Isaya 26
1 Siku hiyo wimbo huu utaimbwa katika nchi ya Yuda: Tuna mji imara; Mungu amefanya wokovu katika kuta na ngome zake.
In that day this song is sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city, He makes salvation [for] walls and bulwark.
2 Fungua lango, ili mataifa yenye haki yaweze na yenye kutunza imani yaweze kuingia ndani.
Open the gates, That a righteous nation may enter, Preserving steadfastness.
3 Akili mlionayo, mtamuhifadhi yeye katika amani kamili, maana anawamini ninyi.
You keep [him] in peace [whose] imagination [is] stayed—peace! For he is confident in You.
4 Mwamini Yahwe daima; maana Yaha, Yahwe, ni mwamba wa milele.
Trust in YHWH forever, For in YAH—YHWH [is] a rock of ages,
5 Maana atawashusha wale wote wenye kiburi; mji ulio juu atushusha chini, ataushusha chini kwenye aridhi; na ataulinganisha na mavumbi.
For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He makes low, He makes it low to the earth, He causes it to come to the dust,
6 Utakanyagwakanyagwa chini na miguu ya walio masikini na wahitaji.
A foot treads it down, Feet of the poor—steps of the weak.
7 Mapito ya mwenye haki yamenyooka, Wenye haki; mapito ya wenye haki umeyanyoosha.
The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, You ponder the path of the righteous.
8 Ndio, kaika mapito ya hukumu yako, Yahwe, tunakusubiri wewe; jina lako na sifa zako ni matamanio yetu.
Also, [in] the path of Your judgments, O YHWH, we have waited [for] You, To Your Name and to Your remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.
9 Nimekutamani wewe wakati wa usiku; ndio, roho iliyo ndani yangu ina kutafuta kwa bidii. Pindi hukumu yako itakapokuja duniani, wenyeji wa duniani watajua kuhusu haki.
I desired You in the night [with] my soul, Also, I seek You earnestly [with] my spirit within me, For when Your judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
10 Na tuonyeshe upendeleo kwa waovu, lakini hawatajifunza haki. katika nchi ya wanyofu anatenda maovu na haoni ukuu wa Yahwe.
The wicked finds favor, He has not learned righteousness, He deals perversely in a land of straightforwardness, And does not see the excellence of YHWH.
11 Yahwe, mkono wako umenyanyuliwa juu, lakini hawapati hizo taarifa. Lakini wataona bidii kwa watu na wataona aibu, kwa sababu idadi ya maadui watawatafuna.
O YHWH, Your hand [is] high—they do not see, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire consumes Your adversaries.
12 Yahwe, utaleta amani kwetu, maana kweli, umekamilisha kazi zetu zote.
O YHWH, You appoint peace to us, For You have also worked all our works for us.
13 Yahwe Mungu wetu, viongozi wengine badala yako wametutawala sisi; Lakini tunalitukuza jina lako.
O our God YHWH, lords have ruled us besides You, Only, by You we make mention of Your Name.
14 Wamekufa, hawataishi tena; ni maremu hao, hawatafufuka tena. Kweli, umekuja kuwahukumu na kuwaharibu wao, na umefanya kila kumbukumbu kutoweka.
Dead—they do not live, Rephaim, they do not rise, Therefore You have inspected and destroy them, Indeed, you destroy all their memory.
15 Umeliongeza taifa, Yahwe, umeliongeza taifa; umeheshimiwa; umeinuliwa katika mipaka yote ya nchi.
You have added to the nation, O YHWH, You have added to the nation, You have been honored, You have put all the ends of the earth far off.
16 Yahwe, katika mateso yao walikuangalia wewe; walipatwa na wasiwasi katika maombi yao maana adhabu yako ilikuwa juu yao.
O YHWH, in distress they missed You, They have poured out a whisper, Your discipline [is] on them.
17 Kama mwanamke mjamzito anayekaribia kujifungua, hupatwa na uchungu na hulia kwa uchungu, hivyo ndivyo tulivyokuwa kabla, Bwana.
When a pregnant woman comes near to the birth, She is pained—she cries in her pangs, So we have been from Your face, O YHWH.
18 Tulikuwa wajawazito, tumekuwa katika mateso, lakini ni kama tumeshajifungua katika akili zetu. Hatujauleta wokovu duniani, na wakazi wa duniani hawakuanguka.
We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth, as it were, wind, We do not work salvation in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.
19 Wafu wenu wataishi; watu wenu walio kufa watafufuka. Amka na uimbe kwa furaha, njie muishio mavumbini; maana umande wenu ni umande wa mwanga, na dunia itawaleta mbele wafu wake.
Your dead live—My dead body, they rise. Awake and sing, you dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] your dew, And you cause the land of Rephaim to fall.
20 Enendeni, watu wangu, ingieni katika vyumba vyenu na mfunge mlango nyuma yenu; jificheni kwa mda mfupi, mpaka hasira itakapopita.
Come, My people, enter into your inner chambers, And shut your doors behind you, Hide yourself shortly [for] a moment until the indignation passes over.
21 Maana, angalia, Yahwe anakaribia kutoka katika eneo lake kuwahadhibu watu waishio duniani kwa ajili ya makosa yao; dunia itaachia umwagaji wa damu, na hawatawaficha tena waliokufa.
For behold, YHWH is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth on him, And the earth has revealed her blood, Nor does she cover her slain anymore!”
