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Sikieni haya, enyi watu wa nyumba ya Yakobo, mnaoitwa kwa jina la Israeli, mliotoka katika maji ya Yuda; mnaoapa kwa jina la Bwana, na kumtaja Mungu wa Israeli, lakini si kwa kweli, wala si kwa haki.
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
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Maana hujiita wenyeji wa mji mtakatifu, hujitegemeza juu ya Mungu wa Israeli; Bwana wa majeshi ni jina lake.
who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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Mimi nimehubiri mambo ya kale tangu zamani; naam, yalitoka katika kinywa changu, nikayadhihirisha; naliyatenda kwa ghafula, yakatokea.
I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
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Kwa sababu nalijua ya kuwa wewe u mkaidi, na shingo yako ni shingo ya chuma, na kipaji cha uso wako ni shaba;
For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
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basi nimekuonyesha tangu zamani; kabla hayajatukia nalikuonyesha; usije ukasema, Sanamu yangu imetenda haya; sanamu yangu ya kuchonga, na sanamu yangu ya kuyeyusha, imeyaamuru.
Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
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Umesikia haya; tazama haya yote; nanyi, je! Hamtayahubiri? Nimekuonyesha mambo mapya tangu wakati huu, naam, mambo yaliyofichwa, usiyoyajua.
You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
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Yameumbwa sasa, wala si tokea zamani; na kabla ya siku hii ya leo hukusikia habari yake; usije ukasema, Tazama, naliyajua.
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
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Naam, hukusikia; naam, hukujua; naam, tokea zamani sikio lako halikuzibuka; maana nalijua ya kuwa wewe watenda kwa hila nyingi, nawe umeitwa mkosaji tangu kuzaliwa kwako;
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
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kwa ajili ya jina langu nitaahirisha hasira yangu, na kwa ajili yako nitajizuia, ili nisifiwe, wala nisikukatilie mbali.
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
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Tazama, nimekusafisha, lakini si kama fedha; nimekuchagua katika tanuru ya mateso.
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
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Kwa ajili ya nafsi yangu, kwa ajili ya nafsi yangu, nitatenda haya; je! Litiwe unajisi jina langu? Wala sitampa mwingine utukufu wangu.
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
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Nisikilize mimi, Ee Yakobo; na Israeli, niliyekuita; mimi ndiye. Mimi ni wa kwanza, na mimi ni wa mwisho pia.
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
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Naam, mkono wangu umeuweka msingi wa dunia, na mkono wangu wa kuume umezitanda mbingu; niziitapo husimama pamoja.
Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
14
Kusanyikeni, ninyi nyote, mkasikie; ni nani miongoni mwao aliyehubiri haya? Bwana amempenda; atatimiza mapenzi yake juu ya Babeli, na mkono wake utakuwa juu ya Wakaldayo.
Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
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Mimi, naam, mimi, nimenena; naam, nimemwita; nimemleta, naye ataifanikisha njia yake.
I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
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Nikaribieni, sikieni haya; tokea mwanzo sikunena kwa siri; tangu yalipokuwapo, mimi nipo; na sasa Bwana MUNGU amenituma, na roho yake.
Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
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Bwana, mkombozi wako, mtakatifu wa Israeli, asema hivi; Mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wako, nikufundishaye ili upate faida, nikuongozaye kwa njia ikupasayo kuifuata.
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
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Laiti ungalisikiliza amri zangu! Ndipo amani yako ingalikuwa kama mto wa maji, na haki yako kama mawimbi ya bahari;
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
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Tena wazao wako wangalikuwa kama mchanga, na hao waliotoka katika tumbo lako kama chembe zake; jina lake lisingalikatika, wala kufutwa mbele zangu.
Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
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Haya, tokeni katika Babeli, Kimbieni kutoka kwa Wakaldayo; Hubirini kwa sauti ya kuimba, tangazeni haya, Yatamkeni mpaka mwisho wa dunia, semeni, Bwana amemkomboa mtumishi wake, Yakobo.
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
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Wala hawakuona kiu alipowaongoza jangwani; Alitoa maji katika mwamba kwa ajili yao; Pia akaupasua mwamba, maji yakatoka kwa nguvu.
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
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Hapana amani kwa wabaya, asema Bwana.
“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”