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Ole wa watoto waasi; asema Bwana; watakao mashauri lakini hawayataki kwangu mimi; wajifunikao kifuniko lakini si cha roho yangu; wapate kuongeza dhambi juu ya dhambi;
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
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waendao kutelemkia Misri wala hawakuuliza kinywani mwangu; ili wajitie nguvu kwa nguvu za Farao, na kutumainia kivuli cha Misri.
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
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Basi, nguvu za Farao zitakuwa aibu yenu, na kutumainia kivuli cha Misri kutakuwa kufadhaika kwenu.
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
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Kwa maana wakuu wake wako Soani, na wajumbe wake wamefika Hanesi.
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
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Wote watawaonea haya watu wasioweza kuwafaidia, wasio na msaada wala faida, bali ni aibu na sababu ya kushutumiwa.
everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”
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Ufunuo juu ya hayawani wa Negebu. Katikati ya nchi ya taabu na dhiki, Ambayo hutoka huko simba jike na simba, Nyoka na joka la moto arukaye, Huchukua mali zao mabegani mwa punda wachanga, Na hazina zao juu ya nundu za ngamia Waende kwa watu ambao hawatawafaa kitu.
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
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Kwa maana Misri huwasaidia bure, bila faida; Kwa hiyo nimemwita, Rahabu aketiye kimya.
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
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Haya, enenda sasa, andika neno hili katika kibao mbele ya macho yao, lichore katika kitabu ili liwe kwa ajili ya majira yatakayokuja, kwa ushuhuda hata milele.
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
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Kwa maana watu hawa ni watu waasi, watoto wasemao uongo, watoto wasiotaka kuisikia sheria ya Bwana;
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
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wawaambiao waonaji, Msione; na manabii, Msitoe unabii wa mambo ya haki, tuambieni maneno laini, hubirini maneno yadanganyayo;
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
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tokeni katika njia, geukeni mtoke katika mapito; mkomesheni Mtakatifu wa Israeli mbele yetu.
Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
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Basi kwa ajili ya hayo Mtakatifu wa Israeli asema hivi, Kwa sababu mwalidharau neno hili, na kutumainia jeuri na ukaidi, na kuyategemea hayo;
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
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basi, uovu huu utakuwa kwenu kama mahali palipobomoka, palipo tayari kuanguka patokezapo katika ukuta mrefu, ambapo kuvunjika kwake huja ghafula kwa mara moja.
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
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Naye atapavunja kama chombo cha mfinyanzi kivunjwavyo, akikivunja-vunja asiache kukivunja, hata hakipatikani katika vipande vyake kigae kitoshacho kutwaa moto jikoni, au kuteka maji kisimani.
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
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Kwa maana Bwana MUNGU, Mtakatifu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Kwa kurudi na kustarehe mtaokolewa; nguvu zenu zitakuwa katika kutulia na kutumaini; lakini hamkukubali.
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
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Bali ninyi mlisema, La! Maana tutakimbia juu ya farasi; basi, ni kweli, mtakimbia; tena, Sisi tutakimbia juu ya wanyama waendao upesi; basi, wale watakaowafuatia watakuwa wepesi.
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
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Elfu moja watakimbia kwa kukemewa na mtu mmoja; kwa kukemewa na watano mtakimbia; hata mtakapoachwa kama mlingoti juu ya kilele cha mlima, na kama bendera juu ya kilima.
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
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Kwa ajili ya hayo Bwana atangoja, ili awaonee huruma, na kwa ajili ya hayo atatukuzwa, ili awarehemu; kwa maana Bwana ni Mungu wa hukumu; heri wote wamngojao.
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
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Kwa maana watu watakaa katika Sayuni huko Yerusalemu; wewe hutalia tena; hakika yake atakuonea rehema nyingi kwa sauti ya kilio chako; asikiapo ndipo atakapokujibu.
O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
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Na ingawa Bwana atawapeni chakula cha shida na maji ya msiba, lakini waalimu wako hawatafichwa tena, ila macho yako yatawaona waalimu wako;
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
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na masikio yako yatasikia neno nyuma yako, likisema, Njia ni hii, ifuateni; mgeukapo kwenda mkono wa kulia, na mgeukapo kwenda mkono wa kushoto.
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
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Nanyi mtakitia najisi kifuniko cha sanamu zenu za fedha zilizochongwa, na mabamba ya sanamu zenu za dhahabu zilizoyeyushwa; utazitupilia mbali kama kitu kilicho najisi; utasema, Haya, toka hapa.
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
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Naye atatoa mvua juu ya mbegu zako, upate kuipanda nchi hii; na mkate wa mazao ya nchi, nayo itasitawi na kuzaa tele; katika siku hiyo ng'ombe zako watakula katika malisho mapana.
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
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Ng'ombe pia na wana-punda wailimao nchi watakula chakula kilichokolea, kilichopepetwa kwa ungo na kwa pepeo.
The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
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Na juu ya kila mlima mrefu, na juu ya kila kilima kilichoinuka, itakuwapo mito na vijito vya maji, katika siku ya machinjo makuu itakapoanguka minara.
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
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Na tena nuru ya mwezi itakuwa kama nuru ya jua, na nuru ya jua itaongezeka mara saba, kama nuru ya siku saba, katika siku ile Bwana atakapofunga mapigo ya watu wake, na kuliponya pigo la jeraha yao.
The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
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Tazama, jina la Bwana linakuja kutoka mbali sana, linawaka kwa hasira yake, kwa moshi mwingi sana unaopaa juu; midomo yake imejaa ghadhabu, na ulimi wake ni moto ulao;
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
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na pumzi yake ni kijito kifurikacho, kifikacho hata shingoni, kupepeta mataifa kwa ungo wa ubatili; na lijamu ikoseshayo itakuwa katika taya za watu.
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
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Mtakuwa na wimbo kama vile wakati wa usiku, ishikwapo sikukuu takatifu, mtakuwa na furaha ya moyo kama vile mtu aendapo na filimbi katika mlima wa Bwana, aliye Mwamba wa Israeli.
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
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Naye Bwana atawasikizisha watu sauti yake ya utukufu, naye atawaonyesha jinsi mkono wake ushukavyo, na ghadhabu ya hasira yake, na mwako wa moto ulao, pamoja na dhoruba, na tufani, na mvua ya mawe ya barafu.
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
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Maana kwa sauti ya Bwana, Mwashuri atavunjika-vunjika, yeye apigaye kwa bakora.
For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
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Na kila pigo la fimbo iliyoamriwa, ambayo Bwana ataliweka juu yake, litakuwa pamoja na matari na vinanda, na kwa mapigano yenye kutikisa atapigana nao.
And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
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Maana Tofethi imewekwa tayari tokea zamani, naam, imewekwa tayari kwa mfalme huyo; ameifanya kubwa, inakwenda chini sana; tanuru yake ni moto na kuni nyingi; pumzi ya Bwana, kama mto wa kiberiti, huiwasha.
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.