Jerusalem
1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
Ole wa Arieli, Arieli, mji ambao Daudi alifanya kituo chake ndani yake; ongezeni mwaka baada ya mwaka; sikukuu na zirudi wakati wake,
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
ndipo nitamwudhi Arieli; kutakuwapo maombolezo na kilio; naye atakuwa kwangu kama Arieli.
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
Nami nitapiga kimo juu yako pande zote, nitakuhusuru kwa ngome, nami nitajenga maboma yakuzunguke.
4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Nawe utashushwa, nawe utanena toka chini ya nchi, na maneno yako yatakuwa chini toka mavumbini; na sauti yako itakuwa kama sauti ya mtu mwenye pepo, ikitoka katika nchi, na matamko yako yatanong'ona toka mavumbini.
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
Lakini wingi wa adui zako utakuwa kama mavumbi membamba, na wingi wao watishao utakuwa kama makapi yapitayo; naam, itakuwa mara na kwa ghafula.
6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Naye atajiliwa na Bwana wa majeshi kwa ngurumo, na tetemeko la nchi, na sauti kuu, na chamchela, na tufani, na mwali wa moto uteketezao.
7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
Na wingi wa mataifa wapiganao na Arieli, wote wapiganao naye na ngome yake, nao wamwudhio, watakuwa kama ndoto, na maono ya usiku.
8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Tena itakuwa kama mtu mwenye njaa aotapo, kumbe, anakula; lakini aamkapo, nafsi yake haina kitu; na kama mtu mwenye kiu aotapo, kumbe, anakunywa; lakini aamkapo, kumbe, anazimia, na nafsi yake inatamani; hivyo ndivyo utakavyokuwa huo wingi wa mataifa waletao vita juu ya mlima Sayuni.
9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Ngojeni mstaajabu; fanyeni anasa zenu na kuwa vipofu; wamelewa wala si kwa mvinyo; wamewaya-waya wala si kwa sababu ya kileo.
10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Kwa maana Bwana amewamwagieni roho ya usingizi, amefumba macho yenu, yaani, manabii; amefunika vichwa vyenu, yaani, waonaji.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
Na maono yote yamekuwa kwenu kama maneno ya chuo kilichotiwa muhuri, ambacho watu humpa mtu aliye na maarifa, wakisema, Tafadhali ukisome hiki; akasema, Siwezi, kwa kuwa kimetiwa muhuri;
12 and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
kisha chuo hiki apewa mtu asiye na maarifa, akaambiwa, Kisome hicho tafadhali, akasema, Sina maarifa mimi.
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Bwana akanena, Kwa kuwa watu hawa hunikaribia na kuniheshimu kwa vinywa vyao, bali mioyo yao wamefarakana nami, na kicho chao walicho nacho kwangu ni maagizo ya wanadamu waliyofundishwa;
14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
kwa sababu hiyo mimi nitafanya tena kazi ya ajabu kati ya watu hawa, kazi ya ajabu na mwujiza; na akili za watu wao wenye akili zitapotea, na ufahamu wa wenye busara wao utafichwa.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Ole wao wanaojitahidi kumficha Bwana mashauri yao, na matendo yao yamo gizani, nao husema, Ni nani atuonaye? Nani atujuaye?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Ninyi mnapindua mambo; Je! Mfinyanzi ahesabiwe kuwa kama udongo; kitu kilichofinyangwa kimnene yeye aliyekifinyanga, Hakunifinyanga huyu; au kitu kilichoumbwa kimnene yeye aliyekiumba, Yeye hana ufahamu?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
Je! Si muda mdogo uliobaki, na Lebanoni itageuzwa kuwa shamba lizaalo sana, na lile shamba lizaalo sana litahesabiwa kuwa msitu?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Na katika siku hiyo viziwi watasikia maneno ya hicho chuo, na macho ya vipofu yataona katika upofu na katika giza.
19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Wanyenyekevu nao wataongeza furaha yao katika Bwana, na maskini katika wanadamu watafurahi katika Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Kwa maana mwenye kutisha ameangamizwa, naye mwenye dharau amekoma, nao wote watazamiao uovu wamekatiliwa mbali;
21 that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
hao wamfanyao mtu kuwa amekosa katika neno, na kumtegea mtego yeye aonyaye langoni, na kumgeuza mwenye haki kwa kitu kisichofaa.
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Basi, Bwana aliyemkomboa Ibrahimu asema hivi, katika habari za nyumba ya Yakobo; Yakobo hatatahayarika sasa, wala uso wake hautabadilika rangi yake.
23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
Bali atakapowaona watoto wake, walio kazi ya mikono yangu, katikati yake, wao watalitakasa jina langu; naam, watamtakasa Mtakatifu wa Yakobo, nao watamcha Mungu wa Israeli.
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Hao nao wakosao rohoni mwao watapata kufahamu, na hao wanung'unikao watajifunza elimu.
