Isaya 54
1 ''Imba, ewe mwanamke tasa, ewe ambaye haujazaa; imba wimbo kwa furaha na lia kwa nguvu ewe ambaye hujapata uchungu wa kuzaa. Maana watoto walio katika ukiwa ni wengi kuliko watoto wa wanawake waliolewa,'' asema Yahwe.
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,”
2 Fanya hema lako kuwa kubwa na tawanya mapazia mbali, sio kidogo; nyoosha kamba zako na imarisha vigingi vyako.
“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
3 Maana utawanjwa katika mkono wa kulia na wa kushoto, na ukoo wako utashinda mataifa na kuwapatia miji iliyo na ukiwa.
For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
4 Usiogope maana hautahaibika, wala kukatishwa tamaa maana hautapatwa na aibu; hutasahau aibu ya ujana wako na aibu ya kutelekezwa.
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 Maana Muumba ni mume wako; Yahwe wa majeshi ndilo jina lake. Mtakatifu wa Israeli yeye ni mkombozi wenu; anaitwa Mungu wa nchi yote.
For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
6 Yahwe anakuita wew urudi kama mwanamke aliyetelekezwa na mwenye roho ya huzuni, kama mwanamke mdogo aliyeolewa na kukataliwa, asema Mungu.
For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
7 ''Kwa kipindi kifupi nimewatelekeza ninyi, lakini kwa huruma kubwa nitawakusanya ninyi.
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
8 Katika gharikia ya hasira nimeuficha uso wangu kwa muda. lakini kwa agano la milele la kuaminika nitakuwa na huruma na ninyi- amesema Yahwe, aliyewakomboa ninyi.
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
9 Maana haya ni kama Nuhu kwangu: kama nilivyoapa maji ya Nuhu hayuatapita tena katika nchi, Hivyo nimeapa kwama sitapatwa na hasira na ninyi wala kuwakemea ninji.
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
10 Japo milima yaweza kuanguka na vilima vyaweza kutikiswa, japo uimara wa pendo langu hautageuka nyuma kutoka kwenu, wala agano langu la amani kutikiswa- asema Yahwe, Yeye mwenye huruma juu yenu.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
11 Wanaotaabika, wanaopitia dhoruba na wasio na faraja, tazama, nitaweka lami kwa rangi nzuri, na kuweka misingi kwa yakuti.
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 Nitaufanya mnara wa akiki na lango yake ya almasi na kuta zake za nje ni za mawe mazuri.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
13 Na watoto wako wote watafundishwa na Yahwe; na amani ya watoto wako itakuwakubwa.
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
14 Katika haki nitakuanzisha tena. Hautaona dhiki tena, maana hautaogopa, na hakuna kitu cha kutisha kitakachokuja karibu yako.
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
15 Tazama, ikiwa yeyote atakaye koroga matatizo, hayatako kwangu; yeyote atakaye changanya matatizo pamaoja na wewe ataanguka kwa kishindo.
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
16 Tazama, nimemumba fundi, anayepuliza makaa yanayoungua na na kuanda a silsha kama kazi yake, na nimemumba mharibifu ili awaharibu.
Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
17 Hakuna silaha iliyotengenezwa dhidi yako ikafanikiwa; na utamlaani kila mmjoa anayekutusi wewe. Huu ndio urithi wa watumishi wa Yahwe, na uthibitisho wake kutoka kwangu- Hili ndilo tamko la Yahwe.''
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,”
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
