Isaya 24
1 Angalia Yahwe anakaribia kuifanya dunia kuwa utupu, kuhiharibu, kuharibu uso wake, na kuwatawanya wenyeji wake.
Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned [it on] its face, And hath scattered 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 hath been — as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
3 Dunia itaharibiwa kabisa na kufanjwa ukiwa; maana Yahwe amenena maneno hayo. Dunia imekauka kabisa na kunyauka,
Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word:
4 Dunia inazimia n kudhohofika. Watu maarufu wa duniani watapotezwa.
Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they — the high place of the people of the land.
5 Dunia inavutwa na watu wakao ndani yake kwa sababu wamepindisha sheria, wameibadili amri na wamevunja agano la milele.
And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during.
6 Hivyo basi laana inaitafuna nchi, na wenyeji wake wamekutwa na makosa. Wakaao duniani wanateketea, na watu wachache wameachwa.
Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.
7 Divai mpya imekauka, mizabibu imenyauka, na mioyo yote iliyochangamka inaugua.
Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.
8 Sauti ya furha ya kigoma inasimama, na kelele za wenye furaha zimekwisha, na furaha ya kinubi imesitishwa.
Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.
9 Hawatakunjwa mvinyo tena na kuimba, bia chungu kwa wale wanokunywa.
With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.
10 Mji uliochafuka umeangushwa chini; kila nyumba imefungwa na hakuna kitu.
It was broken down — a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.
11 Kuna kilio mtaani kwa sababu ya mvinyo; furaha yote imetiwa giza, furaha ya nchi imetoweka.
A cry over the wine [is] in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.
12 Ndani ya mji kumebaki ukiwa, na lango limebolewa kwa uharibifu.
Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten.
13 Hivi ndivyo itakavyofanyika kwa dunia yote mwiongoni mwa mataifa, pale mti wa mzabibu utakapopigwa, na waokotapo zabibu baada mavuno yake kuwa tayari.
When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished,
14 Watanyanyua saut zao na kupiga keleleYahwe mwenye enzi, na utapaza sauti kutoka kwenye bahari.
They — they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea.
15 Hivyo basi mashariki mtukuze Yahwe, na katika kisiwa cha bahari tukuzeni jina la Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli.
Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, 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.''
From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, 'Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, woe [is] to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.
17 Hofu, shimo, na mtego yako juu yako, wenyeji wa dunia.
Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O 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 hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.
19 Dunia itangamizwa kabisa, dunia itapasukia mbali; dunia itatatikisika vikali.
Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.
20 Dunia itajikongoja kama mlevi na itachezacheza kurudi nyuma na mbele kama kibanda. Dhambi zao zitakuwa nzito juu yao na zitaanguka na hazitasimama tena.
Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise.
21 Itakuwa siku hiyo ambayo Yahwe ataliadhibu jeshi la aliye juu mahali pa juu, na falme za dunia katika dunia.
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land.
22 Watakusanyika pamoja, wafungwa katika shimo, na watafungw gerezani; na baada ya siku nying watadhibiwa.
And they have been gathered — A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.
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 confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders — honour!
