Isaiah 52 – NIRV & NEN

New International Reader’s Version

Isaiah 52:1-15

1Wake up! Zion, wake up!

Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes.

Holy city of Jerusalem,

put on your clothes of glory.

Those who haven’t been circumcised will never enter you again.

Neither will those who are “unclean.”

2Get up, Jerusalem! Shake off your dust.

Take your place on your throne.

Captured people of Zion,

remove the chains from your neck.

3The Lord says,

“When you were sold as slaves, no one paid anything for you.

Now no one will pay any money to set you free.”

4The Lord and King continues,

“Long ago my people went down to Egypt.

They lived there for a while.

Later, Assyria crushed them without any reason.

5“Now look at what has happened to them,” announces the Lord.

“Once again my people have been taken away.

And no one paid anything for them.

Those who rule over them brag about it,”

announces the Lord.

“All day long without stopping,

people speak evil things against my name.

6So the day will come when my people will really know the meaning of my name.

They will know what kind of God I am.

They will know that I told them ahead of time they would return to their land.

They will know that it was I.”

7What a beautiful sight it is

to see messengers coming with good news!

How beautiful to see them coming down from the mountains

with a message about peace!

How wonderful it is when they bring the good news

that we are saved!

How wonderful when they say to Zion,

“Your God rules!”

8Listen! Those on guard duty are shouting out the message.

With their own eyes

they see the Lord returning to Zion.

So they shout for joy.

9Burst into songs of joy together,

you broken-down buildings in Jerusalem.

The Lord has comforted his people.

He has set Jerusalem free.

10The Lord will use the power of his holy arm to save his people.

All the nations will see him do it.

Everyone from one end of the earth to the other will see it.

11You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’s temple, leave Babylon!

Leave it! Get out of there!

Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and “clean.”

Come out of Babylon and be pure.

12But this time you won’t have to leave in a hurry.

You won’t have to rush away.

The Lord will go ahead of you and lead you.

The God of Israel will follow behind you and guard you.

The Suffering and Glory of the Lord’s Servant

13The Lord says, “My servant will act wisely and accomplish his task.

He will be highly honored. He will be greatly respected.

14Many people were shocked when they saw him.

He was so scarred that he no longer looked like a person.

His body was so twisted that he did not look like a human being anymore.

15But many nations will be surprised when they see what he has done.

Kings will be so amazed that they will not be able to say anything.

They will understand things they were never told.

They will know the meaning of things they never heard.”

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Isaya 52:1-15

152:1 Isa 51:9; Es 6:8; Ufu 21:2; Yoe 3:17; Zek 3:4; Isa 49:18; Kut 28:2, 40; Neh 1:1Amka, amka, ee Sayuni,

jivike nguvu.

Vaa mavazi yako ya fahari,

ee Yerusalemu, mji mtakatifu.

Asiyetahiriwa na aliye najisi

hataingia kwako tena.

252:2 Zek 2:7; Isa 29:4; 10:27; Za 81:9; 9:14Jikungʼute mavumbi yako,

inuka, uketi kwenye kiti cha enzi, ee Yerusalemu.

Jifungue minyororo iliyo shingoni mwako,

ee Binti Sayuni uliye mateka.

352:3 Za 44:12; Isa 45:13; 1:27; 1Pet 1:18Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:

“Mliuzwa pasipo malipo,

nanyi mtakombolewa bila fedha.”

452:4 Mwa 46:6; Isa 10:24Kwa maana hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenyezi:

“Hapo kwanza watu wangu walishuka Misri kuishi,

hatimaye, Ashuru wakawaonea.

552:5 Eze 36:20; Rum 2:24; Isa 37:23“Basi sasa nina nini hapa?” asema Bwana.

“Kwa kuwa watu wangu wamechukuliwa pasipo malipo,

nao wale wanaowatawala wanawadhihaki,”

asema Bwana.

“Mchana kutwa

jina langu limetukanwa bila kikomo.

652:6 Isa 49:23; Kut 6:3; Isa 41:26; 10:20Kwa hiyo watu wangu watalijua Jina langu;

kwa hiyo katika siku ile watajua

kwamba ndimi niliyetangulia kulisema.

Naam, ni mimi.”

752:7 2Sam 18:26; Rum 10:15; 1Kor 15:24-25; Lk 2:14; Isa 42:11; 40:9; Efe 6:15Tazama jinsi miguu ya wale waletao habari njema

ilivyo mizuri juu ya milima,

wale wanaotangaza amani,

wanaoleta habari njema,

wanaotangaza wokovu,

wauambiao Sayuni,

“Mungu wako anatawala!”

852:8 Sef 3:9; Eze 3:17; 1Sam 14:16; Isa 56:10; Yer 6:17; Hes 10:36; Zek 8:3Sikiliza! Walinzi wako wanapaza sauti zao,

pamoja wanapaza sauti zao kwa furaha.

Wakati Bwana atakaporejea Sayuni,

wataliona kwa macho yao wenyewe.

952:9 Za 98:4; Isa 35:2; Za 74:3; Isa 48:20; Ezr 9:9; Lk 2:25; Isa 51:3Pazeni sauti ya nyimbo za furaha pamoja,

enyi magofu ya Yerusalemu,

kwa maana Bwana amewafariji watu wake,

ameikomboa Yerusalemu.

1052:10 Lk 2:30; Za 67:2; Isa 66:18; 2Nya 32:8; Za 44:3; Isa 30:30; Yos 4:24Mkono mtakatifu wa Bwana umefunuliwa

machoni pa mataifa yote,

nayo miisho yote ya dunia itaona

wokovu wa Mungu wetu.

1152:11 Yer 50:8; 2Kor 6:17; Hes 8:6; 2Tim 2:9; Isa 1:16; 2Nya 36:10; Isa 48:20Ondokeni, ondokeni, tokeni huko!

Msiguse kitu chochote kilicho najisi!

Tokeni kati yake mwe safi,

ninyi mchukuao vyombo vya Bwana.

1252:12 Kut 14:19; 12:11; Mik 2:13; Yn 10:4Lakini hamtaondoka kwa haraka,

wala hamtakwenda kwa kukimbia;

kwa maana Bwana atatangulia mbele yenu,

Mungu wa Israeli atakuwa mlinzi nyuma yenu.

Mateso Na Utukufu Wa Mtumishi

1352:13 Isa 53:3; Mdo 3:13; Yos 1:8; Isa 20:3; 57:15; Flp 2:9Tazama, mtumishi wangu atatenda kwa hekima;

atatukuzwa, na kuinuliwa juu, na kukwezwa sana.

1452:14 Law 26:32; Ay 2:12; 16:16; 18:20; 2Sam 10:4Kama walivyokuwa wengi

walioshangazwa naye,

kwani uso wake ulikuwa umeharibiwa sana

zaidi ya mtu yeyote

na umbo lake kuharibiwa

zaidi ya mfano wa mwanadamu:

1552:15 Ebr 9:13; Rum 15:21; Efe 3:4-5; Za 107:42; Amu 18:19; Law 14:7; 16:14-15hivyo atayashangaza mataifa mengi,

nao wafalme watafunga vinywa vyao kwa sababu yake.

Kwa kuwa yale ambayo hawakuambiwa, watayaona,

nayo yale wasiyoyasikia, watayafahamu.