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, saith YHWH, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
2 Wanapanga kushuka chini Misri, lakini hawajaniomba niwaelekeze. Wanatafuta ulinzi kutoka kwa Farao kuchukua kimbilio katika kivuli cha Misri.
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Hivyo basi ulinzi wa Farao utakuwa aibu yenu, na kimbilio lenu katika kivuli cha Misri, kitakuwa udhalilishaji wenu,
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4 japo wakuu wako Sayuni, na wajumbe wao wamekuja Hanesi.
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5 Watahaibika kwa sababu ya watu ambao hawawezi kuwasaidia, wala kuwa na faida, lakini ni aibu, na fedheha.
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a 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.
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
7 Maana msaada Misri hauna maana; hivyo basi nimemwita Rahabu, aliyekaa bado.
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
8 Sasa nenda, andika hili mbele yao juu ya meza, na uyaandike katika kitabu, iliyaifadhiwe kwa mda mrefu kama ushuhuda.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
9 Maana ni watu waasi, watoto waongo, watoto ambao hawaskilizi maelekezo ya Yahwe.
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of YHWH:
10 Wanawambia waonaji, ''msiangalie; na kwa manabii, ''msitabiri yaliyoyakweli kwetu; zungumza maneno ya kujipendeza kwetu, tabiri udanganyifu. Geukeni katika njia,
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 ondokeni kwenye njia; maana Mtakatifu wa Israeli amesitisha kuongea mbele ya uso wetu.
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12 Hivyo basi mtakatifu wa Israeli asema, ''Kwa sababu umekataa maneno haya na kujifunza ukandamizaji na udanganyifu,
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
13 hivyo dhambi hii itakuwa kwenu kama kitu kilichovunjika tayari kwa kuanguka, kama kitu katika ukuta mrefu ambao anguko lake linakaribia, papo kwa hapo.''
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at 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.
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
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 thus saith the Master YHWH, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
16 Amesema, 'Hapana, maana kukimbia kwa farasi; hivyo tutakimbia; tutakimbia kwa kutumia farasi mwepesi; hivyo basi watakaojingiza watakuwa wepesi.
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
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.''
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an 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.
And therefore will YHWH wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for YHWH is an Elohim of judgment: blessed are all they that 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.
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
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.
And though YHWH give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
21 Masikio yako yatasikia maneno yanayosemwa nyuma, Hii ndio njia, pitia hii, ''utakapogeuka upande wa kulia au utakageuka upande wa kushoto.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
22 Mtakinajisi kifuniko chenu mlichokiweka juu ya pesa na dhahabu na kukitupa. Mtakitupa mbali kama hedhi kali, '''utawambia wao, ''Ondokeni hapa.''
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
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 shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
24 Ng'ombe na punda, wanaolima kwenye aridhi, watakula chakula cha majira kilicho tawnywa kwa koleo na uma.
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
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 there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the 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.
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that YHWH bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
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 YHWH cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring 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.
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
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.
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of YHWH, to the mighty One 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 YHWH shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
31 Maana kwa sauti ya Yahwe, Asiria itanyamazishwa; atahiaribu kwa fimbo.
For through the voice of YHWH shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
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 in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which YHWH shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
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 Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of YHWH, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
