Concerning the Nations
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Ufunuo juu ya Babeli; maono aliyoyaona Isaya, mwana wa Amozi.
2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
Haya! Juu ya mlima usio na miti inueni bendera, wapazieni sauti zenu, wapungieni mkono, kwamba waingie katika malango ya wakuu.
3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
Mimi mwenyewe nimewaamuru watu wangu waliowekwa wakfu kwangu, naam, nimewaita watu wangu walio hodari kwa ajili ya hasira yangu, watu wangu wenye kutakabari.
4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
Kelele milimani kama kelele za watu wengi sana; kelele za falme za mataifa waliokutana pamoja; Bwana wa majeshi anapanga jeshi kwa vita;
5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
watu waliotoka katika nchi iliyo mbali, tokea upande wa mwisho wa mbingu; naam, Bwana na silaha za ghadhabu yake, ili aiangamize nchi yote.
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Pigeni kelele za hofu; maana siku ya Bwana i karibu; itanyesha kama maangamizi yatokayo kwa Mwenyezi Mungu.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
Kwa sababu hiyo mikono yote italegea, na moyo wa kila mtu utayeyuka.
8 and they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Nao watafadhaika; watashikwa na utungu na maumivu; watakuwa na utungu kama mwanamke aliye karibu na kuzaa; watakodoleana macho; nyuso zao zitakuwa ni nyuso za moto.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Tazama, siku ya Bwana inakuja, siku kali, ya hasira na ghadhabu kuu, ili iifanye nchi kuwa ukiwa, na kuwaharibu watu wake, wenye dhambi, wasikae ndani yake.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Maana nyota za mbinguni na matangamano havitatoa nuru yake; jua litatiwa giza wakati wa kucha kwake, na mwezi utaacha nuru yake isiangaze.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Nami nitaadhibu ulimwengu kwa sababu ya ubaya wake, na wenye dhambi kwa sababu ya hatia yao; nami nitaikomesha fahari yao wenye kiburi; nami nitayaangusha chini majivuno yao walio wakali;
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
nitafanya wanadamu kuadimika kuliko dhahabu safi, na watu kuliko dhahabu ya Ofiri.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Kwa hiyo nitazitetemesha mbingu, na dunia itatikiswa itoke katika mahali pake, kwa sababu ya ghadhabu ya Bwana wa majeshi, na kwa sababu ya siku ya hasira yake kali.
14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Basi, itakuwa kama vile paa aliyetishwa, na kama kondoo wasio na mtu wa kuwakusanya; kila mtu atageukia watu wake; nao watakimbia, kila mtu aende nchi yake mwenyewe.
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Kila mtu atakayeonekana atatumbuliwa, na kila mtu atakayepatikana ataanguka kwa upanga.
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Na watoto wao wachanga watavunjwa-vunjwa mbele ya macho yao, nyumba zao zitatekwa nyara, na wake zao watatendwa jeuri.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Tazama, nitawaamsha Wamedi juu yao, ambao hawaoni fedha kuwa kitu, wala hawafurahii dhahabu.
18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
Na nyuta zao zitawaangusha vijana; wala hawatahurumia mazao ya tumbo; jicho lao halitawahurumia watoto.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Na Babeli, huo utukufu wa falme, uzuri wa kiburi cha Wakaldayo, utakuwa kama Sodoma na Gomora hapo Mungu alipoiangamiza.
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Hautakaliwa na watu tena kabisa, wala watu hawatakaa ndani yake tangu kizazi hata kizazi. Mwarabu hatapiga hema yake huko, wala wachungaji hawatalaza makundi yao huko.
21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Lakini huko watalala hayawani wakali wa nyikani; na nyumba zao zitajaa bundi; mbuni watakaa huko; na majini watacheza huko.
22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Na mbwa-mwitu watalia ndani ya ngome zake; na mbweha ndani ya majumba ya anasa; na wakati wake u karibu kufika, na siku zake hazitaongezeka.
