1“Cyrus is my anointed king.
I take hold of his right hand.
I give him the power
to bring nations under his control.
I help him strip kings of their power
to go to war against him.
I break city gates open so he can go through them.
I say to him,
2‘I will march out ahead of you.
I will make the mountains level.
I will break down bronze gates.
I will cut through their heavy iron bars.
3I will give you treasures that are hidden away.
I will give you riches that are stored up in secret places.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
I am the God of Israel.
I am sending for you by name.
4Cyrus, I am sending for you by name.
I am doing it for the good of the family of Jacob.
They are my servant.
I am doing it for Israel.
They are my chosen people.
You do not know anything about me.
But I am giving you a title of honor.
5I am the Lord. There is no other Lord.
I am the one and only God.
You do not know anything about me.
But I will make you strong.
6Then people will know there is no God but me.
Everyone from where the sun rises in the east
to where it sets in the west will know it.
I am the Lord.
There is no other Lord.
7I cause light to shine. I also create darkness.
I bring good times. I also create hard times.
I do all these things. I am the Lord.
8“ ‘Rain down my godliness, you heavens above.
Let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide to receive it.
Let freedom spring to life.
Let godliness grow richly along with it.
I have created all these things.
I am the Lord.’ ”
9How terrible it will be for anyone who argues with their Maker!
They are like a broken piece of pottery lying on the ground.
Does clay say to a potter,
“What are you making?”
Does a pot say,
“The potter doesn’t have any skill”?
10How terrible it will be for anyone who says to a father,
“Why did you give me life?”
How terrible for anyone who says to a mother,
“Why have you brought me into the world?”
11The Lord is the Holy One of Israel.
He made them.
He says to them,
“Are you asking me about what will happen to my children?
Are you telling me what I should do with what my hands have made?
12I made the earth.
I created human beings to live there.
My own hands spread out the heavens.
I put all the stars in their places.
13I will stir up Cyrus and help him win his battles.
I will make all his roads straight.
He will rebuild Jerusalem.
My people have been taken away from their country.
But he will set them free.
I will not pay him to do it.
He will not receive a reward for it,”
says the Lord who rules over all.
14The Lord says to the people of Jerusalem,
“You will get everything Egypt produces.
You will receive everything the people of Cush
and the tall Sabeans get in trade.
All of it will belong to you.
And all these people will walk behind you as slaves.
They will be put in chains and come over to you.
They will bow down to you.
They will admit,
‘God is with you.
There is no other God.’ ”
15You are a God who has been hiding yourself.
You are the God of Israel. You save us.
16All those who make statues of gods will be put to shame.
They will be dishonored.
They will be led away in shame together.
17But the Lord will save Israel.
He will save them forever.
They will never be put to shame or dishonored.
That will be true for all time to come.
18The Lord created the heavens.
He is God.
He formed the earth and made it.
He set it firmly in place.
He didn’t create it to be empty.
Instead, he formed it for people to live on.
He says, “I am the Lord.
There is no other Lord.
19I have not spoken in secret.
I have not spoken from a dark place.
I have not said to Jacob’s people,
‘It is useless to look for me.’
I am the Lord. I always speak the truth.
I always say what is right.
20“Come together, you people of the nations
who escaped from Babylon.
Gather together and come into court.
Only people who do not know anything
would carry around gods that are made out of wood.
They pray to false gods that can’t save them.
21Tell me what will happen. State your case.
Talk it over together.
Who spoke long ago about what would happen?
Who said it a long time ago?
I did. I am the Lord.
I am the one and only God.
I always do what is right.
I am the one who saves.
There is no God but me.
22“All you who live anywhere on earth,
turn to me and be saved.
I am God. There is no other God.
23I have made a promise in my own name.
I have spoken with complete honesty.
I will not take back a single word. I said,
‘Everyone will kneel down to me.
Everyone’s mouth will make promises in my name.’
24They will say, ‘The Lord is the only one who can save us.
Only he can make us strong.’ ”
All those who have been angry with the Lord will come to him.
And they will be put to shame.
25But the Lord will save all the people of Israel.
And so they will boast about the Lord.
Koreshi Chombo Cha Mungu
145:1 Za 73:23; Mik 4:13; Yer 50:20, 35; 51:20; Isa 48:14; 41:13; Za 45:7“Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana kwa mpakwa mafuta wake,
Koreshi, ambaye nimemshika mkono wake wa kuume
kutiisha mataifa mbele yake
na kuwavua wafalme silaha zao,
kufungua milango mbele yake
ili malango yasije yakafungwa:
245:2 Isa 40:4; Mao 2:9; Nah 3:13; Kut 23:20; Isa 13:2; Za 107:16; Yer 51:30Nitakwenda mbele yako
na kusawazisha milima;
nitavunjavunja malango ya shaba
na kukatakata mapingo ya chuma.
345:3 Kut 33:12; Isa 41:23; Yer 41:8; 2Fal 24:13; Yer 50:37; 51:13Nitakupa hazina za gizani,
mali zilizofichwa mahali pa siri,
ili upate kujua ya kwamba Mimi ndimi Bwana,
Mungu wa Israeli, akuitaye kwa jina lako.
445:4 Mdo 17:23; Isa 41:8-9; 14:1Kwa ajili ya Yakobo mtumishi wangu,
Israeli niliyemchagua,
nimekuita wewe kwa jina lako,
na kukupa jina la heshima,
ingawa wewe hunitambui.
545:5 Kum 32:12; Za 18:31, 39; Eze 30:24-25; Isa 44:8; 43:10Mimi ndimi Bwana, wala hakuna mwingine,
zaidi yangu hakuna Mungu.
Nitakutia nguvu,
ingawa wewe hujanitambua,
645:6 Za 113:3; Mal 1:11; Isa 14:13-14; Sef 2:15; Isa 43:5; 11:9ili kutoka mawio ya jua
mpaka machweo yake,
watu wapate kujua kwamba hakuna Mungu mwingine ila Mimi.
Mimi ndimi Bwana wala hakuna mwingine.
745:7 Mao 3:38; Amo 3:6; Kut 10:22; Isa 14:15; 31:2Mimi ninaumba nuru na kuhuluku giza,
ninaleta mafanikio na kusababisha maafa.
Mimi, Bwana, huyatenda haya yote.
845:8 Yoe 3:18; Hos 12:10; Mal 4:2; Za 85:9; 72:6; Isa 41:2; 46:13; Amu 5:24; Isa 60:21“Enyi mbingu juu, nyesheni haki,
mawingu na yaidondoshe.
Dunia na ifunguke sana,
wokovu na uchipuke,
haki na ikue pamoja nao.
Mimi, Bwana, ndiye niliyeiumba.
945:9 Ay 27:2; Yer 18:16; 1Kor 10:22; Rum 9:20-21; Ay 12:13; 15:25; 33:13; 9:12“Ole wake yeye ashindanaye na Muumba wake,
yeye ambaye ni kigae tu kati ya vigae juu ya ardhi.
Je, udongo wa kufinyangia humwambia mfinyanzi,
‘Unatengeneza nini wewe?’
Je, kazi yako husema,
‘Hana mikono’?
10Ole wake amwambiaye baba yake,
‘Umezaa nini?’
Au kumwambia mama yake,
‘Umezaa kitu gani?’
1145:11 Yer 31:9; Za 8:6; Isa 19:25; Za 149:2; Isa 51:13“Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana,
yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli na Muumba wake:
Kuhusu mambo yatakayokuja,
je, unaniuliza habari za watoto wangu,
au kunipa amri kuhusu kazi za mikono yangu?
1245:12 Isa 42:5; Yer 27:5; Neh 9:6; Ay 38:32; Isa 48:13Mimi ndiye niliyeumba dunia
na kumuumba mwanadamu juu yake.
Mikono yangu mwenyewe ndiyo iliyozitanda mbingu,
nikayapanga majeshi yake yote ya angani.
1345:13 Rum 3:24; Isa 52:3; 2Nya 36:22; Isa 41:2; 1Fal 8:36; Za 26:12Mimi nitamwinua Koreshi katika haki yangu:
nitazinyoosha njia zake zote.
Yeye atajenga mji wangu upya,
na kuwaweka huru watu wangu walio uhamishoni,
lakini si kwa kulipiwa fedha wala kupewa zawadi,
asema Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.”
1445:14 2Sam 3:34; Isa 14:2; Zek 8:20-23; 2Sam 8:2; Isa 18:7; Mwa 27:29; Yer 16:19; 1Kor 14:25; Isa 43:10Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Mazao ya Misri na bidhaa za Kushi,
nao wale Waseba warefu,
watakujia na kuwa wako,
watakujia wakijikokota nyuma yako,
watakujia wamefungwa minyororo.
Watasujudu mbele yako
wakikusihi na kusema,
‘Hakika Mungu yu pamoja nawe,
wala hakuna mwingine;
hakuna Mungu mwingine.’ ”
1545:15 Kum 31:17; Isa 8:17; Za 44:24; Isa 25:9; 1:15Hakika wewe u Mungu unayejificha,
Ee Mungu na Mwokozi wa Israeli.
1645:16 Za 35:4; Isa 1:29Wote watengenezao sanamu wataaibika na kutahayarika;
wataenda kutahayarika pamoja.
1745:17 Yer 23:6; Rum 11:26; Isa 26:4; Yer 33:16; Isa 12:2; Mwa 30:23; Isa 29:22Lakini Israeli ataokolewa na Bwana
kwa wokovu wa milele;
kamwe hutaaibika wala kutatahayarika,
milele yote.
1845:18 Mwa 1:2, 26; Isa 42:5; Kum 4:25Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana,
yeye aliyeumba mbingu,
ndiye Mungu;
yeye aliyeifanya dunia na kuiumba,
yeye ndiye aliiwekea misingi imara,
hakuiumba ili iwe tupu,
bali aliiumba ikaliwe na viumbe vyake.
Anasema:
“Mimi ndimi Bwana,
wala hakuna mwingine.
1945:19 Neh 9:13; Isa 48:16; 65:4, 9; Yer 31:36; Kum 30:11; Yer 2:31; Kum 4:49Sijasema sirini,
kutoka mahali fulani katika nchi ya giza;
sijawaambia wazao wa Yakobo,
‘Nitafuteni bure.’
Mimi, Bwana, nasema kweli;
ninatangaza lililo sahihi.
2045:20 Yer 2:28; Isa 43:9; 44:19; Rum 1:22; Kum 32:37; Yer 10:5; Za 115:7“Kusanyikeni pamoja mje,
enyi wakimbizi kutoka mataifa.
Wale wabebao sanamu za mti ni watu wasio na akili,
wale waombao miungu isiyoweza kuokoa.
2145:21 Za 46:10; Mk 12:32; Isa 41:22; 46:10; 25:9; Za 11:7Tangazeni litakalokuwepo, lisemeni hilo,
wao na wafanye shauri pamoja.
Ni nani aliyetangulia kusema hili tangu zamani,
aliyetangaza tangu zamani za kale?
Je, haikuwa Mimi, Bwana?
Wala hapana Mungu mwingine
zaidi yangu mimi,
Mungu mwenye haki na Mwokozi;
hapana mwingine ila mimi.
2245:22 Zek 12:10; Hes 21:8-9; Mwa 49:10; Isa 11:9-12; 44:22; 2Nya 20:12“Nigeukieni mimi, nanyi mkaokolewe,
enyi miisho yote ya dunia;
kwa maana mimi ndimi Mungu,
wala hapana mwingine.
2345:23 Mwa 22:16; Ebr 6:13; Flp 2:10-11; Isa 14:24; Za 63:11; Kum 6:13Nimeapa kwa nafsi yangu,
kinywa changu kimenena katika uadilifu wote
neno ambalo halitatanguka:
Kila goti litapigwa mbele zangu,
kwangu mimi kila ulimi utaapa.
2445:24 Yer 33:16; Isa 41:11; Kum 33:29; Isa 40:26Watasema kuhusu mimi,
‘Katika Bwana peke yake
ndiko kuna haki na nguvu.’ ”
Wote ambao wamemkasirikia Mungu
watamjia yeye, nao watatahayarika.
2545:25 Isa 24:23; 41:16; 49:4Lakini katika Bwana wazao wote wa Israeli
wataonekana wenye haki na watashangilia.
