Dhambi, Toba Na Ukombozi
159:1 Hes 11:23; Isa 50:2; 30:19; 41:20; 58:9; 65:24Hakika mkono wa Bwana si mfupi hata usiweze kuokoa,
wala sikio lake si zito hata lisiweze kusikia.
259:2 Za 18:41; Yn 9:31; Yer 11:11; Isa 58:4; Eze 39:23; Yer 5:25Lakini maovu yenu yamewatenga
ninyi na Mungu wenu,
dhambi zenu zimewaficha ninyi uso wake,
ili asisikie.
359:3 2Fal 21:16; Eze 22:9; Rum 3:15; Isa 1:15; Za 7:3; Isa 3:8Kwa maana mikono yenu imetiwa mawaa kwa damu
na vidole vyenu kwa hatia.
Midomo yenu imenena uongo,
nazo ndimi zenu zimenongʼona mambo maovu.
459:4 Za 7:14; Yak 1:15; Isa 5:23; Ay 15:31; Isa 44:20; 29:20; Ay 4:8Hakuna hata mmoja anayedai kwa haki;
hakuna hata mmoja anayetetea shauri lake kwa haki.
Wanategemea mabishano matupu na kusema uongo,
huchukua mimba ya magomvi na kuzaa uovu.
559:5 Ay 8:14; Mt 3:7; Isa 11:8Huangua mayai ya nyoka wenye sumu kali
na kutanda wavu wa buibui.
Yeyote alaye mayai yao atakufa,
na wakati moja lianguliwapo, nyoka hutoka humo.
659:6 Isa 28:20; Mit 4:17; Za 55:9; Isa 58:4Utando wao wa buibui haufai kwa nguo;
hawawezi kujifunika kwa kile walichokitengeneza.
Matendo yao ni matendo maovu,
vitendo vya jeuri vipo mikononi mwao.
759:7 2Fal 21:16; Mik 3:10; Mit 6:17; Rum 3:15-17; Mk 7:21-22Miguu yao hukimbilia kwenye dhambi,
ni myepesi kumwaga damu isiyo na hatia.
Mawazo yao ni mawazo maovu;
uharibifu na maangamizi huonekana katika njia zao.
859:8 Mit 2:15; Isa 57:21; Lk 1:79; Amu 5:6; Rum 3:15-17Hawajui njia ya amani,
hakuna haki katika mapito yao.
Wameyageuza kuwa njia za upotovu,
hakuna apitaye njia hizo atakayeifahamu amani.
959:9 Yer 8:15; Ay 19:8; Za 107:14; Isa 5:30; 8:20; Lk 1:79Hivyo uadilifu uko mbali nasi,
nayo haki haitufikii.
Tunatazamia nuru, kumbe! Yote ni giza,
tunatazamia mwanga, lakini tunatembea katika giza kuu.
1059:10 Mao 4:14; Sef 1:17; Ay 3:23; Yn 11:10; Kum 28:29; Isa 6:9-10; Mao 3:6Tunapapasa ukuta kama kipofu,
tunapapasa katika njia zetu kama watu wasio na macho.
Adhuhuri tunajikwaa kama wakati wa gizagiza;
katikati ya wenye nguvu, tuko kama wafu.
1159:11 Eze 7:16Wote tunanguruma kama dubu;
tunalia kwa maombolezo kama hua.
Tunatafuta haki, kumbe hakuna kabisa;
tunatafuta wokovu, lakini uko mbali.
1259:12 Ezr 9:6; Yer 2:19; Mwa 4:7; Isa 57; 12; 3:9; Yer 51:3Kwa sababu makosa yetu ni mengi machoni pako,
na dhambi zetu zinashuhudia dhidi yetu.
Makosa yetu yako pamoja nasi daima,
nasi tunayatambua maovu yetu:
1359:13 Hes 11:20; Za 12:5; Mt 12:34; Mk 7:21-22; Mit 30; 9; Tit 1:16; Isa 48:8Uasi na udanganyifu dhidi ya Bwana,
kumgeuzia Mungu wetu kisogo,
tukichochea udhalimu na maasi,
tukinena uongo ambao mioyo yetu imeuhifadhi.
1459:14 Neh 8:1; Isa 48:1; Yer 33:16; Isa 29:21; 1:21Hivyo uadilifu umerudishwa nyuma,
nayo haki inasimama mbali,
kweli imejikwaa njiani,
uaminifu hauwezi kuingia.
1559:15 Yer 7:28; Dan 8:12; Isa 5:7Kweli haipatikani popote,
na yeyote aepukaye uovu huwa mawindo.
Bwana alitazama naye akachukizwa
kwamba hapakuwepo haki.
1659:16 Isa 41:28; 65:3; Za 98:1; Isa 53:12; 46:13Aliona kuwa hakuwepo hata mtu mmoja,
akashangaa kwamba hakuwepo hata mmoja wa kuingilia kati;
hivyo mkono wake mwenyewe
ndio uliomfanyia wokovu,
nayo haki yake mwenyewe
ndiyo iliyomtegemeza.
1759:17 Efe 6:14; 1The 5:8; Ay 27:6; Eze 5:13; Efe 6:17; Isa 63:3Alivaa haki kama dirii kifuani mwake,
na chapeo ya wokovu kichwani mwake,
alivaa mavazi ya kisasi
naye akajifunga wivu kama joho.
1859:18 Hes 10:35; Isa 34:8; Mt 16:27Kulingana na kile walichokuwa wametenda,
ndivyo atakavyolipa
ghadhabu kwa watesi wake
na kisasi kwa adui zake,
atavilipa visiwa sawa na wanavyostahili.
1959:19 Isa 49:12; Za 113:3; Ufu 12:15; Mt 8:11; Za 97:6Kuanzia magharibi, watu wataliogopa jina la Bwana
na kuanzia mawio ya jua, watauheshimu utukufu wake.
Wakati adui atakapokuja kama mafuriko,
Roho wa Bwana atainua kiwango dhidi yake na kumshinda.
2059:20 Yer 35:15; Mdo 2:38-39; Rum 11:26; Ay 19:25; Isa 52:8; Yoe 3:21; Yer 35:15“Mkombozi atakuja Sayuni,
kwa wale wa Yakobo
wanaozitubu dhambi zao,”
asema Bwana.
2159:21 Isa 44:3; Ebr 8:10; Eze 36:37; Mwa 9:16; Kum 29:14; Isa 42:6; Kut 4:15“Kwa habari yangu mimi, hili ndilo agano langu nao,” asema Bwana. “Roho wangu, aliye juu yenu, na maneno yangu ambayo nimeyaweka katika vinywa vyenu, havitaondoka vinywani mwenu, wala kutoka vinywani mwa watoto wenu, wala kutoka vinywani mwa wazao wao, kuanzia sasa na hata milele,” asema Bwana.
1Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.59.2 have hid: or, have made him hide 3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.59.5 cockatrice’: or, adder’s59.5 crushed…: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper 6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.59.7 destruction: Heb. breaking 8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.59.8 judgment: or, right
9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; 13In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.59.15 maketh…: or, is accounted mad59.15 it displeased…: Heb. it was evil in his eyes
16¶ And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. 17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. 18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.59.18 deeds: Heb. recompences 19So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.59.19 lift…: or, put him to flight
20¶ And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
