Isaya 24
1 Angalia Yahwe anakaribia kuifanya dunia kuwa utupu, kuhiharibu, kuharibu uso wake, na kuwatawanya wenyeji wake.
Watch out! The Lord is going to destroy the earth, to make it totally devastated. He's going to rip up the surface of the earth and scatter 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.
It will happen the same for everybody—whether people or priests, servants or their masters, maids or their mistresses, buyers or sellers, lenders or borrowers, creditors or debtors.
3 Dunia itaharibiwa kabisa na kufanjwa ukiwa; maana Yahwe amenena maneno hayo. Dunia imekauka kabisa na kunyauka,
The earth will be completely laid waste and looted. This is what the Lord has said.
4 Dunia inazimia n kudhohofika. Watu maarufu wa duniani watapotezwa.
The earth dries up and withers away; the world shrivels up and withers away, the high and mighty people shrivel up along with the earth.
5 Dunia inavutwa na watu wakao ndani yake kwa sababu wamepindisha sheria, wameibadili amri na wamevunja agano la milele.
The earth is polluted by its people; they have flouted God's laws, violated his regulations, and broken the eternal agreement with him.
6 Hivyo basi laana inaitafuna nchi, na wenyeji wake wamekutwa na makosa. Wakaao duniani wanateketea, na watu wachache wameachwa.
That is why a curse is destroying the earth. The people suffer because of their guilt. The inhabitants of the earth are burned up and only a few survive.
7 Divai mpya imekauka, mizabibu imenyauka, na mioyo yote iliyochangamka inaugua.
The new wine dries up, and the vine withers. All the people celebrating groan.
8 Sauti ya furha ya kigoma inasimama, na kelele za wenye furaha zimekwisha, na furaha ya kinubi imesitishwa.
The happy sound of tambourines is over; the noise of the party-goers has stopped; the delightful harp music has finished,
9 Hawatakunjwa mvinyo tena na kuimba, bia chungu kwa wale wanokunywa.
People don't sing any more as they drink wine, and the beer tastes bitter.
10 Mji uliochafuka umeangushwa chini; kila nyumba imefungwa na hakuna kitu.
The chaotic city is falling apart; every house is barred shut to keep others out.
11 Kuna kilio mtaani kwa sababu ya mvinyo; furaha yote imetiwa giza, furaha ya nchi imetoweka.
Crowds on the street are shouting, demanding to have wine. Joy turns into darkness. There's no happiness left on earth.
12 Ndani ya mji kumebaki ukiwa, na lango limebolewa kwa uharibifu.
The city is in a horrible state of ruin; its gates have been broken down.
13 Hivi ndivyo itakavyofanyika kwa dunia yote mwiongoni mwa mataifa, pale mti wa mzabibu utakapopigwa, na waokotapo zabibu baada mavuno yake kuwa tayari.
This is the way it's going to be all throughout the earth among the nations—only a few olives are left after the tree is shaken, only a few grapes are left to be gleaned after the harvest.
14 Watanyanyua saut zao na kupiga keleleYahwe mwenye enzi, na utapaza sauti kutoka kwenye bahari.
These survivors shout aloud and sing for joy. From the west they praise the Lord's majesty.
15 Hivyo basi mashariki mtukuze Yahwe, na katika kisiwa cha bahari tukuzeni jina la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli.
From the east they glorify the Lord; from the sea shores they praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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.''
We hear songs coming from the ends of the earth, singing, “Glory to the God who does right.” But I'm miserable, miserable. Pity me! Deceitful people go on betraying, again and again.
17 Hofu, shimo, na mtego yako juu yako, wenyeji wa dunia.
Terrors and pit-traps and snares are waiting for you, people 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.
Those who run away in terror will fall into a pit-trap, and those who escape from the pit-trap will be caught in a snare. Heaven's windows are opened; earth's foundations shake.
19 Dunia itangamizwa kabisa, dunia itapasukia mbali; dunia itatatikisika vikali.
The earth is completely broken up; the earth is ripped apart, the earth is violently shaken.
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 staggers to and fro like a drunk, and sways this way and that like a shelter. The guilt of its rebelliousness weighs heavily on it, and it collapses—it won't rise again.
21 Itakuwa siku hiyo ambayo Yahwe ataliadhibu jeshi la aliye juu mahali pa juu, na falme za dunia katika dunia.
At that time the Lord will punish all the high heavenly beings and the kings of the earth.
22 Watakusanyika pamoja, wafungwa katika shimo, na watafungw gerezani; na baada ya siku nying watadhibiwa.
They will be brought together, prisoners in a pit. They will be imprisoned, and eventually they will be punished.
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.
The moon will be embarrassed and the sun will be ashamed, for the Lord Almighty will reign in glory on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem in the presence of its leaders.
