1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Nisikilizeni, ninyi mnaoifuatia haki; ninyi mnaomtafuta Bwana; uangalieni mwamba ule ambao mlitolewa kwa kuchongwa, na tundu la shimo ambalo mlitolewa kwa kuchimbuliwa.
2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Mwangalieni Ibrahimu, baba yenu, na Sara, aliyewazaa; kwa maana alipokuwa mmoja tu nalimwita, nikambariki, nikamfanya kuwa wengi.
3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Maana Bwana ameufariji Sayuni; amepafariji mahali pake palipokuwa ukiwa; amefanya jangwa lake kuwa kama bustani ya Edeni, na nyika yake kama bustani ya Bwana; furaha na kicheko zitaonekana ndani yake, kushukuru, na sauti ya kuimba.
4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Nisikilizeni mimi, enyi watu wangu; nisikieni, taifa langu; maana sheria itatoka kwangu, nami nitaistarehesha hukumu yangu iwe nuru ya mataifa.
5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Haki yangu i karibu, wokovu wangu umekuwa wazi, na mikono yangu itawahukumu kabila za watu; visiwa vitaningoja, navyo vitautumainia mkono wangu.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Inueni macho yenu mbinguni, mkaitazame nchi chini; maana mbingu zitatoweka kama moshi, na nchi itachakaa kama vazi, nao wakaao ndani yake watakufa kadhalika; bali wokovu wangu utakuwa wa milele, na haki yangu haitatanguka.
7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Nisikilizeni, ninyi mjuao haki, watu ambao mioyoni mwenu mna sheria yangu; msiogope matukano ya watu, wala msifadhaike kwa sababu ya dhihaka zao.
8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Maana nondo itawala kama vazi, na funza atawala kama sufu; bali haki yangu itakuwa ya milele, na wokovu wangu hata vizazi vyote.
The Arm of the Lord
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Amka, amka, jivike nguvu, Ee mkono wa Bwana; Amka kama katika siku zile za kale, Katika vizazi vile vya zamani.
10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Si wewe uliyemkata-kata Rahabu? Uliyemchoma yule joka? Si wewe uliyeikausha bahari, Na maji ya vilindi vikuu; Uliyevifanya vilindi kuwa njia, Ili wapite watu waliokombolewa?
11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Nao waliokombolewa na Bwana watarejea, Watafika Sayuni, wakiimba; Furaha ya milele itakuwa juu ya vichwa vyao; Watapata shangwe na furaha; Huzuni na kuugua zitakimbia.
12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
Mimi, naam, mimi, ndimi niwafarijiye; wewe u nani hata ukamwogopa mtu atakayekufa, na mwanadamu atakayefanywa kuwa kama majani?
13 and forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Ukamsahau Bwana, Muumba wako, yeye aliyezitanda mbingu, na kuiweka misingi ya dunia; nawe unaogopa daima mchana kutwa kwa sababu ya ghadhabu yake yeye aoneaye, hapo afanyapo tayari kuharibu; nayo i wapi ghadhabu yake aoneaye?
14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
Yeye aliyehamishwa na kufungwa atafunguliwa kwa haraka; wala hatakufa na kushuka shimoni, wala chakula chake hakitapunguka.
15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Maana mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wako, niichafuaye bahari, mawimbi yake yakavuma.
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Bwana wa majeshi ndilo jina lake. Nami nimetia maneno yangu kinywani mwako, nami nimekusitiri katika kivuli cha mkono wangu, ili nizipande mbingu, na kuiweka misingi ya dunia, na kuuambia Sayuni, Ninyi ni watu wangu.
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
Amka, amka, simama, Ee Yerusalemu, Wewe uliyenywea, mkononi mwa Bwana, Kikombe cha hasira yake; Bakuli la kikombe cha kulevya-levya Umelinywea na kulimaliza.
18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Hapana hata mmoja wa kumwongoza Miongoni mwa wana wote aliowazaa, Wala hapana hata mmoja wa kumshika mkono Miongoni mwa wana wote aliowalea.
19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Mambo haya mawili yamekupata; Ni nani awezaye kukusikitikia? Ukiwa na uharibifu, na njaa na upanga; Niwezeje kukutuliza?
20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
Wana wako wamezimia, Wamelala penye pembe za njia kuu zote Kama kulungu wavuni; Wamejaa hasira ya Bwana, Lawama ya Mungu wako.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Basi, kwa sababu ya hayo, ulisikilize neno hili, ewe uliyeteswa, na kulewa, lakini si kwa mvinyo;
22 thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
Bwana, Bwana wako na Mungu wako, awateteaye watu wake, asema hivi, Tazama, nimeondoa mkononi mwako kikombe cha kulevya-levya, hilo bakuli la kikombe cha hasira yangu; hutakinywea tena;
23 but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
nami nitakitia mikononi mwao wakutesao; waliokuambia nafsi yako, Inama, tupate kupita; nawe uliufanya mgongo wako kuwa kama nchi, na kama njia, kwa hao wapitao juu yake.
