God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption
1Who is this coming from Edom,
from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson?
Who is this, robed in splendor,
striding forward in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, proclaiming victory,
mighty to save.”
2Why are your garments red,
like those of one treading the winepress?
3“I have trodden the winepress alone;
from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled them in my anger
and trod them down in my wrath;
their blood spattered my garments,
and I stained all my clothing.
4It was for me the day of vengeance;
the year for me to redeem had come.
5I looked, but there was no one to help,
I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm achieved salvation for me,
and my own wrath sustained me.
6I trampled the nations in my anger;
in my wrath I made them drunk
and poured their blood on the ground.”
Praise and Prayer
7I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord,
the deeds for which he is to be praised,
according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good things
he has done for Israel,
according to his compassion and many kindnesses.
8He said, “Surely they are my people,
children who will be true to me”;
and so he became their Savior.
9In all their distress he too was distressed,
and the angel of his presence saved them.63:9 Or Savior 9 in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them
In his love and mercy he redeemed them;
he lifted them up and carried them
all the days of old.
10Yet they rebelled
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he turned and became their enemy
and he himself fought against them.
11Then his people recalled63:11 Or But may he recall the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,
with the shepherd of his flock?
Where is he who set
his Holy Spirit among them,
12who sent his glorious arm of power
to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters before them,
to gain for himself everlasting renown,
13who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;
14like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
to make for yourself a glorious name.
15Look down from heaven and see,
from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
16But you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledge us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17Why, Lord, do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.
18For a little while your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
19We are yours from of old;
but you have not ruled over them,
they have not been called63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called by your name.
Siku Ya Mungu Ya Kisasi Na Ukombozi
163:1 Mwa 36:33; Amo 1:12; Yer 42:11; Sef 3:17; 2Nya 28:17; Isa 11:14; Ufu 19:13; Ay 9:4Ni nani huyu anayekuja kutoka Edomu,
kutoka Bosra, mwenye mavazi yaliyotiwa madoa mekundu?
Ni nani huyu, aliyevikwa joho la kifahari,
anayetembea kwa ukuu wa nguvu zake?
“Mimi ndimi, nisemaye katika haki,
mwenye nguvu wa kuokoa.”
263:2 Ufu 19:13; Mwa 49:11Kwa nini mavazi yako ni mekundu,
kama ya yule akanyagaye shinikizo la zabibu?
363:3 Amu 6:11; Ufu 19:15; Mao 1:15; Ufu 19:13; 14:19-20; Za 108:13“Nimekanyaga shinikizo la zabibu peke yangu;
kutoka mataifa hakuna mtu aliyekuwa pamoja nami.
Nimewaponda kwa miguu katika hasira yangu
na kuwakanyaga chini katika ghadhabu yangu;
damu yao ilitia matone kwenye mavazi yangu,
na kutia madoa nguo zangu zote.
463:4 Isa 1:24; Yer 50:15Kwa kuwa siku ya kisasi ilikuwa moyoni mwangu,
mwaka wa ukombozi wangu umefika.
563:5 2Fal 14:26; Isa 41:28; 59:16; Za 44:3; Yn 16:32; Isa 33:2Nilitazama, lakini hakuwepo yeyote wa kunisaidia,
nilishangaa kwa kuwa hakuwepo yeyote aliyetoa msaada;
hivyo mkono wangu wenyewe ndio ulionifanyia wokovu,
na ghadhabu yangu mwenyewe ndiyo iliyonitegemeza.
663:6 Isa 29:9; Mao 4:21; Isa 34:3; Ay 40:12Nilikanyaga mataifa kwa miguu katika hasira yangu,
katika ghadhabu yangu niliwalewesha,
na kumwaga damu yao juu ya ardhi.”
Kusifu Na Kuomba
763:7 Isa 54:8; Efe 2:4; Kut 18:9Nitasimulia juu ya wema wa Bwana,
kwa matendo ambayo apaswa kusifiwa,
sawasawa na yote ambayo Bwana
ametenda kwa ajili yetu:
naam, mambo mengi mema aliyoyatenda
kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli,
sawasawa na huruma zake
na wema wake mwingi.
863:8 Mdo 9:4; Kut 14:19; 33:14; Kum 7:7-8; Ezr 9:9; Za 28:9; Ay 37:23Alisema, “Hakika wao ni watu wangu,
wana ambao hawatanidanganya”;
hivyo akawa Mwokozi wao.
963:9 Kut 14:19; 33:14; Kum 7:7-8; Ezr 9:9; Isa 48:20; Kum 1:31; 32:7; Za 28:9; Ay 37:23Katika taabu zao zote naye alitaabika,
na malaika wa uso wake akawaokoa.
Katika upendo wake na rehema zake aliwakomboa,
akawainua na kuwachukua siku zote zilizopita.
1063:10 Eze 20:8; Mdo 7:39-42; Efe 4:30; Za 106:40; 78:17; Isa 10:4; Yos 10:14Lakini waliasi,
na kumhuzunisha Roho Mtakatifu wake.
Hivyo aligeuka na kuwa adui yao,
na yeye mwenyewe akapigana dhidi yao.
1163:11 Kut 14:22, 30; Hes 11:17; Za 77:20Ndipo watu wake wakazikumbuka siku zilizopita,
siku za Mose na watu wake:
yuko wapi yeye aliyewaleta kupitia katikati ya bahari,
pamoja na wachungaji wa kundi lake?
Yuko wapi yule aliyeweka
Roho wake Mtakatifu katikati yao,
1263:12 Kut 14:21-22; Isa 11:15; Mwa 49:24aliyetuma mkono wake uliotukuka wenye nguvu
kuwa katika mkono wa kuume wa Mose,
aliyegawa maji ya bahari mbele yao,
ili kujipatia jina milele,
1363:13 Kum 32:12; Yer 31:9; Kut 14:24; Za 119:11aliyewaongoza kupitia kwenye vilindi?
Kama farasi katika nchi iliyo wazi,
wao hawakujikwaa,
1463:14 Kut 33:14; Kum 12:9kama ngʼombe washukao bondeni kwenye malisho,
walipewa pumziko na Roho wa Bwana.
Hivi ndivyo ulivyowaongoza watu wako
ili kujipatia mwenyewe jina tukufu.
1563:15 Za 80:14; Mao 3:50; 1Fal 22:19; 2:26; Hos 11:8; Kum 26:15; Isa 64:12Tazama chini kutoka mbinguni ukaone
kutoka kiti chako cha enzi
kilichoinuliwa juu, kitakatifu na kitukufu.
Uko wapi wivu wako na uweza wako?
Umetuzuilia wema wako na huruma zako.
1663:16 Ay 14:21; Gal 3:28; Isa 44:6; Kut 4:22; Yer 3:4; Yn 8:41; Isa 59:20Lakini wewe ni Baba yetu,
ingawa Abrahamu hatufahamu sisi
wala Israeli hatutambui;
wewe, Ee Bwana, ndiwe Baba yetu,
Mkombozi wetu tangu zamani za kale ndilo jina lako.
1763:17 Isa 6:10; 29:13; Hes 10:36; Mt 13:15; Mwa 20:13; Mao 3:9; Kut 4:21; 34:9Ee Bwana, kwa nini unatuacha twende mbali na njia zako,
na kuifanya mioyo yetu migumu hata hatukukuheshimu?
Rudi kwa ajili ya watumishi wako,
yale makabila ambayo ni urithi wako.
1863:18 Law 26:31; Dan 8:24; Za 74:3-8; Kum 4:26; Isa 28:18; Lk 21:24; Dan 8:13Kwa maana kwa muda mfupi watu wako walimiliki mahali pako patakatifu,
lakini sasa adui zetu wamepakanyaga mahali patakatifu pako.
1963:19 Isa 43:7; Yer 14:9Sisi tumekuwa kama wale ambao hujawatawala kamwe,
kama wale ambao hawajaitwa kwa jina lako.
