Isaiah 29
1 Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!
Ole wako, wewe Arieli, Arieli, mji alimokaa Daudi! Ongezeni mwaka kwa mwaka, na mzunguko wa sikukuu zenu uendelee.
2 Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.
Hata hivyo nitauzunguka Arieli kwa jeshi, utalia na kuomboleza, utakuwa kwangu kama mahali pa kuwashia moto madhabahuni.
3 And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mound, and I will raise siege works against thee.
Nitapiga kambi pande zote dhidi yako, nitakuzunguka kwa minara na kupanga mazingirwa yangu dhidi yako.
4 And brought down thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of a ghost out of the ground, and thy speech shall chirp out of the dust.
Utakaposhushwa, utanena kutoka ardhini, utamumunya maneno yako kutoka mavumbini. Sauti yako itatoka katika nchi kama vile ya mzimu, utanongʼona maneno yako toka mavumbini.
5 But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly —
Lakini adui zako wengi watakuwa kama vumbi laini, kundi la wakatili watakuwa kama makapi yapeperushwayo. Naam, ghafula, mara moja,
6 There shall be a visitation from the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atakuja na ngurumo, tetemeko la ardhi, na kwa sauti kuu, atakuja na dhoruba, tufani na miali ya moto iteketezayo.
7 And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel, even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
Kisha makundi ya mataifa yote yale yapiganayo dhidi ya Arieli, yale yanayomshambulia yeye na ngome zake, na kumzunguka kwa jeshi, watakuwa kama ilivyo ndoto, kama maono wakati wa usiku:
8 And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite — so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
kama vile mtu aliye na njaa aotavyo kuwa anakula, lakini huamka, bado njaa yake ingalipo, kama vile mtu mwenye kiu aotavyo kuwa anakunywa maji, lakini huamka akiwa anazimia, akiwa bado angali ana kiu. Hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa kwa makundi yote ya mataifa yanayopigana dhidi ya Mlima Sayuni.
9 Stupefy yourselves, and be stupid! Blind yourselves, and be blind! ye that are drunken, but not with wine, that stagger, but not with strong drink.
Duwaeni na kushangaa, jifanyeni vipofu wenyewe na msione, leweni, lakini si kwa mvinyo, pepesukeni lakini si kwa kileo.
10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets, and your heads, the seers, hath He covered.
Bwana amewaleteeni usingizi mzito: Ameziba macho yenu (ninyi manabii); amefunika vichwa vyenu (ninyi waonaji).
11 And the vision of all this is become unto you as the words of a writing that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I cannot, for it is sealed';
Kwa maana kwenu ninyi, maono haya yote si kitu ila maneno yaliyotiwa lakiri katika kitabu. Kama mkimpa mtu yeyote awezaye kusoma kitabu hiki, nanyi mkamwambia, “Tafadhali kisome,” yeye atajibu, “Mimi siwezi, kwa kuwa kimetiwa lakiri.”
12 and the writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I am not learned.'
Au kama mkimpa mtu yeyote kitabu hiki asiyeweza kusoma na kumwambia, “Tafadhali kisome,” atajibu, “Mimi sijui kusoma.”
13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
Bwana anasema: “Watu hawa hunikaribia kwa vinywa vyao na kuniheshimu kwa midomo yao, lakini mioyo yao iko mbali nami. Ibada yao kwangu inatokana na maagizo waliyofundishwa na wanadamu.
14 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the prudence of their prudent men shall be hid.
Kwa hiyo mara nyingine tena nitawashangaza watu hawa, kwa ajabu juu ya ajabu. Hekima ya wenye hekima itapotea, nayo akili ya wenye akili itatoweka.”
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'
Ole kwa wale wanaokwenda kwenye vilindi virefu kumficha Bwana mipango yao, wafanyao kazi zao gizani na kufikiri, “Ni nani anayetuona? Ni nani atakayejua?”
16 O your perversity! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it: 'He made me not'; or the thing framed say of him that framed it: 'He hath no understanding?'
Mnapindua mambo juu chini, kana kwamba mfinyanzi aweza kufikiriwa kuwa kama udongo wa mfinyanzi! Je, kile kilichofinyangwa chaweza kumwambia yule aliyekifinyanga, “Wewe hukunifinyanga mimi?” Je, chungu kinaweza kumwambia mfinyanzi, “Wewe hujui chochote?”
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
Kwa muda mfupi sana, je, Lebanoni haitageuzwa kuwa shamba lenye rutuba, na shamba lenye rutuba liwe kama msitu?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of a book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
Katika siku ile viziwi watasikia maneno ya kitabu, na katika utusitusi na giza macho ya kipofu yataona.
19 The humble also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the neediest among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
Mara nyingine tena wanyenyekevu watafurahi katika Bwana, wahitaji watafurahi katika yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;
Wakatili watatoweka na wenye kudhihaki watatokomea, nao wote wenye jicho la uovu watakatiliwa mbali,
21 That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
wale ambao kwa neno humfanya mtu kuwa mwenye hatia, wamtegeao mtego mtetezi katika mahakama, na kwa ushuhuda wa uongo humnyima haki yeye asiye na hatia.
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale;
Kwa hiyo hili ndilo Bwana, aliyemkomboa Abrahamu, analosema kwa nyumba ya Yakobo: “Yakobo hataaibishwa tena, wala nyuso zao hazitabadilika sura tena.
23 When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, that they sanctify My name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Wakati watakapoona watoto wao miongoni mwao, kazi ya mikono yangu, watalitakasa Jina langu takatifu; wataukubali utakatifu wa yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Yakobo, nao watamcha Mungu wa Israeli.
24 They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall learn instruction.
Wale wanaopotoka rohoni watapata ufahamu, nao wale wanaolalamika watayakubali mafundisho.”
