Isaya 24
1 Angalia Yahwe anakaribia kuifanya dunia kuwa utupu, kuhiharibu, kuharibu uso wake, na kuwatawanya wenyeji wake.
Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
2 Itakuwa kama ilivyo kwa watu itakuwa hivyo hivyo kwa kuhani; na kwa watumishi na kwa bwana wake, na kwa mfanyakazi wa ndani itakuwa hivyo na kwa tajiri yake, ndivyo itakavyokuwa kwa anayeuza na anayenunua; ndivyo itakavyokwa kwa wenye kupata faida na wenye madeni, na wale wennye kupokea faida itakuwa hivyo hivyo kwa wale wenye kutoa faida.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
3 Dunia itaharibiwa kabisa na kufanjwa ukiwa; maana Yahwe amenena maneno hayo. Dunia imekauka kabisa na kunyauka,
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
4 Dunia inazimia n kudhohofika. Watu maarufu wa duniani watapotezwa.
The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
5 Dunia inavutwa na watu wakao ndani yake kwa sababu wamepindisha sheria, wameibadili amri na wamevunja agano la milele.
And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Hivyo basi laana inaitafuna nchi, na wenyeji wake wamekutwa na makosa. Wakaao duniani wanateketea, na watu wachache wameachwa.
Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
7 Divai mpya imekauka, mizabibu imenyauka, na mioyo yote iliyochangamka inaugua.
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
8 Sauti ya furha ya kigoma inasimama, na kelele za wenye furaha zimekwisha, na furaha ya kinubi imesitishwa.
the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9 Hawatakunjwa mvinyo tena na kuimba, bia chungu kwa wale wanokunywa.
They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
10 Mji uliochafuka umeangushwa chini; kila nyumba imefungwa na hakuna kitu.
The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
11 Kuna kilio mtaani kwa sababu ya mvinyo; furaha yote imetiwa giza, furaha ya nchi imetoweka.
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
12 Ndani ya mji kumebaki ukiwa, na lango limebolewa kwa uharibifu.
desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, — a ruin.
13 Hivi ndivyo itakavyofanyika kwa dunia yote mwiongoni mwa mataifa, pale mti wa mzabibu utakapopigwa, na waokotapo zabibu baada mavuno yake kuwa tayari.
For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.
14 Watanyanyua saut zao na kupiga keleleYahwe mwenye enzi, na utapaza sauti kutoka kwenye bahari.
These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 Hivyo basi mashariki mtukuze Yahwe, na katika kisiwa cha bahari tukuzeni jina la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli.
Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.
16 Kutoka umbali wa sehemu ya dunia tumesika nyimbo, ''Utukufu kwa watu wenye haki! Lakini nikasema, ''Nimepita mbali, Ole juu wangu! Wasaliti walshulika na wenye hila; ndio, wasaliti walishuhulika na wenye hila.''
From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
17 Hofu, shimo, na mtego yako juu yako, wenyeji wa dunia.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.
18 Amekimbia maana sauti ya hofu itaanguka kwenye shimo, na anayekuja juu katikati ya shimo atanaswa na mtego. Madirisha ya mbinguni yatafunguliwa, na misingi ya dunia itatikisika.
And it shall come to pass, [that] he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.
19 Dunia itangamizwa kabisa, dunia itapasukia mbali; dunia itatatikisika vikali.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
20 Dunia itajikongoja kama mlevi na itachezacheza kurudi nyuma na mbele kama kibanda. Dhambi zao zitakuwa nzito juu yao na zitaanguka na hazitasimama tena.
The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again.
21 Itakuwa siku hiyo ambayo Yahwe ataliadhibu jeshi la aliye juu mahali pa juu, na falme za dunia katika dunia.
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 Watakusanyika pamoja, wafungwa katika shimo, na watafungw gerezani; na baada ya siku nying watadhibiwa.
And they shall be brought together, [as] an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Halafu Mwenzi utatiwa aibu na jua pia litatwa aibu, maana Yahwe wa majeshi atatawala katika mlima Sayuni na Yerusalemu, kabla ya wazee wake katika utukufu.
And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.
