The Mountain of the Lord
1In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,
and peoples will stream to it.
2Many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.
4Everyone will sit under their own vine
and under their own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
for the Lord Almighty has spoken.
5All the nations may walk
in the name of their gods,
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
our God for ever and ever.
The Lord’s Plan
6“In that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will gather the lame;
I will assemble the exiles
and those I have brought to grief.
7I will make the lame my remnant,
those driven away a strong nation.
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion
from that day and forever.
8As for you, watchtower of the flock,
stronghold4:8 Or hill of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored to you;
kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.”
9Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king4:9 Or King?
Has your ruler4:9 Or Ruler perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?
10Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem you
out of the hand of your enemies.
11But now many nations
are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
let our eyes gloat over Zion!”
12But they do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,
that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13“Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,
for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
and you will break to pieces many nations.”
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Mlima Wa Bwana
(Isaya 2:2-4)
14:1 Za 48:1; 86:9; Zek 8:3; Isa 2:2; Dan 2:35; 2:44; Eze 17:22; Yer 3:17; 31:12Katika siku za mwisho
mlima wa Hekalu la Bwana utaimarishwa
kama mlima mkuu miongoni mwa milima yote;
utainuliwa juu ya vilima,
na watu wa mataifa watamiminika humo.
24:2 Yer 31:6; Yn 6:45; Eze 20:40; Zek 2:11; 14:16; Isa 54:13; Za 25:8-9; 119:171Mataifa mengi yatakuja na kusema,
“Njooni, twendeni mlimani mwa Bwana,
kwenye nyumba ya Mungu wa Yakobo.
Atatufundisha njia zake,
ili tuweze kuenenda katika mapito yake.”
Sheria itatoka Sayuni,
neno la Bwana litatoka Yerusalemu.
34:3 Isa 2:4; 11:4; Yoe 3:10; Hos 2:18; Za 72:7; Zek 8:20-22; 9:10; Za 46:9Atahukumu kati ya mataifa mengi,
na ataamua migogoro ya mataifa
yenye nguvu na yaliyo mbali.
Watafua panga zao ziwe majembe,
na mikuki yao kuwa miundu ya kukata matawi.
Taifa halitainua upanga dhidi ya taifa jingine,
wala hawatajifunza vita tena.
44:4 1Fal 4:25; Law 26:6; Eze 39:26; Isa 1:20; 36:16; Yer 31:10; Zek 3:10Kila mtu ataketi chini ya mzabibu wake
na chini ya mtini wake,
wala hakuna mtu atakayewaogopesha,
kwa kuwa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amesema.
54:5 2Fal 17:29; Mdo 14:16; Yos 24:14-15; Isa 26:8; Yer 2:11; Zek 10:12Mataifa yote yanaweza kutembea
katika jina la miungu yao;
sisi tutatembea katika jina la Bwana
Mungu wetu milele na milele.
Mpango Wa Bwana
64:6 Yer 31:8; Isa 56:8; Za 147:2; 106:47; Eze 34:13, 16; 37:21; Sef 3:19“Katika siku hiyo,” asema Bwana,
“nitawakusanya walemavu;
nitawakusanya walio uhamishoni
na wale niliowahuzunisha.
74:7 Yoe 2:32; Mik 2:12; Isa 9:6; Mwa 12:2; Dan 2:44; 7:14; Ufu 11:15; Lk 1:33Nitawafanya walemavu kuwa mabaki,
wale waliofukuzwa kuwa taifa lenye nguvu.
Bwana atatawala juu yao katika Mlima Sayuni
kuanzia siku hiyo na hata milele.
84:8 Isa 1:26; Zek 9:9Lakini kuhusu wewe, ee mnara wa ulinzi wa kundi,
ee ngome ya Binti Sayuni,
milki ya awali itarudishwa kwako,
ufalme utakuja kwa Binti Yerusalemu.”
94:9 Yer 8:19; 30:6; 48:41; Mwa 3:16Kwa nini sasa unalia kwa nguvu:
kwani huna mfalme?
Je, mshauri wako amekufa, hata maumivu yakukamate
kama ya mwanamke
aliye na utungu wa kuzaa?
104:10 Kum 21:10; 2Fal 20:18; Isa 43:14; 48:20Gaagaa kwa utungu, ee Binti Sayuni,
kama mwanamke mwenye utungu wa kuzaa,
kwa kuwa sasa ni lazima uuache mji
ukapige kambi uwanjani.
Utakwenda Babeli;
huko utaokolewa.
Huko Bwana atakukomboa
kutoka mikononi mwa adui zako.
114:11 Mao 2:16; Oba 1:12; Mik 7:8Lakini sasa mataifa mengi
yamekusanyika dhidi yako.
Wanasema, “Mwache anajisiwe,
macho yetu na yatazame Sayuni kwa furaha!”
124:12 Mwa 50:20; Isa 55:8; Rum 11:33-34Lakini hawayajui
mawazo ya Bwana;
hawauelewi mpango wake,
yeye awakusanyaye kama miganda
kwenye sakafu ya kupuria.
134:13 Isa 21:10; 23:18; 45:1; Ufu 21:24; Dan 2:44“Inuka upure, ee Binti Sayuni,
kwa kuwa nitakupa pembe za chuma;
nitakupa kwato za shaba
na utavunja vipande vipande mataifa mengi.”
Utatoa mapato yao waliopata kwa udanganyifu kwa Bwana,
utajiri wao kwa Bwana wa dunia yote.
