1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Sasa utajikusanya vikosi vikosi, Ee binti wa vikosi; yeye amemhusuru; watampiga mwamuzi wa Israeli shavuni mwake kwa fimbo.
Little Town of Beth-lehem
2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Bali wewe, Bethlehemu Efrata, uliye mdogo kuwa miongoni mwa elfu za Yuda; kutoka kwako wewe atanitokea mmoja atakayekuwa mtawala katika Israeli; ambaye matokeo yake yamekuwa tangu zamani za kale, tangu milele.
3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Kwa sababu hiyo atawatoa, hata wakati wa kuzaa kwake aliye na utungu; ndipo hayo mabaki ya nduguze watawarudia wana wa Israeli.
4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Naye atasimama, na kulisha kundi lake kwa nguvu za Bwana, kwa enzi ya jina la Bwana, Mungu wake; nao watakaa; maana sasa atakuwa mkuu hata miisho ya dunia.
5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Na mtu huyu atakuwa amani yetu; wakati Mwashuri atakapoingia katika nchi yetu, na kuyakanyaga majumba yetu, hapo mtaondokesha wachungaji saba juu yake, na wakuu wanane.
6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Nao wataiharibu nchi ya Ashuru kwa upanga, na nchi ya Nimrodi katika malango yake; naye atatuokoa na Mwashuri, atakapoingia katika nchi yetu, na kukanyaga ndani ya mipaka yetu.
7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Na hayo mabaki ya Yakobo yatakuwa kati ya kabila nyingi mfano wa umande utokao kwa Bwana, mfano wa manyunyu katika manyasi; yasiyomngojea mtu, wala kuwakawilia wanadamu.
8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Na hayo mabaki ya Yakobo yatakuwa kati ya mataifa, kati ya kabila nyingi, mfano wa simba kati ya wanyama wa msituni, kama mwana-simba kati ya makundi ya kondoo, ambaye, akiwa anapita katikati, hukanyaga-kanyaga na kurarua-rarua, wala hakuna wa kuokoa.
9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Mkono wako na uinuliwe juu ya adui zako, na adui zako wote wakauliwe mbali.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
Kisha itakuwa katika siku hiyo, asema Bwana, nitawakatilia mbali farasi zako watoke kati yako, nami nitayaharibu magari yako ya vita;
11 and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
nami nitaikatilia mbali miji ya nchi yako, na ngome zako zote nitaziangusha;
12 and I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
nami nitakatilia mbali uchawi, usiwe mkononi mwako; wala hutakuwa tena na watu wenye kutabana;
13 thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
nami nitakatilia mbali sanamu zako na nguzo zako, zitoke kati yako; wala hutaiabudu tena kazi ya mikono yako.
14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
Nami nitayang'oa maashera yenu, yasiwe kati yako; nami nitaiangamiza miji yako.
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
Nami nitajilipiza kisasi katika hasira na ghadhabu juu ya mataifa wasiosikiliza.
