Isaya 65
1 Nilikuwa tayari kuchaguliwa na wale ambao hawakuniomba; Nilikuwa tayari kupatikana kwa wale ambao hawakunitafuta. Nilisema, ''Niko hapa!' kwa taifa ambalo halikuita jina langu.
I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, 'Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.
2 Nimetawanya mikono yangu siku zote kuwasumbua watu wangu, wanao tembea katika njia isiyopasa, wanaotembea kwa kufuata mawazo yao wenyewe na mipango yao.
I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.
3 Kuna watu wanoendelea kunipinga mimi, wanatoa sadaka zao katika bustani, na kuchoma ubani juu ya matofali.
The people who are provoking Me to anger, To My face continually, Sacrificing in gardens, and making perfume on the bricks:
4 Wamekaa miongoni mwa makaburi na kuangalia usiku kucha, na hula nyama ya nguruwe na mchuzi mchafu wa nyama katika vyombo vyao.
Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things — their vessels.
5 Wanasema, 'Simama mbali, usisogee karibu na mimi, maana mimi ni mtakatifu zaidi yako.' Vitu hivi ni moshi katika pua zangu, moto uwakao mchana kutwa.
Who are saying, 'Keep to thyself, come not nigh to me, For I have declared thee unholy.' These [are] a smoke in Mine anger, A fire burning all the day.
6 Tazama, imeandikwa mbele yangu: Sitanyamaza, Maana nitawalipa wao tena; nitafanya malipo yao katika miguu yao,
Lo, it is written before Me: 'I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom,
7 kwa sababu ya dhambi zao na dhambi za baba zao kwa pamoja.'' asema Yahwe. ''Nitawajibu wao kwa kuchoma ubani juu ya milima na kunifanyia mimi juu ya vilima. Hivyo basi nitapima juu ya matendo yao ya kale katika miguu yao.''
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, said Jehovah, Who have made perfume on the mountains, And on the heights have reproached Me, And I have measured their former work into their bosom.'
8 Yahwe asema hivi, ''Ikiwa kama juisi itapatikana katika nguzo ya zabibu, wakati mmoja ataposema, 'Usihiaribu hiyo, maa kuna uzuri ndani yake; hichi ndicho nitakachokifanya kwa niaba ya watumishi wangu: Sitawaribu wao wote.
Thus said Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one hath said, 'Destroy it not for a blessing [is] in it,' So I do for My servants' sake, not to destroy the whole.
9 Nitazileta koo kutoka kwa Yakobo, na kutoka Yuda wao ambao watairithi milima yangu. Niliowachagua watairithi aridhi, na watumishi wangu wataishi pale.
And I have brought out from Jacob a seed, And from Judah a possessor of My mount, And possess it do My chosen ones, And My servants do dwell there.
10 Sharoni itakuwa malisho ya makundi, na bonde la Akori itakuwa sehemu ya kupumzikia ya makundi yangu, kwa watu wangu wanaonitafuta mimi.
And Sharon hath been for the habitation of a flock, And the valley of Achor for the lying down of a herd, For My people who have sought Me.
11 Lakini yeye aliyeachana na Yehwe, anayeusahau mlima wangu mtakatifu, anayeandaa meza kwa bahati ya mungu, na kujaza kikombe cha mvinyo uliochanganywa na miungu inayoitwa Hatama.
And ye [are] those forsaking Jehovah, Who are forgetting My holy mountain, Who are setting in array for Gad a table, And who are filling for Meni a mixture.
12 Nitaufikisha mwisho wenu kwa upanga, na wato mtainama chini kwa kuchinjwa, Kwa sababu nilipokuita wewe, haukuitikia; nilipozungumza haukunisikliza. lakini mlifanya yaliyo mabaya katika macho yangu na kuchagua kufanya yasiyo nipendeza mimi.''
And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not — fixed.
13 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, ''Tazama, mtumishi atakula, lakini atashikwa na njaa; tazama mtumishi wangu atakunywa lakini atakuwa na kiu; tazama mtumishi wangu atashangilia, lakini atatiwa katika aibu.
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed,
14 Tazama, mtumishi wangu atapiga kelele za furaha kwa sababu ya furaha ya moyo, lakini utalia kwa sababu ya maumivu ya moyo, na mtapiga kelele kwa sababu ya kusagwa kwa roho zenu.
Lo, My servants sing from joy of heart, And ye cry from pain of heart, And from breaking of spirit ye do howl.
15 Nanyi mtaliacha jina lenu nyuma kama laana kwa watu niliowachagua wazungumze; Mimi Bwana Yahwe, Nitakuwa wewe; Nitawaita watumishi wangu kwa jina lingine.
And ye have left your name For an oath for My chosen ones, And the Lord Jehovah hath put thee to death, And to His servants He giveth another name.
16 Yeyote atakaye tamka baraka juu ya nchi atabarikiwa na mimi, Mungu wa kweli. Yeyote achukuae kiapo juu ya nchi anaapa na mimi, Mungu wa kweli, kwa sababu matatizo ya nyuma yatasaulika, maana yatafichwa machoni pangu.
So that he who is blessing himself in the earth, Doth bless himself In the God of faithfulness, And he who is swearing in the earth, Doth swear by the God of faithfulness, Because the former distresses have been forgotten, And because they have been hid from Mine eyes.
17 Maana tazama, Ninakaribia kuumba mbingu mpya na nchi mpya; na mambo ya kale hayatakumbukwa tena wala kufikiriwa katika akili.
For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart.
18 Lakini mtakuwa na furaha na kushangilia daima kwa nitakachokiumba. Tazama, Ninakaribia kuumba Yerusalemu mpya kama furaha na watu wake wenye furaha.
But joy ye, and rejoice for ever, that I [am] Creator, For, lo, I am creating Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy.
19 Nitafurahia juu ya Yerusalemu watu wangu; kuomboleza na kilio cha dhiki akitasikika tena ndani yake.
And I have rejoiced in Jerusalem, And have joyed in My people, And not heard in her any more Is the voice of weeping, and the voice of crying.
20 Hakuna tena mtoto atakayeishi pale japo kwa siku chache; wala mzee kufa kabla ya mda wake. Yule atakayekufa katika umri wa miaka mia moja atachukuliwa kama mtu mdogo. Yeyote ambaye atashindwa kufikia umri wa miaka mia moja atachukuliwa kama laana.
There is not thence any more a suckling of days, And an aged man who doth not complete his days, For the youth a hundred years old dieth, And the sinner, a hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.
21 Watazijenga nyumba na kukaa huko, na watapanda mizabibu na kula matunda yake.
And they have built houses, and inhabited, And planted vineyards, and eaten their fruit.
22 Hawatajenga nyumba na wengine waishi humo; hawatapanda, na wengine wale; maana kama siku za miti zitakuwa siku za watu wangu. Watu wangu wataishi kikamilifu kwa kazi ya mikono yao.
They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree [are] the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones.
23 Hawatafanya kazi bure, wala kuzaa kwa kusikitishwa. Maana ni watoto wa waliobarikiwa na Yahwe, pamoj na koo zao.
They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah [are] they, And their offspring with them.
24 Kabla hawajaita, nitaitika; na wakati wanaendele kuzungumza, ntisikia. Mbwa mwitu na kondoo watachungwa pamoja, na simba atakula majani kama ng'ombe; lakini udongo utakuwa chakula cha nyoka.
And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.
25 Hawataumiza tena wala kuharibujuu ya mlima wangu mtakatifu,'' asema Yahwe.
Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent — dust [is] its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!
