1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Katika siku hiyo Bwana, kwa upanga wake ulio mkali, ulio mkubwa, ulio na nguvu, atamwadhibu lewiathani, nyoka yule mwepesi, na lewiathani, nyoka yule mwenye kuzonga-zonga; naye atamwua yule joka aliye baharini.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
Katika siku hiyo; Shamba la mizabibu la mvinyo, liimbieni.
3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Mimi, Bwana, nalilinda, Nitalitia maji kila dakika, Asije mtu akaliharibu; Usiku na mchana nitalilinda.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Hasira sinayo ndani yangu; Kama mibigili na miiba ingekuwa mbele zangu, Ningepanga vita juu yake, Ningeiteketeza yote pamoja.
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Au azishike nguvu zangu, Afanye amani nami; Naam, afanye amani nami.
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Siku zijazo Yakobo atatia mizizi; Israeli atatoa maua na kuchipuka; Nao watajaza uso wa ulimwengu matunda.
7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
Je! Amempiga kama hilo pigo la hao waliompiga, au ameuawa kama walivyouawa wao waliouawa na yeye?
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Umemwadhibu kwa kiasi, ulipomfukuza; ukampepeta kwa upepo mkali katika siku ya upepo wa mashariki.
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Basi, uovu wa Yakobo utatakaswa hivyo, na hayo ndiyo matunda yote ya kumwondolea dhambi yake; afanyapo mawe yote ya madhabahu kuwa kama mawe ya chokaa yaliyopondwa, hata maashera na sanamu za jua havitasimama tena.
10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Kwa maana mji ulio na boma umekuwa peke yake, makao yaliyoachwa na ukiwa kama jangwa; huko ndiko atakakolisha ndama, na huko ndiko atakakolala, na kuyala matawi yake.
11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Matawi yake yatakapokauka yatavunjwa; wanawake watakuja na kuyachoma moto; kwa maana hawa si watu wenye akili; kwa sababu hiyo yeye aliyewaumba hatawahurumia, yeye aliyewafanya hatawasamehe.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
Tena itakuwa katika siku hiyo, Bwana atayapiga-piga matunda yake toka gharika ya Mto hata kijito cha Misri, nanyi mtakusanywa mmoja mmoja, enyi wana wa Israeli.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Tena itakuwa katika siku hiyo, tarumbeta kubwa itapigwa, nao waliokuwa karibu na kuangamia katika nchi ya Ashuru watakuja; na hao waliotupwa katika nchi ya Misri; nao watamsujudu Bwana katika mlima mtakatifu huko Yerusalemu.
