Isaya 22
1 Tamko kuhusu bonde la maono:
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 Mji wenye kelele, mji umejaa maovu; wafu hawajauwawa kwa upanga, na hawakuuwawa kwenye vita.
Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 Viongozi wenu wamekimbia pamoja, lakini wamekamatwa pasipo na upinde, wote kwa pamoja wamekamatwa na wamekamatwa pamoja; walikimbia kutoka mbali.
All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
4 Hivyo basi, Msiniangalie mimi, nitalia kwa uchungu; msijaribu kunifariji kuhusiana na kuharibika kwa binti ya watu wangu.
Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
5 Maana kuna siku za ghasia, akanyagaye chini, na fujo za Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi, katika bonge la maono, kuanguka chini kwa ukuta, na watu wanalia juu ya milima.
For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
6 Elamu chukua podo juu, na gari la watu na farasi, na kirghizameweka ngao wazi.
And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
7 Siku hiyo ambapo mabonde ulioyachagua yatajaa magari, na farasi watachukua nafasi zao katika lango.
And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
8 Atauodoa mbali ulinzi wa Yuda; na utaona siku hiyo utaona silaha katika jumba la msitu.
And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
9 Umeona matawi ya mji wa Daudi, jinsi mlivyowengi, na kukusanya maji katika birika la chini.
And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
10 Umehesabu nyumba za Yerusalemu, na umerarua nyumba chini kuuimarish ukuta.
And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
11 Na umefanya hifadhi katika ya kuta mbili maana maji ya birika la zamani. Maana haukuwahusisha walioujenga mji, walioupanga mji kutoka zamani.
And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
12 Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi amewaita siku hiyo watu waje kuomboleza na kulia, wanyoe vichwa vyao na kuvaa nguo za magunia.
And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 Lakini angalia, badala yake sherehe na furaha, kuuwa ng'ombe na kuchinga kondoo, njooni tule na kunjwa mvinjo maana kesho tutakufa.
And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
14 Hili limebanika kwenye masikio yangu na Yahwe wa majeshi: Hakika maovu haya hayatasamehewa, hata utakapokufa, ''Amesema Bwana wa majeshi.
And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
15 Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi, asema hivi, ''Nenda kwa huyu kiongozi, kwa Shebana, aliye juu ya nyumba, na umwambie,
Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
16 Ni nina aliyekuruhusu kuchimba kaburi lako mwenyewe, kukata juu ya kaburi na juu ya urefu katika mahali pa kupunzikia ndani mwamba?''
What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
17 Yahwe anakaribia kukutupa chini; mtu mwenye nguvu, anakaribia kukutupa chini; atakuzongazonga.
Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
18 Atahakikisha anatuzungusha zungusha, na kutupa msukosuko kama mpira kwenye nchi kubwa. Pale utakapokufa, na pale gari lako tukufu litakapo kuwa; utakuwa aibu ya nyumba ya bwana wako!
He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
19 ''Nami nitakuondoa katika ofisi yako na katika kituo chako. Na utavutwa chini.
And I will drive thee out From thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
20 Na itakuwa hivi kuhusu siku hiyo nitamchukua Eliakimu mtoto wa Hilkia mtumishi wangu.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
21 Nitamvisha yeye kwa kanzu yenu na kumvika mkanda wenu, na nitahamisha mamlaka yenu kwenye mikono yake. Atakuwa baba wa wenyeji wa Yerusalemu na katika nyumba ya Yuda.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
22 Nitaziweka funguo za nyumba ya Daudi kwenye mabega yake; Atafungua, na hakuna atakayefunga; na atafunga na hakuna atakayefungua.
And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 Nami nitamuimarisha yeye, kigingi katika mahali salama, na atakuwa kiti cha utukufu katika nyumba ya baba yake.
And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
24 Nao wataangukia juu yake utukufu wote wa baba nyumba ya baba yake, watoto wake na uzao wake na kila chombo kidogo kutoka vikombe mpaka majagi yote.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
25 Siku hiyo- hili ndilo tamko la Yahwe wa majeshi- kigingi kilichowekwa katika mazingira imara kitatoa njia, utavunjika, na kuanguka, na uzito ulionao utaondoleawa- maana Yahwe amesema.
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
