Moab
1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
Haya ndiyo asemayo Bwana; Kwa makosa matatu ya Moabu, naam, kwa manne, sitaizuia adhabu yake isimpate; kwa sababu aliichoma moto mifupa ya mfalme wa Edomu hata ikawa chokaa;
2 but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
lakini nitapeleka moto juu ya Moabu, nao utayateketeza majumba ya Keriothi; na Moabu atakufa pamoja na mshindo, na kelele, na sauti ya tarumbeta;
3 and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
nami nitamkatilia mbali mwamuzi atoke kati yake, nami nitawaua wakuu wake pamoja naye, asema Bwana.
Judah
4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
Haya ndiyo asemayo Bwana; Kwa makosa matatu ya Yuda, naam, kwa manne, sitaizuia adhabu yake isimpate; kwa sababu wameikataa sheria ya Bwana; wala hawakuzishika amri zake; na maneno yao ya uongo yamewakosesha, ambayo baba zao waliyafuata;
5 but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
lakini nitapeleka moto juu ya Yuda, nao utayateketeza majumba ya Yerusalemu.
Israel
6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Haya ndiyo asemayo Bwana; Kwa makosa matatu ya Israeli, naam, kwa manne, sitaizuia adhabu yake isimpate; kwa sababu wamewauza wenye haki kwa fedha, na maskini kwa jozi ya viatu;
7 that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
nao hutwetea mavumbi yaliyo juu ya vichwa vya maskini, na kuipotosha njia ya mwenye upole; na mtu na baba yake humwendea mwanamke mmoja, hata kulitia unajisi jina langu takatifu;
8 and they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
nao hujilaza karibu na kila madhabahu juu ya nguo zilizowekwa rehani, na katika nyumba ya Mungu wao hunywa divai ya watu waliotozwa fedha.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Lakini nalimwangamiza Mwamori mbele yao, ambaye urefu wake ulikuwa kama urefu wa mierezi, tena alikuwa na nguvu kama mialoni; lakini naliyaangamiza matunda yake toka juu, na mizizi yake toka chini.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Pia naliwapandisha ninyi kutoka nchi ya Misri, nikawaongoza muda wa miaka arobaini jangwani, ili mpate kuimiliki nchi ya Mwamori.
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
Nami nikawainua watu miongoni mwa wana wenu wawe manabii, na katika vijana wenu wawe Wanadhiri; je! Sivyo hivyo, enyi wana wa Israeli? Asema Bwana.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Lakini mliwapa Wanadhiri mvinyo wanywe; mkawaamuru manabii, mkisema, Msifanye unabii.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Tazameni, nitawalemea ninyi, Kama gari lilemeavyo lililojaa miganda.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Naye apigaye mbio atapotewa na kimbilio; Wala aliye hodari hataongeza nguvu zake; Wala shujaa hatajiokoa nafsi yake;
15 neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Wala apindaye upinde hatasimama; Wala aliye mwepesi wa miguu hataokoka; Wala apandaye farasi hatajiokoa nafsi yake;
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
Naye mwenye moyo mkuu miongoni mwa mashujaa Atakimbia uchi siku ile, asema Bwana.
