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Maana Bwana atamhurumia Yakobo, atamchagua Israeli tena, naye atawaweka katika nchi yao wenyewe; na mgeni atajiunga nao, nao wataambatana na nyumba ya Yakobo.
For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
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Na hao mataifa watawatwaa na kuwaleta mpaka mahali pao wenyewe, na nyumba ya Israeli watawamiliki, na kuwafanya watumishi na wajakazi katika nchi ya Bwana; nao watawachukua hali ya kufungwa watu wale waliowafunga wao, nao watawamiliki watu wale waliowaonea.
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
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Tena itakuwa katika siku ile, ambayo Bwana atakupa raha baada ya huzuni yako, na baada ya taabu yako, na baada ya utumishi ule mgumu uliotumikishwa;
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
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utatunga mithali hii juu ya mfalme wa Babeli, na kusema, Jinsi alivyokoma mwenye kuonea; Jinsi ulivyokoma mji ule wenye jeuri!
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
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Bwana amelivunja gongo la wabaya, Fimbo ya enzi yao wenye kutawala.
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
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Yeye aliyewapiga mataifa kwa ghadhabu, Kwa mapigo yasiyokoma; Aliyewatawala mataifa kwa hasira, Ameadhibiwa asizuie mtu.
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
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Dunia yote inastarehe na kutulia; Hata huanzilisha kuimba.
All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.
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Naam, misunobari inakufurahia, Na mierezi ya Lebanoni, ikisema, Tokea wakati ulipolazwa chini wewe, Hapana mkata miti aliyetujia.
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
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Kuzimu chini kumetaharuki kwa ajili yako, Ili kukulaki utakapokuja; Huwaamsha waliokufa kwa ajili yako, Naam, walio wakuu wote wa dunia; Huwainua wafalme wote wa mataifa, Watoke katika viti vyao vya enzi.
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
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Hao wote watajibu na kukuambia, Je! Wewe nawe umekuwa dhaifu kama sisi! Wewe nawe umekuwa kama sisi!
They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
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Fahari yako imeshushwa hata kuzimu, Na sauti ya vinanda vyako; Funza wametandazwa chini yako, Na vidudu vinakufunika.
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
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Jinsi ulivyoanguka kutoka mbinguni, Ewe nyota ya alfajiri, mwana wa asubuhi! Jinsi ulivyokatwa kabisa, Ewe uliyewaangusha mataifa!
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
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Nawe ulisema moyoni mwako, Nitapanda mpaka mbinguni, Nitakiinua kiti changu juu kuliko nyota za Mungu; Nami nitaketi juu ya mlima wa mkutano, Katika pande za mwisho za kaskazini.
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
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Nitapaa kupita vimo vya mawingu, Nitafanana na yeye Aliye juu.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
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Lakini utashushwa mpaka kuzimu; Mpaka pande za mwisho za shimo.
But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
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Wao wakuonao watakukazia macho, Watakuangalia sana, wakisema, Je! Huyu ndiye aliyeitetemesha dunia, Huyu ndiye aliyetikisa falme;
Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
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Aliyeufanya ulimwengu ukiwa, akaipindua miji yake; Asiyewafungua wafungwa wake waende kwao?
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
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Wafalme wote wa mataifa wamezikwa wote kwa heshima, Kila mmoja ndani ya nyumba yake mwenyewe;
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
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Bali wewe umetupwa mbali na kaburi lako, Kama chipukizi lililochukiza kabisa; Kama vazi la wale waliouawa, Wale waliochomwa kwa upanga, Wale washukao mpaka misingi ya shimo; Kama mzoga uliokanyagwa chini ya miguu.
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
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Hutaungamanishwa pamoja nao katika mazishi, Kwa maana umeiharibu nchi yako, Umewaua watu wako; Kizazi chao watendao uovu hakitatajwa milele.
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
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Fanyeni tayari machinjo kwa watoto wake. Kwa sababu ya uovu wa baba zao; Wasije wakainuka na kuitamalaki nchi, Na kuujaza miji uso wa ulimwengu.
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
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Nami nitainuka, nishindane nao; asema Bwana wa majeshi; na katika Babeli nitang'oa jina na mabaki, mwana na mjukuu; asema Bwana.
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
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Tena nitaifanya hiyo nchi kuwa makao ya nungu, na maziwa ya maji; nami nitaifagilia mbali kwa ufagio wa uharibifu; asema Bwana wa majeshi.
“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
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Bwana wa majeshi ameapa, akisema, Hakika yangu kama vile vilivyoazimia, ndivyo itakavyokuwa; na kama nilivyokusudia, ndivyo itakavyotokea;
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
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kwamba nitamvunja huyo Mwashuri vipande vipande katika nchi yangu, na juu ya mlima wangu nitamkanyaga chini ya miguu yangu; ndipo nira yake iliyo juu yao itakapoondoka, na mzigo wake utatoka mabegani mwao.
I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
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Hilo ndilo kusudi lililokusudiwa duniani mwote, na huo ndio mkono ulionyoshwa juu ya mataifa yote.
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
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Maana Bwana wa majeshi amekusudia, naye ni nani atakayelibatili? Na mkono wake ulionyoshwa, ni nani atakayeugeuza nyuma?
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
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Ufunuo huu ulikuja mwaka ule alipokufa mfalme Ahazi.
In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
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Usifurahi, Ee Ufilisti, pia wote, Kwa sababu fimbo ile iliyokupiga imevunjika; Maana katika shina la nyoka atatoka fira, Na uzao wake ni joka la moto arukaye
Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
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Nao walio maskini kabisa watakula, Na wahitaji watajilaza salama; Nami nitatia shina lako kwa njaa, Na mabaki yako watauawa.
Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
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Piga yowe, Ee lango; lia, Ee mji; Ee Ufilisti, pia wote, umeyeyuka kabisa; Maana moshi unakuja toka kaskazini, Wala hakuna atakayechelewa katika majeshi yake.
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
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Wajumbe wa taifa hilo waletewe jibu gani? Ya kuwa Bwana ameiweka misingi ya Sayuni, na ndani yake wale walioonewa katika watu wake wataona kimbilio.
What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”