Isaya 24
1 Angalia Yahwe anakaribia kuifanya dunia kuwa utupu, kuhiharibu, kuharibu uso wake, na kuwatawanya wenyeji wake.
Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.
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: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.
3 Dunia itaharibiwa kabisa na kufanjwa ukiwa; maana Yahwe amenena maneno hayo. Dunia imekauka kabisa na kunyauka,
With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
4 Dunia inazimia n kudhohofika. Watu maarufu wa duniani watapotezwa.
The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
5 Dunia inavutwa na watu wakao ndani yake kwa sababu wamepindisha sheria, wameibadili amri na wamevunja agano la milele.
And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Hivyo basi laana inaitafuna nchi, na wenyeji wake wamekutwa na makosa. Wakaao duniani wanateketea, na watu wachache wameachwa.
Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.
7 Divai mpya imekauka, mizabibu imenyauka, na mioyo yote iliyochangamka inaugua.
The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
8 Sauti ya furha ya kigoma inasimama, na kelele za wenye furaha zimekwisha, na furaha ya kinubi imesitishwa.
The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
9 Hawatakunjwa mvinyo tena na kuimba, bia chungu kwa wale wanokunywa.
They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10 Mji uliochafuka umeangushwa chini; kila nyumba imefungwa na hakuna kitu.
The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.
11 Kuna kilio mtaani kwa sababu ya mvinyo; furaha yote imetiwa giza, furaha ya nchi imetoweka.
There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.
12 Ndani ya mji kumebaki ukiwa, na lango limebolewa kwa uharibifu.
Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
13 Hivi ndivyo itakavyofanyika kwa dunia yote mwiongoni mwa mataifa, pale mti wa mzabibu utakapopigwa, na waokotapo zabibu baada mavuno yake kuwa tayari.
For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended.
14 Watanyanyua saut zao na kupiga keleleYahwe mwenye enzi, na utapaza sauti kutoka kwenye bahari.
These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea.
15 Hivyo basi mashariki mtukuze Yahwe, na katika kisiwa cha bahari tukuzeni jina la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli.
Therefore glorify ye the Lord in instruction: the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
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 ends of the earth we have heard praises, the glory of the just one. And I said: My secret to myself, my secret to myself, woe is me: the prevaricators have prevaricated, and with the prevarication of transgressors they have prevaricated.
17 Hofu, shimo, na mtego yako juu yako, wenyeji wa dunia.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.
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 that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
19 Dunia itangamizwa kabisa, dunia itapasukia mbali; dunia itatatikisika vikali.
With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be 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.
With shaking shall the earth be shaken as a drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fell, and 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, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 Watakusanyika pamoja, wafungwa katika shimo, na watafungw gerezani; na baada ya siku nying watadhibiwa.
And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall 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 blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.
