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Imba, wewe uliye tasa, wewe usiyezaa; paza sauti yako kwa kuimba, piga kelele, wewe usiyekuwa na utungu; maana watoto wake aliyeachwa ni wengi kuliko watoto wake yeye aliyeolewa, asema Bwana.
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
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Panua mahali pa hema yako, na wayatandaze mapazia ya maskani yako; usiwakataze; ongeza urefu wa kamba zako; vikaze vigingi vya hema yako.
“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
3
Kwa maana utaenea upande wa kuume na upande wa kushoto; na wazao wako watawamiliki mataifa; wataifanya miji iliyokuwa ukiwa kukaliwa na watu.
For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
4
Usiogope; maana hutatahayarika; wala usifadhaike; maana hutaaibishwa; kwa kuwa utaisahau aibu ya ujana wako, pia mashutumu ya ujane wako hutayakumbuka tena.
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5
Kwa sababu Muumba wako ni mume wako; Bwana wa majeshi ndilo jina lake; na Mtakatifu wa Israeli ndiye Mkombozi wako; Yeye ataitwa Mungu wa dunia yote.
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
6
Maana Bwana amekuita kama mke aliyeachwa na kuhuzunishwa rohoni, kama mke wakati wa ujana, atupwapo, asema Mungu wako.
For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
7
Kwa kitambo kidogo nimekuacha; lakini kwa rehema nyingi nitakukusanya.
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
8
Kwa ghadhabu ifurikayo nalikuficha uso wangu dakika moja; lakini kwa fadhili za milele nitakurehemu, asema Bwana, Mkombozi wako.
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
9
Kwa maana jambo hili limekuwa kama maji ya Nuhu kwangu; maana kama nilivyoapa ya kwamba maji ya Nuhu hayatapita juu ya dunia tena, kadhalika nimeapa ya kwamba sitakuonea hasira, wala kukukemea.
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
10
Maana milima itaondoka, na vilima vitaondolewa; bali wema wangu hautaondoka kwako, wala agano langu la amani halitaondolewa; asema Bwana akurehemuye.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
11
Ewe uliyeteswa, uliyerushwa na tufani, usiyetulizwa, tazama, nitaweka mawe yako kwa rangi nzuri, nitaweka misingi yako kwa yakuti samawi.
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12
Nami nitaifanya minara yako ya akiki nyekundu, na malango yako ya almasi, na mipaka yako yote ya mawe yapendezayo.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
13
Na watoto wako wote watafundishwa na Bwana; na amani ya watoto wako itakuwa nyingi.
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
14
Utathibitika katika haki; utakuwa mbali na kuonewa, kwa maana hutaogopa; na mbali na hofu, kwa maana haitakukaribia.
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
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Tazama, yamkini watakusanyana; lakini si kwa shauri langu. Watu wo wote watakaokusanyana juu yako wataanguka kwa ajili yako.
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
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Tazama, nimemwumba mhunzi avukutaye moto wa makaa, akatoa silaha kwa kazi yake; nami nimemwumba mharibu ili aharibu.
Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
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Kila silaha itakayofanyika juu yako haitafanikiwa na kila ulimi utakaoinuka juu yako katika hukumu utauhukumu kuwa mkosa. Huu ndio urithi wa watumishi wa Bwana, na haki yao inayotoka kwangu mimi, asema Bwana.
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.