Isaya 53
1 Ni nani angeweza kuamini tuliyasikia? Na mkono wa Yahwe, kwake uliojidhihirisha?
Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 Maana amekuwa mbele za Yahwe kama sampuli, na kama chipukizikatika aridhi kavu; hakuna maajabu yalionekana au mapambo; tulipo muona yeye, hapakuwa na uzuri kutuvutia sisi.
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 Alidharauliwa na kukataliwa na watu; mtu wa huzuni, na mwenye maumivu. Kama mmoja aliyetoka kwa watu wafichao nyuso zao, alidharauliwa; na kujfikiria kuwa asiye na faida.
He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Lakini hakika amezaliwa ugonjwa wetu na kubeba huzuni yetu; tulidhani aliadhibiwa na Mungu, amepigwa na Mungu, na kutaabishwa.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 Lakini alichomwa kwa sababu ya uaasi wa matendo yetu; aliangamizwa kwa sababu ya dhambi zetu. Adhabu ya amani yetu ilikuwa juu yake, na kwa majeraha yake sisi tumepona.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 Sisi ni kama kondoo tumepotoka; kila mmoja amejeuka katika njia yake, na Yahwe amemueka juu yake maovu kwetu sisi sote.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 Aliteswa; lakini alinyenyekea mwenyewe, hakufungua mdomo wake; kama kondooendae kuchinjwa, na kama kondoo mbele ya mtu anayemkata mnyoa yake taratibu, hivyo hakufungua mdomo wake.
He was oppressed, yet he humbled himself and opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; yea, he opened not his mouth.
8 Kwa kutumia nguvu na hukumu yeye aliyelaaniwa; ni katika kizazi hicho atafikiria zaidi kuhusu yeye? Lakini aliondolewa katika aridhi ya walio hai; kwa sababu ya makosa ya watu wangu na adhabu ilikuwa juu yake.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who [among them] considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living? for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 Wameliweka kaburi lake pamoja nawahalifu, kwa utajiri wa mtu katika kifo chake ingawa hakuwa na vurugu wala udanganyifu wowote katika mdomo wake.
And they made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his month.
10 Lakini yalikuwa ni mapenzi ya Yahwe kumponda yeye na kumfanya yeye apone. Alipoyafanya maisha yake kuwa sadaka kwa ajili ya dhambi, ataona watoto wake, ataongeza siku zao, na mapenzi ya Yahwe yatatimizwa kupitia yeye.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11 Baada ya mateso ya maisha yake, ataona mwanga na ataridhika kwa maarifa yake.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many: and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Hivyo basi Je ninaweza kumpa yeye sehemu yake miongoni mwa wengi, naye atatawnya mateka kwa wengi, kwa sabubu amejionyesha yeye mwenye kwenye kifo na amehesabiwa na wahalifu. Amezaa dhambi za wengi na kufanya maombolezo kwa wahalifu.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
