Divine Invitation to Return
1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Haya, kila aonaye kiu, njoni majini, Naye asiye na fedha; njoni, nunueni mle; Naam, njoni, nunueni divai na maziwa, Bila fedha na bila thamani.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Kwani kutoa fedha kwa ajili ya kitu ambacho si chakula? Na mapato yenu kwa kitu kisichoshibisha? Nisikilizeni kwa bidii, mle kilicho chema, Na kujifurahisha nafsi zenu kwa unono.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Tegeni masikio yenu, na kunijia; Sikieni, na nafsi zenu zitaishi; Nami nitafanya nanyi agano la milele, Naam, rehema za Daudi zilizo imara.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Angalieni, nimemweka kuwa shahidi kwa kabila za watu; kuwa kiongozi na jemadari kwa kabila za watu.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
Tazama, utaita taifa usilolijua, na taifa lisilokujua wewe litakukimbilia, kwa sababu ya Bwana, Mungu wako, na kwa ajili yake Mtakatifu wa Israeli; maana amekutukuza.
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Mtafuteni Bwana, maadamu anapatikana, Mwiteni, maadamu yu karibu;
7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Mtu mbaya na aache njia yake, Na mtu asiye haki aache mawazo yake; Na amrudie Bwana, Naye atamrehemu; Na arejee kwa Mungu wetu, Naye atamsamehe kabisa.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Maana mawazo yangu si mawazo yenu, wala njia zenu si njia zangu; asema Bwana.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Kwa maana kama vile mbingu zilivyo juu sana kuliko nchi, kadhalika njia zangu zi juu sana kuliko njia zenu, na mawazo yangu kuliko mawazo yenu.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Maana kama vile mvua ishukavyo, na theluji, kutoka mbinguni, wala hairudi huko; bali huinywesha ardhi, na kuizalisha na kuichipuza, ikampa mtu apandaye mbegu, na mtu alaye chakula;
11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
ndivyo litakavyokuwa neno langu, litokalo katika kinywa changu; halitanirudia bure, bali litatimiza mapenzi yangu, nalo litafanikiwa katika mambo yale niliyolituma.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Maana mtatoka kwa furaha, Mtaongozwa kwa amani; Mbele yenu milima na vilima vitatoa nyimbo; Na miti yote ya kondeni itapiga makofi.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Badala ya michongoma utamea msunobari, Na badala ya mibigili, mhadesi; Jambo hili litakuwa la kumpatia Bwana jina, Litakuwa ishara ya milele isiyokatiliwa mbali.
