Jerusalem's Future
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Imba, wewe uliye tasa, wewe usiyezaa; paza sauti yako kwa kuimba, piga kelele, wewe usiyekuwa na utungu; maana watoto wake aliyeachwa ni wengi kuliko watoto wake yeye aliyeolewa, asema Bwana.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Panua mahali pa hema yako, na wayatandaze mapazia ya maskani yako; usiwakataze; ongeza urefu wa kamba zako; vikaze vigingi vya hema yako.
3 for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Kwa maana utaenea upande wa kuume na upande wa kushoto; na wazao wako watawamiliki mataifa; wataifanya miji iliyokuwa ukiwa kukaliwa na watu.
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Usiogope; maana hutatahayarika; wala usifadhaike; maana hutaaibishwa; kwa kuwa utaisahau aibu ya ujana wako, pia mashutumu ya ujane wako hutayakumbuka tena.
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Kwa sababu Muumba wako ni mume wako; Bwana wa majeshi ndilo jina lake; na Mtakatifu wa Israeli ndiye Mkombozi wako; Yeye ataitwa Mungu wa dunia yote.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
Maana Bwana amekuita kama mke aliyeachwa na kuhuzunishwa rohoni, kama mke wakati wa ujana, atupwapo, asema Mungu wako.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Kwa kitambo kidogo nimekuacha; lakini kwa rehema nyingi nitakukusanya.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Kwa ghadhabu ifurikayo nalikuficha uso wangu dakika moja; lakini kwa fadhili za milele nitakurehemu, asema Bwana, Mkombozi wako.
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Kwa maana jambo hili limekuwa kama maji ya Nuhu kwangu; maana kama nilivyoapa ya kwamba maji ya Nuhu hayatapita juu ya dunia tena, kadhalika nimeapa ya kwamba sitakuonea hasira, wala kukukemea.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Maana milima itaondoka, na vilima vitaondolewa; bali wema wangu hautaondoka kwako, wala agano langu la amani halitaondolewa; asema Bwana akurehemuye.
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Ewe uliyeteswa, uliyerushwa na tufani, usiyetulizwa, tazama, nitaweka mawe yako kwa rangi nzuri, nitaweka misingi yako kwa yakuti samawi.
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Nami nitaifanya minara yako ya akiki nyekundu, na malango yako ya almasi, na mipaka yako yote ya mawe yapendezayo.
13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Na watoto wako wote watafundishwa na Bwana; na amani ya watoto wako itakuwa nyingi.
14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Utathibitika katika haki; utakuwa mbali na kuonewa, kwa maana hutaogopa; na mbali na hofu, kwa maana haitakukaribia.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
Tazama, yamkini watakusanyana; lakini si kwa shauri langu. Watu wo wote watakaokusanyana juu yako wataanguka kwa ajili yako.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Tazama, nimemwumba mhunzi avukutaye moto wa makaa, akatoa silaha kwa kazi yake; nami nimemwumba mharibu ili aharibu.
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Kila silaha itakayofanyika juu yako haitafanikiwa na kila ulimi utakaoinuka juu yako katika hukumu utauhukumu kuwa mkosa. Huu ndio urithi wa watumishi wa Bwana, na haki yao inayotoka kwangu mimi, asema Bwana.
