Isaya 47
1 Njoo chini na ukae kwenye mavumbi, binti bikira wa Babeli; kaa juu ya aridhi pasipo enzi, ewe binti wa Wakaldayo. Hautaitwa tena mpenda anasa na maisha ya anasa.
Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. You will no longer be called dainty and delicate.
2 Chukua jiwe la kusagia na usage unga; ondoa pazia lako, ondoa mavazi yako, ondoa viatu miguuni, na vuka mkondo wa maji.
Take the millstone and grind flour; remove your veil, strip off your flowing robe, uncover your legs, cross the streams.
3 Uchi wako utafunuliwa, ndio, na aibu yako itaonekana; Nitachukua kizazi na sitamuacha mtu,
Your nakedness will be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen: I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.
4 Mkombozi, Yahwe wa majeshi ndilo jina lake, Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Kaa kimya na nenda katika giza, ewe binti wa Wakaldoyo; maana hautaitwa tena malikia wa falme.
Sit in silence and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms.
6 Nilikuwa na hasira na watu wangu; Nimeunajisi urithi wangu na kuwakabidhi nyie katika mkono wenu, lakini hamkuomyesha huruma; umeweka nira kubwa kwa wazee.
I was angry with my people; I defiled my heritage and gave them over into your hand, but you showed them no mercy; you placed a very heavy yoke on the old people.
7 Umesema, ''Nitaongoza daima kama malikia huru.'' Haukuvichukua vitu hivi katika moyo, wala hakutafakari jinsi hivi vitu vitakavyojeuka.
You said, “I will rule forever as sovereign queen.” You did not take these things to heart, nor did you consider how they would turn out.
8 Hivyo sasa sikiliza hili, Ewe upendae anasa na kukaa salama; ewe usemae katika moyo wako, 'Ninaishi, na hakuna mwingine kama mimi; Sitakaa kama mjane wala sitazoea kufiwa na watoto.
So now hear this, you who love pleasure and sit securely; you who say in your heart, “I exist, and there is no one else like me; I will never sit as a widow, nor will I ever experience loss of children.”
9 ''Lakini vitu hivi vitakuja kwako siku moja katika kipindi cha siku moja; kwa nguvu za kutosha yatakuja kwako, japo uchawi wako na dua zako na hirizi.
But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: the loss of children and widowhood; in full force they will come on you, despite your sorceries and your many incantations and amulets.
10 Umeweka imani katika mapungufu yako; na kusema, ''Hakuna anayeniona mimi''; hekima na maarifa yako yanakupoteza, lakini unasema katika moyo wako, ''Nipo na hakuna hata mmoja kama mimi.''
You have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge lead you astray, but you say in your heart, “I exist, and there is no one else like me.”
11 Maafa yatakuzidi wewe; hautaweza kuyaondoa kwa dua zako mwenyewe. Uharibifu utakuwa juu yako; hautaweza kuukata. Maafa yatakuangamiza ghafla, kabla haujajua kitu.
Disaster will overcome you; you will not be able to drive it away with your incantations. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to ward it off. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you know it.
12 Endeleni kutoa uganga wako na wachawi wengi ambao mlioaminishwa kusoma toka utotoni mwao; labda utafanikiwa, labda utayashinda maafa.
Persist in casting your spells and your many sorceries which you have faithfully recited since your childhood; perhaps you will be successful, perhaps you will scare away disaster.
13 Umejaribu sana kwa kushauriwa sana; waache hao watu wasimame na kukuokoa wewe- wale wanaoangalia mbingu na wanoangalia nyota, wale wanotangaza mwenzi mpya- waache wawaokoe nyie kutoka kwenye yaliyowapata.
You are tired out with your many consultations; let those men stand up and save you—those who chart the heavens and look at the stars, those who declare the new moons—let them save you from what will happen to you.
14 Tazama, watakuwa kama mabua. Moto utayachoma juu. Hayataweza kujisaidia yenyewe kutoka kwenye mkono wa moto. Hakuna makaa kuwapa joto wao na hakuna moto uliowekwa pembeni kwa ajili yao!
See, they will become like stubble. The fire will burn them up. They will not save themselves from the hand of the flame. There are no coals to warm them and no fire for them to sit by!
15 Hivi ndio wamekuwa kwako, wale unaofanya nao kazi, na unauza na kununua na wao toka ulipo kuwa mdogo, na wale wanaendelea kufanya mambo yao ya kijinga; na unapolia kuhitaji msaada, hakuna hata mmjoa ambaye atakukomboa wewe.''
This is what they have become to you— those with whom you have worked, and you have bought and sold with them since your youth— they wandered about each one in his own direction; there is no one who can rescue you.”
