Isaya 50
1 Yahwe asema hivi, ''Kiko wapi cheti cha talaka ambacho nimempa tataka mama yako? na kwa nani niliowauza mimi? Tazama, umewauza kwa sababu ya dhambi zako, na kwa sababu ya uasi wako, na mama yako amepelekwa mbali.
Thus said YHWH: “Where [is] this—the bill of your mother’s divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you have been sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions Your mother has been sent away.
2 Kwa nini nimekuja maana hakuna mtu pale? Kwa nini nimeita lakini hakuna aliyejibu? Je mkono wangu ni mfupi kukufidia wewe? Je hakuna nguvu katika ukombozi wngu kwako? Tazama, maonyo yangu, nimeikausha bahari; nimeufanya mto kuwa jangwa; samaki wake wamekufa na kuoza kwa kukosa maji.
Why have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Has My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not power in Me to deliver? Behold, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stink, for there is no water, And die with thirst.
3 Nimelivisha giza; na ku kwa ngfunika nguo za magunia.''
I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And I make their covering sackcloth.”
4 Bwana Yahwe amenipa mimi lugha kama wale wanayofundishwa, ili kwamba nizungumze maneno ya kudumisha kwa yeye aliyechoka; huniamsha mimi asubuhi kwa asubuhi; huyaamsha masikio yangu kama wale wanofundisha.
Lord YHWH has given to Me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He awakens [Me] morning by morning, He awakens [My] ear to hear as taught ones.
5 Bwana Yahwe amefungua sikio langu, na sikuaasi, wala kurudi nyuma.
Lord YHWH opened My ear, And I did not rebel—I did not move backward.
6 Niliwapa mgongo wangu wale wanaonipiga mimi, na shavu langu kwa wale wanaopokonya nje ndevu zangu; Sitouficha uso wangu kutokana na matendo ya aibu na kutema mate.
I have given My back to those striking, And My cheeks to those plucking out, I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
7 Maana Bwana Yahwe atanisaidia mimi; hivyo basi sitapatwa na aibu; hivyo nimeufanya uso wangu kama jiwe, maana ninajua kwamba sitaabishwa.
And Lord YHWH gives help to Me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set My face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.
8 Yeye aliye nitakasa mimi yu karibu. Ni nani atakayenipinga mimi? Basi na tusimame tufarijiane mmoja mmoja. Nani aliye mshitaki? Muache aje karibu na mimi.
Near [is] He who is justifying Me, Who contends with Me? We stand together, who [is] My opponent? Let him come near to Me.
9 Tazama, Bwana Yahwe atanisaidia mimi. Nani atakayetangaza kuwa mimi ni mwenye hatia? Tazama, watavaa nje kama vazi; mdomo utawala wao juu.
Behold, Lord YHWH gives help to Me, Who [is] he that declares Me wicked? Behold, all of them wear out as a garment, A moth eats them.
10 Ni nani miongoni mwenu anayemuogopa Yahwe? Ni nani anayehieshimu sauti ya Yahwe? Ni nani atakayetembea kwenye giza nene pasipo mwanga?
“Who [is] among you, fearing YHWH, Listening to the voice of His Servant, That has walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the Name of YHWH, And lean on his God.
11 Tazama, ninyi nyote mnaowasha, ni nani aliyewapa wenyewe kwa tochi: tembeni katika mwanga wa moto wenu na katika moto mliouwasha. Hili ndilo mlilopokea kutoka kwangu: utalala chini katika mahali pachungu.
Behold, all you kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk in the light of your fire, And in the sparks you have caused to burn, This has been to you from My hand, You lie down in grief!”
