Isaiah 64
1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence;
Laiti ungelipasua mbingu na kushuka chini, ili milima ingelitetemeka mbele zako!
2 as when fire kindleth the brushwood, [and] the fire causeth the waters to boil: to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence.
Kama vile moto uteketezavyo vijiti na kusababisha maji kuchemka, shuka ukafanye jina lako lijulikane kwa adui zako, na kusababisha mataifa yatetemeke mbele zako!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Kwa maana ulipofanya mambo ya kutisha ambayo hatukuyatazamia, ulishuka, nayo milima ikatetemeka mbele zako.
4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God beside thee, which worketh for him that waiteth for him.
Tangu nyakati za zamani hakuna yeyote aliyesikia, hakuna sikio lililotambua, hakuna jicho lililomwona Mungu mwingine ila wewe, anayetenda mambo kwa ajili ya wale wamngojeao.
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time, and shall we be saved?
Uliwasaidia watu wale watendao yaliyo haki kwa furaha, wale wazikumbukao njia zako. Lakini wakati tulipoendelea kutenda dhambi kinyume na njia zako, ulikasirika. Tutawezaje basi kuokolewa?
6 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Sisi sote tumekuwa kama mtu aliye najisi, nayo matendo yetu yote ya uadilifu ni kama matambaa machafu; sisi sote tunasinyaa kama jani, na kama upepo maovu yetu hutupeperusha.
7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Hakuna yeyote anayeliitia jina lako wala anayejitahidi kukushika, kwa kuwa umetuficha uso wako na kutuacha tudhoofike kwa sababu ya dhambi zetu.
8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Lakini, Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Baba yetu. Sisi ni udongo, wewe ndiye mfinyanzi; sisi sote tu kazi ya mkono wako.
9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Ee Bwana, usikasirike kupita kiasi, usizikumbuke dhambi zetu milele. Ee Bwana, utuangalie, twakuomba, kwa kuwa sisi sote tu watu wako.
10 Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Miji yako mitakatifu imekuwa jangwa; hata Sayuni ni jangwa, Yerusalemu ni ukiwa.
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Hekalu letu takatifu na tukufu, mahali ambapo baba zetu walikusifu wewe, limechomwa kwa moto, navyo vitu vyote tulivyovithamini vimeharibika.
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Ee Bwana, baada ya haya yote, utajizuia? Je, utanyamaza kimya na kutuadhibu kupita kiasi?
