Isaiah 47

1 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

1 “Shuka uketi mavumbini, ee Bikira Binti Babeli; keti chini pasipo na kiti cha enzi, ee binti wa Wakaldayo. Hutaitwa tena mwororo wala wa kupendeza.

2 Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

2 Chukua mawe ya kusagia, usage unga, vua shela yako. Pandisha mavazi yako, ondoa viatu vyako, vuka vijito kwa shida.

3 Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

3 Uchi wako utafunuliwa na aibu yako itaonekana. Nitalipa kisasi; sitamhurumia hata mmoja.”

4 Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.

4 Mkombozi wetu: Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ndilo jina lake; ndiye yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.

5 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

5 “Keti kimya, ingia gizani, Binti wa Wakaldayo, hutaitwa tena malkia wa falme.

6 I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

6 Niliwakasirikia watu wangu na kuaibisha urithi wangu; niliwatia mikononi mwako, nawe hukuwaonea huruma. Hata juu ya wazee uliweka nira nzito sana.

7 You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

7 Ukasema, ‘Nitaendelea kuwa malkia milele!’ Lakini hukutafakari mambo haya wala hukuwaza juu ya kile kingeweza kutokea.

8 So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

8 “Sasa basi, sikiliza, ewe kiumbe mpenda anasa, ukaaye mahali pako pa salama, na kujiambia mwenyewe, ‘Mimi ndiye, wala hakuna mwingine zaidi yangu. Kamwe sitakuwa mjane, wala sitafiwa na watoto.’

9 These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

9 Haya mawili yatakupata, kufumba na kufumbua, katika siku moja: kufiwa na watoto, na ujane. Yote yatakupata kwa kipimo kikamilifu, ijapokuwa uchawi wako ni mwingi, na uaguzi wako ni mwingi.

10 You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

10 Umeutegemea uovu wako, nawe umesema, ‘Hakuna yeyote anionaye.’ Hekima yako na maarifa yako vinakupoteza unapojiambia mwenyewe, ‘Mimi ndiye, wala hakuna mwingine zaidi yangu.’

11 But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

11 Maafa yatakujia, nawe hutaweza kuyaondoa kwa uaguzi. Janga litakuangukia, wala hutaweza kulikinga kwa fidia; msiba mkuu usioweza kuutabiri utakujia ghafula.

12 So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

12 “Endelea basi na uaguzi wako, na wingi wa uchawi wako, ambao umeutumikia tangu utoto wako. Labda utafanikiwa, labda unaweza ukasababisha hofu kuu.

13 You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

13 Ushauri wote uliopokea umekuchosha bure! Wanajimu wako na waje mbele, wale watazama nyota watabiriao mwezi baada ya mwezi, wao na wawaokoe na lile linalokuja juu yenu.

14 Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

14 Hakika wako kama mabua makavu; moto utawateketeza. Hawawezi hata kujiokoa wao wenyewe kutokana na nguvu za mwali wa moto. Hapa hakuna makaa ya kumtia mtu yeyote joto; hapa hakuna moto wa kuota.

15 This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

15 Hayo ndiyo yote wanayoweza kuwatendea ninyi, hawa ambao umetaabika nao na kufanya nao biashara tangu utoto. Kila mmoja atatoroka; hakuna yeyote awezaye kukuokoa.