Jerusalem
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Hili ni neno aliloliona Isaya mwana wa Amozi katika habari za Yuda na Yerusalemu.
2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Na itakuwa katika siku za mwisho, mlima wa nyumba ya Bwana utawekwa imara juu ya milima, nao utainuliwa juu ya vilima; na mataifa yote watauendea makundi makundi.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Na mataifa mengi watakwenda na kusema, Njoni, twende juu mlimani kwa Bwana, nyumbani kwa Mungu wa Yakobo, naye atatufundisha njia zake, nasi tutakwenda katika mapito yake maana katika Sayuni itatoka sheria, na neno la Bwana katika Yerusalemu.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Naye atafanya hukumu katika mataifa mengi, atawakemea watu wa kabila nyingi; nao watafua panga zao ziwe majembe, na mikuki yao iwe miundu; taifa halitainua upanga juu ya taifa lingine, wala hawatajifunza vita tena kamwe.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Enyi wa nyumba ya Israeli, njoni, twende katika nuru ya Bwana.
6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
Maana wewe umewaacha watu wako, nyumba ya Israeli, kwa sababu wamejaa kawaida za mashariki, nao ni wapiga ramli kama Wafilisti, na wanapana mikono na wana wa wageni.
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
Tena nchi yao imejaa fedha na dhahabu, wala hapana mwisho wa hazina zao; tena nchi yao imejaa farasi, wala hapana mwisho wa magari yao.
8 their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Tena nchi yao imejaa sanamu; huabudu kazi ya mikono yao, vitu vilivyofanywa kwa vidole vyao wenyewe.
9 and the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Mtu mnyonge huinama, na mtu mkubwa hujidhili; kwa hiyo usiwasamehe.
10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Ingia ndani ya jabali; ukajifiche mavumbini mbele za utisho wa Bwana, mbele za utukufu wa enzi yake.
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Macho ya mwanadamu yaliyoinuka yatashushwa chini, na kiburi cha mwanadamu kitainamishwa, naye Bwana, yeye peke yake, atatukuzwa siku hiyo.
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Kwa maana kutakuwa siku ya Bwana wa majeshi juu ya watu wote wenye kiburi na majivuno, na juu ya yote yaliyoinuka; nayo yatashushwa chini.
13 and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
Na juu ya mierezi yote ya Lebanoni iliyo mirefu na kuinuka, na juu ya mialoni yote ya Bashani;
14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
na juu ya milima mirefu yote, na juu ya vilima vyote vilivyoinuka;
15 and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
na juu ya kila mnara mrefu, na juu ya kila ukuta ulio na boma;
16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
na juu ya merikebu zote za Tarshishi, na juu ya kila taswira ipendezayo.
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Na majivuno ya mwanadamu yatainamishwa, na kiburi cha watu kitashushwa; naye Bwana, yeye peke yake, atatukuzwa siku hiyo.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Nazo sanamu zitatoweka kabisa.
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Na watu wataingia ndani ya pango za majabali, na ndani ya mashimo ya nchi, mbele za utisho wa Bwana na utukufu wa enzi yake, atakapoondoka ili aitetemeshe mno dunia.
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
Siku hiyo kila mtu atazitupilia mbali sanamu zake za fedha, na sanamu zake za dhahabu, walizojifanyia ili kuziabudu, kwa fuko na popo;
21 to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
ili aingie ndani ya pango za majabali, na ndani ya tundu za miamba iliyopasuka, mbele za utisho wa Bwana na utukufu wa enzi yake, atakapoondoka ili aitetemeshe mno dunia.
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Mwacheni mwanadamu ambaye pumzi yake i katika mianzi ya pua yake; kwa maana hudhaniwaje kuwa ni kitu?
