1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Lakini sasa, Bwana aliyekuhuluku, Ee Yakobo, yeye aliyekuumba, Ee Israeli, asema hivi, Usiogope, maana nimekukomboa; nimekuita kwa jina lako, wewe u wangu.
2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Upitapo katika maji mengi nitakuwa pamoja nawe; na katika mito, haitakugharikisha; uendapo katika moto, hutateketea; wala mwali wa moto hautakuunguza.
3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Maana mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wako; Mtakatifu wa Israeli, mwokozi wako, nimetoa Misri kuwa ukombozi wako; nimetoa Kushi na Seba kwa ajili yako.
4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Kwa kuwa ulikuwa wa thamani machoni pangu, na mwenye kuheshimiwa, nami nimekupenda; kwa sababu hiyo nitatoa watu kwa ajili yako; na kabila za watu kwa ajili ya maisha yako.
5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
Usiogope; maana mimi ni pamoja nawe; nitaleta wazao wako toka mashariki, nitakukusanya toka magharibi;
6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
nitaiambia kaskazi, Toa; nayo kusi, Usizuie; waleteni wana wangu kutoka mbali, na binti zangu kutoka miisho ya dunia.
7 even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Kila mmoja aliyeitwa kwa jina langu, niliyemwumba kwa ajili ya utukufu wangu; mimi nimemwumba, naam, mimi nimemfanya.
8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Walete vipofu walio na macho, na viziwi walio na masikio.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
Na wakusanyike mataifa yote, kabila zote wakutanike; ni nani miongoni mwao awezaye kuhubiri neno hili, na kutuonyesha mambo ya zamani? Na walete mashahidi wao, wapate kuhesabiwa kuwa na haki; au na wasikie, wakaseme, Ni kweli.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Ninyi ni mashahidi wangu, asema Bwana, na mtumishi niliyemchagua; mpate kujua, na kuniamini, na kufahamu ya kuwa mimi ndiye; kabla yangu hakuumbwa Mungu awaye yote, wala baada yangu mimi hatakuwapo mwingine.
11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Mimi, naam, mimi, ni Bwana, zaidi yangu mimi hapana mwokozi.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
Nimetangaza habari, nimeokoa, nimeonyesha, na hapakuwa mungu wa kigeni kati yenu; kwa sababu hiyo ninyi ni mashahidi wangu, asema Bwana, nami ni Mungu.
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Naam, tangu siku ya leo, mimi ndiye; wala hapana awezaye kuokoa katika mkono wangu; mimi nitatenda kazi, naye ni nani awezaye kuizuia?
Fall of Babylon
14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Bwana, Mkombozi wenu, Mtakatifu wa Israeli, asema hivi; Kwa ajili yenu nimetuma ujumbe Babeli nami nitawashusha wote mfano wa wakimbizi, naam, Wakaldayo, katika merikebu zao walizozifurahia.
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Mimi ni Bwana, Mtakatifu wenu, Muumba wa Israeli, mfalme wenu.
16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Bwana asema hivi, yeye afanyaye njia katika bahari; na mahali pa kupita katika maji yenye nguvu;
17 which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
atoaye gari na farasi, jeshi la askari na uwezo; wamelala, hawataondoka; wametoweka, wamezimwa mfano wa utambi.
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Msiyakumbuke mambo ya kwanza, wala msiyatafakari mambo ya zamani.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Tazama, nitatenda neno jipya; sasa litachipuka; je! Hamtalijua sasa? Nitafanya njia hata jangwani, na mito ya maji nyikani.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
Wanyama wa kondeni wataniheshimu, mbweha pia na mbuni; kwa sababu nimewapa maji jangwani, na mito nyikani, ili kuwanywesha watu wangu, wateule wangu;
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
watu wale niliojiumbia nafsi yangu, ili wazitangaze sifa zangu.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
Lakini hukuniita, Ee Yakobo, bali umechoka nami, Ee Israeli.
23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Hukuniletea wana-kondoo kuwa kafara zako, wala hukuniheshimu kwa dhabihu zako. Sikukutumikisha kwa matoleo, wala sikukuchosha kwa ubani.
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
Hukuninunulia manukato kwa fedha, wala hukunishibisha kwa mafuta ya sadaka zako; bali umenitumikisha kwa dhambi zako, umenichosha kwa maovu yako.
25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Mimi, naam, mimi, ndimi niyafutaye makosa yako kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe, wala sitazikumbuka dhambi zako.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Unikumbushe, na tuhojiane; eleza mambo yako, upate kupewa haki yako.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Baba yako wa kwanza alifanya dhambi, na wakalimani wako wameniasi.
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
Kwa hiyo nitawatia unajisi wakuu wa patakatifu, nami nitamfanya Yakobo kuwalaani, na Israeli kuwa tukano.
