1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Nyamazeni mbele zangu, enyi visiwa, na mataifa wajipatie nguvu mpya; na waje karibu wakanene; na tukaribiane pamoja kwa hukumu.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Ni nani aliyemwinua mmoja atokaye mashariki, ambaye katika haki amemwita mguuni pake? Ampa mataifa mbele yake, na kumtawaza juu ya wafalme; awatoa wawe kama mavumbi kwa upanga wake, kama makapi yaliyopeperushwa kwa upinde wake.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
Awafuatia, apita salama hata kwa njia asiyoikanyaga kamwe kwa miguu yake.
4 Who hath wrought and done it , calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Ni nani aliyetenda na kufanya jambo hilo, aviitaye vizazi tangu mwanzo? Mimi, Bwana, wa kwanza na wa mwisho, mimi ndiye.
5 The isles saw it , and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
Visiwa vimeona, vikaogopa; ncha za dunia zilitetemeka; walikaribia, walikuja.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
Wakasaidiana, kila mtu na mwenzake, kila mtu akamwambia ndugu yake; Uwe na moyo mkuu.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Seremala akamtia moyo mfua dhahabu, na yeye alainishaye kwa nyundo akamhimiza yule apigaye fuawe, akiisifu kazi ya kuunga, akisema, Ni kazi njema; naye akaikaza kwa misumari isitikisike.
Appeal to Exiles
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Nawe, Israeli, mtumishi wangu; Yakobo, niliyekuchagua; mzao wa Ibrahimu, rafiki yangu;
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
wewe niliyekushika toka miisho ya dunia, na kukuita toka pembe zake, nikikuambia, Wewe u mtumishi wangu; nimekuchagua wala sikukutupa;
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
usiogope, kwa maana mimi ni pamoja nawe; usifadhaike, kwa maana mimi ni Mungu wako; nitakutia nguvu, naam, nitakusaidia, naam, nitakushika kwa mkono wa kuume wa haki yangu.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Tazama, wote walioona hasira juu yako watatahayarika na kufadhaika; watu washindanao nawe watakuwa si kitu, na kuangamia.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Utawatafuta wala hutawaona wale wapiganao nawe; watakuwa si kitu; watakuwa kama kitu kisichokuwa, wale waliofanya vita juu yako.
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Kwa maana mimi, Bwana, Mungu wako, nitakushika mkono wako wa kuume, nikikuambia, Usiogope; mimi nitakusaidia.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Usiogope, Yakobo uliye mdudu, nanyi watu wa Israeli; mimi nitakusaidia, asema Bwana, na mkombozi wako ni Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Tazama, nitakufanya kuwa chombo kikali kipya cha kupuria, chenye meno; utaifikicha milima, na kuisaga; nawe utafanya vilima kuwa kama makapi.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Utawapepeta, na upepo utawapeperusha; upepo wa kisulisuli utawatawanya; nawe utamfurahia Bwana, utajitukuza katika Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Maskini na wahitaji wanatafuta maji, wala hapana; ndimi zao zimekauka kwa kiu; mimi, Bwana, nitawasikia, mimi, Mungu wa Israeli, sitawaacha.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Nitafunua vijito vya maji juu ya vilima, na chemchemi katikati ya mabonde; nitageuza jangwa kuwa ziwa la maji, na mahali pakavu kuwa vijito vya maji.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Nitapanda katika jangwa mwerezi, mshita, mhadasi, na mbono; nitatia katika nyika mberoshi, mtidhari, na mteashuri pamoja;
20 that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
ili waone, na kujua, wakafikiri, na kufahamu pamoja, ya kuwa mkono wa Bwana ndio uliofanya jambo hilo. Mtakatifu wa Israeli ndiye aliyeliumba.
Challenge to Nations
21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons , saith the King of Jacob.
Haya, leteni maneno yenu, asema Bwana; toeni hoja zenu zenye nguvu, asema mfalme wa Yakobo.
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be , that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
Wayatangaze na kutujulisha yatakayokuwa; watuonyeshe mambo ya zamani, ni mambo gani, tukapate kuyatia moyoni, tukajue mwisho wake; au wamdhihirishie yatakayotokea baadaye.
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Tujulisheni yatakayokuwa baadaye, nasi tutakiri ya kuwa ninyi ni miungu; naam, tendeni mema au tendeni mabaya, ili tujipime, tukaone pamoja.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Tazameni, ninyi si kitu, tena kazi yenu si kitu; awachaguaye ninyi ni chukizo.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Nimemwinua mtu toka kaskazini, naye amekuja; toka maawio ya jua amekuja anitajaye jina langu; naye atawajilia maliwali kama akanyagaye matope, na kama mfinyanzi afinyangaye udongo.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Ni nani aliyeihubiri habari tokea mwanzo, tupate kuijua? Na tokea zamani, tupate kusema, Yeye ni mwenye haki? Naam, hapana hata mmoja aliyetujulisha; naam, hapana hata mmoja aliyetuonyesha; naam, hapana hata mmoja aliyesikia maneno yenu.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Mimi kwanza nitauambia Sayuni, Tazama; hawa ndio; nami nitampa Yerusalemu mletaji wa habari njema.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Na nitazamapo, hapana mtu, hata katika watu hao hapana mshauri mmoja, ambaye, nikimwuliza, aweza kunijibu neno.
29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Tazama, hao wote ni ubatili; kazi zao si kitu; sanamu zao ni upepo na fujo.
