Relations with Egypt
1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Ole wa watoto waasi; asema Bwana; watakao mashauri lakini hawayataki kwangu mimi; wajifunikao kifuniko lakini si cha roho yangu; wapate kuongeza dhambi juu ya dhambi;
2 that walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
waendao kutelemkia Misri wala hawakuuliza kinywani mwangu; ili wajitie nguvu kwa nguvu za Farao, na kutumainia kivuli cha Misri.
3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Basi, nguvu za Farao zitakuwa aibu yenu, na kutumainia kivuli cha Misri kutakuwa kufadhaika kwenu.
4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
Kwa maana wakuu wake wako Soani, na wajumbe wake wamefika Hanesi.
5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
Wote watawaonea haya watu wasioweza kuwafaidia, wasio na msaada wala faida, bali ni aibu na sababu ya kushutumiwa.
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them .
Ufunuo juu ya hayawani wa Negebu. Katikati ya nchi ya taabu na dhiki, Ambayo hutoka huko simba jike na simba, Nyoka na joka la moto arukaye, Huchukua mali zao mabegani mwa punda wachanga, Na hazina zao juu ya nundu za ngamia Waende kwa watu ambao hawatawafaa kitu.
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Kwa maana Misri huwasaidia bure, bila faida; Kwa hiyo nimemwita, Rahabu aketiye kimya.
8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Haya, enenda sasa, andika neno hili katika kibao mbele ya macho yao, lichore katika kitabu ili liwe kwa ajili ya majira yatakayokuja, kwa ushuhuda hata milele.
9 that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Kwa maana watu hawa ni watu waasi, watoto wasemao uongo, watoto wasiotaka kuisikia sheria ya Bwana;
10 which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
wawaambiao waonaji, Msione; na manabii, Msitoe unabii wa mambo ya haki, tuambieni maneno laini, hubirini maneno yadanganyayo;
11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
tokeni katika njia, geukeni mtoke katika mapito; mkomesheni Mtakatifu wa Israeli mbele yetu.
12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Basi kwa ajili ya hayo Mtakatifu wa Israeli asema hivi, Kwa sababu mwalidharau neno hili, na kutumainia jeuri na ukaidi, na kuyategemea hayo;
13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in an high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
basi, uovu huu utakuwa kwenu kama mahali palipobomoka, palipo tayari kuanguka patokezapo katika ukuta mrefu, ambapo kuvunjika kwake huja ghafula kwa mara moja.
14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Naye atapavunja kama chombo cha mfinyanzi kivunjwavyo, akikivunja-vunja asiache kukivunja, hata hakipatikani katika vipande vyake kigae kitoshacho kutwaa moto jikoni, au kuteka maji kisimani.
15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Kwa maana Bwana MUNGU, Mtakatifu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Kwa kurudi na kustarehe mtaokolewa; nguvu zenu zitakuwa katika kutulia na kutumaini; lakini hamkukubali.
16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Bali ninyi mlisema, La! Maana tutakimbia juu ya farasi; basi, ni kweli, mtakimbia; tena, Sisi tutakimbia juu ya wanyama waendao upesi; basi, wale watakaowafuatia watakuwa wepesi.
17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Elfu moja watakimbia kwa kukemewa na mtu mmoja; kwa kukemewa na watano mtakimbia; hata mtakapoachwa kama mlingoti juu ya kilele cha mlima, na kama bendera juu ya kilima.
18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Kwa ajili ya hayo Bwana atangoja, ili awaonee huruma, na kwa ajili ya hayo atatukuzwa, ili awarehemu; kwa maana Bwana ni Mungu wa hukumu; heri wote wamngojao.
19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
Kwa maana watu watakaa katika Sayuni huko Yerusalemu; wewe hutalia tena; hakika yake atakuonea rehema nyingi kwa sauti ya kilio chako; asikiapo ndipo atakapokujibu.
20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Na ingawa Bwana atawapeni chakula cha shida na maji ya msiba, lakini waalimu wako hawatafichwa tena, ila macho yako yatawaona waalimu wako;
21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
na masikio yako yatasikia neno nyuma yako, likisema, Njia ni hii, ifuateni; mgeukapo kwenda mkono wa kulia, na mgeukapo kwenda mkono wa kushoto.
22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Nanyi mtakitia najisi kifuniko cha sanamu zenu za fedha zilizochongwa, na mabamba ya sanamu zenu za dhahabu zilizoyeyushwa; utazitupilia mbali kama kitu kilicho najisi; utasema, Haya, toka hapa.
23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Naye atatoa mvua juu ya mbegu zako, upate kuipanda nchi hii; na mkate wa mazao ya nchi, nayo itasitawi na kuzaa tele; katika siku hiyo ng'ombe zako watakula katika malisho mapana.
24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Ng'ombe pia na wana-punda wailimao nchi watakula chakula kilichokolea, kilichopepetwa kwa ungo na kwa pepeo.
25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Na juu ya kila mlima mrefu, na juu ya kila kilima kilichoinuka, itakuwapo mito na vijito vya maji, katika siku ya machinjo makuu itakapoanguka minara.
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Na tena nuru ya mwezi itakuwa kama nuru ya jua, na nuru ya jua itaongezeka mara saba, kama nuru ya siku saba, katika siku ile Bwana atakapofunga mapigo ya watu wake, na kuliponya pigo la jeraha yao.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
Tazama, jina la Bwana linakuja kutoka mbali sana, linawaka kwa hasira yake, kwa moshi mwingi sana unaopaa juu; midomo yake imejaa ghadhabu, na ulimi wake ni moto ulao;
28 and his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
na pumzi yake ni kijito kifurikacho, kifikacho hata shingoni, kupepeta mataifa kwa ungo wa ubatili; na lijamu ikoseshayo itakuwa katika taya za watu.
29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Mtakuwa na wimbo kama vile wakati wa usiku, ishikwapo sikukuu takatifu, mtakuwa na furaha ya moyo kama vile mtu aendapo na filimbi katika mlima wa Bwana, aliye Mwamba wa Israeli.
30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Naye Bwana atawasikizisha watu sauti yake ya utukufu, naye atawaonyesha jinsi mkono wake ushukavyo, na ghadhabu ya hasira yake, na mwako wa moto ulao, pamoja na dhoruba, na tufani, na mvua ya mawe ya barafu.
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
Maana kwa sauti ya Bwana, Mwashuri atavunjika-vunjika, yeye apigaye kwa bakora.
32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
Na kila pigo la fimbo iliyoamriwa, ambayo Bwana ataliweka juu yake, litakuwa pamoja na matari na vinanda, na kwa mapigano yenye kutikisa atapigana nao.
33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Maana Tofethi imewekwa tayari tokea zamani, naam, imewekwa tayari kwa mfalme huyo; ameifanya kubwa, inakwenda chini sana; tanuru yake ni moto na kuni nyingi; pumzi ya Bwana, kama mto wa kiberiti, huiwasha.
