1
Ufunuo juu ya Dameski. Tazama, Dameski umeondolewa usiwe mji, nao utakuwa chungu ya magofu.
This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
2
Miji ya Aroeri imeachwa; itakuwa kwa makundi ya kondoo, nao watajilaza huko wala hapana atakayewatia hofu.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
3
Na ngome ya Efraimu itakomeshwa, na ufalme wa Dameski, na mabaki ya Shamu; watakuwa kama utukufu wa wana wa Israeli, asema Bwana wa majeshi.
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
4
Tena itakuwa katika siku hiyo, utukufu wa Yakobo utapungua-pungua, na kunona kwa mwili wake kutakonda.
“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
5
Tena itakuwa kama hapo avunaye ashikapo mabua ya ngano, na mkono wake ukatapo masuke; tena itakuwa kama hapo mtu aokotapo masuke katika bonde la Warefai.
as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
6
Lakini kilichosazwa na mvunaji kitakuwa ndani yake, kama vile wakati wa kupiga mizeituni, matunda mawili matatu yaliyo juu sana; matunda manne matano katika matawi, matawi ya mti wa matunda, asema Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
7
Katika siku hiyo mwanadamu atamwangalia Muumba wake, na macho yake yatamtazama Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
8
Wala hataziangalia madhabahu, kazi ya mikono yake; wala hatavitazama vilivyofanyika kwa vidole vyake, maashera na sanamu za jua.
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
9
Katika siku hiyo miji yake yenye maboma itakuwa kama mahali palipoachwa ndani ya mwitu, na juu ya kilele cha mlima, palipoachwa mbele ya wana wa Israeli; napo patakuwa ganjo.
In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
10
Maana umemsahau Mungu wa wokovu wako, wala hukuukumbuka mwamba wa ngome yako; kwa sababu hiyo ulipanda mashamba yapendezayo, na kutia ndani yake mizabibu migeni.
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
11
Katika siku ile ulipopanda, ulifanya kitalu, na wakati wa asubuhi ulizimeesha mbegu zako, lakini mavuno yatatoweka siku ya huzuni, na ya sikitiko la moyo lifishalo.
though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
12
Aha! Uvumi wa watu wengi! Wanavuma kama uvumi wa bahari; Aha! Ngurumo ya mataifa! Wananguruma kama ngurumo ya maji mengi;
Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
13
Mataifa wananguruma kama ngurumo ya maji mengi; Lakini atawakemea, nao watakimbia mbali sana, Watafukuzwa kama makapi milimani mbele ya upepo, Na kama mavumbi vuruvuru mbele ya tufani.
The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
14
Wakati wa jioni, tazama, kuna hofu; Na kabla ya mapambazuko hawako; Hilo ndilo fungu lao watutekao, Na ajali yao wanaotunyang'anya mali zetu.
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.