1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. 4As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. 5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6¶ I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7¶ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10¶ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.47.10 perverted…: or, caused thee to turn away
11¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.47.11 from…: Heb. the morning thereof47.11 put: Heb. expiate 12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.47.13 astrologers: Heb. viewers of the heavens47.13 the monthly…: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months 14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.47.14 themselves: Heb. their souls 15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
Anguko La Babeli
147:1 Mao 2:10; Isa 21:9; 23:12; Yer 51:33; Zek 2:7; Ay 2:13; Isa 29:4“Shuka uketi mavumbini,
ee Bikira Binti Babeli;
keti chini pasipo na kiti cha enzi,
ee binti wa Wakaldayo.
Hutaitwa tena mwororo wala wa kupendeza.
247:2 Mt 24:41; Kut 11:5; Amu 16:21; Mwa 24:65; Isa 32:11Chukua mawe ya kusagia, usage unga,
vua shela yako.
Pandisha mavazi yako, ondoa viatu vyako,
vuka vijito kwa shida.
347:3 Mwa 2:25; Rum 12:19; Neh 3:5; Isa 13:18-19; 20:4; 34:8; Eze 16:37Uchi wako utafunuliwa
na aibu yako itaonekana.
Nitalipa kisasi;
sitamhurumia hata mmoja.”
447:4 Yer 50:34; Amo 4:13; Isa 48:2, 17; Ay 19:25Mkombozi wetu: Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ndilo jina lake;
ndiye yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
547:5 Dan 2:37; Isa 13:10, 19; 9:2; 21:9; Ufu 17:18; Ay 2:13; Ufu 18:7“Keti kimya, ingia gizani,
Binti wa Wakaldayo,
hutaitwa tena malkia wa falme.
647:6 2Nya 28:9; Isa 10:13; Zek 1:15; Kum 13:15; Yer 50:11; Isa 14:6; 42:24Niliwakasirikia watu wangu
na kuaibisha urithi wangu;
niliwatia mikononi mwako,
nawe hukuwaonea huruma.
Hata juu ya wazee
uliweka nira nzito sana.
747:7 Ufu 18:7; Kum 32:29; Isa 10:13; Dan 4:30; Isa 42:23-25Ukasema, ‘Nitaendelea
kuwa malkia milele!’
Lakini hukutafakari mambo haya
wala hukuwaza juu ya kile kingeweza kutokea.
847:8 Isa 32:9; 45:6; 49:21; 54:4; Sef 2:15; Ufu 18:7“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.’
947:9 1The 5:3; Isa 13:8; Nah 3:4; Za 55:15; Mal 3:5; Kum 18:10-11; Ufu 9:21; 18:8-10Haya 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.
1047:10 Ay 15:31; 2Fal 21:16; Isa 5:21; 29:15; Za 52:7; 62:10Umeutegemea uovu wako,
nawe umesema, ‘Hakuna yeyote anionaye.’
Hekima yako na maarifa yako vinakupoteza
unapojiambia mwenyewe,
‘Mimi ndiye, wala hakuna mwingine zaidi yangu.’
1147:11 Dan 5:30; Za 55:15; 1The 5:3; Isa 10:3; 14:15; 21:9; Lk 17:27; Isa 17:14Maafa yatakujia,
nawe hutaweza kuyaondoa kwa uaguzi.
Janga litakuangukia,
wala hutaweza kulikinga kwa fidia;
msiba mkuu usioweza kuutabiri
utakujia ghafula.
1247:12 Kut 7:11“Endelea basi na uaguzi wako,
na wingi wa uchawi wako,
ambao umeutumikia tangu utoto wako.
Labda utafanikiwa,
labda unaweza ukasababisha hofu kuu.
1347:13 Yer 51:58; Hab 2:13; Isa 19:3; 5:29; 43:13; 57:10; 46:7; Dan 2:2Ushauri 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.
1447:14 Isa 5:24; Nah 1:10; Yer 50:30-32; Isa 30:30; 10:17Hakika 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.
1547:15 Ufu 18:11; Isa 44:17Hayo ndiyo yote wanayoweza kuwatendea ninyi,
hawa ambao umetaabika nao
na kufanya nao biashara tangu utoto.
Kila mmoja atatoroka;
hakuna yeyote awezaye kukuokoa.
