Isaya 66 – NEN & NIRV

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Isaya 66:1-24

Hukumu Na Matumaini

166:1 2Nya 6:18; Mt 23:22; Mdo 17:24; 1Fal 8:27; Mt 5:34-35; Za 2:4; 2Sam 7:7Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana,

“Mbingu ni kiti changu cha enzi,

nayo dunia ni mahali pa kuweka miguu yangu.

Iko wapi nyumba mtakayoijenga kwa ajili yangu?

Mahali pangu pa kupumzikia patakuwa wapi?

266:2 Isa 40:26; Mdo 17:24; Ezr 9:4; Mit 28:14; Mdo 7:50; Isa 57:15; Mt 5:3-4; Lk 18:13-14Je, mkono wangu haukufanya vitu hivi vyote,

hivyo vikapata kuwepo?”

asema Bwana.

“Mtu huyu ndiye ninayemthamini:

yeye ambaye ni mnyenyekevu

na mwenye roho yenye toba,

atetemekaye asikiapo neno langu.

366:3 Isa 1:11; Law 2:2; Isa 57:17; Kum 27:15; Eze 8:9-13Lakini yeyote atoaye dhabihu ya fahali

ni kama yeye auaye mtu,

na yeyote atoaye sadaka ya mwana-kondoo,

ni kama yule avunjaye shingo ya mbwa.

Yeyote atoaye sadaka ya nafaka,

ni kama yule aletaye damu ya nguruwe,

na yeyote afukizaye uvumba wa kumbukumbu,

ni kama yule aabuduye sanamu.

Wamejichagulia njia zao wenyewe,

nazo nafsi zao zinafurahia machukizo yao.

466:4 Mit 10:24; 1Sam 8:19; Mit 1:24; 2Fal 21:2-6; Isa 10:12; 41:28; 65:12Hivyo, mimi pia nitawachagulia mapigo makali,

nami nitaleta juu yao kile wanachokiogopa.

Kwa maana nilipoita, hakuna yeyote aliyejibu,

niliposema, hakuna yeyote aliyesikiliza.

Walifanya maovu machoni pangu

na kuchagua lile linalonichukiza.”

566:5 Za 38:20; Yn 15:18-21; Lk 13:17; Tit 2:13; Ezr 9:4; Isa 60:15; 44:9Sikieni neno la Bwana,

ninyi mtetemekao kwa neno lake:

“Ndugu zenu wanaowachukia ninyi

na kuwatenga ninyi kwa sababu ya Jina langu, wamesema,

Bwana na atukuzwe,

ili tupate kuona furaha yenu!’

Hata sasa wataaibika.

666:6 1Sam 2:10; Za 68:33; Law 26:28; Isa 65:6; Yoe 3:7Sikieni hizo ghasia kutoka mjini,

sikieni hizo kelele kutoka hekaluni!

Ni sauti ya Bwana ikiwalipa adui zake

yote wanayostahili.

766:7 Isa 54:1; Ufu 12:5“Kabla hajasikia utungu, alizaa;

kabla hajapata maumivu,

alizaa mtoto mwanaume.

866:8 Isa 64:4; Yer 18:13; Isa 49:20, 21Ni nani amepata kusikia jambo kama hili?

Ni nani amepata kuona mambo kama haya?

Je, nchi yaweza kuzaliwa kwa siku moja,

au taifa laweza kutokea mara?

Mara Sayuni alipoona utungu,

alizaa watoto wake.

966:9 Isa 37:3Je, nilete mwana hadi wakati wa kuzaliwa

na nisizalishe?” asema Bwana.

“Je, nifunge tumbo la uzazi

wakati mimi ndiye nizalishaye?”

asema Mungu wako.

1066:10 Kum 32:43; Rum 15:10; Za 26:8; Isa 25:9; 57:19; 61:2“Shangilieni pamoja na Yerusalemu na mfurahi kwa ajili yake,

ninyi nyote mnaompenda,

shangilieni kwa nguvu pamoja naye,

ninyi nyote mnaoomboleza juu yake.

1166:11 Hes 11:12; Isa 60:16; Mwa 49:25; Isa 25:6; Hes 25:1Kwa kuwa mtanyonya na kutosheka

katika faraja ya matiti yake;

mtakunywa sana,

na kuufurahia wingi wa mafuriko ya ustawi wake.”

1266:12 Isa 33:21; 48:18; Hes 11:12; Isa 60:4-5; Za 72:3; 119:165; Isa 9:6Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:

“Nitamwongezea amani kama mto,

nao utajiri wa mataifa kama kijito kifurikacho;

utanyonya na kuchukuliwa mikononi mwake

na kubembelezwa magotini pake.

1366:13 Isa 40:1; 2Kor 1:4; 1The 2:7; Isa 49:15Kama mama anavyomfariji mtoto wake,

ndivyo nitakavyokufariji wewe,

nawe utafarijiwa huko Yerusalemu.”

1466:14 Eze 37:1; Isa 10:5; 30:27; 25:9; Za 72:16; Isa 54:17; 41:20Wakati mtakapoona jambo hili, mioyo yenu itashangilia,

nanyi mtastawi kama majani;

mkono wa Bwana utajulikana kwa watumishi wake,

bali ghadhabu yake kali

itaonyeshwa kwa adui zake.

1566:15 2Fal 2:11; Za 68:17; Kum 28:20; Za 39:11; Isa 1:31; 42:25Tazama, Bwana anakuja na moto,

magari yake ya vita ni kama upepo wa kisulisuli,

atateremsha hasira yake kwa ghadhabu kali,

na karipio lake pamoja na miali ya moto.

1666:16 Amo 7:4; Eze 24:21; Isa 1:20; 30:30; 13:9-11; Yer 2:35; Eze 36:5; Isa 10:4Kwa maana kwa moto na kwa upanga wake

Bwana atatekeleza hukumu juu ya watu wote,

nao wengi watakuwa ni wale

waliouawa na Bwana.

1766:17 Isa 65:3; Za 37:20; Isa 1:28-29; Law 11:7, 29“Watu wote wanaojiweka wakfu na kujitakasa wenyewe ili kwenda bustanini, wakimfuata aliye katikati ya wale ambao hula nyama za nguruwe na panya pamoja na vitu vingine vilivyo machukizo, watafikia mwisho wao pamoja,” asema Bwana.

1866:18 Mit 24:2; Isa 65:2; 2:3; Zek 12:3; Kut 16:17; Isa 59:19“Nami, kwa sababu ya matendo yao na mawazo yao, niko karibu kuja na kukusanya mataifa yote na lugha zote, nao watakuja na kuuona utukufu wangu.

1966:19 Lk 2:34; Isa 11:10-11; Mt 24:30; Eze 27:10; 1Nya 16:24; Isa 24:15; Yer 46:9“Nitaweka ishara katikati yao, nami nitapeleka baadhi ya hao walionusurika kwa mataifa, hadi Tarshishi, kwa Puli66:19 Puli hapa inamaanisha Libya. na Waludi (wanaojulikana kama wapiga upinde), kwa Tubali na Uyunani, hadi visiwa vya mbali ambavyo havijasikia juu ya sifa zangu au kuuona utukufu wangu. Watatangaza utukufu wangu miongoni mwa mataifa. 2066:20 Isa 52:11; Rum 15:16; Yer 31:23; Eze 34:13; Kum 33:19; Yer 25:22Nao watawaleta ndugu zenu wote, kutoka mataifa yote, mpaka kwenye mlima wangu mtakatifu katika Yerusalemu kama sadaka kwa Bwana, juu ya farasi, katika magari ya vita na magari makubwa, juu ya nyumbu na ngamia,” asema Bwana. “Watawaleta, kama Waisraeli waletavyo sadaka zao za nafaka, katika Hekalu la Bwana, katika vyombo safi kwa kufuata desturi za ibada. 2166:21 Kut 19:6; 1Pet 2:5-9Nami nitachagua baadhi yao pia wawe makuhani na Walawi,” asema Bwana.

2266:22 2Pet 3:13; Isa 65:17; 1Pet 1:4-5; Isa 48:19; Ebr 12:26-27; Yn 10:27-29“Kama vile mbingu mpya na nchi mpya ninazozifanya zitakavyodumu mbele zangu,” asema Bwana, “ndivyo jina lenu na wazao wenu watakavyodumu. 2366:23 Eze 46:1-3; Ufu 15:4; Za 22:29; Zek 14:16; Isa 19:21; 44:5Kutoka Mwezi Mpya hata mwingine, na kutoka Sabato hadi nyingine, wanadamu wote watakuja na kusujudu mbele zangu,” asema Bwana. 2466:24 Isa 14:11; 1:31; Mt 25:41; Mk 9:48; Za 110:6; Isa 1:2“Nao watatoka nje na kuona maiti za wale walioniasi mimi. Funza wao hawatakufa, wala moto wao hautazimika, nao watakuwa kitu cha kuchukiza sana kwa wanadamu wote.”

New International Reader’s Version

Isaiah 66:1-24

The Lord Judges Some People and Blesses Others

1The Lord says,

“Heaven is my throne.

The earth is under my control.

So how could you ever build a house for me?

Where would my resting place be?

2Didn’t I make everything by my power?

That is how all things were created,”

announces the Lord.

“The people I value are not proud.

They are sorry for the wrong things they have done.

They have great respect for what I say.

3But others are not like that.

They sacrifice bulls to me,

but at the same time they kill people.

They offer lambs to me,

but they also sacrifice dogs to other gods.

They bring grain offerings to me,

but they also offer pig’s blood to other gods.

They burn incense to me,

but they also worship statues of gods.

They have chosen to go their own way.

They take delight in things I hate.

4So I have also made a choice.

I will make them suffer greatly.

I will bring on them what they are afraid of.

When I called out to them, no one answered me.

When I spoke to them, no one listened.

They did what is evil in my sight.

They chose to do what displeases me.”

5Listen to the word of the Lord.

Listen, you who tremble with fear when he speaks. He says,

“Some of your own people hate you.

They turn their backs on you because you are faithful to me.

They make fun of you and say,

‘Let the Lord show his glory by saving you.

Then we can see how happy you are.’

But they will be put to shame.

6Hear the loud sounds coming from the city!

Listen to the noise coming from the temple!

I am the one causing it.

I am paying back my enemies for everything they have done.

7“Zion is like a woman who has a baby

before she goes into labor.

She has a son

even before her labor pains begin.

8Who has ever heard of anything like that?

Who has ever seen such a thing?

Can a country be born in a day?

Can a nation be created in a moment?

But as soon as Zion goes into labor,

there are many more of her people.

9Zion, would I bring you to the moment of birth

and not let it happen?”

says the Lord.

“Would I close up a mother’s body

when it is time for her baby to be born?”

says your God.

10“Be glad along with Jerusalem, all you who love her.

Be filled with joy because of her.

Take great delight in her,

all you who mourn over her.

11You will nurse at her comforting breasts.

And you will be satisfied.

You will drink until you are full.

And you will delight in her rich and plentiful supply.”

12The Lord continues,

“I will cause peace to flow over her like a river.

I will make the wealth of nations sweep over her like a flooding stream.

You will nurse and be carried in her arms.

You will play on her lap.

13As a mother comforts her child,

I will comfort you.

You will find comfort in Jerusalem.”

14When you see that happen, your hearts will be filled with joy.

Just as grass grows quickly, you will succeed.

The Lord will show his power to those who serve him.

But he will pour out his anger on his enemies.

15The Lord will judge them with fire.

His chariots are coming like a windstorm.

He will pour out his burning anger on his enemies.

It will blaze out like flames of fire.

16The Lord will judge with fire and with his sword.

He will judge all people.

He will put many people to death.

17“Some people set themselves apart and make themselves pure. They do it so they can go into the gardens to worship other gods. They follow what the worship leader tells them to do. They are among those who eat the meat of pigs and rats. They also eat other ‘unclean’ things. Those people and the one they follow will come to a horrible end,” announces the Lord.

18“They have planned to do many evil things. And they have carried out their plans. So I will come and gather the people of every nation and language. They will see my glory when I act.

19“I will give them a sign. I will send to the nations some of those who are left alive. I will send some of them to the people of Tarshish, Libya and Lydia, who are famous for using bows. I will send others to Tubal and Greece. And I will send still others to islands far away. The people who live there have not heard about my fame. They have not seen my glory. But when I act, those I send will tell the nations about my glory. 20And they will bring back all the people of Israel from all those nations. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem. My people will ride on horses, mules and camels. They will come in chariots and wagons,” says the Lord. “Those messengers will bring my people as an offering to me. They will bring them to my temple, just as the Israelites bring their grain offerings in bowls that are ‘clean.’ 21And I will choose some of them to be priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

22“I will make new heavens and a new earth. And they will last forever,” announces the Lord. “In the same way, your name and your children after you will last forever. 23Everyone will come and bow down to me. They will do it at every New Moon feast and on every Sabbath day,” says the Lord. 24“When they go out of Jerusalem, they will see the dead bodies of those who refused to obey me. The worms that eat their bodies will not die. The fire that burns them will not be put out. It will make everyone sick just to look at them.”