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Nisikilizeni, ninyi mnaoifuatia haki; ninyi mnaomtafuta Bwana; uangalieni mwamba ule ambao mlitolewa kwa kuchongwa, na tundu la shimo ambalo mlitolewa kwa kuchimbuliwa.
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
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Mwangalieni Ibrahimu, baba yenu, na Sara, aliyewazaa; kwa maana alipokuwa mmoja tu nalimwita, nikambariki, nikamfanya kuwa wengi.
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
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Maana Bwana ameufariji Sayuni; amepafariji mahali pake palipokuwa ukiwa; amefanya jangwa lake kuwa kama bustani ya Edeni, na nyika yake kama bustani ya Bwana; furaha na kicheko zitaonekana ndani yake, kushukuru, na sauti ya kuimba.
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
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Nisikilizeni mimi, enyi watu wangu; nisikieni, taifa langu; maana sheria itatoka kwangu, nami nitaistarehesha hukumu yangu iwe nuru ya mataifa.
Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
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Haki yangu i karibu, wokovu wangu umekuwa wazi, na mikono yangu itawahukumu kabila za watu; visiwa vitaningoja, navyo vitautumainia mkono wangu.
My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
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Inueni macho yenu mbinguni, mkaitazame nchi chini; maana mbingu zitatoweka kama moshi, na nchi itachakaa kama vazi, nao wakaao ndani yake watakufa kadhalika; bali wokovu wangu utakuwa wa milele, na haki yangu haitatanguka.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
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Nisikilizeni, ninyi mjuao haki, watu ambao mioyoni mwenu mna sheria yangu; msiogope matukano ya watu, wala msifadhaike kwa sababu ya dhihaka zao.
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
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Maana nondo itawala kama vazi, na funza atawala kama sufu; bali haki yangu itakuwa ya milele, na wokovu wangu hata vizazi vyote.
For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
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Amka, amka, jivike nguvu, Ee mkono wa Bwana; Amka kama katika siku zile za kale, Katika vizazi vile vya zamani.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
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Si wewe uliyemkata-kata Rahabu? Uliyemchoma yule joka? Si wewe uliyeikausha bahari, Na maji ya vilindi vikuu; Uliyevifanya vilindi kuwa njia, Ili wapite watu waliokombolewa?
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
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Nao waliokombolewa na Bwana watarejea, Watafika Sayuni, wakiimba; Furaha ya milele itakuwa juu ya vichwa vyao; Watapata shangwe na furaha; Huzuni na kuugua zitakimbia.
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
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Mimi, naam, mimi, ndimi niwafarijiye; wewe u nani hata ukamwogopa mtu atakayekufa, na mwanadamu atakayefanywa kuwa kama majani?
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
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Ukamsahau Bwana, Muumba wako, yeye aliyezitanda mbingu, na kuiweka misingi ya dunia; nawe unaogopa daima mchana kutwa kwa sababu ya ghadhabu yake yeye aoneaye, hapo afanyapo tayari kuharibu; nayo i wapi ghadhabu yake aoneaye?
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
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Yeye aliyehamishwa na kufungwa atafunguliwa kwa haraka; wala hatakufa na kushuka shimoni, wala chakula chake hakitapunguka.
The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
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Maana mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wako, niichafuaye bahari, mawimbi yake yakavuma.
For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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Bwana wa majeshi ndilo jina lake. Nami nimetia maneno yangu kinywani mwako, nami nimekusitiri katika kivuli cha mkono wangu, ili nizipande mbingu, na kuiweka misingi ya dunia, na kuuambia Sayuni, Ninyi ni watu wangu.
I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
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Amka, amka, simama, Ee Yerusalemu, Wewe uliyenywea, mkononi mwa Bwana, Kikombe cha hasira yake; Bakuli la kikombe cha kulevya-levya Umelinywea na kulimaliza.
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
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Hapana hata mmoja wa kumwongoza Miongoni mwa wana wote aliowazaa, Wala hapana hata mmoja wa kumshika mkono Miongoni mwa wana wote aliowalea.
Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
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Mambo haya mawili yamekupata; Ni nani awezaye kukusikitikia? Ukiwa na uharibifu, na njaa na upanga; Niwezeje kukutuliza?
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
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Wana wako wamezimia, Wamelala penye pembe za njia kuu zote Kama kulungu wavuni; Wamejaa hasira ya Bwana, Lawama ya Mungu wako.
Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
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Basi, kwa sababu ya hayo, ulisikilize neno hili, ewe uliyeteswa, na kulewa, lakini si kwa mvinyo;
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
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Bwana, Bwana wako na Mungu wako, awateteaye watu wake, asema hivi, Tazama, nimeondoa mkononi mwako kikombe cha kulevya-levya, hilo bakuli la kikombe cha hasira yangu; hutakinywea tena;
Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
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nami nitakitia mikononi mwao wakutesao; waliokuambia nafsi yako, Inama, tupate kupita; nawe uliufanya mgongo wako kuwa kama nchi, na kama njia, kwa hao wapitao juu yake.
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”