1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. 5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
9¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 11Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; 13And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?51.13 were…: or, made himself ready 14The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. 15But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. 16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
17¶ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. 19These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?51.19 are…: Heb. happened51.19 destruction: Heb. breaking 20Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
21¶ Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Wokovu Wa Milele Kwa Sayuni
151:1 Isa 46:3; Kum 7:13; Mit 26:27; Kum 16:20; Za 94:15; Isa 63:8; Rum 9:30-31; Isa 17:10“Nisikilizeni, ninyi mnaofuatia haki
na mnaomtafuta Bwana:
Tazameni mwamba ambako mlichongwa,
na mahali pa kuvunjia mawe ambako mlichimbwa;
251:2 Mwa 17:6; Ebr 11:11; Mwa 12:2; Isa 29:22; Rum 4:16mwangalieni Abrahamu, baba yenu,
na Sara, ambaye aliwazaa.
Wakati nilipomwita alikuwa mmoja tu,
nami nikambariki na kumfanya kuwa wengi.
351:3 Isa 40:1; Mwa 13:10; Yer 16:9; Za 102:13; Isa 44:26; Za 51:18; Isa 61:4Hakika Bwana ataifariji Sayuni,
naye atayaangalia kwa huruma magofu yake yote;
atayafanya majangwa yake yawe kama Edeni,
nazo sehemu zake zisizolimika ziwe kama bustani ya Bwana.
Shangwe na furaha zitakuwako ndani yake,
shukrani na sauti za kuimba.
451:4 Kut 6:7; Isa 26:18; 42:4-6; Za 50:7; Isa 3:15; 63:8“Nisikilizeni, watu wangu;
nisikieni, taifa langu:
Sheria itatoka kwangu;
haki yangu itakuwa nuru kwa mataifa.
551:5 Isa 35:4; 46:13; Za 98:1; 85:9; Mwa 49:10; Isa 52:10Haki yangu inakaribia mbio,
wokovu wangu unakuja,
nao mkono wangu utaleta hukumu kwa mataifa.
Visiwa vitanitegemea
na kungojea mkono wangu kwa matumaini.
651:6 Za 37:20; Lk 21:33; Za 102:25-26; Ebr 1:10-12; Mt 24:35; Isa 54:10Inueni macho yenu mbinguni,
mkaitazame dunia chini;
mbingu zitatoweka kama moshi,
dunia itachakaa kama vazi,
na wakazi wake kufa kama mainzi.
Bali wokovu wangu utadumu milele,
haki yangu haitakoma kamwe.
751:7 Za 37:31; Mt 10:28; Mdo 5:41; Za 119:39; Lk 6:22; Isa 54:4; 50:7“Nisikieni, ninyi mnaojua lililo sawa,
ninyi watu ambao mna sheria yangu mioyoni mwenu:
Msiogope mashutumu ya wanadamu
wala msitiwe hofu na matukano yao.
851:8 Ay 13:28; Yak 5:2; Isa 14:11Kwa maana nondo atawala kama vazi,
nao funza atawatafuna kama sufu.
Lakini haki yangu itadumu milele,
wokovu wangu kwa vizazi vyote.”
951:9 Kut 32:7; Za 68:30; Ay 26:12; Eze 29:3; Amu 5:12; Mwa 18:14; Za 65:6; 74:13Amka, Amka! Jivike nguvu,
ewe mkono wa Bwana,
Amka, kama siku zilizopita,
kama vile vizazi vya zamani.
Si ni wewe uliyemkata Rahabu vipande vipande,
uliyemchoma yule joka?
1051:10 Zek 10:11; Kut 14:21; Ufu 16:12; Kut 15:5, 8, 13; Ay 36:30Si ni wewe uliyekausha bahari,
maji ya kilindi kikuu,
uliyefanya barabara katika vilindi vya bahari
ili waliokombolewa wapate kuvuka?
1151:11 Isa 35:9; 44:23; 48:20; Ufu 7:17; Yer 31:13; 30:19; Sef 3:17; Isa 30:19Wale waliolipiwa fidia na Bwana watarudi.
Wataingia Sayuni wakiimba;
furaha ya milele itakuwa taji juu ya vichwa vyao.
Furaha na shangwe zitawapata,
huzuni na kulia kwa uchungu kutatoweka.
1251:12 Za 118:6; 2Kor 1:3-4; 1Pet 1:24; Isa 15:6; 2Fal 1:15; Isa 2:22; 40:6-7“Mimi, naam mimi,
ndimi niwafarijie ninyi.
Ninyi ni nani hata kuwaogopa
wanadamu wanaokufa,
wanadamu ambao ni majani tu,
1351:13 Ay 8:13; 4:17; Isa 17:10; 7:4; Ay 20:7; Isa 45:11; 48:13; 9:4kwamba mnamsahau Bwana Muumba wenu,
aliyezitanda mbingu
na kuiweka misingi ya dunia,
kwamba mnaishi katika hofu siku zote
kwa sababu ya ghadhabu ya mdhalimu,
ambaye nia yake ni kuangamiza?
Iko wapi basi ghadhabu ya mdhalimu?
1451:14 Isa 49:10; Zek 9:11; Isa 42:7Wafungwa waliojikunyata kwa hofu
watawekwa huru karibuni;
hawatafia kwenye gereza lao,
wala hawatakosa chakula.
1551:15 Kut 14:21; Isa 43:16; Za 74:13; Yer 31:35; Za 93:3; Isa 13:4Kwa maana Mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wako,
ambaye huisukasuka bahari ili mawimbi yake yangurume:
Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ndilo jina lake.
1651:16 Kut 4:12-15; 2Pet 3:13; Kum 18:18; 33:22; Zek 8:8; Eze 14:11; Yer 7:23; 24:7Nimeweka maneno yangu kinywani mwako
na kukufunika kwa uvuli wa mkono wangu:
Mimi niliyeweka mbingu mahali pake,
niliyeweka misingi ya dunia,
niwaambiaye Sayuni,
‘Ninyi ni watu wangu.’ ”
Kikombe Cha Ghadhabu Ya Bwana
1751:17 Amu 5:12; Ay 21:20; Ufu 16:19; Za 60:3; 16:5; Mt 20:22; Isa 42:25Amka, amka!
Simama, ee Yerusalemu,
wewe uliyekunywa kutoka mkono wa Bwana
kikombe cha ghadhabu yake,
wewe uliyekunywa mpaka kufikia machujo yake,
kikombe kile cha kunywea
kiwafanyacho watu kuyumbayumba.
1851:18 Ay 31:18; Za 88:18; Isa 49:21; 41:13Kati ya wana wote aliowazaa
hakuwepo hata mmoja wa kumwongoza,
kati ya wana wote aliowalea
hakuwepo hata mmoja wa kumshika mkono.
1951:19 Isa 40:2; 47:9; 49:13; Yer 14:12; 24:10Majanga haya mawili yamekuja juu yako:
ni nani awezaye kukufariji?
Maangamizi, uharibifu, njaa na upanga:
ni nani awezaye kukutuliza?
2051:20 Yer 14:16; Mao 2:19; Isa 5:25; Ay 18:10; Yer 44:6; Ay 40:11; Kum 28:20Wana wako wamezimia,
wamelala kwenye mwanzo wa kila barabara,
kama swala aliyenaswa kwenye wavu.
Wamejazwa na ghadhabu ya Bwana
na makaripio ya Mungu wako.
2151:21 Isa 14:32; 29:9; Mao 3:15Kwa hiyo sikiliza hili, wewe uliyeteswa,
uliyelewa, lakini si kwa mvinyo.
2251:22 Yer 50:34; Hab 2:16; Isa 49:25; Yer 25:15; Mt 20:2251:22 Yer 50:34; Hab 2:16; Isa 49:25; Yer 25:15; Mt 20:22Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenyezi wako,
Mungu wako, yeye ambaye huwatetea watu wake:
“Tazama, nimeondoa mkononi mwako
kikombe kilichokufanya uyumbayumbe;
kutoka kikombe hicho,
kikombe cha kunywa cha ghadhabu yangu,
kamwe hutakunywa tena.
2351:23 Yer 49:12; Zek 12:3; Yos 10:24; Isa 14:4; 49:26; Yer 25:15-17, 26; Mik 7:1051:23 Yer 49:12; Zek 12:3; Yos 10:24; Isa 14:4; 49:26; Yer 25:15-17, 26; Mik 7:10Nitakiweka mikononi mwa watesi wako,
wale waliokuambia,
‘Anguka kifudifudi
ili tuweze kutembea juu yako.’
Ukaufanya mgongo wako kama ardhi,
kama njia yao ya kupita.”
