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 now for my beloved, the song of my dear one touching his vineyard. A vineyard had my beloved on a rich hill-top;
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 fenced it in, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in its midst, and also a winepress he hewed out therein: and he hoped that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth worthless fruit.
3 Kwa hiyo sasa, wakazi wa Yerusalemu na watu wa Yuda, toa hukumu kati yangu na shamba la mzabibu.
And now, O 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 more was to be done to my vineyard, that I had not done in it? Why then did I hope that it should bring forth grapes, while it brought forth worthless fruit?
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 I will let you know also what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten off; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down;
6 Nami nitaliharibu wala halitapaliliwa wala kuilmwa, bali litatoa mbigiri na miba; nami nitayaamuru mawingu yasinyeshee mvua juu yake.
And I will lay it quite waste; it shall not be pruned, nor hoed around; and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; and the clouds will I command that they send down 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 the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he hoped for justice, but behold injustice; for equity, but behold iniquity.
8 Ole wao wanaoungana nyumba kwa nyumba, shamba kwa shamba, mpaka wanamaliza, na umebaki mwenyewe kwenye shamba!
Woe unto those that cause house to join on house, bring field near to field, till there is no more room, so that ye may be left alone as the inhabitants in the midst of the land!
9 Yahwe wa majeshi ameniambia mimi, nyumba nyingi zitakuwa wazi, hata kubwa na zinazovutia, hakuna mwenyeji yeyote.
In my ears [spoke] the Lord of hosts, Truly many houses shall become desolate, yea, great and beautiful ones without an 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 [but] one bath, and a chomer-seed shall yield [but] an ephah.
11 Ole wao wanaoamka asubuhi na mapema kutafuta pombe kali, wale wanaokaa usiku wa manane mpaka pombe inawaka moto.
Woe unto those that rise up early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink; that continue until late in the twilight, till wine inflame them!
12 Wanasherekea kwa kinubi, kinanda, kigoma, filimbi, na mvinyo, lakini hawazitambui kazi za Yahwe, wala hawaziangalii kazi za mikono yake.
And there are harp and psaltery, tambourine and flute, and wine at their drinking-feasts; but the deeds of the Lord they regard not, and the works of his hands they behold not.
13 Kwa hiyo watu wangu wameenda kifungoni kwa kukosa uelewa; viongozi wao wakuheshimiwa wanashinda na njaa, na watu wao hana kitu cha kunjwa.
Therefore are my people led into exile, for want of knowledge: and their honorable men suffer of famine, and their multitude are panting 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 hath the deep enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure: and there descend [Jerusalem's] glory, and her multitude, and her noise, and whoever rejoiced therein. (Sheol h7585)
15 Mtu atalazimishwa kuinama chini, na watu watakuwa wayenyekevu; na macho yao ya kujivuna yatatupwa chini,
And bent down shall be the son of earth, and humbled shall be the man, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled;
16 Yahwe wa majeshi atainuliwa katika haki yake, na Mungu mtakatifu atajidhirisha kuwa mtakatifu kwa haki yake.
And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified by [displaying his] righteousness.
17 Ndipo kondoo watalishwa kama wako kwenye malisho yao wenyewe, na katika uharibifu, kondoo watachungwa kama wageni.
Then shall the sheep feed according to their wont, and the ruins of the fat ones shall sojourners eat.
18 Ole wao wanaovuta pamoja na waovu kwa kamba isiyo na maana na wanaovuta pamoja na dhambi kwa kamba za gari.
Woe unto those that draw iniquity with the cords of falsehood, and as with a wagon-rope, sinfulness;
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.''
That say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it: and let draw nigh and come the counsel of the Holy One of Israel, 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 those that say of the evil it is good, and of the good it is evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Ole kwa wale wenye busara machoni mwao, na buasra kwa uelewa wao!
Woe unto those 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 those that are heroes to drink wine, and men of might to mingle strong drink;
23 ambao wako huru kumpa haki mtenda maovu, na kuwanyima haki wenye haki!
Who justify the wicked in lieu of a bribe, and who deprive the righteous of their right!
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 the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and dry hay sinketh before the flame: so shall their root be as rotten things, and their blossom shall fly up as the dust; because they have despised the law of the Lord of hosts, and the word of the Holy One of Israel they have rejected.
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.
For this cause is kindled the anger of the Lord against his people, and he stretcheth forth his hand against them, and he smiteth them; and the mountains tremble, and their carcasses lie like sweepings in the midst of the streets: with all this his anger is not turned away, but still is his hand stretched out.
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 an ensign to the nations from afar, and will call for one of them from the end of the earth; and, behold, with speed, swiftly, it cometh;
27 Hakuna tairi wala mashaka miongoni mwao; hakuna asinzae wala kulala usingizi. Au kama mkanda uliolegea, wala kamba za viatu kukatika.
There is none weary, nor stumbling among its men; it slumbereth not, it sleepeth not; not loosened is the girdle of its loins, not broken is the latchet of its shoes;
28 Mishale yao ni mikali na upinde wao umejikunja; kwato za farasi wao' ni kama jiwe, na gari lao magurudumu yake ni kama miba.
Whose arrows are sharpened, and all whose bows are bent; its horses hoofs are hard like the flint, and its wheels like the whirlwind;
29 Mngurumo wao utakuwa kama wa simba, wataunguruma kama mtoto wa simba. Watanguruma na kukamata mawindo na kuvuta mbali, na hakuna hatakayeokolewa.
It hath a roar like the lioness, it roareth like the young lions: yea, it growleth, and layeth hold of the prey, and carrieth it safely off, with 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 it will rage against them on that day like with the raging of the sea: and if one look unto the earth, behold, there is darkness, oppression, and the light is darkened through the darkness of its clouds.
