1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come .
Mwenye haki hupotea, wala hakuna atiaye hayo moyoni; na watu watauwa huondolewa, wala hakuna afikiriye ya kuwa mwenye haki ameondolewa asipatikane na mabaya.
2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Yeye huingia katika amani; wao hustarehe katika vitanda vyao, kila mtu aendaye katika unyofu wake.
3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Lakini ninyi karibuni hapa, enyi wana wa mwanamke mchawi, uzao wa mzinzi na kahaba.
4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Mnafanya dhihaka yenu juu ya nani? Mmepanua vinywa vyenu, na kutoa ndimi zenu? Je, ninyi si wana wa uasi, uzao wa uongo;
5 enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
ninyi mnaowasha tamaa zenu kati ya mialoni, chini ya kila mti wenye majani mabichi; ninyi mnaoua watoto mabondeni, chini ya mianya ya majabali?
6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
Sehemu yako i katika makokoto ya bonde; hayo ndiyo kura yako; umeyamwagia hayo sadaka ya kinywaji, umeyatolea sadaka ya unga; je! Niwe radhi na mambo hayo?
7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Umeweka kitanda chako juu ya mlima mrefu ulioinuka sana; ukaenda huko ili kutoa dhabihu.
8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it .
Na nyuma ya milango na miimo umeweka kumbukumbu lako; kwa maana umejifunua nafsi yako kwa ajili ya mwingine, si kwa ajili yangu, ukakwea juu; umekipanua kitanda chako, nawe umefanya maagano na hao; ulikipenda kitanda chao hapo ulipokiona.
9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Ulimwendea mfalme na mafuta ya marhamu, ukaongeza manukato yako, ukawatuma wajumbe wako waende mbali, ukajidhili sana hata kuzimu.
10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
Ulikuwa umechoka kwa ajili ya urefu wa njia yako; lakini hukusema, Hapana matumaini; ulipata kuhuishwa nguvu zako; kwa sababu hiyo hukuugua.
11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
Tena ni nani uliyemwogopa na kumhofu, hata ukasema uongo, wala hukunikumbuka mimi, wala kuweka hayo moyoni? Je! Mimi sikunyamaza tangu zamani, hata huniogopi?
12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Mimi nitatangaza haki yako, na matendo yako hayatakufaa.
13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
Utakapolia, na wakuponye hao uliowakusanya; lakini upepo utawachukua; uvuvio tu utawachukulia mbali; lakini yeye anayenitumaini ataimiliki nchi, na kuurithi mlima wangu mtakatifu.
14 and shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Naye atasema, Tutieni, tutieni, Itengenezeni njia, Kiondoeni kila kikwazacho Katika njia ya watu wangu.
15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place , with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Maana yeye aliye juu, aliyetukuka, akaaye milele; ambaye jina lake ni Mtakatifu; asema hivi; Nakaa mimi mahali palipoinuka, palipo patakatifu; tena pamoja na yeye aliye na roho iliyotubu na kunyenyekea, ili kuzifufua roho za wanyenyekevu, na kuifufua mioyo yao waliotubu.
16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Kwa kuwa sitashindana na watu siku zote, wala sitakuwa na hasira siku zote; maana roho ingezimia mbele zangu, na hizo nafsi nilizozifanya.
17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Kwa sababu ya uovu wa kutamani kwake naliona hasira, nikampiga; nalificha uso wangu, nikaona ghadhabu; naye akaendelea kwa ukaidi, kuifuata njia ya moyo wake mwenyewe.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Nimeziona njia zake; nami nitamponya; nitamwongoza pia, nitamrudishia faraja zake, yeye na hao wanaomlilia.
19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
Mimi nayaumba matunda ya midomo; Amani, amani, kwake yeye aliye mbali, na kwake yeye aliye karibu; asema Bwana; nami nitamponya.
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Bali wabaya wanafanana na bahari iliyochafuka; maana haiwezi kutulia, na maji yake hutoa tope na takataka.
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Hapana amani kwa wabaya; asema Mungu wangu.
