Isaiah 47

1 Down—and sit in the dust, O virgin Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground—throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called Tender and Dainty.

“Atĩrĩrĩ, harũrũka ũikare thĩ rũkũngũ-inĩ, wee Mũirĩtu Gathirange wa Babuloni; ikara thĩ ũtaikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene, wee Mwarĩ wa andũ a Babuloni. Ndũgacooka gũtuĩka mũndũ wa kũmenyererwo, kana mũndũ mũnyoroku ũtarĩ ũndũ angĩĩkĩra.

2 Take millstones, and grind meal, —Put back thy veil—tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:

Oya mahiga ma gĩthĩi, ũthĩe mũtu; eheria gĩtambaya gĩa kwĩhumbĩra ũthiũ. Heta nguo ciaku na ũguũrie magũrũ maku, ũtoboke maaĩ-inĩ ũringe tũrũũĩ.

3 Bared shall be thy shame, Yea seen thy reproach, —An avenging, will I take, And will accept no son of earth.

Nĩũkarutwo nguo ũtigwo njaga, ũikare ũconorithĩtio. Nĩngerĩhĩria, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ngaiguĩra tha.”

4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts, is his name! The Holy One of Israel.

Mũkũũri witũ, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo Rĩĩtwa rĩake, nĩwe Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.

5 Sit silent, and get into darkness, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For thou shalt no more be called Mistress of Kingdoms.

“Wee Mwarĩ wa andũ a Babuloni, ikara thĩ ũkirĩte ki, ũthiĩ ũkinye nduma-inĩ; ndũgacooka gwĩtwo mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja wa gwatha mothamaki.

6 I had been provoked with my people, Had profaned mine inheritance, And given them into thy hand, …Thou shewedst them no compassion, Upon the elder, madest thou very heavy thy yoke.

Nĩkũrakara ndaarakarĩĩtio nĩ andũ akwa, na ngĩtũma igai rĩakwa rĩthaahe; ngĩmaneana moko-inĩ maku, nawe ũkĩaga kũmaiguĩra tha. O na andũ arĩa akũrũ ũkĩmaigĩrĩra icooki iritũ mũno.

7 And thou saidst, Unto times age-abiding, shall I be Mistress, —Insomuch that thou laidst not these things to thy heart, Didst not keep in mind the issue thereof,

Nawe ũkiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ngũtũũra ndĩ mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja nginya tene!’ No wee ndũigana gũcũũrania maũndũ maya, o na kana wĩciirie ũrĩa ũhoro wamo wa kũrigĩrĩria ũgaikara.

8 Now, therefore hear this, Thou Lady of pleasure Who dwelleth securely, Who saith in her heart, —I, [am], and there is no one besides, I shall not sit a widow, Nor know loss of children.

“Na rĩrĩ, ta thikĩrĩria, wee wendete ikeno, na ũikaraga ũtarĩ ũgwati ũngĩĩtigĩra, na ũkeĩraga atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ no niĩ, na gũtirĩ ũngĩ tiga niĩ. Ndirĩ hĩndĩ ngaatuĩka mũtumia wa ndigwa, kana menye ũhoro wa gũkuĩrwo nĩ ciana.’

9 Yet shall there come to thee—both these, in a moment, in one day, Loss of children and widowhood, —To their full, have they come on thee, Spite of the mass of thine incantations, Spite of the great throng of thy spells.

Maũndũ macio meerĩ nĩmagagũkorerera o rĩmwe, mũthenya o ro ũmwe: nĩũgakuĩrwo nĩ ciana, na ũtuĩke mũtumia wa ndigwa. Maũndũ macio magaagũkorerera na ũiyũru biũ, o na gũtuĩka ũrĩ na ũrogi mũingĩ, na ũgo waku ũkaingĩha mũno.

10 And so thou didst trust in thy wickedness, Thou saidst, no one, seeth me, Thy wisdom and knowledge, the same, seduced thee, —Therefore saidst thou in thy heart, I [am], and there is no one besides.

Ũtũire wĩhokete waganu waku, ũkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũnyonaga.’ Ũũgĩ na ũmenyo waku nĩikũhĩtithagia rĩrĩa ũkwĩĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ no niĩ, na gũtirĩ ũngĩ tiga niĩ.’

11 Therefore shall come on thee—Mischief, Thou shalt not know how to charm it away Yea there shall fall on thee, Ruin, Thou shalt not be able to appease it, —And there shall come on thee suddenly. Desolation. Thou shalt not know.

Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwanangĩko nĩũgagũkora, na ndũkaamenya ũrĩa ũngĩũũrĩra. Nĩũgakorererwo nĩ mũtino ũrĩa ũtangĩhota gwĩkũũra kuuma kũrĩ guo; ningĩ nĩũgakorererwo o ro rĩmwe nĩ ihooru rĩa maũndũ ũterĩgĩrĩire.

12 Take thy stand, I pray thee, With thy spells. And with the throng of thine incantations wherein thou hast wearied thyself from thy youth, —Peradventure thou mayest be able to profit Peradventure thou mayest strike me with terror.

“Wee thiĩ na mbere na ciama ciaku cia ũgo, na ũrogi waku mũingĩ ũrĩa ũtũire wĩkaga kuuma ũrĩ mũnini. No gũkorwo hihi nĩũkona kĩguni kĩa mo, kana hihi ũtũme kũgĩe na itua-nda inene.

13 Thou hast worn thyself out with the mass of thy consultations, —Let them take their stand I pray thee that they may save thee—The dividers of the heavens—The gazers at the stars, They who make known by new moons, Somewhat of the things which shall come upon thee.

Irĩra iria ciothe ũheetwo no gũkũnogia ikũnogetie! Ago aku arĩa maroraga igũrũ matu-inĩ nĩmeyumĩrie, acio matuĩragia njata na makaratha mohoro o mweri, o mweri-rĩ, nĩmagĩkũhonokie kuuma kũrĩ maũndũ marĩa megũgũkorerera.

14 Lo! they have become as straw—a fire, hath burned them up, They shall not deliver their own soul from the grasp of the flame, —There is, no live coal to warm them, nor blaze to sit before.

Ti-itherũ, andũ acio mahaana ta itira iria itigĩtwo mũgũnda; nĩgũcinwo magaacinwo nĩ mwaki mathire. Matikahota kwĩhonokia kuuma kũrĩ hinya wa rũrĩrĩmbĩ rwa mwaki, nĩgũkorwo hatigaakorwo makara mangĩotwo mwaki; hatirĩ mwaki haha ũngĩotwo.

15 Such, have they become to thee, with whom thou hast wearied thyself, —Thy merchants—from thy youth, will every man stagger straight onwards—There is none to save thee.

Ũguo noguo mangĩgwĩkĩra, aya mwanarutithania wĩra na mũkonjorithia nao kuuma rĩrĩa warĩ mũnini. O mũndũ wao athiiaga o na mbere kũhĩtia; gũtigakorwo mũndũ o na ũmwe ũngĩgĩkũhonokia.