Isaya 33
1 Ole wenu, waharibifu ambao hamjaharibiwa! Ole wao wasaliti ambao hamjaslitiwa! Pindi mtakapoacha uaribifu, nanyi mtaharibiwa. Pindi mtakapoacha usaliti, nayi mtasalitiwa.
Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
2 Yahwe, tuurumie sisi; tumekusubiri wewe; umekuwa mkono wetu kila asubuhi, na wokovu wetu katika kipindi cha mateso.
O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
3 Watu wamekimbia kwa kusikia sauti kubwa; uliponyanyuka, mataifa yametawanyika,
The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
4 Mateka wako wamejikusanya kama mkasanyiko wa nzige; kama nzige warukavyo, watu wataruka juu yake.
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
5 Yahwe ameinuliwa. Anaishi mahali pa juu. Ataijaza Sayuni kwa haki na usawa.
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 Atakuwa imara katika kipidi chenu, wingi wa wokovu, busara, na maarifa; hofu ya Yahwe iko katika hazina yake.
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
7 Tazama, wujumbe wanalia mtaani; wanadiplomasia wanamatumaini ya amani kwa kulia kwa uchungu.
Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 Barabara kuu imeachwa faragha; hakuna wasafiri tena. Maagano yamevujika, mashahidi wanadharaulika, na utu wa mtu hauheshimiki.
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
9 Nchi imeomboleza na kunyaukia mbali; Lebanoni inaibisha na kunyaukia mbali; Sharoni imekuwa kama jangwa wazi; Bashani na Kermeli zimepuputisha majani yake.
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10 ''Sasa nitanyanyuka, ''asema Yahwe; '' sasa nitanyanyuliwa juu; sasa nitainuliwa.
“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
11 Utashika mimba ya makapi na utazaa mabua; na punzi yako ni moto ambao utakuunguza wewe.
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12 Watu watachomwa na kuwa kama chokaa, kama miiba ya porini inavyokatwa na kuchomwa.
The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13 Enyi mlio mbali sana, sikiliza nilicho kifanya; na enyi mlio karibu, kirini ukuu wangu.''
You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14 Watenda zambi wa Sayuni wanogopa; tetemeko limewakuta wasio na Mungu. Ni nani miongoni mwetu anayeweza kukaa kwenye moto mkali? Na ni nani miongoni mwetu anayeweza kukaa kwenye moto wa milele?
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
15 Nyie mnaotembe katika haki na kuongea kw uaminifu; yeye anayedharau mapato ya ukandamizaji, yeye anayekataa kuchuka rushwa, ambaye hausiki kwenye kupanga vurugu za kihalifu, na ambaye haangali maovu-
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
16 Ataiweka nyumba yake juu; sehemu yake ya ulinzi itakuwa ni ngome ya mwamba; chakula na maji yake hayataisha.
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
17 Macho yako yatamuona mfalme katika uzuri wake; watatazama nchi kubwa.
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
18 Moyo wako utakumbuka hofu; yuko wapi mwandishi, yuko wapi yule aliayepima pesa? na yuko wapi yeye aesabue minara?
Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 Hautawaona watu wanaopinga, watu weye lugha ya ajabu ambayo hautaweza kuielewa.
You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
20 Itazame Sayuni, mji wa sikukuu yetu; macho yako yataiona Yerusalemu kama makao tulivu, hema ambalo halitatolewa, vigingi vyake havitatolewa wala kamba zake hazitakatika.
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 Badala yake Yahwe katika ukuu wake atakuwa pamoja na sisi, katika eneo la maji mengi na mifereji mingi. Hakuna manuari na mpiga makasia watakayepita hapo, na hakuna mashua itakayopita uko.
But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
22 Maana Yahwe ni hakimu wetu, Yahwe ni mwanasheria wet, Yahwe ni mfalme wetu; atatukomboa sisi.
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
23 Kamba zako zimelegea; haziwezi kushika mlingoti katika eneo lake; haziwezi kuzunguka meli; pindi mateka wanavyogawanyika, hata vilema watawatoa nje kama mateka.
Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24 Na wenyeji watasema, ''Ninaumwa;'' watu wanaoishi pale watasamehewa maovu yao.
And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
