Dunia Kuharibiwa Upesi
124:1 Isa 2:19-21; Yer 25:29; Yos 6:17; Isa 13:5; 33:9; Mwa 11:9Tazama, Bwana ataifanya dunia kuwa ukiwa
na kuiharibu,
naye atauharibu uso wake
na kutawanya wakaao ndani yake:
224:2 Eze 7:12; Hos 4:9; 1Kor 7:29-31; Law 25:35-37; Kum 23:19-20; Law 25:35-37; Isa 3:1-7ndivyo itakavyokuwa
kwa makuhani na kwa watu,
kwa bwana na kwa mtumishi,
kwa bibi na kwa mtumishi wake wa kike,
kwa muuzaji na kwa mnunuzi,
kwa mkopaji na kwa mkopeshaji,
kwa mdaiwa na kwa mdai.
324:3 Isa 6:11-12; 10:6; 7:7; Mwa 6:13Dunia itaharibiwa kabisa
na kutekwa nyara kabisa.
Bwana amesema neno hili.
424:4 Yos 12:11; Yer 14:4; Isa 15:6; 1Sam 2:12; Yoe 1:10Dunia inakauka na kunyauka,
dunia inanyongʼonyea na kunyauka,
waliotukuzwa wa dunia wananyongʼonyea.
524:5 Mwa 3:17; Hes 35:33; Law 18:25; Isa 59:12; 9:17; Yer 7:28; 11:10; Mwa 9:11Dunia imetiwa unajisi na watu wake;
wameacha kutii sheria,
wamevunja amri
na kuvunja agano la milele.
624:6 Yer 50:15; Isa 20:624:6 Kum 28:15; Law 26:15; Dan 9:11; Yos 23:15Kwa hiyo laana inaiteketeza dunia,
watu wake lazima waichukue hatia yao.
Kwa hiyo wakazi wa dunia wameteketezwa,
nao waliosalia ni wachache sana.
724:7 Isa 32:10; 7:23; Yoe 1:10-12; Isa 16:8-10Divai mpya inakauka na mzabibu unanyauka,
watu wote wafurahishao wanalia kwa huzuni.
824:8 Mwa 31:27; Isa 5:14; Mao 5:14; Eze 26:13; Yer 7:34; 16:9; Ufu 5:14Furaha ya matoazi imekoma,
kelele za wenye furaha zimekoma,
shangwe za kinubi zimenyamaza.
924:9 Isa 5:11, 20-22Hawanywi tena mvinyo pamoja na wimbo,
kileo ni kichungu kwa wanywaji wake.
1024:10 Isa 25:2; 26:5; 6:11Mji ulioharibiwa umekuwa ukiwa,
mlango wa kila nyumba umefungwa.
1124:11 Isa 15:6; 16:10; 32:13; Yer 14:3; Za 144:14; Mao 2:12Barabarani wanalilia kupata mvinyo,
furaha yote imegeuka kuwa majonzi,
furaha yote imefukuziwa mbali na dunia.
1224:12 Isa 19:18; 3:26; 13:2Mji umeachwa katika uharibifu,
lango lake limevunjwa vipande.
1324:13 Kum 30:4; Isa 17:6; Mik 7:1Ndivyo itakavyokuwa duniani
na miongoni mwa mataifa,
kama vile wakati mzeituni upigwavyo,
au kama vile wakati masazo yabakiavyo baada ya zabibu kuvunwa.
1424:14 Isa 12:6; 43:5; 49:12Wanainua sauti zao, wanapiga kelele kwa furaha,
kutoka magharibi wanasifu kwa ukelele utukufu wa Bwana.
1524:15 Isa 45:12; 2The 1:12; Mal 1:11; Kut 15:2; Za 113:3; Isa 25:3; 12:4; 59:19Kwa hiyo upande wa mashariki mpeni Bwana utukufu,
liadhimisheni jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli,
katika visiwa vya bahari.
1624:16 Isa 28:5; Yer 3:20; 9:2; 10:19; Za 48:10; Hos 5:7; Ezr 9:15; 1Sam 4:8Kutoka miisho ya dunia tunasikia uimbaji:
“Utukufu kwa Yule Mwenye Haki.”
Lakini nilisema, “Ninadhoofika, ninadhoofika!
Ole wangu!
Watenda hila wanasaliti!
Kwa hila watenda hila wanasaliti!”
1724:17 Isa 8:14; Yer 48:43; Amo 5:19; Kum 32:23-25; Lk 21:35Hofu, shimo na mtego vinakungojea,
ewe mtu ukaaye duniani.
1824:18 Mwa 7:11; Amu 5:4; Ay 18:19; 20:24; Za 18:7; Isa 42:22; Mao 3:47; Eze 38:15Kila akimbiaye asikiapo sauti ya hofu
atatumbukia shimoni,
naye yeyote apandaye kutoka shimoni,
atanaswa kwenye mtego.
Malango ya gharika ya mbinguni yamefunguliwa,
misingi ya dunia inatikisika.
1924:19 Yer 4:23; Kum 11:6; Za 46:2Dunia imepasuka,
dunia imechanika,
dunia imetikiswa kabisa.
2024:20 Ay 12:15; 27:18; Isa 1:2, 28; 19:14; 43:27; Za 46:2; Isa 58:1; Ay 12:14, 25Dunia inapepesuka kama mlevi,
inayumbayumba kama kibanda kwenye upepo;
imelemewa sana na mzigo wa hatia ya uasi wake
na ikianguka kamwe haitainuka tena.
2124:21 Isa 13:11; 2:11; Yer 25:29; Za 76:12; Isa 10:20; Ufu 16:14; 1Kor 6:3; Efe 6:12Katika siku ile Bwana ataadhibu
nguvu zilizoko mbinguni juu,
na wafalme walioko duniani chini.
2224:22 Isa 42:7, 22; Lk 8:31; Eze 38:8; Isa 10:4; Ufu 20:7-10Watakusanywa pamoja
kama wafungwa waliofungwa gerezani,
watafungiwa gerezani
na kuadhibiwa baada ya siku nyingi.
2324:23 Za 97:1; Ufu 22:5; Ebr 12:22; Ufu 21:23; Isa 13:10; 28:5; 41:16Mwezi utatiwa haya, nalo jua litaaibishwa;
kwa maana Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atawala
juu ya Mlima Sayuni na katika Yerusalemu,
tena mbele ya wazee wake kwa utukufu.
The Lord Will Destroy the Earth
1The Lord is going to completely destroy everything on earth.
He will twist its surface.
He’ll scatter those who live on it.
2Priests and people alike will suffer.
So will masters and their servants.
And so will women and their female servants.
Sellers and buyers alike will suffer.
So will those who borrow and those who lend.
And so will those who owe money and those who lend it.
3The earth will be completely destroyed.
Everything of value will be taken out of it.
That’s what the Lord has said.
4The earth will dry up completely.
The world will dry up and waste away.
The heavens will fade away along with the earth.
5The earth is polluted by its people.
They haven’t obeyed the laws of the Lord.
They haven’t done what he told them to do.
They’ve broken the covenant that will last forever.
6So the Lord will send a curse on the earth.
Its people will pay for what they’ve done.
They will be burned up.
Very few of them will be left.
7The vines and fresh wine will dry up completely.
Those who used to have a good time will groan.
8The happy sounds of tambourines will be gone.
The noise of those who enjoy wild parties will stop.
The joyful music of harps will become silent.
9People will no longer sing as they drink wine.
Beer will taste bitter to those who drink it.
10Destroyed cities will lie empty.
People will lock themselves inside their houses.
11In the streets people will cry out for wine.
All joy will turn into sadness.
All joyful sounds will be driven out of the earth.
12All the buildings will be knocked down.
Every city gate will be smashed to pieces.
13That’s how it will be on the earth.
And that’s how it will be among the nations.
It will be as when workers knock all but a few olives off the trees.
It will be like a vine that has only a few grapes left after the harvest.
14Those who are left alive will shout for joy.
People from the west will praise the Lord because he is the King.
15So give glory to him, you who live in the east.
Honor the name of the Lord, you who are in the islands of the sea.
He is the God of Israel.
16From one end of the earth to the other we hear singing.
People are saying,
“Give glory to the God who always does what is right.”
But I said, “I feel very bad.
I’m getting weaker and weaker.
How terrible it is for me!
People turn against one another.
They can’t be trusted.
So they turn against one another.”
17Listen, you people of the earth.
Terror, a pit and a trap are waiting for you.
18Anyone who runs away from the terror
will fall into the pit.
Anyone who climbs out of the pit
will be caught in the trap.
The Lord will open the windows of the skies.
He will flood the land.
The foundations of the earth will shake.
19The earth will be broken up.
It will split open.
It will be shaken to pieces.
20The earth will be unsteady like someone who is drunk.
It will sway like a tent in the wind.
Its sin will weigh so heavily on it that it will fall.
It will never get up again.
21At that time the Lord will punish
the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens above.
He will also punish the kings on the earth below.
22They will be brought together
like prisoners in chains.
They’ll be locked up in prison.
After many days the Lord will punish them.
23The Lord who rules over all will rule
on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
The elders of the city will be there.
They will see his great glory.
His rule will be so glorious that the sun and moon
will be too ashamed to shine.
