Isaya 22
1 Tamko kuhusu bonde la maono:
The burden of the Valley of Vision. What is [troubling] you now, that you have gone up, All of you—to the roofs?
2 Mji wenye kelele, mji umejaa maovu; wafu hawajauwawa kwa upanga, na hawakuuwawa kwenye vita.
Full of stirs—a noisy city—an exulting city, Your pierced are not pierced of 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 your rulers fled from the bow together, All found of you have been bound, They have been kept bound together, They have fled far off.
4 Hivyo basi, Msiniangalie mimi, nitalia kwa uchungu; msijaribu kunifariji kuhusiana na kuharibika kwa binti ya watu wangu.
Therefore I said, “Look [away] from me, I am bitter in my weeping, do not hurry to comfort me, For the destruction 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 a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, [is] to the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, In the Valley of Vision, digging down a wall, And crying to the mountain.
6 Elamu chukua podo juu, na gari la watu na farasi, na kirghizameweka ngao wazi.
And Elam has carried a quiver, In a chariot of men—horsemen, And Kir has exposed a shield.
7 Siku hiyo ambapo mabonde ulioyachagua yatajaa magari, na farasi watachukua nafasi zao katika lango.
And it comes to pass, The choice of your valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen diligently place themselves at the gate.
8 Atauodoa mbali ulinzi wa Yuda; na utaona siku hiyo utaona silaha katika jumba la msitu.
And one removes the covering of Judah, And in that day you look To the armor of the house of the forest,
9 Umeona matawi ya mji wa Daudi, jinsi mlivyowengi, na kukusanya maji katika birika la chini.
And you have seen the breaches of the City of David, For they have become many, And you gather the waters of the lower pool,
10 Umehesabu nyumba za Yerusalemu, na umerarua nyumba chini kuuimarish ukuta.
And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And you break down the 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 waters of the old pool, And you have not looked to its Maker, And you have not seen its Framer of old.
12 Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi amewaita siku hiyo watu waje kuomboleza na kulia, wanyoe vichwa vyao na kuvaa nguo za magunia.
And the Lord calls, YHWH of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of 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, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
14 Hili limebanika kwenye masikio yangu na Yahwe wa majeshi: Hakika maovu haya hayatasamehewa, hata utakapokufa, ''Amesema Bwana wa majeshi.
And it has been revealed in my ears, [By] YHWH of Hosts: This iniquity is not pardoned to you, Until you die, said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts.
15 Bwana, Yahwe wa majeshi, asema hivi, ''Nenda kwa huyu kiongozi, kwa Shebana, aliye juu ya nyumba, na umwambie,
Thus said the Lord, YHWH of Hosts: “Go forth, go to this steward, To Shebna, who [is] over the house:
16 Ni nina aliyekuruhusu kuchimba kaburi lako mwenyewe, kukata juu ya kaburi na juu ya urefu katika mahali pa kupunzikia ndani mwamba?''
What are you [doing] here? And who has [allowed] you here? That you have hewn out a tomb for yourself here? Hewing his tomb on high, Carving a dwelling for himself in a rock.
17 Yahwe anakaribia kukutupa chini; mtu mwenye nguvu, anakaribia kukutupa chini; atakuzongazonga.
Behold, YHWH is casting you up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one,
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!
And your coverer covering, wrapping around, Wraps you around, O babbler, On a land of broad sides—there you die, And there the chariots of your glory [are] the shame of the house of your lord.
19 ''Nami nitakuondoa katika ofisi yako na katika kituo chako. Na utavutwa chini.
And I have thrust you from your station, And he throws you down from your office.
20 Na itakuwa hivi kuhusu siku hiyo nitamchukua Eliakimu mtoto wa Hilkia mtumishi wangu.
And it has come to pass in that day, That I have called to My servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
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 have clothed him with your coat, And I strengthen him with your girdle, And I give your garment into his hand, And he has been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.
22 Nitaziweka funguo za nyumba ya Daudi kwenye mabega yake; Atafungua, na hakuna atakayefunga; na atafunga na hakuna atakayefungua.
And I have placed the key Of the house of David on his shoulder, And he has opened, and none is shutting, And has shut, and none is opening.
23 Nami nitamuimarisha yeye, kigingi katika mahali salama, na atakuwa kiti cha utukufu katika nyumba ya baba yake.
And I have fixed him [as] a nail in a steadfast place, And he has been 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 have hanged on him All the glory of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons.
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—a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, The nail that is fixed is moved In a steadfast place, Indeed, it has been cut down, and has fallen, And the burden that [is] on it has been cut off, For YHWH has spoken!”
