Isaya 25
1 Yahwe wewe ni Mungu wangu; nitakutukuza wewe, nitalisifu jina lako; maana umetenda matendo ya ajabu, mambo uliyoyapanga toka zamaini, kwa uaminifu na ukamilifu.
O Jehovah, my God [art] Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One.
2 Maana umeufanya mji kuwa chungu, ngome ya mji, uharibifu na ngome ya wageni kuwa si mji.
For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from [being] a city, To the age it is not built.
3 Hivyo basi watu wenye nguvu watakutukuza wewe; na mji waishio watu wasio na ukatili watakuogopa wewe.
Therefore honour Thee do a strong people, A city of the terrible nations feareth Thee.
4 Maana umekuwa katika eneo salama kwa aliye masikni, makazi kwa mhitaji ambaye yuko kwenye dhiki- makazi kwa aliyeko kwenye dhoruba na kivuli kwa aliyeko kwenye jua. Pale punzi ya watu wakatili imekuwa kama dhoruba dhidi ya ukuta,
For Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible [is] as a storm — a wall.
5 na jua kwenye aridhi kavu, na watazuia kelele za wageni, kama vile jua linavyozuiliwa na kivuli cha mawingu, hivyo basi nyimbo wasio na makosa zimejibiwa.
As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled.
6 Katika mlima huu Yahwe wa majeshi atafanya kwa watu sikukuu ya ya vitu vilivyonona, na mvinyo uliochaguliwa, zabuni ya nyama na sikuku juu ya sira.
And made hath Jehovah of Hosts, For all the peoples in this mount, A banquet of fat things, a banquet of preserved things, Fat things full of marrow, preserved things refined.
7 Na katika mlima huu atauharibu mfuniko uliowekwa juu watu wote, na mtandao wa kusuka juu ya mataifa.
And swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations.
8 Atameza kifo daima, na Bwana Yahwe atayafuta machozi katika nyuso zetu; na aibu ya watu wake itatupwa mbali kutoka duniani kote, maana Yahwe amesema hivyo.
He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.
9 Yatazungumzwa katika siku hiyo, ''Huyu ni Mungu wetu; na tunayemngoja, na atatuokoa. Huyu ni Yahwe; tuliyemngoja, tutafurahia na kushangilia wokovu wake.''
And [one] hath said in that day, 'Lo, this [is] our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This [is] Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'
10 Maana katika mlima huu mkono wa Bwana utashuka; na Moabu itakanyagwakangwa chini kwenye eneo lake, na hata majani yatakanyagwakanyagwa chini katika shimo lililojaa mbolea.
For rest doth the hand of Jehovah on this mountain, And trodden down is Moab under Him, As trodden down is straw on a dunghill.
11 Wataitawnya mikono yao katikati yao, kama vile mpiga mbizi atawanyavyo mikono yake wakati akipiga mbizi. Lakini Bwana atashusha kiburi chao chini japo kuwa na ujuzi katika mikono yao.
And he spread out his hands in its midst, As spread out doth the swimmer to swim; And He hath humbled his excellency With the machinations of his hands.
12 Na ataiangusha chini kwenye aridhi kuta za ngome, kwenye mavumbi.
And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down — He hath made low, He hath caused [it] to come to the earth, — unto dust.
