Trouble for Assyria and Help for God’s People
1How terrible it will be for you, you who destroy others!
Assyria, you haven’t been destroyed yet.
How terrible for you, you who turn against others!
Others haven’t turned against you yet.
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you stop turning against others,
others will turn against you.
2Lord, have mercy on us.
We long for you to help us.
Make us strong every morning.
Save us when we’re in trouble.
3At the roar of your army, the nations run away.
When you rise up against them, they scatter.
4Nations, what you have taken in battle is destroyed.
It’s as if young locusts had eaten it up.
Like large numbers of locusts,
people rush to get it.
5The Lord is honored. He lives in heaven.
He will make sure Zion’s people only do what is fair and right.
6He will be the firm foundation for their entire lives.
He will give them all the wisdom, knowledge and saving power they will ever need.
Respect for the Lord is the key to that treasure.
7Look! Judah’s brave men cry out loud in the streets.
The messengers who were sent to bring peace weep bitter tears.
8The wide roads are deserted.
No one travels on them.
Our peace treaty with Assyria is broken.
Those who witnessed it are looked down on.
No one is respected.
9The land dries up and wastes away.
Lebanon is full of shame and dries up.
The rich land of Sharon is like the Arabah Desert.
The trees of Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
10“Now I will take action,” says the Lord.
“Now I will be honored.
Now I will be respected.
11Assyria, your plans and actions are like straw.
Your anger is a fire that will destroy you.
12The nations will be burned to ashes.
They will be like bushes that are cut down and set on fire.
13“You nations far away, listen to what I have done!
My people who are near, recognize how powerful I am!
14The sinners in Zion are terrified.
They tremble with fear.
They say, ‘Who of us can live through the Lord’s destroying fire?
Who of us can live through the fire that burns forever?’
15People must do what is right.
They must be honest and tell the truth.
They must not get rich by cheating others.
Their hands must not receive money from those who want special favors.
They must not let their ears listen to plans to commit murder.
They must close their eyes to even thinking about doing what is evil.
16People like that will be kept safe.
It will be as if they were living on high mountains.
It will be as if they were living in a mountain fort.
They will have all the food they need.
And they will never run out of water.”
17People of Judah, you will see the king in all his glory and majesty.
You will view his kingdom spreading far and wide.
18You will think about what used to terrify you.
You will say to yourself,
“Where is that chief officer of Assyria?
Where is the one who forced us to send gifts to his king?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers
that were used when we were attacked?”
19You won’t see those proud people anymore.
They spoke a strange language.
None of us could understand it.
20Just look at Zion! It’s the city
where we celebrate our regular feasts.
Turn your eyes toward Jerusalem.
It will be a peaceful place to live in.
It will be like a tent that will never be moved.
Its stakes will never be pulled up.
None of its ropes will be broken.
21There the Lord will be our Mighty One.
It will be like a place of wide rivers and streams.
No boat with oars will travel on them.
No mighty ship will sail on them.
22That’s because the Lord is our judge.
The Lord gives us our law.
The Lord is our king.
He will save us.
23The ropes on your ship hang loose.
The mast isn’t very secure.
The sail isn’t spread out.
But the Lord will strike down the Assyrians.
Then a large amount of goods will be taken from them and divided up.
Even people who are disabled will carry off some of it.
24No one living in Zion will ever say again, “I’m sick.”
And the sins of those who live there will be forgiven.
Mĩnyamaro na Ũteithio
133:1 Math 7:2; Isa 21:2Atĩrĩrĩ wee mwanangi ũyũ,
o wee ũtarĩ wanangwo, kaĩ ũrĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Wee mũkunyanĩri ũyũ,
o wee ũtarĩ wakunyanĩrwo, kaĩ ũrĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Rĩrĩa ũgaatiga kwanangana,
nĩguo nawe ũkaanangwo,
na ningĩ rĩrĩa ũgaatiga gũkunyanĩra,
nĩguo nawe ũgaakunyanĩrwo.
233:2 Kĩam 43:29; Thab 13:5Wee Jehova, tũiguĩre tha;
wee nĩwe twetagĩrĩra.
Tuĩka hinya witũ rũciinĩ o rũciinĩ,
na ũtuĩke ũhonokio witũ hĩndĩ ya mĩnyamaro.
333:3 Ndar 10:35Andũ nĩ kũũra mooraga maigua mũrurumo wa mũgambo waku;
warahũka-rĩ, ndũrĩrĩ nĩihurunjũkaga.
433:4 2Ath 7:16Indo cianyu iria igaakorwo itahĩtwo, inyuĩ ndũrĩrĩ, ikoingũrũrio itahwo,
o ta ũrĩa ciana cia ngigĩ ciũngũrũragia;
andũ magaacitharĩkĩra ta ũrĩa mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ ĩtharĩkagĩra mĩgũnda.
5Jehova nĩatũũgĩrĩtio, nĩgũkorwo atũũraga igũrũ;
nake nĩakaiyũria Zayuni na ciira wa kĩhooto na ũthingu.
633:6 Math 6:33Nĩwe ũgaatuĩka gĩtina kĩrũmu matukũ-inĩ maku,
na atuĩke kĩgĩĩna kĩa ũhoro mũingĩ wa ũhonokio, na ũũgĩ, na ũmenyi wa maũndũ;
na ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Jehova nĩguo ũgaakorwo ũrĩ mũthiithũ wa ma.
733:7 2Ath 18:37Atĩrĩrĩ, andũ ao arĩa njamba mararĩrĩra njĩra-inĩ maanĩrĩire;
nao mabarũthi mao ma thayũ maraarĩra na kĩgirĩko kĩnene.
8Barabara iria njariĩ itigĩtwo itarĩ andũ,
na agendi magatiga kũgerera njĩra icio.
Kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa maarĩkanĩire nĩgĩthũkie,
na aira a kĩo makanyararwo,
gũtirĩ o na mũndũ ũmwe ũraheo gĩtĩĩo.
933:9 Isa 2:13; 1Ath 18:9Bũrũri nĩũracakaya na ũgathirĩrĩkĩra,
nakuo kũu Lebanoni nĩgũconorithĩtio na mĩtĩ yakuo ĩkahooha.
Sharoni nakuo kũhanĩte ta werũ wa Araba,
nakuo Bashani na Karimeli gũgaita mathangũ makuo.
10Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ,
“Rĩu nĩngwarahũka, rĩu nĩngũtũũgĩrio;
rĩu nĩngwambarario na igũrũ.
1133:11 Thab 7:14; Isa 26:18Inyuĩ mũkaagĩa nda cia maragara,
mũciare rũũa rwa ngano;
nayo mĩhũmũ yanyu ĩtuĩkĩte mwaki wa kũmũcina.
1233:12 Amos 2:1Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ magaacinwo mahaane ta coka;
magaacinwo na mwaki o ta ihinga cia mĩigua itemetwo.”
1333:13 Thab 49:1; Isa 34:1Atĩrĩrĩ inyuĩ andũ arĩa mũrĩ kũraya, ta thikĩrĩriai mũigue ũrĩa njĩkĩte;
na inyuĩ mũrĩ gũkuhĩ umbũrai ũhoro wa hinya wakwa.
14Ehia arĩa marĩ kũu Zayuni nĩmamakĩte;
nao andũ arĩa matooĩ Ngai nĩkũinaina marainaina, makoiga atĩrĩ,
“Nũũ witũ ũngĩtũũrania na mwaki ũrĩa ũcinanaga?
Ningĩ nũũ witũ ũngĩtũũrania na mwaki ũtakahora nginya tene?”
1533:15 Thab 15:2; Ezek 22:13; Thim 15:27Nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũthiiaga na mĩthiĩre ya ũthingu
na akaaria ũhoro ũrĩa wagĩrĩire,
o we ũtangĩoya uumithio uumanĩte na ũhinyanĩrĩria,
na akagirĩrĩria guoko gwake kwamũkĩre mahaki,
o ũcio ũgiragĩrĩria matũ make kũigua ndeto cia gũciirĩra ũragani,
na akahinga maitho make matikerorere maũndũ mooru.
1633:16 Isa 25:4Ũcio nĩwe mũndũ ũrĩa ũgaatũũra kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru,
ũrĩa kĩĩhitho gĩake gĩgaakorwo kĩrĩ kĩirigo kĩrũmu kũu kĩrĩma-inĩ.
Nĩakaheagwo irio ciake,
na maaĩ make gũtirĩ hĩndĩ makaaga.
1733:17 Isa 26:15Maitho maku nĩmakeyonera mũthamaki arĩ na riiri wake wothe,
na wĩrorere bũrũri waramĩte, ũgatambũrũka kũraya ma.
1833:18 Isa 17:14Meciiria-inĩ maku nĩũgecũrania ũhoro wa kĩmakania kĩrĩa kĩarĩ ho
hau mbere, ũrie atĩrĩ: “Mũtongoria ũrĩa mũnene arĩ ha?
Nake mũndũ ũrĩa wamũkagĩra mbeeca cia igooti rĩa bũrũri arĩ ha?
Nake mũnene ũrĩa ũrũgamagĩrĩra mĩthiringo ĩrĩa mĩraihu na igũrũ arĩ ha?”
19Andũ acio ndũrĩka ndũgacooka kũmona rĩngĩ,
o acio maaragia mĩario ĩtangĩiguĩka,
na makaaria na rũthiomi rũgeni rũtangĩmenyeka.
2033:20 Thab 46:5Ta rora Zayuni, itũũra rĩrĩa inene rĩa maruga maitũ;
maitho maku nĩmakona Jerusalemu,
gĩikaro gĩa thayũ, nĩyo hema ĩrĩa ĩtakenyenyeka;
higĩ ciayo itirĩ hĩndĩ ikaamunywo,
o na kana mũkanda o na ũmwe wayo ũtuĩke.
2133:21 Thaam 17:6; Nahu 3:8Kũu nĩkuo Jehova Mwene-Hinya agaakorwo hamwe na ithuĩ.
Nakuo kũu gũgaatuĩka ta kũndũ kwa njũũĩ njariĩ, o na tũrũũĩ,
njũũĩ itakagererio marikabu cia mbaara,
kana igererio marikabu iria nene cia iria-inĩ.
2233:22 Jak 4:12; Isa 25:9Nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩwe wa gũtua ciira,
Jehova nĩwe mũtwathi,
Jehova nĩwe mũthamaki witũ:
we nĩwe ũgaatũhonokia.
2333:23 2Ath 7:8Mĩkanda yaku nĩmĩregeru,
na mũtĩ ũrĩa mũraaya wa marikabu ti mũrũmu,
naguo taama wa kũmĩtwarithia timũtambũrũku.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo indo nyingĩ cia ndaho nĩ ikaagayanwo,
o na andũ arĩa mathuaga nĩmagekuuĩra indo cia ndaho.
2433:24 Ndar 23:21; 1Joh 1:7-9Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũtũũraga Zayuni ũkoiga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ndĩ mũrũaru”;
nao andũ arĩa matũũraga kuo nĩmakarekerwo mehia mao.
