine ila wewe, anayetenda mambo kwa ajili ya wale wamngojeao.
Even from antiquity [men] have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye has not seen a God except You, He works for those waiting for Him.
5 Uliwasaidia watu wale watendao yaliyo haki kwa furaha, wale wazikumbukao njia zako. Lakini wakati tulipoendelea kutenda dhambi kinyume na njia zako, ulikasirika. Tutawezaje basi kuokolewa?
You have met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Your ways they remember You, Behold, You have been angry when we sin, By them [is] continuance, and we are saved.
6 Sisi sote tumekuwa kama mtu aliye najisi, nayo matendo yetu yote ya uadilifu ni kama matambaa machafu; sisi sote tunasinyaa kama jani, na kama upepo maovu yetu hutupeperusha.
And we are as unclean—all of us, And all our righteous acts [are] as garments of menstruation; And we fade as a leaf—all of us. And our iniquities take us away as wind.
7 Hakuna yeyote anayeliitia jina lako wala anayejitahidi kukushika, kwa kuwa umetuficha uso wako na kutuacha tudhoofike kwa sababu ya dhambi zetu.
And there is none calling on Your Name, Stirring himself up to lay hold on You, For You have hid Your face from us, And You melt us away by our iniquities.
8 Lakini, Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Baba yetu. Sisi ni udongo, wewe ndiye mfinyanzi; sisi sote tu kazi ya mkono wako.
And now, O YHWH, You [are] our Father, We [are] the clay, and You [are] our Framer, And the work of Your hand—all of us.
9 Ee Bwana, usikasirike kupita kiasi, usizikumbuke dhambi zetu milele. Ee Bwana, utuangalie, twakuomba, kwa kuwa sisi sote tu watu wako.
Do not be angry, O YHWH, very severely, Nor remember iniquity forever, Behold, look attentively, we implore You, We [are] all Your people.
10 Miji yako mitakatifu imekuwa jangwa; hata Sayuni ni jangwa, Yerusalemu ni ukiwa.
Your holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion has been a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Hekalu letu takatifu na tukufu, mahali ambapo baba zetu walikusifu wewe, limechomwa kwa moto, navyo vitu vyote tulivyovithamini vimeharibika.
Our holy and our beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has become burned with fire, And all our desirable things have become a ruin.
12 Ee Bwana, baada ya haya yote, utajizuia? Je, utanyamaza kimya na kutuadhibu kupita kiasi?
Do You refrain Yourself for these, YHWH? You are silent, and afflict us very severely!
