Isaya 10
1 Ole wao watimizao sheria zisizo za haki na waandikao sheria zisizo na haki.
“Woe [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness,
2 Wanawanyima wahitaji haki yao, wanawaibia watu wangu walio masikini haki zao, wajane mateka wao, na kuwafanya waliofiwa na baba zao mawindo yao!
Of My people, That widows may be their prey, That they may spoil the fatherless.
3 Hutafanya nini siku ya hukumu pale siku ya uaribifu itakapokuja kutoka mbali, utakimbilia msaada kwa nani? na utauacha utajiri wako wapi?
And what do you do at a day of inspection? And at desolation that comes from afar? Near whom do you flee for help? And where do you leave your glory?
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.
It has bowed down without Me In the place of a bound one, And they fall in the place of the slain.” With all this His anger has not turned back, And His hand is still stretched out.
5 Ole kwa watu wa Asiria klabu ya asira yangu, fimbo ya asira yangu!
“Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of My anger, And My indignation [is] a staff in their hand.
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 send him against a profane nation, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places.
7 Lakini hichi sicho alichomaanisha, wala sivyo afikiriavyo. Maana katika moyo wake ni kuharibu na kuondoa mataifa.
And he does not think [it] so, And his heart does not reckon [it] so, For—to destroy [is] in his heart, And to cut off nations—not a few.
8 Maana amesema, '' wakuu wote sio wafalme?
For he says, Are my princes not altogether kings?
9 Je? kalno si kama Karkemish? Je Hamathi si kama Arpadi? Je Samaria si kama Demeski?
Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 Kama mikono yangu imeshinda falme za ibada ya sanamu, ikiwa sanamu zao za kuchonga ni bora kuliko sanamu za Yerusalemu
As my hand has gotten to the kingdoms of a worthless thing, and their carved images, [Greater] than Jerusalem and than Samaria,
11 na Kama nilivyofanya kule Samaria na sanamu zake zisizo na maana, je sitaweza kufanya hivyo Yerusalemu na sanamu zake?''
Do I not—as I have done to Samaria, And to her worthless things, So do to Jerusalem and to her grievous things?”
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.
And it has come to pass, When the Lord fulfills all His work In Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur, And concerning the glory of the height of 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 he has said, “I have worked by the power of my hand, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And I have spoiled their chief ones, And I put down the inhabitants as a mighty one,
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.''
And my hand gets to the wealth of the peoples as to a nest, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs I have gathered all the earth, And there has not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.”
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 the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Does the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!
16 Hivyo basi Yahwe wa majeshi atatuma wadhaifu miongoni mwa wasomi wa kijeshi; na chini ya utukufu na kuteketea kama kuteketea kwa moto.
Therefore the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Sends leanness among his fat ones, And under his glory He kindles a burning As the burning of a fire.
17 Mwanga wa Isreli utakuwa moto, na Mtakatifu wake atakuwa ni moto unaoteketeza na kula mbigiri siku moja.
And the light of Israel has been for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame, And it has burned, and devoured his thorn And his brier in one day.
18 Yahwe atauteketeza utukufu wa msitu wake na shamba lake linalostawi, vyote nafsi na mwili; itakuwa kama vile mgonjwa apotezae maisha yake.
And the glory of his forest, and his fruitful field, He consumes from soul even to flesh, And it has been as the fainting of a standard-bearer.
19 Mabaka ya miti ya misitu itakuwa michache sana, ambayo mtoto anaweza kuyahesabu.
And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth writes them.
20 Siku hiyo, mabaki ya Israeli, familia ya Yakobo ambayo imekimbia, hawatategemea kushindwa, lakini watamtegemea Yahwe, Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
And it has come to pass in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add anymore to lean on its striker, And have leaned on YHWH, The Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 Mabaki ya Yakobo yatarudi kwa Mungu mwenye nguvu.
A remnant returns—a remnant of Jacob, 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.
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of it returns, A consumption determined, Overflowing [with] righteousness.
23 Maana Bwana wa majeshi, anakaribia kuleta uharibifu utachukua nafasi kubwa kitika nchi.
For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.
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.
Therefore, thus said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Do not be afraid, My people, inhabiting Zion, because of Asshur, He strikes you with a rod, And his staff lifts up against you, in the way of Egypt.
25 Msimuogope, kwa mda mfupi hasira yangu itakwisha juu yenu, na hasira yangu italeta uharibifu.''
For yet a very little [while], And the indignation has been completed, And My anger by their wearing out.”
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.
And YHWH of Hosts is awaking for him, A scourge like the striking of Midian at the rock Oreb, And his rod [is] over the sea, And he has lifted it in the way of Egypt.
27 Siku hiyo mzigo wake utanyanyuliwa kwenye mabeba yako na nira katika shingo yako, nayo nira itaharibiwa kwa sababu ya unene.
And it has come to pass in that day, His burden is turned from off your shoulder, And his yoke from off your neck, And the yoke has been destroyed, because of prosperity.
28 Adui amekuja Aiathi na amepitia Migroni; katika Michmashi ameyahifadhi mahitaji yake.
He has come in against Aiath, He has passed over into Migron, At Michmash he looks after his vessels.
29 Wamevuka juu ya njia na wamepunzika huko Geba. Rama inatetemeka na Gibea ya Sauli imekimbia.
They have gone over the passage, They have made Geba a lodging place, Rama has trembled, Gibeah of Saul fled.
30 Lia kwa sauti, ewe binti wa Galimu! sikiliza, Laishashi! Maskini Anathothi!
Cry aloud [with] your voice, daughter of Gallim, Give attention, Laish! Answer her, Anathoth.
31 Madmena ni mkimbizi na mkazi wa Gebuni wamejikusanya wanakimbia kutafuta msada.
Madmenah has fled away, The inhabitants of the high places have hardened themselves.
32 Siku hizi za leo atasimulia huko Nobi na atatingisha mlima wa binti Sayuni, mlima wa Yerusalemu.
Yet today to remain in Nob, The mountain of the daughter of Zion waves its hand, The hill of Jerusalem.
33 Tazama, Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi atapunguza matawi kwa nguvu za kutisha; miti mirefu itakatwa chini, wanaojivuna wataangushwa.
Behold, the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty have become low,
34 Atang'oa vichaka vya msitu kwa shoka, Lebanoni na utukufu wake utaanguka.
And He has gone around the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon falls by a mighty one!
