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.
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave 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 to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over 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 the day that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage wherein you were made to serve,
4 mtaimba hii kauli wimbo juu ya mfalme wa Babeli, ''Ni kwa jinsi gani wayanyasaji wamefika mwisho, kiburi cha hasira kimekwisha!
That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 Yahwe amevunja wafanyakazi waovu, fimbo ya hao viongozi,
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 inayowapeleka watu kwenye laana na mapigo yasiyopimika, wanoongoza taifa kwa hasira,
He who stroke the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.
7 yote iko katika punziko na utulivu; wmeanza kusherekea kwa kiimba.
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Hata mti wa mseprasi inafuhaia pamoja mierezi ya Lebanoni; inasema, Tangu ulipoweka chini, hakuna mkata kuni aliyekuja kutungusha sisi,
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no tree chopper has come up against us.
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 from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
10 Watazungumza na kukuambia wewe, 'umekuwa dhaifu kama sisi.
All they shall speak and say unto you, Are you also become weak as we? are you 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)
Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you. (Sheol h7585)
12 Kwa jinsi gani ulivyoanguka kutoka mbinguni, nyota ya siku, jua la asubuhi! ni kwa jinsi gani mlivyoshushwa chini, umeyashinda mataifa!
How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken 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.
For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, 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 heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides 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 see you shall narrowly look upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 ni nani aliyefanya dunia kama jangwa, ni nani aliyeharibu miji yake, na hataki kuwachia wafungwa waende nyumbani?'
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 Wafalme wote wamataifa, wote kwa pamoja wamelala chini kwa heshima, kila mtu kwa kaburi lake.
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie 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 you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.
20 Hautaunganishwa pamoja katika mazishi, kwa sababu umeiharibu nchi yako na kuuwa watu wako. Watoto wa watenda maovu hawatatajwa tena.''
You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain your people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
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 slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess 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.
For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, 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.
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, 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 as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
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.''
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 Huu ni mpango uliokusudiwa katika nchi yote, na huu ndio mkono ulionyanyuliwa juu ya mataifa.
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon 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 purposed, and who shall nullify it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
28 Katika miaka ambayo mfalme Ahazi alipokufa, hili ndio tamko lilokuja:
In the year that king Ahaz 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 you, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that stroke you is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
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 feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill your root with famine, and he shall slay 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, O city; you, whole Palestina, are dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
32 Ni kivipi mtu mmoja atamjibu mjumbe wa taifa? Kwamba Yahwe ameipata Sayuni, na ndani yake walionewa watatafuta kimbilio.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
