The Mountain of the Lord
1This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2In 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 all nations will stream to it.
3Many peoples 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.
4He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples.
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.
5Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord
6You, Lord, have abandoned your people,
the descendants of Jacob.
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practice divination like the Philistines
and embrace pagan customs.
7Their land is full of silver and gold;
there is no end to their treasures.
Their land is full of horses;
there is no end to their chariots.
8Their land is full of idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
9So people will be brought low
and everyone humbled—
do not forgive them.2:9 Or not raise them up
10Go into the rocks, hide in the ground
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty!
11The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled
and human pride brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
12The Lord Almighty has a day in store
for all the proud and lofty,
for all that is exalted
(and they will be humbled),
13for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,
and all the oaks of Bashan,
14for all the towering mountains
and all the high hills,
15for every lofty tower
and every fortified wall,
16for every trading ship2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish
and every stately vessel.
17The arrogance of man will be brought low
and human pride humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
18and the idols will totally disappear.
19People will flee to caves in the rocks
and to holes in the ground
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.
20In that day people will throw away
to the moles and bats
their idols of silver and idols of gold,
which they made to worship.
21They will flee to caverns in the rocks
and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.
22Stop trusting in mere humans,
who have but a breath in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?
Mlima Wa Bwana
(Mika 4:1-3)
12:1 Isa 1:1Hili ndilo aliloliona Isaya mwana wa Amozi kuhusu Yuda na Yerusalemu:
22:2 Dan 2:35; 11:45; Yoe 3:17; Mdo 2:17; Isa 11:9; 65:9; Zek 14:10; Yer 16:19Katika siku za mwisho
mlima wa Hekalu la Bwana utaimarishwa
kama mlima mkuu miongoni mwa milima yote,
utainuliwa juu ya vilima,
na mataifa yote yatamiminika huko.
32:3 Zek 8:21; Lk 24:47; Yn 4:22; Isa 33:22; 45:23; Yer 3:17; Kum 33:19Mataifa 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.
42:4 Hos 2:18; Yer 30:11; Za 96:13; 51:4; 46:9; Yoe 3:10; Mwa 49:10; Zek 9:10Atahukumu kati ya mataifa
na ataamua migogoro ya mataifa mengi.
Watafua panga zao ziwe majembe,
na mikuki yao kuwa miundu ya kukata matawi.
Taifa halitainua upanga dhidi ya taifa jingine,
wala hawatajifunza vita tena.
52:5 Isa 60:19-20; 1Yn 1:5-7; Isa 58:1; 60:1Njooni, enyi nyumba ya Yakobo,
tutembeeni katika nuru ya Bwana.
Siku Ya Bwana
62:6 Kum 18:10, 14; 31:17; Yer 12:7; 2Nya 16:7; Isa 44:25; 2Fal 16:7; Kum 31:17Umewatelekeza watu wako,
nyumba ya Yakobo.
Wamejaa ushirikina utokao Mashariki,
wanapiga ramli kama Wafilisti
na wanashikana mikono na wapagani.
72:7 Mwa 41:43; Kum 17:16; Mik 5:10; Za 17:14; Isa 31:1; Kum 17:17Nchi yao imejaa fedha na dhahabu,
hakuna mwisho wa hazina zao.
Nchi yao imejaa farasi,
hakuna mwisho wa magari yao.
82:8 Isa 10:9-11; 17:8; 44:17; Ufu 9:20; 2Nya 32:19; Mik 5:13; Isa 44:17; Za 135:15Nchi yao imejaa sanamu,
wanasujudia kazi za mikono yao,
vitu vile vidole vyao vimevitengeneza.
92:9 Za 62:9; Isa 13:11; 5:15; 2:11, 17; Hes 4:5; Neh 4:5Kwa hiyo mwanadamu atashushwa
na binadamu atanyenyekezwa:
usiwasamehe.
102:10 Ufu 6:15-16; Nah 3:11; Za 145:12; Isa 2:19; 2The 1:9Ingieni kwenye miamba,
jificheni ardhini
kutokana na utisho wa Bwana
na utukufu wa enzi yake!
112:11 Isa 24:21-23; 37:23; 10:12; 5:15; Eze 31:10; Oba 1:8; Neh 9:29; Ay 40:11; Za 46:10; Hab 2:5Macho ya mtu mwenye majivuno yatanyenyekezwa
na kiburi cha wanadamu kitashushwa,
Bwana peke yake ndiye atakayetukuzwa siku hiyo.
122:12 Za 76:12; 59:12; Eze 7:7; Ay 40:11; Isa 13:6-9; 34:8; Yer 30:7; Mao 1:12; 2Sam 22:28; Yoe 1:15; Amo 5:18Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote anayo siku aliyoiweka akiba
kwa wote wenye kujivuna na wenye kiburi,
kwa wote wanaojikweza
(nao watanyenyekezwa),
132:13 Amu 9:15; Isa 10:33, 34; 29:17; Eze 27:5; Za 22:12; Zek 11:2kwa mierezi yote ya Lebanoni iliyo mirefu sana,
na mialoni yote ya Bashani,
142:14 Isa 30:25; 40:4kwa milima yote mirefu
na vilima vyote vilivyoinuka,
152:15 Isa 25:2, 12; 30:25; 32:14; 33:18; Sef 1:16kwa kila mnara ulio mrefu sana
na kila ukuta wenye ngome,
162:16 Mwa 10:4; 1Fal 10:22; 9:26kwa kila meli ya biashara,2:16 Au: ya Tarshishi (ona pia 1Fal 10:22; 22:48; 2Nya 9:21; 20:36; Isa 60:9.)
na kila chombo cha baharini cha fahari.
172:17 2Sam 22:28; Ay 40:112:17 Nah 3:13; Ebr 10:31; Kum 2:25; Isa 11:10, 15Majivuno ya mwanadamu yatashushwa,
na kiburi cha wanadamu kitanyenyekezwa,
Bwana peke yake ndiye atatukuzwa siku hiyo,
182:18 Kum 9:21; Mik 5:13; Eze 36:25; Isa 21:9; Yer 10:11; 1Sam 5:2nazo sanamu zitatoweka kabisa.
192:19 Hos 10:8; Nah 1:3-6; Ay 9:6; 30:9; Ebr 12:26; Hab 3:6; Amu 6:2; Isa 7:19; 14:16; Ay 30:6; Lk 23:30; Ufu 6:15Watu watakimbilia kwenye mapango ndani ya miamba,
na kwenye mahandaki ardhini
kutokana na utisho wa Bwana
na utukufu wa enzi yake,
ainukapo kuitikisa dunia.
202:20 Law 11:19; Eze 36:25; 7:19-20; 14:6; Ufu 9:20; Isa 2:11; Ay 22:24Siku ile, watu watawatupia
panya na popo
sanamu zao za fedha na za dhahabu,
walizozitengeneza ili waziabudu.
212:21 Kut 33:22; Za 145:12; Isa 33:10; 2:19Watakimbilia kwenye mapango miambani
na kwenye nyufa za miamba
kutokana na utisho wa Bwana
na utukufu wa enzi yake,
ainukapo kuitikisa dunia.
222:22 Mit 23:4; Yer 17:5; Yak 4:14; Ay 12:19; Za 119:8-9; Isa 51:12; 40:15; Za 18:42; 118:6, 8; 146:3Acheni kumtumainia mwanadamu,
ambaye hana kitu ila pumzi katika pua zake.
Yeye ana thamani gani?
