Isaya 64
1 ''Oh, ikiwa umeigawa kwa kuifungua mbingu na kushuka chini! Milima inetikisika mbele yako,
O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,
2 ni kama vile moto uunguzao vichaka, moto uchemshao maji. Oh, jina lako lingejulikana kwa maadui wako, na ya kwamba mataifa yangetetemeka mbele yako!
As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;
3 Awali, ulipofanya mambo ya ajabu ambayo hatukuyategemea, ulishuka chini, milima ikatetemeka mbele zako.
While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.
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.
The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.
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.
Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.
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.
For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
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.
And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
8 Na lakini, Yahwe, wewe ni baba yetu; sisi ni udongo. Wewe ni mfinyanzi wetu; sisi ni kazi ya mkono wako.
But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.
9 Usiwe na hasira kubwa, Yahwe, wala daima usikumbuke maovu dhidi yetu, tafadhali sisi sote, watu wako.
Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.
10 Miji yenu mitakatifu imekuwa jangwa; Sayuni imekuwa jangwa, Yerusalemu imekuwa ukiwa.
Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
11 Hekalu letu takatifu na zuri. mahali ambapo baba zetu walikusifu wewe, limeangamizwa kwa moto, na kila kilichokuwa karibu kiliharibiwa.
Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.
12 Je unawezaje kuendelea kumshika, Yahwe? Unawezaje kutulia kimya na kuendelea kutufedhehesha sisi?''
In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?
