1
Nalimwona Bwana akisimama karibu na madhabahu; akasema, vipigo vichwa vya nguzo, hata vizingiti vitikisike; vivunje vipande vipande juu ya kichwa cha kila mmoja wao; nami nitamwua mtu wa mwisho wao kwa upanga; hapana hata mmoja wao atakayekimbia, wala hataokoka hata mmoja wao.
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
2
Wajapochimba waingie katika kuzimu, mkono wangu utawatoa huko; nao wajapopanda hata mbinguni, nitawatelemsha toka huko.
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
3
Nao wajapojificha katika kilele cha Karmeli, nitawatafuta na kuwatoa toka huko; na wajapositirika katika vilindi vya bahari nisiwaone, nitamwagiza joka huko, naye atawauma.
Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4
Nao wajapokwenda hali ya kufungwa mbele ya adui zao, nitauagiza upanga huko, nao utawaua; nami nitawaelekezea macho yangu niwatende mabaya, wala si mema.
Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
5
Kwa maana Bwana, MUNGU wa majeshi, ndiye aigusaye nchi, nayo ikayeyuka, na wote wakaao ndani yake wataomboleza; nayo itainuka yote pia kama Mto, nayo itakupwa tena kama Mto wa Misri.
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
6
Yeye ndiye avijengaye vyumba vyake mbinguni, na kuweka misingi ya kuba yake juu ya nchi; yeye ndiye ayaitaye maji ya bahari, na kuyamwaga juu ya uso wa nchi; Bwana ndilo jina lake.
He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
7
Je! Ninyi si kama wana wa Wakushi kwangu mimi, enyi wana wa Israeli, asema Bwana? Je! Mimi sikuwapandisha Israeli toka nchi ya Misri, na Wafilisti toka Kaftori, na Washami toka Kiri?
“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
8
Angalieni, macho ya Bwana MUNGU yanauangalia ufalme wenye dhambi, nami nitauangamiza utoke juu ya uso wa dunia; lakini sitaiangamiza kabisa nyumba ya Yakobo, asema Bwana.
Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
9
Kwa maana, angalieni, nitatoa amri, nami nitaipepeta nyumba ya Israeli katika mataifa yote, kama vile ngano ipepetwavyo katika ungo lakini hata chembe moja iliyo ndogo haitaanguka chini.
“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
10
Wenye dhambi wote katika watu wangu watakufa kwa upanga, hao wasemao, Mabaya hayatatupata nyuma wala mbele.
All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
11
Siku hiyo nitaiinua tena maskani ya Daudi iliyoanguka, na kuziba mahali palipobomoka; nami nitayainua magofu yake, na kuyajenga kama siku za kale;
“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12
wapate kuyamiliki mabaki ya Edomu, na mataifa yote yaitwayo kwa jina langu, asema Bwana, afanyaye hayo.
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
13
Angalieni, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, ambazo huyo alimaye atamfikilia avunaye, na yeye akanyagaye zabibu atamfikilia apandaye mbegu; nayo milima itadondoza divai tamu, na vilima vyote vitayeyuka.
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
14
Nami nitawarejeza tena watu wangu Israeli waliohamishwa, nao wataijenga miji iliyoachwa maganjo, na kukaa ndani yake; nao watapanda mizabibu katika mashamba, na kunywa divai yake; nao watafanyiza bustani, na kula matunda yake.
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
15
Nami nitawapanda katika nchi yao, wala hawatang'olewa tena watoke katika nchi yao niliyowapa, asema Bwana, Mungu wako.
I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.