1 The burden of Damascus.
Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Ufunuo juu ya Dameski. Tazama, Dameski umeondolewa usiwe mji, nao utakuwa chungu ya magofu.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Miji ya Aroeri imeachwa; itakuwa kwa makundi ya kondoo, nao watajilaza huko wala hapana atakayewatia hofu.
3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
Na ngome ya Efraimu itakomeshwa, na ufalme wa Dameski, na mabaki ya Shamu; watakuwa kama utukufu wa wana wa Israeli, asema Bwana wa majeshi.
4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
Tena itakuwa katika siku hiyo, utukufu wa Yakobo utapungua-pungua, na kunona kwa mwili wake kutakonda.
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
Tena itakuwa kama hapo avunaye ashikapo mabua ya ngano, na mkono wake ukatapo masuke; tena itakuwa kama hapo mtu aokotapo masuke katika bonde la Warefai.
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Lakini kilichosazwa na mvunaji kitakuwa ndani yake, kama vile wakati wa kupiga mizeituni, matunda mawili matatu yaliyo juu sana; matunda manne matano katika matawi, matawi ya mti wa matunda, asema Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Katika siku hiyo mwanadamu atamwangalia Muumba wake, na macho yake yatamtazama Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
Wala hataziangalia madhabahu, kazi ya mikono yake; wala hatavitazama vilivyofanyika kwa vidole vyake, maashera na sanamu za jua.
9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
Katika siku hiyo miji yake yenye maboma itakuwa kama mahali palipoachwa ndani ya mwitu, na juu ya kilele cha mlima, palipoachwa mbele ya wana wa Israeli; napo patakuwa ganjo.
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Maana umemsahau Mungu wa wokovu wako, wala hukuukumbuka mwamba wa ngome yako; kwa sababu hiyo ulipanda mashamba yapendezayo, na kutia ndani yake mizabibu migeni.
11 in the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Katika siku ile ulipopanda, ulifanya kitalu, na wakati wa asubuhi ulizimeesha mbegu zako, lakini mavuno yatatoweka siku ya huzuni, na ya sikitiko la moyo lifishalo.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
Aha! Uvumi wa watu wengi! Wanavuma kama uvumi wa bahari; Aha! Ngurumo ya mataifa! Wananguruma kama ngurumo ya maji mengi;
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Mataifa wananguruma kama ngurumo ya maji mengi; Lakini atawakemea, nao watakimbia mbali sana, Watafukuzwa kama makapi milimani mbele ya upepo, Na kama mavumbi vuruvuru mbele ya tufani.
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Wakati wa jioni, tazama, kuna hofu; Na kabla ya mapambazuko hawako; Hilo ndilo fungu lao watutekao, Na ajali yao wanaotunyang'anya mali zetu.
