1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Tazama, mkono wa Bwana haukupunguka, hata usiweze kuokoa wala sikio lake si zito, hata lisiweze kusikia;
2 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
lakini maovu yenu yamewafarikisha ninyi na Mungu wenu, na dhambi zenu zimeuficha uso wake msiuone, hata hataki kusikia.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Kwa maana mikono yenu imetiwa unajisi kwa damu, na vidole vyenu vimetiwa unajisi kwa uovu; midomo yenu imenena uongo, ndimi zenu zimenong'ona ubaya.
4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Hapana adaiye kwa haki, wala hapana atetaye kwa kweli; hutumainia ubatili, hunena uongo; hupata mimba ya madhara, na kuzaa uovu.
5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Huangua mayai ya fira, na kusuka wavu wa buibui; yeye alaye mayai yao hufa, na hilo livunjwalo hutoka nyoka.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Nyavu zao hazitakuwa mavazi, wala hawatajifunika kwa kazi zao; kazi zao ni kazi za uovu, na vitendo vya udhalimu vimo mikononi mwao.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Miguu yao hukimbilia mabaya, nao hufanya haraka kumwaga damu isiyo na hatia; mawazo yao ni mawazo ya uovu; ukiwa na uharibifu zaonekana katika njia kuu zao.
8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Njia ya amani hawaijui; wala hapana hukumu ya haki katika miendo yao; wamejifanyizia njia zilizopotoka; kila apitaye katika njia hizo hajui amani.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Kwa sababu hiyo hukumu ya haki i mbali nasi, wala haki haitufikilii; twatazamia nuru, na kumbe! Latokea giza; twatazamia mwanga, lakini twaenda katika giza kuu.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men .
Twapapasa-papasa kutafuta ukuta kama kipofu, naam, twapapasa kama watu wasio na macho; twajikwaa wakati wa adhuhuri, kana kwamba ni wakati wa ukungu wa alfajiri; kati yao waliowanda tumekuwa kama wafu.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Sisi sote twanguruma kama dubu; twaomboleza kama hua; twatazamia hukumu ya haki, lakini hapana; na wokovu, lakini u mbali nasi.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Maana makosa yetu yamezidi kuwa mengi mbele zako, na dhambi zetu zashuhudia juu yetu; maana makosa yetu tunayo pamoja nasi, na maovu yetu tumeyajua;
13 in transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
katika kukosa na kumkana Bwana, na katika kugeuka tusimfuate Mungu wetu, tukinena jeuri na uasi, na kukusudia maneno ya uongo na kuyatoa moyoni.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Na hukumu imegeuka ikaenda nyuma, na haki inasimama mbali sana; maana kweli imeanguka katika njia kuu, na unyofu hauwezi kuingia.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it , and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Naam, kweli imepunguka kabisa, na yeye auachaye uovu ajifanya kuwa mateka; naye Bwana akaona hayo, akachukizwa kwa kuwa hapana hukumu ya haki.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Akaona ya kuwa hapana mtu, akastaajabu kwa kuwa hapana mwombezi; basi, mkono wake mwenyewe ndio uliomletea wokovu; na haki yake ndiyo iliyomsaidia.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Akajivika haki kama deraya kifuani, na chapeo cha wokovu kichwani pake, akajivika mavazi ya kisasi yawe mavazi yake, naye alivikwa wivu kama joho.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Kadiri ya matendo yao, kwa kadiri iyo hiyo atawalipa, ukali kwao wampingao, malipo kwa adui zake; naye atavirudishia visiwa malipo.
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Basi, wataliogopa jina la Bwana toka magharibi, na utukufu wake toka maawio ya jua; maana yeye atakuja kama mkondo wa mto ufurikao, uendeshwao kwa pumzi ya Bwana.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
Na Mkombozi atakuja Sayuni, kwao waachao maasi yao katika Yakobo, asema Bwana.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Tena katika habari zangu, hili ndilo agano langu nao, asema Bwana; roho yangu iliyo juu yako, na maneno yangu niliyoyatia kinywani mwako, hayataondoka kinywani mwako, wala kinywani mwa wana wako, wala kinywani mwa wajukuu wako, asema Bwana, tangu leo na hata milele.
