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Bwana asema hivi, Mbingu ni kiti changu cha enzi, na dunia ni mahali pa kuweka miguu yangu; mtanijengea nyumba ya namna gani? Na mahali pangu pa kupumzikia ni mahali gani?
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
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Maana mkono wangu ndio uliofanya hivi vyote, vitu hivi vyote vikapata kutokea, asema Bwana; lakini mtu huyu ndiye nitakayemwangalia, mtu aliye mnyonge, mwenye roho iliyopondeka, atetemekaye asikiapo neno langu.
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
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Yeye achinjaye ng'ombe ni kama yeye amwuaye mtu; na yeye atoaye dhabihu ya mwana-kondoo ni kama yeye avunjaye shingo ya mbwa; na yeye atoaye matoleo ni kama yeye atoaye damu ya nguruwe; na yeye afukizaye uvumba ni kama yeye abarikiye sanamu; naam, wamezichagua njia zao wenyewe, na nafsi zao zafurahia machukizo yao.
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
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Mimi nami nitachagua mapigo yao, nitaleta hofu zao juu yao; kwa sababu nilipoita, hawakuitika; na niliponena, hawakusikia; bali walifanya yaliyo maovu machoni pangu, na kuyachagua nisiyoyafurahia.
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
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Lisikilizeni neno la Bwana, ninyi mtetemekao kwa sababu ya neno lake; Ndugu zenu wawachukiao ninyi, waliowatupa kwa ajili ya jina langu, wamesema, Na atukuzwe Bwana, tupate kuiona furaha yenu; lakini watatahayarika.
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
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Sauti ya fujo itokayo mjini! Sauti itokayo hekaluni! Sauti ya Bwana awalipaye adui zake adhabu!
Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
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Kabla hajaona utungu alizaa; Kabla maumivu yake hayajampata, Alizaa mtoto mwanamume.
“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
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Ni nani aliyesikia neno kama hili? Ni nani aliyeona mambo kama haya? Je! Nchi yaweza kuzaliwa siku moja? Taifa laweza kuzaliwa mara? Maana Sayuni, mara alipoona utungu, Alizaa watoto wake.
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
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Je! Mimi nilete wana karibu na kuzaliwa, nisizalishe? Asema Bwana; mimi nizalishaye, je! Nilifunge tumbo? Asema Mungu wako.
Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
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Furahini pamoja na Yerusalemu, shangilieni kwa ajili yake, ninyi nyote mmpendao; furahini pamoja naye kwa furaha, ninyi nyote mliao kwa ajili yake;
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
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mpate kunyonya, na kushibishwa kwa maziwa ya faraja zake, mpate kukama, na kufurahiwa kwa wingi wa utukufu wake.
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
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Maana Bwana asema hivi, Tazama, nitamwelekezea amani kama mto, na utukufu wa mataifa kama kijito kifurikacho, nanyi mtapata kunyonya; mtabebwa; na juu ya magoti mtabembelezwa.
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
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Mfano wa mtu ambaye mama yake amfariji, ndivyo nitakavyowafariji ninyi; nanyi mtafarijiwa katika Yerusalemu.
As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
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Nanyi mtaona, na mioyo yenu itafurahi, na mifupa yenu itasitawi kama majani mabichi; na mkono wa Bwana utajulikana, uwaelekeao watumishi wake, naye atawaonea adui zake ghadhabu.
When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
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Maana Bwana atakuja na moto, na magari yake ya vita kama upepo wa kisulisuli; ili atoe malipo ya ghadhabu yake kwa moto uwakao, na maonyo yake kwa miali ya moto.
For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
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Kwa maana Bwana atateta na wote wenye mwili, kwa moto na kwa upanga wake; nao watakaouawa na Bwana watakuwa wengi.
For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
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Watu wale wajitakasao, na kujisafisha katika bustani, nyuma yake aliye katikati; wakila nyama ya nguruwe, na machukizo, na panya; watakoma pamoja, asema Bwana.
“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
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Nami nayajua matendo yao na mawazo yao; wakati unakuja nitakapokusanya mataifa yote na lugha zote; nao watakuja, nao watauona utukufu wangu.
“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
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Nami nitaweka ishara kati yao, nami nitawatuma hao waliookoka kwa mataifa, Tarshishi, na Puli, na Ludi, wavutao upinde, kwa Tubali na Yavani, visiwa vilivyo mbali; watu wasioisikia habari yangu, wala kuuona utukufu wangu; nao watahubiri utukufu wangu katika mataifa.
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
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Nao watawaleta ndugu zenu wote kutoka mataifa yote, kuwa sadaka kwa Bwana, juu ya farasi, na katika magari, na katika machela, na juu ya nyumbu, na juu ya wanyama wepesi, mpaka mlima wangu mtakatifu Yerusalemu, asema Bwana; kama vile wana wa Israeli waletavyo sadaka yao nyumbani kwa Bwana katika chombo safi.
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
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Na baadhi ya hao nitawatwaa kuwa makuhani na Walawi, asema Bwana.
“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
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Kama vile mbingu mpya na nchi mpya, nitakazofanya, zitakavyokaa mbele zangu, asema Bwana, ndivyo uzao wenu na jina lenu litakavyokaa.
“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
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Na itakuwa, mwezi mpya hata mwezi mpya, na sabato hata sabato, wanadamu wote watakuja kuabudu mbele zangu, asema Bwana.
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
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Nao watatoka nje na kuitazama mizoga ya watu walioniasi; maana funza wao hatakufa, wala moto wao hautazimika nao watakuwa chukizo machoni pa wote wenye mwili.
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”