Isaya 29
1 Ole kwa Arieli, Arieli, mji ambao Daudi ameweka kambi! mwaka hadi mwaka unaongezeka; basi tamasha linakaribia kuja.
Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;
2 Lakini nitauzingira Arieli, na watalia na kuomboleza; na watakuwa kwangu kama Arieli.
then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth.
3 Nitaweka kambi dhidi yako katika mzunguko, nitakuzingira kwa kuweka uzio dhidi yako.
I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
4 Utaletwa chini na utazungumza kutoka chini kwenye aridhi; maongezi yako yatashushwa kutoka mavumbini. Sauti yako itakuwa kama ya pepo kwenye ardhi, na maneno yako yatakuwa dhaifu kutoka mavumbini.
You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
5 Jeshi la maadui wako watakuwa kama vumbi dogo, na wingi wa wasiotisha utakuwa kama makapi yanayopita. Itatokea mara moja, papo hapo.
But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
6 Yahwe wa majeshi atakuja kwenu kwa radi, tetemeko la aridhi, sauti kubwa, na upepo mkali na dhoruba kali, na mwali wa moto uteketezao.
She will be visited by the LORD of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
7 Itakuwa kama ndoto, maono ya usiku: Jeshi la mataifa yote yatapigana dhidi ya Arieli na ngome zake. Watawavamia yeye na ngome zinazowanyanyasa wao.
The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
8 Itakuwa kama mtu mwenye njaa anayeota anakula, lakini pindi anapoamka tumbo halina kitu. Itakuwa kama mtu mwenye kiu anayeota anakunywa maji, lakini anapoamka, anazirai, kwa sababu ya kiu na sio kuizima. Ndio, itakavyokuwa idadi kubwa ya wapiganaji dhidi ya Mlima Sayuni.
It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger is not satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.
9 Shangaeni wenyewe na mjishangae; jifanye kipofu na uwe kipofu! uwe mlevi lakini sio wa mvinyo; yumbayumba lakini sio kwa bia.
Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 Maana Yahwe ameachila roho wake katika usingizi wa kina, Ameyafunga macho yako, manabii, na amefunika kichwa chako, waonaji.
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
11 Ufunuo wote umekuja kwako kama maneno ya kitabu kilichotiwa muhuri, ambacho watu wanaweza kumpa mtu anayejifunza, na kusema hivi, ''Soma hiki.'' na atasema, ''Siwezi maana imetiwa muhuri.''
All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed;”
12 Kama kitabu kitapewa kwa mtu asiyeweza kusoma, na kumwambia, '''Soma hiki,'' na anasema, ''Siwezi kusoma.''
and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I cannot read.”
13 Bwana asema, ''Watu hawa wananikaribia mimi na kunishimu kwa midomo yao, lakini mioyo yao iko mbalii na mimi. Heshima yao kwangu ni kwa sababu tu ya amri waliofundishwa.
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
14 Hivyo basi, tazama, Nitaendelea kufanya mambo ya ajabu mwiongoni mwa watu hawa, maajabu baada ya maajabu. Hekima ya wenye busara itatoweka, na uelewa wa watu wenye busara utatokomea.''
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”
15 Ole wao wale wanaoficha mipango yao kwa Yahwe, na wale ambao matendo yao ni ya giza. Wanasema, ''Nani anayetuona sisi, na ni nani anayetutambua sisi?
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”
16 Nyie mnaebadilisha vitu juu chini! Je mfinyanzi anaweza kufikiriwa kama udongo, hivyo basi vitu vinavyotengeneza vitasema kuhusu aliyevitengeneza, ''Hajanitengeneza mimi, ''au vitu vinavyotngenezwa viseme kuhusu aliyevitengeneza, Hajaelewa''?
You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He did not make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
17 Katika mda mdogo uliobakia, Lebanoni itajeuzwa kuwa shamba, na shamba litakuwa msitu.
Is not it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?
18 Siku hiyo viziwi watasikia maneno ya kitabu, na macho ya vipofu yataona katika giza nene.
In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 Waliodhulumiwa watafuurahia pamoja na Yahwe, na masikini miongoni mwa watu watafurahia kwa Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
The humble also will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 Maana watu wasio katili watakwisha, na wenye dharau watatoweka. Wale wote wanopendakuteda maovu wataondolewa,
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
21 nani na kwa neno linamfanya mtu kuwa mkosaji. Watamuekea mtego kwa yeye anayeitafuta haki katika geti na kuweka haki chini kwa uongo usio na kitu.
who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
22 Hivyo basi Yahwe asema hivi kuhusu nyumba ya Yakobo- Yahwe aliyemkomboa Ibrahimu, ''Yakobo hataaibika tena, wala uso wake hautabadilika rangi yake.
Therefore the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale.
23 Lakini anapowaona watoto wake, kazi ya mikono yangu, watalitakasa jina langu, Watalitakasa jina langu Mtakatifu wa Yakobo, na wtasimama katika hofu ya Mungu wa Israeli.
But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Wale watakaopotea kiroho watapata uelewa na walalamikaji watajifunza maarifa.''
They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”
