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!
To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
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 ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? — from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?
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.
Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.
5 Ole kwa watu wa Asiria klabu ya asira yangu, fimbo ya asira yangu!
Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand [is] Mine indignation.
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.
Against a profane nation I send him, 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 — he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not 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 saith, 'Are not my princes 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 hath got to the kingdoms of a worthless thing, and their graven 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 hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil 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 hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,
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 as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I — I have gathered, And there hath 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.
— Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth 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 doth the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Send among his fat ones leanness, And under his honour He kindleth 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 hath been for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame, And it hath 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 honour of his forest, and his fruitful field, From soul even unto flesh He doth consume, And it hath 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 doth write them.
20 Siku hiyo, mabaki ya Israeli, familia ya Yakobo ambayo imekimbia, hawatategemea kushindwa, lakini watamtegemea Yahwe, Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
And it hath come to pass, in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add any more to lean on its smiter, And have leant on Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 Mabaki ya Yakobo yatarudi kwa Mungu mwenye nguvu.
A remnant returneth — a remnant of Jacob, Unto 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 thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, A remnant doth return of it, 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, Jehovah 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, Jehovah of Hosts, 'Be not afraid, my people, inhabiting Zion, because of Asshur, With a rod he doth smite thee, And his staff lifteth up against thee, 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, And the indignation hath been completed, And Mine 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 awaking for him is Jehovah of Hosts, A scourge like the smiting of Midian at the rock Oreb, And his rod [is] over the sea, And he hath 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 hath come to pass, in that day, Turned is his burden from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, And destroyed hath been the yoke, because of prosperity.
28 Adui amekuja Aiathi na amepitia Migroni; katika Michmashi ameyahifadhi mahitaji yake.
He hath come in against Aiath, He hath passed over into Migron, At Michmash he looketh 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, Geba they have made a lodging place, Trembled hath Rama, Gibeah of Saul fled.
30 Lia kwa sauti, ewe binti wa Galimu! sikiliza, Laishashi! Maskini Anathothi!
Cry aloud [with] thy voice, daughter of Gallim, Give attention, Laish! answer her, Anathoth.
31 Madmena ni mkimbizi na mkazi wa Gebuni wamejikusanya wanakimbia kutafuta msada.
Fled away hath Madmenah, 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 to-day in Nob to remain, Wave its hand doth the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.
33 Tazama, Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi atapunguza matawi kwa nguvu za kutisha; miti mirefu itakatwa chini, wanaojivuna wataangushwa.
Lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty are become low,
34 Atang'oa vichaka vya msitu kwa shoka, Lebanoni na utukufu wake utaanguka.
And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!
