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’s devastation of the earth
1See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter its inhabitants –
2it will be the same
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
3The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.
4The earth dries up and withers,
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens languish with the earth.
5The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
7The new wine dries up and the vine withers;
all the merrymakers groan.
8The joyful tambourines are stilled,
the noise of the revellers has stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
9No longer do they drink wine with a song;
the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
10The ruined city lies desolate;
the entrance to every house is barred.
11In the streets they cry out for wine;
all joy turns to gloom,
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12The city is left in ruins,
its gate is battered to pieces.
13So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
14They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
15Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands of the sea.
16From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
‘Glory to the Righteous One.’
But I said, ‘I waste away, I waste away!
Woe to me!
The treacherous betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!’
17Terror and pit and snare await you,
people of the earth.
18Whoever flees at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.
19The earth is broken up,
the earth is split asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
20The earth reels like a drunkard,
it sways like a hut in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion
that it falls – never to rise again.
21In that day the Lord will punish
the powers in the heavens above
and the kings on the earth below.
22They will be herded together
like prisoners bound in a dungeon;
they will be shut up in prison
and be punished24:22 Or released after many days.
23The moon will be dismayed,
the sun ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders – with great glory.
