Isaya 10
1 Ole wao watimizao sheria zisizo za haki na waandikao sheria zisizo na haki.
Tragedy is coming to those who pass evil decrees and who write laws to harm people.
2 Wanawanyima wahitaji haki yao, wanawaibia watu wangu walio masikini haki zao, wajane mateka wao, na kuwafanya waliofiwa na baba zao mawindo yao!
They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal from widows and cheat orphans.
3 Hutafanya nini siku ya hukumu pale siku ya uaribifu itakapokuja kutoka mbali, utakimbilia msaada kwa nani? na utauacha utajiri wako wapi?
What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?
4 Hakuna kitakachobaki, utaota miongoni mwa wafungwa au kuanguka miongoni mwa wauwaji. Katika mambo yote haya, hasira yake haijapungua; badala yake mkono wake ameunjoosha hata sasa.
All you'll be able to do is to bow down as prisoners, or lie among the dead! In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.
5 Ole kwa watu wa Asiria klabu ya asira yangu, fimbo ya asira yangu!
Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!
6 Nimemtuma juu ya taifa lenye kiburi na juu ya watu waliobeba uwingi wa hasira. Ninaamuru chukua nyara, chukua mawindo, na kuwakanyaga wao kama matope mitaani.
I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.
7 Lakini hichi sicho alichomaanisha, wala sivyo afikiriavyo. Maana katika moyo wake ni kuharibu na kuondoa mataifa.
But this isn't what is behind the thinking of the king of Assyria. This isn't the plan he has in mind. What he wants to do is to destroy and eliminate many nations.
8 Maana amesema, '' wakuu wote sio wafalme?
He says: “All my commanders are kings!
9 Je? kalno si kama Karkemish? Je Hamathi si kama Arpadi? Je Samaria si kama Demeski?
We conquered Calno like we did Carchemish; Hamath like Arpad; Samaria like Damascus.
10 Kama mikono yangu imeshinda falme za ibada ya sanamu, ikiwa sanamu zao za kuchonga ni bora kuliko sanamu za Yerusalemu
I was the one who conquered these kingdoms along with the idols of their gods. These kingdoms had images of their gods that were better than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.
11 na Kama nilivyofanya kule Samaria na sanamu zake zisizo na maana, je sitaweza kufanya hivyo Yerusalemu na sanamu zake?''
Why shouldn't I do to Jerusalem and her idols just what I did to Samaria and her idols?”
12 Pindi ambapo Bwana alipoimaliza kazi kwenye mlima Sayuni na juu ya Yerusalemu, nitayaadhibu maneno ya moyo wenye kiburi ya mfalme wa Asiria na majivuno yake.
Once the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for his terrible arrogance and for the conceited look in his eyes.
13 Kwa maana amesema, ''Kwa nguvu zangu na kwa hekima yangu niliyoifanya. na Nimeelewa, na nimeondoa mipaka ya watu. nimewaibia akiba yao, ni kama nilioileta chini kwa wenyeji wake.
For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, because I'm clever. I have wiped out the boundaries of nations and looted their treasures. Like a bull I knocked their rulers off their thrones.
14 Na mkono wangu umezitoa mali za mataifa kama vile mtu ayakusanyavyo mayai, kama nilivyokusanya dunia yote. Hakuna atakayeperusha mabawa yake au kufungua midomo yake au kulia.''
Like robbing a bird's nest, I took the wealth of the nations. Like collecting abandoned eggs, I collected the whole the earth. There wasn't a fluttering wing or an open beak, not even a chirp!”
15 Je shoka lijisifu lenyewe juu ya mtu anayelitumia? Je litajisifia lenyewe zaidi ya yule anaelitumia kukatia? Au fimbo imuinuae yeye ambaye si mti.
Does an ax say it's more important than the person swinging it? Does a saw boast that it's greater than the person sawing with it? It would be as if a rod waved the person holding it, or a walking stick lifted up a person—who certainly wasn't wood!
16 Hivyo basi Yahwe wa majeshi atatuma wadhaifu miongoni mwa wasomi wa kijeshi; na chini ya utukufu na kuteketea kama kuteketea kwa moto.
So the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a disease on the king of Assyria's strong warriors that will make them waste away; a flaming fire will be set under everything he's so proud of.
17 Mwanga wa Isreli utakuwa moto, na Mtakatifu wake atakuwa ni moto unaoteketeza na kula mbigiri siku moja.
Israel's light will become a fire, and his Holy One will become a flame. It will burn up his thorns and brambles in just one day.
18 Yahwe atauteketeza utukufu wa msitu wake na shamba lake linalostawi, vyote nafsi na mwili; itakuwa kama vile mgonjwa apotezae maisha yake.
It will totally destroy its splendid forests and orchards. Assyria will waste away, staggering off like someone sick.
19 Mabaka ya miti ya misitu itakuwa michache sana, ambayo mtoto anaweza kuyahesabu.
The trees left in its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
20 Siku hiyo, mabaki ya Israeli, familia ya Yakobo ambayo imekimbia, hawatategemea kushindwa, lakini watamtegemea Yahwe, Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
At that time those who are left in Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer trust in those who turn on them, but they will truly trust in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 Mabaki ya Yakobo yatarudi kwa Mungu mwenye nguvu.
A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will come back to the Mighty God.
22 Kwa kupitia watu wako, Israeli ni kama mchanga kama pwani ya bahari, Mabaki yao tu ndio yatakayorudi. Uaribifu wa amri, na mahitaji ya wingi wa haki.
Israel, even though your people are as numerous as sand on the seashore, only a remnant will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy his people.
23 Maana Bwana wa majeshi, anakaribia kuleta uharibifu utachukua nafasi kubwa kitika nchi.
The Lord God Almighty has rightly decided to bring destruction throughout the whole country.
24 Hivyo basi Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi anasema, ''watu wangu mhishio Sayuni, msiwaogope watu wa Asiria. Atawangamiza nyie kwa fimbo na atawanyua wafanyakazi juu yenu, kama ilivyotokea kwa Wamisri.
So this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says, My people living in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrians who beat you with rods and hit you with clubs, just like the Egyptians did.
25 Msimuogope, kwa mda mfupi hasira yangu itakwisha juu yenu, na hasira yangu italeta uharibifu.''
Very shortly I will stop being angry with you. Then I will turn my anger on them and I will destroy them.
26 Hivyo Yahwe wa majeshi atapiga mjeledi juu yenu kama vile alivyoishinda Midiani karibu na mwamba Orebu. Na atanyanyua fimbo yake juu ya bahari kama alivyofanya kule Misri.
The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip, just as he did when he attacked the Midianites at the rock of Oreb. He will hold up his rod over the sea, just as he did in Egypt.
27 Siku hiyo mzigo wake utanyanyuliwa kwenye mabeba yako na nira katika shingo yako, nayo nira itaharibiwa kwa sababu ya unene.
At that time he will remove the burden from your shoulders and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because of the anointing with oil.
28 Adui amekuja Aiathi na amepitia Migroni; katika Michmashi ameyahifadhi mahitaji yake.
The Assyrians came to Aiath, passed through Migron, and stored their supplies at Michmash.
29 Wamevuka juu ya njia na wamepunzika huko Geba. Rama inatetemeka na Gibea ya Sauli imekimbia.
They cross the pass, saying, “We'll stay overnight at Geba.” The people of Ramah tremble in fear; the inhabitants of Gibeah of Saul run away.
30 Lia kwa sauti, ewe binti wa Galimu! sikiliza, Laishashi! Maskini Anathothi!
Shout out a warning, people of Gallim! Pay attention, those living in Laishah! You poor people of Anathoth!
31 Madmena ni mkimbizi na mkazi wa Gebuni wamejikusanya wanakimbia kutafuta msada.
The people of Madmenah, are all running away. The inhabitants of Gebim are looking for somewhere safe.
32 Siku hizi za leo atasimulia huko Nobi na atatingisha mlima wa binti Sayuni, mlima wa Yerusalemu.
Today the invaders stop at Nob, shaking their fists at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Tazama, Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi atapunguza matawi kwa nguvu za kutisha; miti mirefu itakatwa chini, wanaojivuna wataangushwa.
Look how the Lord Almighty is going to chop off the branches with great force. The tall trees will be cut down, the proud trees will be brought crashing down.
34 Atang'oa vichaka vya msitu kwa shoka, Lebanoni na utukufu wake utaanguka.
He will cut down the thick forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall at the hand of the Mighty One.
