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Tazama mtumishi wangu nimtegemezaye; mteule wangu, ambaye nafsi yangu imependezwa naye; nimetia roho yangu juu yake; naye atawatolea mataifa hukumu.
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
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Hatalia, wala hatapaza sauti yake, wala kuifanya isikiwe katika njia kuu.
He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
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Mwanzi uliopondeka hatauvunja, wala utambi utokao moshi hatauzima; atatokeza hukumu kwa kweli.
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
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Hatazimia, wala hatakata tamaa, hata atakapoweka hukumu duniani; na visiwa vitaingojea sheria yake.
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
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Mungu Bwana anena, yeye aliyeziumba mbingu, na kuzitanda; yeye aliyeitandaza nchi na mazao yake; yeye awapaye pumzi watu walio juu yake; yeye awapaye roho wao waendao ndani yake.
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
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Mimi, Bwana, nimekuita katika haki, nami nitakushika mkono, na kukulinda, na kukutoa uwe agano la watu, na nuru ya mataifa;
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
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kuyafunua macho ya vipofu, kuwatoa gerezani waliofungwa, kuwatoa wale walioketi gizani katika nyumba ya kufungwa.
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
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Mimi ni Bwana; ndilo jina langu; na utukufu wangu sitampa mwingine, wala sitawapa sanamu sifa zangu.
I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
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Tazama, mambo ya kwanza yamekuwa, nami nayahubiri mambo mapya; kabla hayajatokea nawapasheni habari zake.
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
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Mwimbieni Bwana wimbo mpya, Na sifa zake tokea mwisho wa dunia; Ninyi mshukao baharini, na vyote vilivyomo, Na visiwa, nao wakaao humo.
Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
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Jangwa na miji yake na ipaze sauti zao, Vijiji vinavyokaliwa na Kedari; Na waimbe wenyeji wa Sela, Wapige kelele toka vilele vya milima.
Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
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Na wamtukuze Bwana, Na kutangaza sifa zake visiwani.
Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
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Bwana atatokea kama shujaa; Ataamsha wivu kama mtu wa vita; Atalia, naam, atapiga kelele; Atawatenda adui zake mambo makuu.
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
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Siku nyingi nimenyamaza kimya; nimenyamaza, nikajizuia; sasa nitapiga kelele kama mwanamke aliye katika kuzaa; nitaugua na kutweta pamoja.
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
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Nitaharibu milima na vilima, nitavikausha vyote vimeavyo; nitaifanya mito ya maji kuwa visiwa, na kuyakausha maziwa ya maji.
I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
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Nitawaleta vipofu kwa njia wasiyoijua; katika mapito wasiyoyajua nitawaongoza; nitafanya giza kuwa nuru mbele yao; na mahali palipopotoka kuwa pamenyoka. Haya nitayatenda, wala sitawaacha.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
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Watarudishwa nyuma, wataaibishwa sana, hao wanaotumainia sanamu za mawe, na kuziambia sanamu za madini, Ninyi ndinyi miungu yetu.
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
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Sikilizeni, enyi viziwi; tazameni, enyi vipofu, mpate kuona.
Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
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Ni nani aliye kipofu, ila mtumishi wangu? Au aliye kiziwi, kama mjumbe wangu nimtumaye? Ni nani aliye kipofu, kama yeye aliye na amani? Naam, kipofu kama mtumishi wa Bwana?
Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
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Unaona mambo mengi, lakini huyatii moyoni; masikio yake ya wazi, lakini hasikii.
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
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Bwana akapendezwa, kwa ajili ya haki yake, kuitukuza sheria, na kuiadhimisha.
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
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Lakini watu hawa ni watu walioibiwa na kutekwa; wote wamenaswa katika mashimo, wamefichwa katika magereza; wamekuwa mawindo, wala hapana aokoaye; wamekuwa mateka, wala hapana asemaye, Rudisha.
But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
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Ni nani miongoni mwenu atakayetega sikio lake kuyasikia hayo? Atakayesikiliza na kusikia kwa wakati ujao?
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
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Ni nani aliyemtoa Yakobo awe mateka, aliyemtia Israeli katika mikono ya wanyang'anyi? Si yeye, Bwana? Yeye tuliyemkosa, ambaye hawakutaka kwenda katika njia zake, wala hawakuitii sheria yake.
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
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Kwa sababu hiyo alimwaga ukali wa hasira yake juu yake, na nguvu za vita; ukawasha moto wa kumzunguka pande zote, wala hakujua; ukamteketeza, wala hakuyatia hayo moyoni mwake.
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.