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, saith Yahweh—Where then is the scroll of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And for your transgressions, hath your mother been put 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.
Wherefore, When I came in, was there no one? When I called, was there none to answer? Is mine own hand, really shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or is there not, in me, strength to deliver? Lo! by my rebuke, I dry up the sea I make rivers a desert, Their fish Stinketh, for want of water, Yea dieth, for thirst:
3 Nimelivisha giza; na ku kwa ngfunika nguo za magunia.''
I clothe the heavens with gloom, And, of sackcloth, make I their covering.
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.
My Lord Yahweh, hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed, That I should know how to succour the fainting, with discourse, —He kept wakening—morning by morning. He kept wakening mine ear, to hearken as do the instructed;
5 Bwana Yahwe amefungua sikio langu, na sikuaasi, wala kurudi nyuma.
My Lord, Yahweh, opened mine ear, And, I, was not rebellious, —Away, turned I not:
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.
My back, gave I to smiters, and My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard, —My face, hid I not from insult and spitting.
7 Maana Bwana Yahwe atanisaidia mimi; hivyo basi sitapatwa na aibu; hivyo nimeufanya uso wangu kama jiwe, maana ninajua kwamba sitaabishwa.
Because, My Lord, Yahweh, would help me, Therefore was I not deterred by insult, —Therefore did I set my face like flint, And I knew that I should not be put to shame.
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.
At hand, is one who can justify me. Who will contend with me? let, us stand forth together, —Who can accuse me? let him draw 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.
Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.
10 Ni nani miongoni mwenu anayemuogopa Yahwe? Ni nani anayehieshimu sauti ya Yahwe? Ni nani atakayetembea kwenye giza nene pasipo mwanga?
Who among you, revereth Yahweh, Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant, —That hath walked in dark places And hath had no gleam of light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh, And lean upon 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.
Lo! all ye that kindle a fire, That gird yourselves with fiery darts, —Walk ye in the blaze of your own fire. And in the fiery darts ye have kindled, At my hand, hath this befallen you, In sorrow, shall ye lie down.
