A Day of Doom
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Tena neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Na wewe, mwanadamu, Bwana MUNGU aiambia hivi nchi ya Israeli; Ni mwisho; mwisho umezijia pembe nne za nchi.
3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
Sasa mwisho huu unakupata, nami nitakuletea hasira yangu, nitakuhukumu sawasawa na njia zako; nami nitakupatiliza machukizo yako yote.
4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Jicho langu halitakuachilia, wala sitaona huruma; bali nitakupatiliza njia zako, na machukizo yako yatakuwa katikati yako; nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Ni jambo baya, jambo baya la namna ya peke yake; angalia, linakuja.
6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
Mwisho umekuja, mwisho huu umekuja; unaamka ukupate; angalia, unakuja.
7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
Ajali yako imekujia, wewe ukaaye katika nchi hii; majira yamewadia, siku ile inakaribia; siku ya fujo, wala si ya shangwe milimani.
8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
Basi hivi karibu nitamwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yako, nitazitimiza hasira zangu juu yako, nami nitakuhukumu sawasawa na njia zako; nami nitakupatiliza machukizo yako yote.
9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
Jicho langu halitaachilia, wala sitaona huruma; nitakupatiliza njia zako na machukizo yako yote yatakuwa katikati yako; nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi, Bwana, napiga.
10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
Angalia, siku hiyo; angalia, inakuja; ajali yako imetokea; fimbo imechanua, kiburi kimechipuka.
11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain , nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
Udhalimu umeinuka, ukawa fimbo ya uovu; hapana mtu atakayesalia miongoni mwao, wala katika jamii yao, wala kitu katika utajiri wao; wala hakutakuwa kutukuka kati yao.
12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Majira yamewadia, siku ile inakaribia; huyo anunuaye asifurahi, wala asihuzunike auzaye; maana ghadhabu imewapata wote jamii.
13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
Kwa maana auzaye hatakirudia kilichouzwa, wajapokuwa wangali hai; kwa sababu maono haya yawahusu wote jamii; hapana mmoja atakayerudi; wala hapana mtu atakayejitia nguvu katika uovu wa maisha yake.
14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Wamepiga tarumbeta, wameweka vitu vyote tayari; lakini hapana aendaye vitani; maana ghadhabu yangu imewapata wote jamii.
15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
Upanga uko nje, na tauni na njaa zimo ndani; yeye aliye nje mashambani atakufa kwa upanga; na yeye aliye ndani ya mji, njaa na tauni zitamla.
16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
Lakini watakaokimbia watakimbia, nao watakuwa juu ya milima kama hua wa bondeni, wote wakilia, kila mmoja katika uovu wake.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
Mikono yote itakuwa dhaifu, na magoti yote yatalegea kama maji.
18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Tena watajifungia nguo za magunia, na utisho utawafunika; na aibu itakuwa juu ya nyuso zote, na upaa juu ya vichwa vyao vyote.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Watatupa fedha yao katika njia kuu za mji, na dhahabu yao itakuwa kama kitu cha unajisi; fedha yao na dhahabu yao hazitaweza kuwaokoa siku ya ghadhabu ya Bwana; hawatajishibisha roho zao, wala hawatajijaza matumbo yao; kwa sababu zilikuwa kwazo la uovu wao.
20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
Na uzuri wa pambo lake, yeye aliuweka katika enzi, lakini wao walifanya sanamu za machukizo yao, na vitu vyao vichukizavyo, ndani yake; ndiyo maana nimeifanya kuwa kama kitu cha unajisi kwao.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
Nami nitapatia katika mikono ya wageni pawe mateka yao, na katika mikono ya waovu wa duniani pawe mawindo yao, nao watapanajisi.
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
Tena nitaugeuza uso wangu usiwaelekee, nao watapatia unajisi mahali pangu pa siri; na wanyang'anyi wataingia humo na kupatia unajisi.
23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ufue mnyororo; kwa maana nchi hii imejaa hukumu za damu, nao mji umejaa udhalimu.
24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
Kwa sababu hiyo nitawaleta watu wa mataifa walio wabaya kabisa, nao watazimiliki nyumba zao; tena nitakikomesha kiburi chao wenye nguvu; na mahali pao patakatifu patatiwa unajisi.
25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
Uharibifu unakuja; nao watatafuta amani, lakini haitapatikana.
26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
Madhara yatakuja juu ya madhara, na habari ya shari juu ya habari ya shari; nao watakwenda kwa nabii kutaka maono; lakini hiyo sheria itampotea kuhani, na mashauri yatawapotea wazee.
27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Mfalme ataomboleza, na mkuu atavikwa ukiwa, na mikono ya watu wa nchi itataabika; nitawatenda sawasawa na njia yao; nami nitawahukumu sawasawa na kustahili kwao; nao watajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
