Isaya 14
1 Yahwe atakuwa na huruma juu ya Yakobo; atamchagua tena Israeli na kumrudisha tena kwenye nchi yake. Wageni wataungana nao na wataambatana wenyewe na nyumba ya Yakobo.
Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.
2 Mataifa yataletwa katika maeneo yao wenyewe. Ndipo nyumba ya Israeli itawachukwa katika nchi ya Yahwe kwa watumishi wa kiume na wakike. Watachukuwa wafungwa wale waliokamatwa, na watawaongoza wale waliokuwa wanawanyanyasa.
And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.
3 Siku hiyo Yahwe atatoa pumziko kutoka kwenye mateso na maumivu, na kutoka kwenye kazi ngumu ambayo waliitajika kuzifanya,
And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,
4 mtaimba hii kauli wimbo juu ya mfalme wa Babeli, ''Ni kwa jinsi gani wayanyasaji wamefika mwisho, kiburi cha hasira kimekwisha!
you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
5 Yahwe amevunja wafanyakazi waovu, fimbo ya hao viongozi,
The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,
6 inayowapeleka watu kwenye laana na mapigo yasiyopimika, wanoongoza taifa kwa hasira,
which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.
7 yote iko katika punziko na utulivu; wmeanza kusherekea kwa kiimba.
All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.
8 Hata mti wa mseprasi inafuhaia pamoja mierezi ya Lebanoni; inasema, Tangu ulipoweka chini, hakuna mkata kuni aliyekuja kutungusha sisi,
The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’
9 Kuzimu haina hamu kwa ajili yako unaye enda pale. Watafufuka waliokufa kwa ajili yako, wafalme wote wa dunia, wafanje watoke katika viti vyao vya enzi, wafalme wote wa mataifa. (Sheol h7585)
Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.” (Sheol h7585)
10 Watazungumza na kukuambia wewe, 'umekuwa dhaifu kama sisi.
Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.
11 Kiburi chako kimeshushwa kuzimu na sauti kifaa cha kamba yako. Buu wameongezeka chini yako na vijidudu vinakufunika wewe.' (Sheol h7585)
Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering. (Sheol h7585)
12 Kwa jinsi gani ulivyoanguka kutoka mbinguni, nyota ya siku, jua la asubuhi! ni kwa jinsi gani mlivyoshushwa chini, umeyashinda mataifa!
How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?
13 Unasema katika moyo wako, ' Nitapaa kutoka juu mbinguni, nitanyanyua enzi yangu juu ya nyota za Mungu, na nitakaa kwenye mlima wa kukusanyikia, kwa mbali kufika kaskazini.
And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.
14 Nitapaa juu umbali wa mawingu; Nitalifanya mimi mwenyewe kama Mungu aliye juu zaidi.'
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’
Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit. (Sheol h7585)
16 Wale wanaokuona watakuangalia wewe, watakuangalia sana. Watasema, Je ni huyu mtu aliyefanya dunia itetemeke, nani aliyetingisha falme,
Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,
17 ni nani aliyefanya dunia kama jangwa, ni nani aliyeharibu miji yake, na hataki kuwachia wafungwa waende nyumbani?'
who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’”
18 Wafalme wote wamataifa, wote kwa pamoja wamelala chini kwa heshima, kila mtu kwa kaburi lake.
All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.
19 Lakini umetupwa nje ya kaburi lako kama tawi lilivyotupwa mbali. Maiti imekufunika kama vazi, na wale wanaochomwa kwa upanga, nani wale washukao mpaka misingi ya shimo.
But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.
20 Hautaunganishwa pamoja katika mazishi, kwa sababu umeiharibu nchi yako na kuuwa watu wako. Watoto wa watenda maovu hawatatajwa tena.''
You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.
21 Anda machinjio kwa ajili ya watoto wake, kwa sababu ya uovu wa mababu zao, hivyo basi hawatanyanyuka juu na na kuimiliki aridhi ya nchi iliyojaa miji ya dunia yote.''
Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 Nitapanda juu yao''- hili ni tamko la Yahwe wa majeshi. Nitang'oa jina katika Babeli, uzao, na ukoo''- hili ndilo tamko la Yahwe.
But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.
23 Tena nitaifanya nchi hiyo kuwa makao ya bundi, dimbwi la maji, nanitawafagia kwa mfagio wa uharibifu''- hili ni tamko la Yahwe wa majeshi.
And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.
24 Yahwe wa majeshi ameapa, ''Hakika, kama nilivyodhamiria, itakuwa kama ilivyo; na kama nilivyo kusudia itakuwa:
The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,
25 Nitawavunja Waasiria kwa mikono yangu, na kukanyaga milima kwa miguu yangu mwenyewe. Hivyo nira yake itanyanyuliwa juu yao na mzigo juu ya mabega yao.''
so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.
26 Huu ni mpango uliokusudiwa katika nchi yote, na huu ndio mkono ulionyanyuliwa juu ya mataifa.
This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.
27 Kwa maana Yahwe wa majeshi amepanga hivi; ni nani atakayemzia yeye? Mkono wake umenyanyuliwa juu, ni nani atakajemrudisha nyuma?
For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?
28 Katika miaka ambayo mfalme Ahazi alipokufa, hili ndio tamko lilokuja:
In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:
29 Msishangilie, enyi wafilisti wote, kwamba fimbo ya kukupigia wewe imevunjika. Maana katika njia ya nyoka atatoka fira, na watoto wake watakuwa moto nyoka wanaopaa.
You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.
30 Na mtoto wa kwanza wa maskini watachunga kondoo wao kwenye malisho yangu, na wahitaji watalala chini salama. Nitaiuwa mizizi yenu kwa njaa ambayo atawauwa wakazi wenu wote.
And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.
31 Omboleza, ewe lang, lia, ewe mji; ninyi nyote mtayeyukia mbali, Ufilisti. Maana kutoka kaskazini limetoka wingu la moshi, na hakuna hata mmoja atakaye odoka kwenye nafasi yake.
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.
32 Ni kivipi mtu mmoja atamjibu mjumbe wa taifa? Kwamba Yahwe ameipata Sayuni, na ndani yake walionewa watatafuta kimbilio.
And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.
