Isaya 57
1 Wenye waki watatoweka, lakini hakuna mtu atakayelitia maanani, na watu wa agano la kuaminika wamekusanyika mbali, lakini hakuna mtu anayefahamu kuwa wenye haki wamekusanyika mbali na maovu,
See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.
2 Wameingia katika amani; wamepumzika katika vitanda vyao, wale wanotembea katika haki.
His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
3 Lakini njooni hapa, enyi watoto wa wachawi, watoto wa wazinifu na mwanamke anayefanya ukahaba.
But draw you near hither, you lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
4 Ni nani mnayemfanyia mzaha? dhidi ya wale wanofungua midomo yao na kutoa nje ndimi zao? Je ninyi sio watoto wa uaasi, watoto wa uongo?
Wherein have you been rioting? and against whom have you opened your mouth, and against whom have you loosed your tongue? are you not children of perdition? a lawless seed?
5 Enyi unaowasha wenywe kwa kulala pamoja chini ya mualoni, kila chini ya mti mbichi, ewe unaeua watoto wako katika mabonde yaliyokauka, chini ya miamba inayoning'inia.
who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys amongst the rocks?
6 Miongoni mwa vitu vilaini katika bonde la mto ni mambo uliyopewa uyafanyie kazi. Ni vitu vya ibada yako. Umemwaga nje kinywaji chako kwao na kutoa sadaka ya mazao. Katika haya mambo Je ninaweza kuwa radhi na mambo haya?
That is your portion, this is your lot: and to them have you poured forth drink-offerings, and to these have you offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?
7 Umeandaa kitanda chako juu ya mlima mrefu; pia umeeda pale juu kutoa sadaka.
On a lofty and high mountain, there is your bed, and there you carried up your meat-offerings:
8 Nyuma ya mlango na mihimili ya milango umeweka ishara zako; umeniweka mimi furagha, umejifunua wewe mwenywe, na kwenda juu; umekifanya kitanda changu kuwa kikubwa. Umefanya agano na wao; ulipenda vitanda vyao; uliona sehemu zao za siri.
and behind the posts of your door you did place your memorials. Did you think that if you should depart from me, you would gain? you have loved those that lay with you;
9 Ulienda kwa Moleki pamoja na mafuta; umeongeza marashi. Ulimtuma balozi wako mbali sana; Alikwenda chini kuzimu. (Sheol h7585)
and you have multiplied your whoredom with them, and you have increased the number of them that are far from you, and have sent ambassadors beyond your borders, and have been debased even to hell. (Sheol h7585)
10 Ulichoka kwa safari yako ndefu, lakini haukusema, ''Haina matumaini.'' Umeyatafuta maisha katika mkono wako; Hivyo basi haukudhoofika.
You has wearied yourself with your many ways; yet you said not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for you has done these things; therefore you has not supplicated me.
11 Ni uliyemuogopa? Ni nani uliye muhofia zaidi ambaye aliyekufanya wewe kutenda udanganyifu, kwa wingi namna hiyo ambapo hauwezi kunikumbuka mimi au kufikiria kuhusu mimi? Maana nilikuwa kimya kwa mda mrefu, hauniogopi mimi tena.
Through dread of whom have you feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yes, though when I see you I pass you by, yet you has not feared me.
12 Nitatangaza matendo haki yako na nitawaambia kila kitu ulichokifanya, lakini hawatakusaidia.
And I will declare your righteousness, and your sins, which shall not profit you.
13 Utakapolia nje, wacha sanamu ulizozikusnya zikusaidie wewe. Badala yake upepo utavipeperusha vyote, punzi itavipeperusha mbali. Lakini yeye anayenikimbilia mimi atairithi aridhi na atachukua umiliki katika mlima wangu mtakatifu.
When you cry out, let them deliver you in your affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
14 Atasema, 'Jenga, jenga! safisha njia! ondoeni vizuizi vyote katika njia ya watu wangu!''
And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.
15 Maana yeye allye juu palipoinuka, anayeishi katika uzima wa milele, ambaye jina lake ni mtakatifu, asema hivi, ''Ninaishi mahali pa juu na mahali patakatifu pamoja na yeye pia aliyemnyenyekevu na moyo uliopondeka, ili kuzifufua roho za wanyenyekevu na kufufua mioyo ya wanaojutia.
Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:
16 Maana sitawahukumu milele, wala sitakuwa na hasira milele, Kisha roho ya mtu itazimia mbele yangu, maisha niliyowafanyia.
I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.
17 Kwa sababu ya dhambi ya mapato ya vurugu zake, Nilipatwa na hasira, na nikamuadhibu yeye; niliuficha uso wangu, nilikuwa na hasira, lakini alirudi nyuma katika njia za moyo wake mwenyewe.
On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and struck him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.
18 Nimeziona njia zake, lakini nitamoponya yeye. Nitamuongoza yeye na kumfariji na kuwashauri wale wanomliliia yeye,
I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;
19 na natengeneza tunda la midomo. Amani, amani, kwa wale walio mbali sana na wale walio karibu-asema Yahwe nitawaponya ninyi.
peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are near: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.
20 Lakini waovu ni kama bahari iliyochafuka, haiwezi kutulia, na maji yake yametanda juu ya matope.
But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.
21 Hakuna amani kwa wakosaji asema Mungu.''
There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.
