Isaiah 57
1 The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
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,
2 He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
Wameingia katika amani; wamepumzika katika vitanda vyao, wale wanotembea katika haki.
3 “But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
Lakini njooni hapa, enyi watoto wa wachawi, watoto wa wazinifu na mwanamke anayefanya ukahaba.
4 Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Are not you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,
Ni nani mnayemfanyia mzaha? dhidi ya wale wanofungua midomo yao na kutoa nje ndimi zao? Je ninyi sio watoto wa uaasi, watoto wa uongo?
5 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
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.
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
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?
7 On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
Umeandaa kitanda chako juu ya mlima mrefu; pia umeeda pale juu kutoa sadaka.
8 You have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts, for you have exposed yourself to someone besides me, and have gone up. You have enlarged your bed and made you a covenant with them. You loved what you saw on their bed.
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.
9 You went to the king with oil, increased your perfumes, sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol (Sheol h7585).
Ulienda kwa Moleki pamoja na mafuta; umeongeza marashi. Ulimtuma balozi wako mbali sana; Alikwenda chini kuzimu. (Sheol h7585)
10 You were wearied with the length of your ways; yet you did not say, ‘It is in vain.’ You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you were not faint.
Ulichoka kwa safari yako ndefu, lakini haukusema, ''Haina matumaini.'' Umeyatafuta maisha katika mkono wako; Hivyo basi haukudhoofika.
11 “Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Have not I held my peace for a long time, and you do not fear me?
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.
12 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
Nitatangaza matendo haki yako na nitawaambia kila kitu ulichokifanya, lakini hawatakusaidia.
13 When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you, but the wind will take them. A breath will carry them all away, but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.”
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.
14 He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
Atasema, 'Jenga, jenga! safisha njia! ondoeni vizuizi vyote katika njia ya watu wangu!''
15 For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
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.
16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
Maana sitawahukumu milele, wala sitakuwa na hasira milele, Kisha roho ya mtu itazimia mbele yangu, maisha niliyowafanyia.
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
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.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
Nimeziona njia zake, lakini nitamoponya yeye. Nitamuongoza yeye na kumfariji na kuwashauri wale wanomliliia yeye,
19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says the LORD; “and I will heal them.”
na natengeneza tunda la midomo. Amani, amani, kwa wale walio mbali sana na wale walio karibu-asema Yahwe nitawaponya ninyi.
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
Lakini waovu ni kama bahari iliyochafuka, haiwezi kutulia, na maji yake yametanda juu ya matope.
21 “There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”
Hakuna amani kwa wakosaji asema Mungu.''
