1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Haya ni maono ya Isaya, mwana wa Amozi, aliyoyaona katika habari za Yuda na Yerusalemu, siku za Uzia na Yothamu na Ahazi na Hezekia, wafalme wa Yuda.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Sikieni, enyi mbingu, tega sikio, Ee nchi, kwa maana Bwana amenena; Nimewalisha watoto na kuwalea, nao wameniasi.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Ng'ombe amjua bwana wake, Na punda ajua kibanda cha bwana wake; Bali Israeli hajui, watu wangu hawafikiri.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Ole wake, taifa lenye dhambi, watu wanaochukua mzigo wa uovu, wazao wa watenda mabaya, watoto wanaoharibu; wamemwacha Bwana, wamemdharau yeye aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli, wamefarakana naye na kurudi nyuma.
5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Mbona mnataka kupigwa hata sasa, hata mkazidi kuasi? Kichwa chote ni kigonjwa, moyo wote umezimia.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Tangu wayo wa mguu hata kichwani hamna uzima ndani yake; bali jeraha na machubuko na vidonda vitokavyo usaha; havikufungwa, havikuzongwa-zongwa, wala havikulainishwa kwa mafuta.
7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Nchi yenu ni ukiwa; miji yenu imeteketezwa kwa moto; nchi yenu, wageni wameila mbele ya macho yenu; nayo ni ukiwa, kana kwamba imeangamizwa na wageni.
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Na binti Sayuni ameachwa kama kibanda katika shamba la mizabibu, kama kipenu katika shamba la matango, kama mji uliohusuriwa.
9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Kama Bwana wa majeshi asingalituachia mabaki machache sana, tungalikuwa kama Sodoma, tungalifanana na Gomora.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Lisikieni neno la Bwana, enyi waamuzi wa Sodoma; tegeni masikio msikie sheria ya Mungu wetu, enyi watu wa Gomora.
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Huu wingi wa sadaka zenu mnazonitolea una faida gani? Asema Bwana. Nimejaa mafuta ya kafara za kondoo waume, na mafuta ya wanyama walionona; nami siifurahii damu ya ng'ombe wala ya wana-kondoo wala ya mbuzi waume.
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Mjapo ili kuonekana mbele zangu, ni nani aliyetaka neno hili mikononi mwenu, kuzikanyaga nyua zangu?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Msilete tena matoleo ya ubatili; uvumba ni chukizo kwangu; mwezi mpya na sabato, kuita makutano; siyawezi maovu hayo na makutano ya ibada.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them .
Sikukuu zenu za mwezi mpya na karamu zenu zilizoamriwa, nafsi yangu yazichukia; mambo hayo yanilemea; nimechoka kuyachukua.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Nanyi mkunjuapo mikono yenu, nitaficha macho yangu nisiwaone; naam, mwombapo maombi mengi, sitasikia; mikono yenu imejaa damu.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Jiosheni, jitakaseni; ondoeni uovu wa matendo yenu usiwe mbele za macho yangu; acheni kutenda mabaya;
17 learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
jifunzeni kutenda mema; takeni hukumu na haki; wasaidieni walioonewa; mpatieni yatima haki yake; mteteeni mjane.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Haya, njoni, tusemezane, asema Bwana. Dhambi zenu zijapokuwa nyekundu sana, zitakuwa nyeupe kama theluji; zijapokuwa nyekundu kama bendera, zitakuwa kama sufu.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Kama mkikubali na kutii mtakula mema ya nchi;
20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
bali kama mkikataa na kuasi mtaangamizwa kwa upanga; maana kinywa cha Bwana kimenena haya.
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Mji huu uliokuwa mwaminifu umekuwaje kahaba! Yeye aliyejaa hukumu ya haki; haki ilikaa ndani yake, bali sasa wauaji!
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Fedha yako imekuwa takataka, divai yako imechanganywa na maji.
23 thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Wakuu wako ni waasi, na rafiki za wevi; kila mtu hupenda rushwa, hufuata malipo; hawampatii yatima haki yake, wala maneno ya mjane hayawawasilii.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
Kwa hiyo, asema Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi, Mwenye enzi, wa Israeli, Nitapata faraja kwa hao wanipingao, nitatwaa kisasi kwa adui zangu;
25 and I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
nami nitakuelekezea wewe mkono wangu, na kukutakasa takataka zako kabisa, na kukuondolea bati lako lote;
26 and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
nami nitarejeza upya waamuzi wako kama walivyokuwa hapo kwanza, na washauri wako kama hapo mwanzo; baada ya hayo utaitwa, Mji wa haki, mji mwaminifu.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Sayuni itakombolewa kwa hukumu, na waongofu wake kwa haki.
28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Lakini kuharibika kwao wakosao nao wenye dhambi kutatokea wakati mmoja, nao wamwachao Bwana watateketezwa.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Kwa maana watatahayarika kwa sababu ya mialoni mliyoitamani, nanyi mtaaibishwa kwa sababu ya bustani mlizozichagua.
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
Maana mtakuwa kama mwaloni ambao majani yake yakauka, na kama bustani isiyo na maji.
31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them .
Na mtu hodari atakuwa kama makumbi, na kazi yake kama cheche ya moto; nao watawaka pamoja, wala hapana atakayewazima.
