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.
Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.
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, when I came, was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness. Their fish stink because there is no water, and die of thirst.
3 Nimelivisha giza; na ku kwa ngfunika nguo za magunia.''
I clothe the heavens with blackness. I make sackcloth 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.
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 Bwana Yahwe amefungua sikio langu, na sikuaasi, wala kurudi nyuma.
The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear. I was not rebellious. I have not turned back.
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 gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t 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.
For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.
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.
He who justifies me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? 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, the Lord Yahweh will help me! Who is he who will condemn me? Behold, they will all grow old like a garment. The moths will eat them up.
10 Ni nani miongoni mwenu anayemuogopa Yahwe? Ni nani anayehieshimu sauti ya Yahwe? Ni nani atakayetembea kwenye giza nene pasipo mwanga?
Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely 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 who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves, walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You will have this from my hand: you will lie down in sorrow.
