Israel's Obstinacy
1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Sikieni haya, enyi watu wa nyumba ya Yakobo, mnaoitwa kwa jina la Israeli, mliotoka katika maji ya Yuda; mnaoapa kwa jina la Bwana, na kumtaja Mungu wa Israeli, lakini si kwa kweli, wala si kwa haki.
2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
Maana hujiita wenyeji wa mji mtakatifu, hujitegemeza juu ya Mungu wa Israeli; Bwana wa majeshi ni jina lake.
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Mimi nimehubiri mambo ya kale tangu zamani; naam, yalitoka katika kinywa changu, nikayadhihirisha; naliyatenda kwa ghafula, yakatokea.
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Kwa sababu nalijua ya kuwa wewe u mkaidi, na shingo yako ni shingo ya chuma, na kipaji cha uso wako ni shaba;
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
basi nimekuonyesha tangu zamani; kabla hayajatukia nalikuonyesha; usije ukasema, Sanamu yangu imetenda haya; sanamu yangu ya kuchonga, na sanamu yangu ya kuyeyusha, imeyaamuru.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
Umesikia haya; tazama haya yote; nanyi, je! Hamtayahubiri? Nimekuonyesha mambo mapya tangu wakati huu, naam, mambo yaliyofichwa, usiyoyajua.
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Yameumbwa sasa, wala si tokea zamani; na kabla ya siku hii ya leo hukusikia habari yake; usije ukasema, Tazama, naliyajua.
8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Naam, hukusikia; naam, hukujua; naam, tokea zamani sikio lako halikuzibuka; maana nalijua ya kuwa wewe watenda kwa hila nyingi, nawe umeitwa mkosaji tangu kuzaliwa kwako;
9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
kwa ajili ya jina langu nitaahirisha hasira yangu, na kwa ajili yako nitajizuia, ili nisifiwe, wala nisikukatilie mbali.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Tazama, nimekusafisha, lakini si kama fedha; nimekuchagua katika tanuru ya mateso.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Kwa ajili ya nafsi yangu, kwa ajili ya nafsi yangu, nitatenda haya; je! Litiwe unajisi jina langu? Wala sitampa mwingine utukufu wangu.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Nisikilize mimi, Ee Yakobo; na Israeli, niliyekuita; mimi ndiye. Mimi ni wa kwanza, na mimi ni wa mwisho pia.
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Naam, mkono wangu umeuweka msingi wa dunia, na mkono wangu wa kuume umezitanda mbingu; niziitapo husimama pamoja.
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Kusanyikeni, ninyi nyote, mkasikie; ni nani miongoni mwao aliyehubiri haya? Bwana amempenda; atatimiza mapenzi yake juu ya Babeli, na mkono wake utakuwa juu ya Wakaldayo.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Mimi, naam, mimi, nimenena; naam, nimemwita; nimemleta, naye ataifanikisha njia yake.
16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Nikaribieni, sikieni haya; tokea mwanzo sikunena kwa siri; tangu yalipokuwapo, mimi nipo; na sasa Bwana MUNGU amenituma, na roho yake.
17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Bwana, mkombozi wako, mtakatifu wa Israeli, asema hivi; Mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wako, nikufundishaye ili upate faida, nikuongozaye kwa njia ikupasayo kuifuata.
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Laiti ungalisikiliza amri zangu! Ndipo amani yako ingalikuwa kama mto wa maji, na haki yako kama mawimbi ya bahari;
19 thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
Tena wazao wako wangalikuwa kama mchanga, na hao waliotoka katika tumbo lako kama chembe zake; jina lake lisingalikatika, wala kufutwa mbele zangu.
20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Haya, tokeni katika Babeli, Kimbieni kutoka kwa Wakaldayo; Hubirini kwa sauti ya kuimba, tangazeni haya, Yatamkeni mpaka mwisho wa dunia, semeni, Bwana amemkomboa mtumishi wake, Yakobo.
21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Wala hawakuona kiu alipowaongoza jangwani; Alitoa maji katika mwamba kwa ajili yao; Pia akaupasua mwamba, maji yakatoka kwa nguvu.
22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Hapana amani kwa wabaya, asema Bwana.
