1
Haya, shuka, keti mavumbini, Ewe bikira, binti Babeli; Keti chini pasipo kiti cha enzi, Ewe binti wa Wakaldayo; Maana hutaitwa tena mwororo, mpenda anasa.
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
2
Twaa mawe ya kusagia, usage unga; Vua utaji wako, ondoa mavazi yako, Funua mguu wako, pita katika mito ya maji.
Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
3
Uchi wako utafunuliwa, Naam, aibu yako itaonekana. Nitalipa kisasi; simkubali mtu ye yote.
Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
4
Mkombozi wetu, Bwana wa majeshi ndilo jina lake, Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.
5
Kaa kimya, ingia gizani, Ee binti wa Wakaldayo; Maana hutaitwa tena Malkia wa falme.
“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
6
Nalikuwa nimekasirika na watu wangu, naliutia unajisi urithi wangu, nikawatia mkononi mwako; wewe hukuwatendea rehema; uliwatia wazee nira yako, nayo nzito sana.
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
7
Ukasema, Mimi nitakuwa bibi milele; hata hukuyatia hayo moyoni mwako, wala hukukumbuka mwisho wa mambo hayo.
You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
8
Sasa, basi, sikia haya, wewe upendaye anasa, ukaaye na kujiona salama, wewe usemaye moyoni mwako, Mimi ndiye, wala hapana mwingine zaidi yangu mimi; sitaketi mfano wa mjane, wala sitajua kufiwa na watoto;
So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
9
lakini mambo haya mawili yatakupata katika dakika moja siku moja, kufiwa na watoto, na ujane; yatakupata kiasi kitimilifu, uchawi wako ujapokuwa mwingi, na uganga wako mwingi mno.
These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
10
Maana umeutumainia ubaya wako; umesema, Hapana anionaye; hekima yako, na maarifa yako yamekupotosha, nawe umesema moyoni mwako, Mimi ndiye, wala hapana mwingine zaidi yangu mimi.
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11
Kwa sababu hiyo ubaya utakupata; wala hutajua kutopoa kwake; na msiba utakuangukia; hutaweza kuuondoa; na ukiwa utakupata kwa ghafula, usioujua.
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
12
Simama sasa na uganga wako, na wingi wa uchawi wako, uliojitaabisha nao tangu ujana wako; labda utaweza kupata faida, labda utaweza kushinda.
So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
13
Umechoka kwa wingi wa mashauri yako; basi, na wasimame hao wajuao falaki, wazitazamao nyota, watabirio kila mwezi mambo ya mwezi huo, wakakuokoe na mambo yatakayokupata.
You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
14
Tazama, watakuwa kama mabua makavu; moto utawateketeza; hawatajiokoa na nguvu za mwali wa moto; hautakuwa kaa la kukota moto, wala moto wa kukaa karibu nao.
Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
15
Ndivyo yatakavyokuwa mambo hayo uliyojitaabisha nayo; wale waliofanya biashara nawe tangu ujana wako watatanga-tanga mbali nawe, kila mtu akienda zake; hapatakuwa na mtu wa kukuokoa.
This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.