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.
Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very 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.
He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in its midst, and also cut out a winepress in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
3 Kwa hiyo sasa, wakazi wa Yerusalemu na watu wa Yuda, toa hukumu kati yangu na shamba la mzabibu.
"Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge 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 could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield 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.
Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.
6 Nami nitaliharibu wala halitapaliliwa wala kuilmwa, bali litatoa mbigiri na miba; nami nitayaamuru mawingu yasinyeshee mvua juu yake.
I will lay it a wasteland. It won't be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on 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 his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, look, oppression; for righteousness, but, look, a cry of distress.
8 Ole wao wanaoungana nyumba kwa nyumba, shamba kwa shamba, mpaka wanamaliza, na umebaki mwenyewe kwenye shamba!
Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell 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 my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
10 Maana mashamba ya mizabibu la nira kumi lilitoa bathi moja tu, na homeri ya mbegu itatoa efa tu.
For 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 to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them.
12 Wanasherekea kwa kinubi, kinanda, kigoma, filimbi, na mvinyo, lakini hawazitambui kazi za Yahwe, wala hawaziangalii kazi za mikono yake.
The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, neither have they considered 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 go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes 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 Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it. (Sheol h7585)
15 Mtu atalazimishwa kuinama chini, na watu watakuwa wayenyekevu; na macho yao ya kujivuna yatatupwa chini,
So man is brought low, humankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
16 Yahwe wa majeshi atainuliwa katika haki yake, na Mungu mtakatifu atajidhirisha kuwa mtakatifu kwa haki yake.
but the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
17 Ndipo kondoo watalishwa kama wako kwenye malisho yao wenyewe, na katika uharibifu, kondoo watachungwa kama wageni.
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and kids will eat the ruins of the rich.
18 Ole wao wanaovuta pamoja na waovu kwa kamba isiyo na maana na wanaovuta pamoja na dhambi kwa kamba za gari.
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;
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 make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near 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 to those 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 to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight.
22 Ole wao ambao ni washindi kwa kunjwa mvinyo, na wazoefu wa kuchanganya pombe kali;
Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
23 ambao wako huru kumpa haki mtenda maovu, na kuwanyima haki wenye haki!
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent.
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 fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD 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 the LORD's anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
26 Atapandisha bendera ya ishara mabali na mataifa na atapuliza filimbi kwa wale walio mwisho wa nchi. Tazama watakuja wakikimbia mara moja.
He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the far regions of the earth. Look, they will come speedily and swiftly.
27 Hakuna tairi wala mashaka miongoni mwao; hakuna asinzae wala kulala usingizi. Au kama mkanda uliolegea, wala kamba za viatu kukatika.
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the latchet of their shoes be 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.
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like 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 will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one 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.
They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land look, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
