1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Ole wao watelemkao kwenda Misri wapate msaada, na kutegemea farasi; watumainio magari kwa kuwa ni mengi, na wapanda farasi kwa kuwa ni hodari sana; lakini hawamwangalii Mtakatifu wa Israeli, wala hawamtafuti Bwana!
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Lakini yeye naye ana akili, naye ataleta uovu, wala hatayatangua maneno yake; bali ataondoka juu ya nyumba yao watendao mabaya, na juu ya msaada wa hao watendao maovu.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
Basi Wamisri ni wanadamu wala si Mungu, na farasi zao ni nyama wala si roho; na Bwana atakaponyosha mkono wake, yeye asaidiaye atajikwaa, na yeye asaidiwaye ataanguka, nao wote pamoja watakoma.
4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Maana Bwana aniambia hivi, Kama vile ilivyo simba angurumapo na mwana-simba juu ya mawindo yake, wachungaji wengi wakiitwa ili kumpiga, lakini hatiwi hofu na sauti zao, wala kufanya woga kwa sababu ya mshindo wao; ndivyo Bwana wa majeshi atakavyoshuka ili kufanya vita juu ya mlima Sayuni, na juu ya kilima chake.
5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it .
Kama ndege warukao, Bwana wa majeshi ataulinda Yerusalemu; ataulinda na kuuokoa, atapita juu yake na kuuhifadhi.
6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
Mwelekeeni yeye mliyemwasi sana, enyi wana wa Israeli.
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Maana katika siku hiyo kila mtu atatupa sanamu zake za fedha, na sanamu zake za dhahabu, ambazo mikono yenu imezifanya, zikawa dhambi kwenu.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Ndipo huyo Mwashuri ataanguka kwa upanga ambao si wa mtu; na upanga usio upanga wa mtu utamla; naye ataukimbia upanga, na vijana wake watatoa kodi.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Na mwamba wake utatoweka kwa sababu ya hofu, nao wakuu wake wataionea bendera hofu kuu, asema Bwana, ambaye moto wake u katika Sayuni, na tanuru yake katika Yerusalemu.
