The Valley of Decision
1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Kwa maana, angalieni, siku zile, na wakati ule, nitakapowarudisha mateka wa Yuda na Yerusalemu,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
nitakusanya mataifa yote, nami nitawaleta chini katika bonde la Yehoshafau, na huko nitawahukumu kwa ajili ya watu wangu, na kwa ajili ya urithi wangu, Israeli, ambao wamewatawanya kati ya mataifa, na kuigawanya nchi yangu.
3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Nao wamewapigia kura watu wangu; na mtoto mwanamume wamemtoa ili kupata kahaba, na mtoto mwanamke wamemwuza ili kupata divai, wapate kunywa.
4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Naam, na ninyi ni kitu gani kwangu, enyi Tiro, na Sidoni, na nchi zote za Filisti? Je! Mtanirudishia malipo? Au mtanitenda neno lo lote? Upesi na kwa haraka nitawarudishia malipo yenu juu ya vichwa vyenu wenyewe.
5 because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
Kwa kuwa mmetwaa fedha yangu na dhahabu yangu, nanyi mmevichukua vitu vyangu vyema vipendezavyo, na kuviingiza katika hekalu zenu;
6 the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
tena watoto wa Yuda na watoto wa Yerusalemu mmewauzia Wayunani, mpate kuwahamisha mbali na mipaka yao;
7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
tazameni, nitawaamsha wapatoke mahali mlipowauza, nami nitawarudishia malipo yenu juu ya vichwa vyenu wenyewe.
8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it .
Na mimi nitawauza wana wenu na binti zenu, na kuwatia katika mikono ya wana wa Yuda, nao watawauzia watu wa Sheba, taifa lililo mbali kabisa; kwa maana Bwana ndiye aliyesema neno hili.
9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Tangazeni haya kati ya mataifa; takaseni vita; waamsheni mashujaa; watu wa vita na wakaribie; na wapande juu.
10 beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Yafueni majembe yenu yawe panga, na miundu yenu iwe mikuki; aliye dhaifu na aseme, Mimi ni hodari.
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Fanyeni haraka, mje, enyi mataifa yote, wa pande zote, jikusanyeni pamoja; na huko watelemshe mashujaa wako wote, Ee Bwana.
12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
Mataifa na wajihimize, wakapande juu katika bonde la Yehoshafau; maana huko ndiko nitakakoketi niwahukumu mataifa yote yaliyo pande zote.
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Haya! Utieni mundu, maana mavuno yameiva; njoni, kanyageni; kwa maana shinikizo limejaa, mapipa nayo yanafurika; kwani uovu wao ni mwingi sana.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Makutano makubwa, makutano makubwa, wamo katika bonde la kukata maneno! Kwa maana siku ya Bwana i karibu, katika bonde la kukata maneno.
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Jua na mwezi vimetiwa giza, na nyota zimeacha kuangaza.
16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Naye Bwana atanguruma toka Sayuni, atatoa sauti yake toka Yerusalemu; na mbingu na nchi zitatetemeka; lakini Bwana atakuwa kimbilio la watu wake, na ngome ya wana wa Israeli.
17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Hivyo ndivyo mtakavyojua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu, nikaaye Sayuni, mlima wangu mtakatifu; ndipo Yerusalemu utakapokuwa mtakatifu, wala wageni hawatapita tena ndani yake kamwe.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Tena itakuwa siku ile, ya kwamba milima itadondoza divai tamu, na vilima vitatiririka maziwa, na vijito vyote vya Yuda vitatoa maji tele; na chemchemi itatokea katika nyumba ya Bwana, na kulinywesha bonde la Shitimu.
19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Misri itakuwa ukiwa, na Edomu itakuwa jangwa tupu, kwa sababu ya dhuluma waliowatenda wana wa Yuda; kwa sababu wamemwaga damu isiyo na hatia katika nchi yao.
20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Bali Yuda atadumu milele, na Yerusalemu tangu kizazi hata kizazi.
21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
Nami nitaitakasa damu yao ambayo sijaitakasa; kwa maana Bwana ndiye akaaye Sayuni.
