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 near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: and the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall 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 shall take them, and bring them into their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall make them captives that had taken them, and shall subdue their oppressors.
3 Siku hiyo Yahwe atatoa pumziko kutoka kwenye mateso na maumivu, na kutoka kwenye kazi ngumu ambayo waliitajika kuzifanya,
And it shall come to pass in that day, that when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the hard bondage, wherewith thou didst serve before,
4 mtaimba hii kauli wimbo juu ya mfalme wa Babeli, ''Ni kwa jinsi gani wayanyasaji wamefika mwisho, kiburi cha hasira kimekwisha!
Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased?
5 Yahwe amevunja wafanyakazi waovu, fimbo ya hao viongozi,
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,
6 inayowapeleka watu kwenye laana na mapigo yasiyopimika, wanoongoza taifa kwa hasira,
That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
7 yote iko katika punziko na utulivu; wmeanza kusherekea kwa kiimba.
The whole earth is quiet and still, it is glad and hath rejoiced.
8 Hata mti wa mseprasi inafuhaia pamoja mierezi ya Lebanoni; inasema, Tangu ulipoweka chini, hakuna mkata kuni aliyekuja kutungusha sisi,
The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying: Since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to 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 in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations. (Sheol h7585)
10 Watazungumza na kukuambia wewe, 'umekuwa dhaifu kama sisi.
All shall answer, and say to thee: Thou also art wounded as well as we, thou art become like unto us.
11 Kiburi chako kimeshushwa kuzimu na sauti kifaa cha kamba yako. Buu wameongezeka chini yako na vijidudu vinakufunika wewe.' (Sheol h7585)
Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy 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 art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? how art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations?
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 thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north.
14 Nitapaa juu umbali wa mawingu; Nitalifanya mimi mwenyewe kama Mungu aliye juu zaidi.'
I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the most High.
But yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, into the depth of the pit. (Sheol h7585)
16 Wale wanaokuona watakuangalia wewe, watakuangalia sana. Watasema, Je ni huyu mtu aliyefanya dunia itetemeke, nani aliyetingisha falme,
They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,
17 ni nani aliyefanya dunia kama jangwa, ni nani aliyeharibu miji yake, na hataki kuwachia wafungwa waende nyumbani?'
That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?
18 Wafalme wote wamataifa, wote kwa pamoja wamelala chini kwa heshima, kila mtu kwa kaburi lake.
All the kings of the nations have all of them slept in glory, every one 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 thou art cast out of thy grave, as an unprofitable branch defiled, and wrapped up among them that were slain by the sword, and art gone down to the bottom of the pit, as a rotten carcass.
20 Hautaunganishwa pamoja katika mazishi, kwa sababu umeiharibu nchi yako na kuuwa watu wako. Watoto wa watenda maovu hawatatajwa tena.''
Thou shalt not keep company with them, even in burial: for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be named for ever.
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 children for slaughter for the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, 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.
And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will destroy the name of Babylon, and the remains, and the bud, and the offspring, saith 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 make it a possession for the ericius and pools of waters, and I will sweep it and wear it out with a besom, saith the Lord of hosts.
24 Yahwe wa majeshi ameapa, ''Hakika, kama nilivyodhamiria, itakuwa kama ilivyo; na kama nilivyo kusudia itakuwa:
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed,
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 fall out: That I will destroy the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulder.
26 Huu ni mpango uliokusudiwa katika nchi yote, na huu ndio mkono ulionyanyuliwa juu ya mataifa.
This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all 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 hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?
28 Katika miaka ambayo mfalme Ahazi alipokufa, hili ndio tamko lilokuja:
In the year that king Achaz died, was this burden:
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.
Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.
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 shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy 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.
Howl, O gate; cry, O city: all Philistia is thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the north, and there is none that shall escape his troop.
32 Ni kivipi mtu mmoja atamjibu mjumbe wa taifa? Kwamba Yahwe ameipata Sayuni, na ndani yake walionewa watatafuta kimbilio.
And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.
