Isaya 52
1 Amka, amka, vaa nguvu zako, Sayuni; vaa vazi lako zuri, mji mtakatifu; maana hakuna tena kutotahiriwa wala wasio safi kuingia kwako.
Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of your beauty, Jerusalem—the Holy City; For the uncircumcised and unclean no longer enter into you again.
2 Jikung'ute mwenyewe kutoka mavumbini; nyanyuka na ukae, ewe Yerusalemu; ondoa shanga katika shingo yako, wafungwa, binti ya Sayuni.
Shake yourself from dust, arise, sit, O Jerusalem, Bands of your neck have loosed themselves, O captive daughter of Zion.
3 Maana Yahwe asema hivi, umeuzwa bure, na utakombolewa pasipo pesa.''
For thus said YHWH: “You have been sold for nothing, And you are redeemed without money.”
4 Maana Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, ''Hapo mwanzo watu wangu walishuka chini Misri kuishi kwa muda mfupi; Waasiria waliwanyanyasa wao hivi karibuni.
For thus said Lord YHWH: “My people went down at first To Egypt to sojourn there, And Asshur—he has oppressed it for nothing.
5 Sasa ni kitu gani nilicho nacho hapa- Hili ni tamko Yahwe- aonae kwamba watu wake wanachukuliwa bure tu? Wale wanowaongoza wao wanafanya mzaha-Hili ni tamko la Yahwe- jina langu linakashifiwa mchan kutwa.
And now, what [have] I here,” A declaration of YHWH, “That My people are taken for nothing? Its rulers cause howling,” A declaration of YHWH, “And My Name is continually despised all the day.
6 Hivyo basi watu wangu watalijua jina langu; watajua kwamba siku hiyo kwamba mimi ndiye ninayesema ''Ndiyo, Ni Mimi!''
Therefore My people know My Name, Therefore, in that day, Surely I [am] He who is speaking, behold Me.”
7 Ni kwa uzuri gani juu miliima ni miguu ya mjumbe aliyeleta habari njema, atangazae amani, aliyebeba uzuri wa ukuu, aliyetangaza wokovu, anayesema kwa Sayuni, ''Mungu wako anatawala!''
How lovely on the mountains, Have been the feet of one proclaiming tidings, Sounding peace, proclaiming good tidings, Sounding salvation, Saying to Zion, “Your God has reigned.”
8 Sikiliza enyi walinzi nyanyueni sauti zenu, kwa pamoja pigeni kelele kwa furaha, maana mtamuona, kwa kila jicho lenu, kurejea kwa Yahwe Sayuni.
The voice of your watchmen! They have lifted up the voice, together they cry aloud, Because they see eye to eye, In YHWH’s turning back [to] Zion.
9 Pazeni sauti kwa kuimba kwa furaha, enyi mateka wa Yerusalemu; maana Yahwe amefariji watu wake; ameikomboa Yerusalemu.
Break forth, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, For YHWH has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 Yahwe amewaonyesha kwamba mkono wake mtakatifu katika macho ya mataifa yote; nchi yote itauona wokovu wa Mungu wetu.
YHWH has made His holy arm bare Before the eyes of all the nations, And all the ends of the earth have seen The salvation of our God.
11 Ondokeni, ondokeni, enendeni mbali na hapa; msiguse kitu chochote ambacho ni najisi; au kuishi katikati yake; jitakase mwenyewe, enyi mliobeba vyombo vya Yahwe.
Turn aside, turn aside, go out from there, Do not touch the unclean, Go out from her midst, Be pure, who are carrying the weapons of YHWH.
12 Maana hautakwenda nje kwa kukimbia, wala hautaondoka kwa hofu; Maana Yahwe atakuwa mbele yako; na Mungu wa Israeli atakuwa mlinzi wako nyuma.
For you do not go out in haste, Indeed, you do not go on with flight, For YHWH [is] going before you, And the God of Israel [is] gathering you!
13 Tazameni, mtumishi wangu atafanya hekima; atakuwa juu na atanyanyuliwa juu, na atapandishwa juu.
“Behold, My Servant acts wisely, He is high, and has been lifted up, And has been very high.”
14 Na wengi watamstajabia yeye- muonekano wake umekunjamana nje ya muonekano wa mwanadamu, hivyo basi upande wake ulikuwa mbali na kitu chochote ambacho ni binadamu-
As many have been astonished at You (His appearance so marred by man, And His form by sons of men),
15 Na hivyo, mtumishi wangu atanyunyizia mataifa mengi na wafme watafunga midomo yao kwa sababu yake. Kana kwamba hawajawahi kuambiwa, wataona, kana kwamba hawakusikia, wataelewa.
So He sprinkles many nations. Kings shut their mouth concerning Him, For that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had not heard they have understood!
