Isaya 65
1 “Nilijifunua kwa watu wale ambao hawakuniulizia. Nimeonekana na watu wale ambao hawakunitafuta. Kwa taifa lile ambalo halikuliita Jina langu, nilisema, ‘Niko hapa, niko hapa.’
“I have been inquired of by those who did not ask, I have been found by those who did not seek Me, I have said, Behold Me, behold Me, To a nation not calling on My Name.
2 Mchana kutwa nimeinyoosha mikono yangu kwa watu wakaidi, wanaokwenda katika njia ambazo si nzuri, wafuatao mawazo yao wenyewe:
I have spread out My hands all the day To an apostate people, Who are going in the way [that is] not good, After their own thoughts.
3 taifa ambalo daima hunikasirisha machoni pangu, wakitoa dhabihu katika bustani na kufukiza uvumba juu ya madhabahu za matofali;
The people who are continually provoking Me to anger, To My face, Sacrificing in gardens, and making incense on the bricks:
4 watu waketio katikati ya makaburi na kukesha mahali pa siri, walao nyama za nguruwe, nazo sufuria zao zina mchuzi wa nyama zilizo najisi,
Who are dwelling among tombs, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominations—their vessels.
5 wasemao, ‘Kaa mbali; usinikaribie, kwa maana mimi ni mtakatifu mno kwako!’ Watu wa aina hiyo ni moshi katika pua zangu, ni moto uwakao mchana kutwa.
Who are saying, Keep to yourself, do not come near to me, For I have declared you unholy. These [are] smoke in My anger, A fire burning all the day.
6 “Tazama, jambo hili hubakia limeandikwa mbele zangu: sitanyamaza, bali nitalipiza kwa ukamilifu; nitalipiza mapajani mwao:
Behold, it is written before Me: I am not silent, but have repaid; And I have repaid into their bosom,
7 dhambi zenu na dhambi za baba zenu,” asema Bwana. “Kwa sababu walitoa dhabihu za kuteketezwa juu ya milima na kunichokoza mimi juu ya vilima, nitawapimia mapajani mwao malipo makamilifu kwa matendo yao ya zamani.”
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,” said YHWH, “Who have made incense on the mountains, And have reproached Me on the heights, And I have measured their former work into their bosom.”
8 Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kama vile divai mpya ingali bado inapatikana katika kishada cha zabibu, nao watu husema, ‘Usikiharibu, kwa kuwa bado kuna kitu kizuri ndani yake,’ hivyo ndivyo nitakavyofanya kwa ajili ya watumishi wangu; sitawaangamiza wote.
Thus said YHWH: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one has said, Do not destroy it for a blessing [is] in it, So I do for My servants’ sake, Not to destroy the whole.
9 Nitawaleta wazao kutoka kwa Yakobo, na kutoka kwa Yuda wale watakaomiliki milima yangu, nao watu wangu wateule watairithi, nako huko wataishi watumishi wangu.
And I have brought out a Seed from Jacob, And from Judah a Possessor of My mountain, And My chosen ones possess it, And My servants dwell there.
10 Sharoni itakuwa malisho kwa ajili ya makundi ya kondoo, na Bonde la Akori mahali pa kupumzikia kwa makundi ya ngʼombe, kwa ajili ya watu wangu wanaonitafuta.
And Sharon has been for the habitation of a flock, And the Valley of Achor for the lying down of a herd, For My people who have sought Me.
11 “Bali kwenu ninyi mnaomwacha Bwana na kuusahau mlima wangu mtakatifu, ninyi mnaoandaa meza kwa ajili ya Bahati, na kujaza mabakuli ya mvinyo uliochanganywa kwa ajili ya Ajali,
And you [are] those forsaking YHWH, Who are forgetting My holy mountain, Who are setting a table in array for Gad, And who are filling a mixture for Meni.
12 nitawaagiza mfe kwa upanga, nanyi nyote mtainama chini ili kuchinjwa; kwa kuwa niliwaita lakini hamkuitika, nilisema lakini hamkusikiliza. Mlitenda maovu machoni pangu, nanyi mkachagua mambo yale yanayonichukiza.”
And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you bow down for slaughter, Because I called, and you have not answered, I have spoken, and you have not listened, And you do evil in My eyes, And on that which I did not desire—fixed.”
13 Kwa hiyo hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenyezi: “Watumishi wangu watakula, lakini ninyi mtaona njaa; watumishi wangu watakunywa lakini ninyi mtaona kiu; watumishi wangu watafurahi, lakini ninyi mtaona haya.
Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “Behold, My servants eat, and you hunger, Behold, My servants drink, and you thirst, Behold, My servants rejoice, and you are ashamed,
14 Watumishi wangu wataimba kwa furaha ya mioyo yao, lakini ninyi mtalia kutokana na uchungu wa moyoni, na kupiga yowe kwa sababu ya uchungu wa roho zenu.
Behold, My servants sing from joy of heart, And you cry from pain of heart, And you howl from breaking of spirit.
15 Mtaliacha jina lenu kuwa laana kwa watu wangu waliochaguliwa; Bwana Mwenyezi atawaua ninyi, lakini watumishi wake atawapa jina jingine.
And you have left your name For an oath for My chosen ones, And Lord YHWH has put you to death, And He gives another name to His servants;
16 Yeye aombaye baraka katika nchi atafanya hivyo kwa Mungu wa kweli; yeye aapaye katika nchi ataapa kwa Mungu wa kweli. Kwa kuwa taabu za zamani zitasahaulika na kufichwa kutoka machoni pangu.
So that he who is blessing himself in the earth, Blesses himself in the God of faithfulness, And he who is swearing in the earth, Swears by the God of faithfulness, Because the former distresses have been forgotten, And because they have been hid from My eyes.
17 “Tazama, nitaumba mbingu mpya na dunia mpya. Mambo ya zamani hayatakumbukwa, wala hayatakuja akilini.
For behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.
18 Lakini furahini na kushangilia daima katika hivi nitakavyoumba, kwa kuwa nitaumba Yerusalemu uwe wa kupendeza, nao watu wake wawe furaha.
But rejoice, and rejoice forever, that I [am] Creator, For behold, I am creating Jerusalem [to be] a rejoicing, And her people a joy.
19 Nami nitaifurahia Yerusalemu na kuwafurahia watu wangu; sauti ya maombolezo na ya kilio haitasikika humo tena.
And I have rejoiced in Jerusalem, And have rejoiced in My people, And the voice of weeping is not heard in her anymore, and the voice of crying.
20 “Kamwe hatakuwepo tena ndani yake mtoto mchanga atakayeishi siku chache tu, au mzee ambaye hataishi akatimiza miaka yake. Yeye atakayekufa akiwa na umri wa miaka mia moja atahesabiwa kwamba ni kijana tu, yeye ambaye hatafika miaka mia moja, atahesabiwa kuwa amelaaniwa.
There is not a suckling of [mere] days there anymore, And an aged man who does not complete his days, For the youth dies one hundred years old, And the sinner, one hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.
21 Watajenga nyumba na kuishi ndani yake; watapanda mashamba ya mizabibu na kula matunda yake.
And they have built houses, and inhabited, And planted vineyards, and eaten their fruit.
22 Hawatajenga nyumba, nao watu wengine waishi ndani yake, au kupanda mazao na wengine wale. Kwa kuwa kama zilivyo siku za mti, ndivyo zitakavyokuwa siku za watu wangu, wateule wangu watafurahia kwa siku nyingi kazi za mikono yao.
They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree [are] the days of My people, And My chosen wear out the work of their hands.
23 Hawatajitaabisha kwa kazi bure, wala hawatazaa watoto ili wapatwe na majanga, kwa kuwa watakuwa taifa lililobarikiwa na Bwana, wao na wazao wao pamoja nao.
They do not labor for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For they [are] the seed of the blessed of YHWH, And their offspring with them.
24 Kabla hawajaita, nitajibu, nao wakiwa katika kunena, nitasikia.
And it has come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.
25 Mbwa mwitu na mwana-kondoo watalisha pamoja, naye simba atakula nyasi kama maksai, lakini mavumbi yatakuwa chakula cha nyoka. Hawatadhuru wala kuharibu katika mlima wangu mtakatifu wote,” asema Bwana.
Wolf and lamb feed as one, And a lion eats straw as an ox, As for the serpent—its food [is] dust, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain,” said YHWH!
