Isaya 30
1 Ole wa watoto waasi, ''Hili ni tamko la Yahwe. ''Wataweka mipango, lakini haitatoka kwangu; wataungana na mataifa mengine, lakini hawakuongozwa na Roho wangu, hivyo wanongeza dhambi baada ya dhambi.
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
2 Wanapanga kushuka chini Misri, lakini hawajaniomba niwaelekeze. Wanatafuta ulinzi kutoka kwa Farao kuchukua kimbilio katika kivuli cha Misri.
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
3 Hivyo basi ulinzi wa Farao utakuwa aibu yenu, na kimbilio lenu katika kivuli cha Misri, kitakuwa udhalilishaji wenu,
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
4 japo wakuu wako Sayuni, na wajumbe wao wamekuja Hanesi.
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
5 Watahaibika kwa sababu ya watu ambao hawawezi kuwasaidia, wala kuwa na faida, lakini ni aibu, na fedheha.
everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
6 Tamko kuhusu mnyama wa Negevi: kupitia kwenye mlango wa mateso na hatari, wa simba jike na simba dume, nyoka na nyoka wa moto aneyepaa, wamebeba utajiri wao kwenye mgongo wa punda, na hazina yao katika mabega ya ngamia, kwa watu ambao hawana msaada kwao.
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
7 Maana msaada Misri hauna maana; hivyo basi nimemwita Rahabu, aliyekaa bado.
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
8 Sasa nenda, andika hili mbele yao juu ya meza, na uyaandike katika kitabu, iliyaifadhiwe kwa mda mrefu kama ushuhuda.
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
9 Maana ni watu waasi, watoto waongo, watoto ambao hawaskilizi maelekezo ya Yahwe.
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
10 Wanawambia waonaji, ''msiangalie; na kwa manabii, ''msitabiri yaliyoyakweli kwetu; zungumza maneno ya kujipendeza kwetu, tabiri udanganyifu. Geukeni katika njia,
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
11 ondokeni kwenye njia; maana Mtakatifu wa Israeli amesitisha kuongea mbele ya uso wetu.
Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
12 Hivyo basi mtakatifu wa Israeli asema, ''Kwa sababu umekataa maneno haya na kujifunza ukandamizaji na udanganyifu,
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
13 hivyo dhambi hii itakuwa kwenu kama kitu kilichovunjika tayari kwa kuanguka, kama kitu katika ukuta mrefu ambao anguko lake linakaribia, papo kwa hapo.''
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
14 Atavunja kama chombo cha mfinyanyanzi kivunjavyo, hivyo basi hakitabaki kitu, hivyo hakuna vipande vyovyote vya kigae kitoshacho kutwaa moto jikoni, kuchota maji kisimani.
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
15 Maana Bwana Yahwe, Mtakatifu wa Israeli asema hivi, ''Kwa kurudi na kwa kupumzika mtaokolewa; katika utulivu na imani itakuwa ni nguvu zako, Lakini hamkuwa tayari.
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
16 Amesema, 'Hapana, maana kukimbia kwa farasi; hivyo tutakimbia; tutakimbia kwa kutumia farasi mwepesi; hivyo basi watakaojingiza watakuwa wepesi.
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
17 Watu eflu moja watakimbia kwa kumuhofia mtu mmoja; kwa vitisho vya watu watano mtakimbia mpaka mtakuwa kama nguzu ya bendera iliyoko juu ya mlima, au kama bendera kwenye kilima.''
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
18 Lakini Bwana anawasubiri ili awape neema yake, Hivyo basi yuko tayari kuwaonyesha huruma. Maana Yahwe na Mungu wa haki; Huwabarikiwe wale wanaomsubiri yeye.
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
19 Maana watu wataishi Sayuni, na Yerusalemu na hawatalia tena. Hakika atakuwa neema kwenu kwa sauti ya kilio chenu. Atakaposikia tu, atawajibu ninyi.
O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
20 Kupitia Yahwe tunapata mkate wa shida na maji ya mateso, hata sasa, mwalimu wako hatajifisha mwenyewe tena, lakini utamuona mwalimu wako kwa macho yako mwenyewe.
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
21 Masikio yako yatasikia maneno yanayosemwa nyuma, Hii ndio njia, pitia hii, ''utakapogeuka upande wa kulia au utakageuka upande wa kushoto.
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
22 Mtakinajisi kifuniko chenu mlichokiweka juu ya pesa na dhahabu na kukitupa. Mtakitupa mbali kama hedhi kali, '''utawambia wao, ''Ondokeni hapa.''
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
23 Naye atatoa mvua kwanye mbegu zenu mtakapopanda kwenye aridhi, na mkate utakuwa kwa wingi kutoka kwenye aridhi na mazao yatazaa kwa wingi. Katika siku hizo ng'ombe zako zitachungwa katika eneo kubwa.
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
24 Ng'ombe na punda, wanaolima kwenye aridhi, watakula chakula cha majira kilicho tawnywa kwa koleo na uma.
The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
25 Juu ya mlima mrefu na juu ya kilima kirefu, kutapitasha vijito na mifereji ya maji, katika siku siku ya machinjio makuu pale minara yote itakapoanguka.
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 Mwanga wa mwenzi utakuwa kama mwanga wa jua, na mwanga wa jua utang'aa mara saba, kama mwanga wa siku saba. Yahwe atakapofunga kuvujwa kwa watu wake na kuyaponya majeraha waliyoyapata.
The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
27 jina la Yahwe limekuja kutoka sehemu ya mbali, Linawaka kwa hasira yake na katika moshi mnene. Midomo yake imejaa hasira, na lugha yake nia kama moto unaoangamiza.
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
28 Punzi yake ni kama maji yaliyojaa yanayofika mpaka katikati ya shingo, kwa ajili kuchuja mataifa kwa kuhamasisha uharibifu. Pumzi yake ni mzabuni katika taya za watu wanowasababisha kutangatanga mbali.
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
29 Utakuwa na wimbo kama usiku pale sherehe takatifu itakapofanyika, na moyo wenye furaha, pindi mmoja atakopo kwenda na katika mlima wa Yahwe, katika mwamba wa Israeli.
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
30 Yahwe atafanya mapambo ya sauti yake inayosikika na atawaonyesha jinsi mkono wake ushukavyo na dhouba ya hasira yake na moto uwakao, pamoja na upepo mkubwa, mvua kubwa, na mvua ya mawe.
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
31 Maana kwa sauti ya Yahwe, Asiria itanyamazishwa; atahiaribu kwa fimbo.
For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
32 Na kila adhabu iliyochaguliwa amechagua fimbo ambayo Yahwe ataiweka juu yao na wakisidikizwa na mziki wa kigoma na kinubi kama wataanzisha vita na kupgana nao.
And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
33 Maana sehemu ya kuchoma iliandaliwa toka zamani. kweli, imeandaliwa kwa mfalme, na Mungu amelifanya kuwa na kina na upana. Rundo liko tayari kwa moto na kuni za kutosha. Punzi ya Yahwe, ni kama mkondo kiberiti, na utawsha moto.
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
