Isaya 5
1 Acha niimbe kwa mpendwa wangu mzuri, wimbo wa mpendwa wangu kuhusu shamba la mzabibu. Mpendwa wangu ana shamba kwenye mlima wenye rutuba.
I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
2 Analilima, anaondoa mawe, na anaotesha aina ya mizabibu iliyo bora. Na hujenga mnara katikati ya shamba akichimba shinkizo ndani yake. Anasubiria mzabibu uzae matunda lakini unazaa zabibu mwitu.
And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
3 Kwa hiyo sasa, wakazi wa Yerusalemu na watu wa Yuda, toa hukumu kati yangu na shamba la mzabibu.
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
4 Je ni kitu gani cha ziada unaweza ukakifanya kwenye shamba langu la mizabibu, ambacho sijakifanya? ninapotamzamia izae matunda, kwa nini inazaa matunda mwitu?
What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? —
5 Sasa nitawambia kitu nitakacho kifanya kwenye shamba langu la mzabibu: nitaondoa uzio, nitaligeuza kuwa malisho, Nitavunja ukuta wake chini. Na itakanyagwa chini.
And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
6 Nami nitaliharibu wala halitapaliliwa wala kuilmwa, bali litatoa mbigiri na miba; nami nitayaamuru mawingu yasinyeshee mvua juu yake.
and I will make it a waste — it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7 Maana shamba la mzabibu la Yahwe Bwana wa majeshi ni nyumba ya Israeli, na mtu wa Yuda ndio mazao yake ya kupendeza; anaisubiria haki lakini badala ya yaki kuna mauwaji; maana haki, lakini badala yake ni kelele zikihitaji msaada.
For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
8 Ole wao wanaoungana nyumba kwa nyumba, shamba kwa shamba, mpaka wanamaliza, na umebaki mwenyewe kwenye shamba!
Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
9 Yahwe wa majeshi ameniambia mimi, nyumba nyingi zitakuwa wazi, hata kubwa na zinazovutia, hakuna mwenyeji yeyote.
In mine ears Jehovah of hosts [hath said], Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
10 Maana mashamba ya mizabibu la nira kumi lilitoa bathi moja tu, na homeri ya mbegu itatoa efa tu.
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.
11 Ole wao wanaoamka asubuhi na mapema kutafuta pombe kali, wale wanaokaa usiku wa manane mpaka pombe inawaka moto.
Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, [till] wine inflameth them!
12 Wanasherekea kwa kinubi, kinanda, kigoma, filimbi, na mvinyo, lakini hawazitambui kazi za Yahwe, wala hawaziangalii kazi za mikono yake.
And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.
13 Kwa hiyo watu wangu wameenda kifungoni kwa kukosa uelewa; viongozi wao wakuheshimiwa wanashinda na njaa, na watu wao hana kitu cha kunjwa.
Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
14 Hivyo basi kuzimu kumeongeza ladha yake na imefungua kinywa chake kwa kiasi kikubwa; wasomi wao, viongozi wao, manabii na wenye furaha miongoni mwao, watashuka kuzimu. (Sheol h7585)
Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend [into it], and her multitude, and her tumult, and [all] that is joyful within her. (Sheol h7585)
15 Mtu atalazimishwa kuinama chini, na watu watakuwa wayenyekevu; na macho yao ya kujivuna yatatupwa chini,
And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;
16 Yahwe wa majeshi atainuliwa katika haki yake, na Mungu mtakatifu atajidhirisha kuwa mtakatifu kwa haki yake.
and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness.
17 Ndipo kondoo watalishwa kama wako kwenye malisho yao wenyewe, na katika uharibifu, kondoo watachungwa kama wageni.
And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
18 Ole wao wanaovuta pamoja na waovu kwa kamba isiyo na maana na wanaovuta pamoja na dhambi kwa kamba za gari.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
19 Ole kwa wale wasemao, '' Basi na Mungu afanye haraka, basi afanya upesi, ili tuweze kuona kinachotokea; na tuache mipango ya Mtakatifu wa Israeli ije, ili tuifahamu.''
who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
20 Ole wao waitao uovu wema, na wema ni uovu; inayowakilisha giza kama mwanga, na mwanga kama giza; inayowakilisha kitu kichungu kama kitamu, na kitamu kama kichungu!
Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Ole kwa wale wenye busara machoni mwao, na buasra kwa uelewa wao!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
22 Ole wao ambao ni washindi kwa kunjwa mvinyo, na wazoefu wa kuchanganya pombe kali;
Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;
23 ambao wako huru kumpa haki mtenda maovu, na kuwanyima haki wenye haki!
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
24 Hivyo basi kama ndimi za moto zinazokula mabua, kama majani makavu yanavyochomwa na moto, hivyo basi mizizi yake itaoza na maua yake yataperuka kama mavumbi. Hii itatokea kwa sababu wameikataa sheria ya Yahwe wa majeshi, na kwa sababu wamedharau neno la Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Hivyo basi hasira ya Yahwe imewaka juu ya watu wake. Ameunyoosh mkono wake juu yao na kuwaadhibu wao. Milima inatikisika, na maiti ni kama takata mitaani. Katika mambo yote haya, hasira yake haijapungua; badala yake, ameonyoosha mkono wake nje.
Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
26 Atapandisha bendera ya ishara mabali na mataifa na atapuliza filimbi kwa wale walio mwisho wa nchi. Tazama watakuja wakikimbia mara moja.
And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly [and] lightly.
27 Hakuna tairi wala mashaka miongoni mwao; hakuna asinzae wala kulala usingizi. Au kama mkanda uliolegea, wala kamba za viatu kukatika.
None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken;
28 Mishale yao ni mikali na upinde wao umejikunja; kwato za farasi wao' ni kama jiwe, na gari lao magurudumu yake ni kama miba.
their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are reckoned as the flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.
29 Mngurumo wao utakuwa kama wa simba, wataunguruma kama mtoto wa simba. Watanguruma na kukamata mawindo na kuvuta mbali, na hakuna hatakayeokolewa.
Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver;
30 Siku hiyo ataunguruma juu ya mawindo kama vile bahari kwa kishindo. Yeyote atakayeangalia nchi, ataona giza na mateso; hata mwanga hutafanjwa kuwa mweusi kwa mawingu.
and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness [and] distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
