Egypt
1 The burden of Egypt.
Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Ufunuo juu ya Misri. Tazama, Bwana amepanda juu ya wingu jepesi, anafika Misri; na sanamu za Misri zinatikisika mbele zake, na moyo wa Misri unayeyuka ndani yake.
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Nami nitawaamsha Wamisri juu ya Wamisri; nao watapigana, kila mtu na ndugu yake, na kila mtu na jirani yake, mji juu ya mji, na ufalme juu ya ufalme.
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Na roho ya Misri itamwagika kabisa katikati yake, nami nitayabatilisha mashauri yake, nao watakwenda kwa sanamu zao, na kwa waganga, na kwa wapiga ramli, na kwa wachawi.
4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Nami nitawatoa hao Wamisri na kuwatia katika mikono ya bwana mgumu; na mfalme mkali atawatawala; asema Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi.
5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
Na maji ya baharini yatapunguka, na huo mto utakauka na kuwa pakavu.
6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Na vijito vya mto vitatoa uvundo, na mifereji ya Misri itakuwa haina maji mengi, itakauka; manyasi na mianzi itanyauka.
7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more .
Vitu vimeavyo karibu na Nile, katika ukingo wa Nile, na vyote vilivyopandwa karibu na Nile vitakauka na kuondolewa na kutoweka.
8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Na wavuvi wataugua, na wote wavuao kwa ndoana watahuzunika, nao watandao jarife juu ya maji watazimia.
9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Tena wao wafanyao kazi ya kuchana kitani watafadhaika, na hao pia wafumao bafta.
10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
Na nguzo za nchi zitavunjika vipande vipande, wote wafanyao kazi ya mshahara watahuzunika nafsini mwao.
11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Wakuu wa Soani wamekuwa wapumbavu kabisa; washauri wenye hekima wa Farao, shauri lao limepumbazika; mwawezaje kumwambia Farao, Mimi ni mwana wa wenye hekima, ni mwana wa wafalme wa zamani?
12 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Wako wapi, basi, watu wako wenye hekima? Na wakuambie sasa; na wajue mambo aliyokusudia Bwana wa majeshi juu ya Misri.
13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Wakuu wa Soani wamekuwa wapumbavu, wakuu wa Nofu wamedanganyika; na hao walio mawe ya pembeni ya kabila zake wameikosesha Misri.
14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Yeye Bwana ametia roho ya ushupavu katika moyo wa Misri, nao wameikosesha Misri katika matendo yake yote, kama mlevi aendavyo huko na huko akitapika.
15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Wala haitakuwako kazi yo yote katika Misri iwezayo kufanywa, ya kichwa au ya mkia, ya tawi au ya nyasi.
16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
Katika siku hiyo Misri itakuwa kama wanawake; itatetemeka na kuogopa kwa sababu ya kutikiswa kwa mkono wa Bwana wa majeshi, autikisao juu yake.
17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
Na nchi ya Yuda itakuwa sababu ya utisho kwa Misri; kila mtu atakayeambiwa habari zake ataingiwa na woga, kwa sababu ya kusudi la Bwana wa majeshi, analolikusudia juu yake.
18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
Katika siku hiyo itakuwako miji mitano katika nchi ya Misri itumiayo lugha ya Kanaani, na kumwapia Bwana wa majeshi; mji mmoja utaitwa Mji wa uharibifu.
19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Katika siku hiyo itakuwako madhabahu katika nchi ya Misri kwa Bwana, na nguzo mpakani mwake kwa Bwana.
20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Nayo itakuwa ishara na ushuhuda kwa Bwana wa majeshi katika nchi ya Misri; kwa maana watamlilia Bwana kwa sababu ya watu wawaoneao, naye atawapelekea mwokozi mwenye kuwatetea, naye atawaokoa.
21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it .
Na Bwana atajulikana na Misri, na Wamisri watamjua Bwana katika siku hiyo; naam watamtumikia kwa dhabihu na matoleo, nao watamwekea Bwana nadhiri, na kuzitekeleza.
22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Naye Bwana atapiga Misri, akipiga na kuponya; nao wakirudi kwa Bwana, atakubali maombi yao na kuwaponya.
23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Katika siku hiyo itakuwako njia kuu itokayo Misri na kufika hata Ashuru; Mwashuri atafika Misri, na Mmisri atafika Ashuru, na Wamisri wataabudu pamoja na Waashuri.
24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
Katika siku hiyo Israeli atakuwa wa tatu pamoja na Misri na Ashuru, watakuwa baraka kati ya dunia;
25 whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
kwa kuwa Bwana wa majeshi amewabariki, akisema, Wabarikiwe watu wangu Misri; na wewe Ashuru, kazi ya mikono yangu; na wewe Israeli, urithi wangu.
