Isaya 55
1 ''Njooni, kila aliye na kiu, njooni kwenye maji! na ewe usio na pesa, njoo, ununua na ule! Njoo, nunua mvinyo na maziwa pasipo pesa na pasipo gharama.
You that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go [and] buy; and eat [and drink] wine and fat without money or price.
2 Kwa nini tunapima fedha kwa kitu ambacho sio mkate? na kufanya kazi isiyoridhisha? Nisikilizeni mimi kwa makini na ule kilicho kizuri, na kujifurahisha mwenyewe kwa unono.
Therefore do you value at the price of money, and [give] your labor for that which will not satisfy? listen to me, and you shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.
3 Jeuzeni masikio yenu, na mje kwangu! Sikiliza, iliuweze kuishi! Nitafanya agano ya milele na ninyi; pendo langu la kuaminika nililomuhaidi Daudi.
Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: listen to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.
4 Tazama, nimwemuweka yeye kama shahidi kwa mataifa, kama kiiongozi na kamanda wa watu.
Behold I have made him a testimony among the Gentiles, a prince and commander to the Gentiles.
5 Tazama, utaliita taifa ambalo haulijui; na taifa ambalo halikujui wewe litakukimbilia wewe kwa sababu wewe ni Yahwe Mungu wao, Mtakatifu wa Israeli, yeye aliyekutukuza wewe.
Nations which know you not, shall call upon you, and peoples which are not acquainted with you, shall flee to you for refuge, for the sake of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.
6 Mtafuteni Yahwe maana anapatikana; muiteni yeye maana yu karibu.
Seek you the Lord, and when you find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw near to you,
7 Tuwaache waovu waziache njia zao, na mtu mwenye dhambi mawazo yake. Muache yeye arudi kwa Yahwe, na atamuhurumia yeye, na kwa Mungu wetu, yeye ambaye atamsamehe huyo kwa wingi.
let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
8 Maana mawazo yangu sio mawazo yenu, wala njia zangu sio njia zenu- Hili ni tamko la Yahwe-
For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, says the Lord.
9 maana kama vile mbingu zilivyo juu kuliko nchi, hivyo ndivyo njia zangu zilivyo juu kuliko njia zenu, na mawazo yangu kuliko mawazo yenu.
But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
10 Maana kama mvua na theluji zishukavyo chini kutoka mbinguni na hazirudi tena pale isipokuwa kueneza nchi na kufanya uzalishaji na chipukizi na kutoa mbegu kwa wakulima waliopanda na mkate kwa walaji,
For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
11 hivyo neno langu litakuwa linalotoka kwenye mdomo wangu: halitanirudia tena mimi bure, Lakini itatimiza lilie nililokusudia, na litatimiza lile nililolituma.
so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make your ways prosperous, and [will effect] my commands.
12 Maana utakwenda nje katika furaha na utaongozwa kwa amani; Milima na vilima vitapaza sauti kwa furaha mbele yako, na miti yote shambani itapiga makofi.
For you shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
13 Badala ya miiba ya porini, misonobari itakuwa; na badala ya mbigiri, mihadasi inaota, na itakuwa kwa Yahwe, maana jina lake, ni kama alama ya milele ambayo haiwezi kuondolewa.''
And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.
