1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Ole wa taji ya kiburi ya walevi wa Efraimu, na ua la uzuri wa fahari yake linalonyauka, lililo kichwani mwa bonde linalositawi, la hao walioshindwa na divai!
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
Tazama, Bwana ana mmoja aliye hodari, mwenye nguvu; kama dhoruba ya mvua ya mawe, tufani iharibuyo, kama dhoruba ya maji mengi yafurikayo, ndivyo atakavyotupa chini kwa mkono.
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Taji ya kiburi ya walevi wa Efraimu itakanyagwa kwa miguu;
4 and the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
na ua la uzuri wa fahari yake linalonyauka, lililo kichwani mwa bonde linalositawi, litakuwa kama tini iliyotangulia kuiva kabla ya wakati wa hari, ambayo, aionapo yeye aiangaliaye, huila mara anapoishika mkononi mwake.
5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
Katika siku ile Bwana wa majeshi atakuwa ni taji ya fahari, na kilemba cha uzuri, kwa mabaki ya watu wake.
6 and for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
Naye atakuwa roho ya hukumu kwake yeye aketiye ili ahukumu; naye atakuwa nguvu kwao wageuzao nyuma vita langoni.
7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Lakini hawa nao wamekosa kwa divai, wamepotea kwa kileo; kuhani na nabii wamekosa kwa kileo, wamemezwa kwa divai, wamepotea kwa kileo; hukosa katika maono, hujikwaa katika hukumu.
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean .
Maana meza zote zimejaa matapiko na uchafu, hapana mahali palipo safi.
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Atamfundisha nani maarifa? Atamfahamisha nani habari hii? Je! Ni wale walioachishwa maziwa, walioondolewa matitini?
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Kwa maana ni amri juu ya amri, amri juu ya amri; kanuni juu ya kanuni, kanuni juu ya kanuni; huku kidogo na huku kidogo.
11 for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
La, bali kwa midomo ya watu wageni, na kwa lugha nyingine atasema na watu hawa;
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
ambao aliwaambia, Hii ndiyo raha yenu, mpeni raha yeye aliyechoka; huku ndiko kuburudika; lakini hawakutaka kusikia.
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Kwa sababu hiyo neno la Bwana kwao litakuwa hivi, amri juu ya amri, amri juu ya amri; kanuni juu ya kanuni, kanuni juu ya kanuni; huku kidogo na huku kidogo; ili waende na kuanguka nyuma, na kuvunjwa, na kunaswa, na kuchukuliwa.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Basi, lisikieni neno la Bwana, enyi watu wenye dharau, mnaowatawala watu hawa walio ndani ya Yerusalemu.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Kwa sababu mmesema, Tumefanya agano na mauti, tumepatana na kuzimu; pigo lifurikalo litakapopita, halitatufikia sisi; kwa maana tumefanya maneno ya uongo kuwa kimbilio letu, tumejificha chini ya maneno yasiyo kweli;
16 therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone , a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
kwa ajili ya hayo Bwana, MUNGU, asema hivi, Tazama, naweka jiwe katika Sayuni, liwe msingi, jiwe lililojaribiwa, jiwe la pembeni lenye thamani, msingi ulio imara; yeye aaminiye hatafanya haraka.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Nami nitafanya hukumu kuwa ndiyo kanuni, na haki kuwa ndiyo timazi; na mvua ya mawe itachukulia mbali hilo kimbilio la maneno ya uongo, na maji yatapagharikisha mahali pa kujisitiri.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Na agano lenu mliloagana na mauti litabatilika, tena mapatano yenu mliyopatana na kuzimu hayatasimama; pigo lifurikalo litakapopita, ndipo ninyi mtakapokanyagwa nalo.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Kila wakati litakapopita litawachukueni. Maana litapita asubuhi baada ya asubuhi, wakati wa mchana na wakati wa usiku; na kuifahamu habari ile kutakuwa kitisho tu.
20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it .
Maana kitanda kile ni kifupi asiweze mtu kujinyosha juu yake, na nguo ile ya kujifunika ni nyembamba asipate mtu kujizingisha.
21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Maana Bwana ataondoka kama vile katika mlima Perasimu, ataghadhibika kama vile katika bonde la Gibeoni; apate kufanya kazi yake, kazi yake ya ajabu; na kulitimiza tendo lake, tendo lake la ajabu.
22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
Basi sasa msiwe watu wenye kudharau, vifungo vyenu msije vikakazwa; maana nimesikia kwa Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi, habari ya hukumu itakayotimizwa, nayo imekusudiwa, itakayoipata dunia yote pia.
23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Tegeni masikio, sikieni sauti yangu, sikilizeni mkasikie neno langu.
24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Je! Mwenye kulima alima daima, ili apande? Afunua daima madongoa ya nchi yake, na kuyavunja?
25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Akiisha kuulainisha uso wa nchi yake, je! Hamwagi huko na huko kunde, na kutupa-tupa jira, na kuitia ngano safu safu, na shayiri mahali pake palipochaguliwa, na kusemethi karibu na mipaka yake?
26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Kwa maana Mungu wake anamwagiza vizuri na kumfundisha.
27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Kwa maana kunde zile hazipurwi kwa chombo kikali, wala gurudumu la gari halipitishwi huko na huko juu ya jira ile, bali kunde zile hupurwa kwa fimbo, na jira ile kwa ufito.
28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
Ngano ya mkate husagwa; kwa maana haipuri siku zote bila kukoma; na ingawa gurudumu la gari lake na farasi wake huitawanya ngano ile, haisagi.
29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Hayo nayo yatoka kwa Bwana wa majeshi, mwenye shauri la ajabu, apitaye wote kwa hekima yake.
