Concerning the return to Jerusalem
1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Watulizeni mioyo, watulizeni mioyo, watu wangu, asema Mungu wenu.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
Semeni na moyo wa Yerusalemu, kauambieni kwa sauti kuu ya kwamba vita vyake vimekwisha, uovu wake umeachiliwa; kwa kuwa amepokea kwa mkono wa Bwana adhabu maradufu kwa dhambi zake zote.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Sikiliza, ni sauti ya mtu aliaye, Itengenezeni nyikani njia ya Bwana; Nyosheni jangwani njia kuu kwa Mungu wetu.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Kila bonde litainuliwa, Na kila mlima na kilima kitashushwa; Palipopotoka patakuwa pamenyoka, Na palipoparuza patasawazishwa;
5 and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
Na utukufu wa Bwana utafunuliwa, Na wote wenye mwili watauona pamoja; Kwa kuwa kinywa cha Bwana kimenena haya.
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Sikiliza, ni sauti ya mtu asemaye, Lia! Nikasema, Nilie nini? Wote wenye mwili ni majani, Na wema wake wote ni kama ua la kondeni;
7 the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Majani yakauka, ua lanyauka; Kwa sababu pumzi ya Bwana yapita juu yake. Yakini watu hawa ni majani.
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Majani yakauka, ua lanyauka; Bali neno la Mungu wetu litasimama milele.
Behold your God
9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Wewe uuhubiriye Sayuni habari njema, Panda juu ya mlima mrefu; Wewe uuhubiriye Yerusalemu habari njema, Paza sauti kwa nguvu; Paza sauti yako, usiogope; Iambie miji ya Yuda, Tazameni, Mungu wenu.
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand , and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Tazameni, Bwana Mungu atakuja kama shujaa, Na mkono wake ndio utakaomtawalia; Tazameni, thawabu yake i pamoja naye, Na ijara yake i mbele zake.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Atalilisha kundi lake kama mchungaji, Atawakusanya wana-kondoo mikononi mwake; Na kuwachukua kifuani mwake, Nao wanyonyeshao atawaongoza polepole.
12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Ni nani aliyeyapima maji kwa konzi ya mkono wake, na kuzikadiri mbingu kwa shubiri, na kuyashika mavumbi ya dunia katika pishi, na kuipima milima kwa uzani, na vilima kama kwa mizani?
13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Ni nani aliyemwongoza roho ya Bwana, na kumfundisha kwa kuwa mshauri wake?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Alifanya shauri na nani, ni nani aliyemwelimisha na kumfunza njia ya hukumu, na kumfunza maarifa, na kumwonyesha njia ya fahamu?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Tazama, mataifa ni kama tone la maji katika ndoo, huhesabiwa kuwa kama mavumbi membamba katika mizani; tazama, yeye huvinyanyua visiwa kama ni kitu kidogo sana.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
Lebanoni nayo hautoshi kwa kuni, wala wanyama wake hawatoshi kwa kafara.
17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Mataifa yote huwa kama si kitu mbele zake; huhesabiwa kwake kuwa duni ya si kitu, na ubatili.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Basi, mtamlinganisha Mungu na nani? Au mtamfananisha na mfano wa namna gani?
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Sanamu fundi mmoja huiyeyusha, na mfua dhahabu huifunika dhahabu, huifulia mikufu ya fedha.
20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Yeye aliye maskini sana hata hawezi kutoa sadaka ya namna hii, huchagua mti usiooza, hujitafutia fundi mstadi wa kusimamisha sanamu ya kuchonga isiyoweza kutikisika.
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Je! Hamkujua? Hamkusikia? Hamkuambiwa tokea mwanzo? Hamkufahamu tangu kuwekwa misingi ya dunia?
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Yeye ndiye anayeketi juu ya duara ya dunia, na hao wanaokaa ndani yake huwa kama panzi; yeye ndiye azitandazaye mbingu kama pazia na kuzikunjua kama hema ya kukaliwa;
23 that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
ndiye awatanguaye wakuu, na kuwabatilisha waamuzi wa dunia.
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Naam, hawakupandwa; hawakutiwa katika ardhi kama mbegu; naam, shina lao halikutia mizizi katika ardhi; tena awapuzia tu, wakanyauka, upepo wa kisulisuli wawaondoa kama mabua makavu.
25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Mtanifananisha na nani, basi, nipate kuwa sawa naye? Asema yeye aliye Mtakatifu.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things , that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Inueni macho yenu juu, mkaone; ni nani aliyeziumba hizi; aletaye nje jeshi lao kwa hesabu; aziita zote kwa majina; kwa ukuu wa uweza wake, na kwa kuwa yeye ni hodari kwa nguvu zake; hapana moja isiyokuwapo mahali pake.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Mbona unasema, Ee Yakobo, mbona unanena, Ee Israeli, Njia yangu imefichwa, Bwana asiione, na hukumu yangu imempita Mungu wangu asiiangalie?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Je! Wewe hukujua? Hukusikia? Yeye Mungu wa milele, Bwana, Muumba miisho ya dunia, hazimii, wala hachoki; akili zake hazichunguziki.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Huwapa nguvu wazimiao, humwongezea nguvu yeye asiyekuwa na uwezo.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
Hata vijana watazimia na kuchoka, na wanaume vijana wataanguka;
31 but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
bali wao wamngojeao Bwana watapata nguvu mpya; watapanda juu kwa mbawa kama tai; watapiga mbio, wala hawatachoka; watakwenda kwa miguu, wala hawatazimia.
