Isaya 64
1 ''Oh, ikiwa umeigawa kwa kuifungua mbingu na kushuka chini! Milima inetikisika mbele yako,
I wish that you would rend the heavens, and then descend! The mountains would flow away before your face.
2 ni kama vile moto uunguzao vichaka, moto uchemshao maji. Oh, jina lako lingejulikana kwa maadui wako, na ya kwamba mataifa yangetetemeka mbele yako!
They would melt, as if thoroughly burned by fire. The waters would burn with fire, so that your name might be made known to your enemies, so that the nations would be stirred up before your face.
3 Awali, ulipofanya mambo ya ajabu ambayo hatukuyategemea, ulishuka chini, milima ikatetemeka mbele zako.
When you will perform miracles, we will not be able to withstand them. You descended, and the mountains flowed away before your presence.
4 Tangu nyakati za kale hakuna hata mmoja aliyesikia au kujua, wala jicho kuona Mungu yeyote karibu yake, ni nani afanyae mambo haya kwake anayemsubiri yeye.
From ages past, they have not heard it, and they have not perceived it with the ears. Apart from you, O God, the eye has not seen what you have prepared for those who await you.
5 Umekuja kuwasidia wale wanaofurahia kutenda yaliyo ya haki, wale wanaowaita kuwakumbusha njia zake na kumheshimu yeye. Ulipatwa na hasira tulipotenda dhambi. Katika njia zako daima tutakombolewa.
You have met with those who rejoice in doing justice. By your ways, they will remember you. Behold, you have been angry, for we have sinned. In this, we have continued, but we will be saved.
6 Maana sote tumekuwa kama mmoja aliye na unajisi, na matendo yetu ya haki yamekuwa kama hedhi kali. Sote tumenyauka kama majani; maovu yetu, ni kama upepo, unaotupeperusha sisi mbali.
And we have all become like the unclean. And all our justices are like a rag of menstruation. And we have all fallen away, like a leaf. And our iniquities have carried us away, like the wind.
7 Hakuna hata mmoja anayeita jina lako, hakuna anayefanya jitihada za kukushika wewe; maana umeuficha uso wako mbali na sisi na kutufanya sisi kuwa takataka katika mkono wa maovu yetu.
There is no one who calls upon your name, who rises up and holds fast to you. You have concealed your face from us, and you have crushed us with the hand of our own iniquity.
8 Na lakini, Yahwe, wewe ni baba yetu; sisi ni udongo. Wewe ni mfinyanzi wetu; sisi ni kazi ya mkono wako.
And now, O Lord, you are our Father, yet truly, we are clay. And you are our Maker, and we are all the works of your hands.
9 Usiwe na hasira kubwa, Yahwe, wala daima usikumbuke maovu dhidi yetu, tafadhali sisi sote, watu wako.
Do not be so angry, O Lord, and no longer call to mind our iniquity. Behold, consider that we are all your people.
10 Miji yenu mitakatifu imekuwa jangwa; Sayuni imekuwa jangwa, Yerusalemu imekuwa ukiwa.
The city of your sanctuary has become a desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is desolate.
11 Hekalu letu takatifu na zuri. mahali ambapo baba zetu walikusifu wewe, limeangamizwa kwa moto, na kila kilichokuwa karibu kiliharibiwa.
The house of our sanctification and of our glory, where our fathers praised you, has been completely consumed by fire, and all our admirable things have been turned into ruins.
12 Je unawezaje kuendelea kumshika, Yahwe? Unawezaje kutulia kimya na kuendelea kutufedhehesha sisi?''
Should you restrain yourself, O Lord, concerning these things? Should you remain silent, and afflict us vehemently?
