1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Piga kelele, usiache, Paza sauti yako kama tarumbeta; Uwahubiri watu wangu kosa lao, Na nyumba ya Yakobo dhambi zao.
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Walakini wanitafuta kila siku; hupenda kujua njia zangu; kama vile taifa waliotenda haki, wasioacha sheria ya Mungu wao, hutaka kwangu amri za haki; hufurahi kumkaribia Mungu.
3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they , and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Husema, Mbona tumefunga, lakini huoni? Mbona tumejitaabisha nafsi zetu, lakini huangalii? Fahamuni, siku ya kufunga kwenu mnatafuta anasa zenu wenyewe, na kuwalemea wote watendao kazi kwenu.
4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Tazama, ninyi mwafunga mpate kushindana na kugombana, na kupiga kwa ngumi ya uovu. Hamfungi siku hii ya leo hata kuisikizisha sauti yenu juu.
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Je! Kufunga namna hii ni saumu niliyoichagua mimi? Je! Ni siku ya mtu kujitaabisha nafsi yake? Ni kuinama kichwa kama unyasi, na kutanda nguo za magunia na majivu chini yake? Je! Utasema ni siku ya kufunga, na ya kukubaliwa na Bwana?
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Je! Saumu niliyoichagua, siyo ya namna hii? Kufungua vifungo vya uovu, kuzilegeza kamba za nira, kuwaacha huru walioonewa, na kwamba mvunje kila nira?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Je! Siyo kuwagawia wenye njaa chakula chako, na kuwaleta maskini waliotupwa nje nyumbani kwako? Umwonapo mtu aliye uchi, umvike nguo; wala usijifiche na mtu mwenye damu moja nawe?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Ndipo nuru yako itakapopambazuka kama asubuhi, na afya yako itatokea mara; na haki yako itakutangulia; utukufu wa Bwana utakufuata nyuma ukulinde.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am . If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
Ndipo utaita, na Bwana ataitika; utalia, naye atasema, Mimi hapa. Kama ukiiondoa nira; isiwepo kati yako, wala kunyosha kidole, wala kunena maovu;
10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
na kama ukimkunjulia mtu mwenye njaa nafsi yako, na kuishibisha nafsi iliyoteswa; ndipo nuru yako itakapopambazuka gizani; na kiwi chako kitakuwa kama adhuhuri.
11 and the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Naye Bwana atakuongoza daima, ataishibisha nafsi yako mahali pasipokuwa na maji, na kuitia nguvu mifupa yako; nawe utakuwa kama bustani iliyotiwa maji, na kama chemchemi ambayo maji yake hayapungui.
12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Na watu wako watapajenga mahali palipokuwa ukiwa; utaiinua misingi ya vizazi vingi; nawe utaitwa, Mwenye kutengeneza mahali palipobomoka; na, Mwenye kurejeza njia za kukalia.
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Kama ukigeuza mguu wako usihalifu sabato, usifanye anasa yako siku ya utakatifu wangu; ukiita sabato siku ya furaha, na siku takatifu ya Bwana yenye heshima; ukiitukuza, kwa kutokuzifanya njia zako mwenyewe, wala kuyatafuta yakupendezayo, wala kusema maneno yako mwenyewe;
14 then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
ndipo utakapojifurahisha katika Bwana; nami nitakupandisha mahali pa nchi palipoinuka; nitakulisha urithi wa Yakobo baba yako; kwa maana kinywa cha Bwana kimenena hayo.
