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, says the LORD, 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 the LORD:
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 says the Holy One of Israel, Because all of you 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 comes 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 potsherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water likewise 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 says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall all of you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and all of you would not.
16 Amesema, 'Hapana, maana kukimbia kwa farasi; hivyo tutakimbia; tutakimbia kwa kutumia farasi mwepesi; hivyo basi watakaojingiza watakuwa wepesi.
But all of you said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall all of you 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 all of you flee: till all of you be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an explicit sign 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 the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God 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: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious unto you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear it, 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.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be removed into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers:
21 Masikio yako yatasikia maneno yanayosemwa nyuma, Hii ndio njia, pitia hii, ''utakapogeuka upande wa kulia au utakageuka upande wa kushoto.
And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk all of you in it, when all of you turn to the right hand, and when all of you 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.''
All of you shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstruous cloth; you shall say unto it, Get you behind.
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 your seed, that you shall sow the ground likewise; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and abundant: in that day shall your 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 animal food, which has 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 the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals 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 the LORD comes 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 go 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.
All of you shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, 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 the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show 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 the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which stroke 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 the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with timbrels 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 has made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, does kindle it.
