The Root and Branch
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Basi litatoka chipukizi katika shina la Yese, na tawi litakalotoka katika mizizi yake litazaa matunda.
2 and the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Na roho ya Bwana atakaa juu yake, roho ya hekima na ufahamu, roho ya shauri na uweza, roho ya maarifa na ya kumcha Bwana;
3 and shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
na furaha yake itakuwa katika kumcha Bwana; wala hatahukumu kwa kuyafuata ayaonayo kwa macho yake, wala hataonya kwa kuyafuata ayasikiayo kwa masikio yake;
4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
bali kwa haki atawahukumu maskini, naye atawaonya wanyenyekevu wa dunia kwa adili; naye ataipiga dunia kwa fimbo ya kinywa chake, na kwa pumzi ya midomo yake atawaua wabaya.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Na haki itakuwa mshipi wa viuno vyake, na uaminifu mshipi wa kujifungia.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Mbwa-mwitu atakaa pamoja na mwana-kondoo, na chui atalala pamoja na mwana-mbuzi; ndama na mwana-simba na kinono watakuwa pamoja, na mtoto mdogo atawaongoza.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Ng'ombe na dubu watalisha pamoja; watoto wao watalala pamoja; na simba atakula majani kama ng'ombe.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Na mtoto anyonyaye atacheza penye tundu la nyoka, na mtoto aliyeachishwa atatia mkono wake katika pango la fira.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Hawatadhuru wala hawataharibu katika mlima wangu wote mtakatifu; maana dunia itajawa na kumjua Bwana, kama vile maji yanavyoifunika bahari.
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Na itakuwa katika siku hiyo, shina la Yese lisimamalo kuwa ishara kwa kabila za watu, yeye ndiye ambaye mataifa watamtafuta; na mahali pake pa kupumzikia patakuwa na utukufu.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Na itakuwa katika siku hiyo, Bwana atapeleka mkono wake mara ya pili, ili ajipatie watu wake watakaosalia, kutoka Ashuru, na kutoka Misri, na kutoka Pathrosi, na kutoka Kushi, na kutoka Elamu, na kutoka Shinari, na kutoka Hamathi, na kutoka visiwa vya bahari.
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Naye atawatwekea mataifa bendera, atawakutanisha watu wa Israeli waliotupwa, atawakusanya watu wa Yuda waliotawanyika, kutoka ncha nne za dunia.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Na wivu wa Efraimu utaondoka, na wale wanaomwudhi Yuda watakatiliwa mbali; Efraimu hatamhusudu Yuda, wala Yuda hatamwudhi Efraimu.
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Nao watashuka, watalirukia bega la Wafilisti upande wa magharibi; nao pamoja watawateka wana wa mashariki; watanyosha mkono juu ya Edomu na Moabu; na wana wa Amoni watawatii.
15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
Na Bwana atauangamiza kabisa ulimi wa bahari ya Misri; na kwa upepo wake uteketezao atatikisa mkono wake juu ya Mto, naye ataupiga, uwe vijito saba, na kuwavusha watu wenye viatu vikavu.
16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Itakuwako njia kuu kwa mabaki ya watu wake watakaobaki, watokao Ashuru, kama vile ilivyokuwako kwa Israeli, katika siku ile waliyotoka katika nchi ya Misri.
