1
Haya, kila aonaye kiu, njoni majini, Naye asiye na fedha; njoni, nunueni mle; Naam, njoni, nunueni divai na maziwa, Bila fedha na bila thamani.
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
2
Kwani kutoa fedha kwa ajili ya kitu ambacho si chakula? Na mapato yenu kwa kitu kisichoshibisha? Nisikilizeni kwa bidii, mle kilicho chema, Na kujifurahisha nafsi zenu kwa unono.
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
3
Tegeni masikio yenu, na kunijia; Sikieni, na nafsi zenu zitaishi; Nami nitafanya nanyi agano la milele, Naam, rehema za Daudi zilizo imara.
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
4
Angalieni, nimemweka kuwa shahidi kwa kabila za watu; kuwa kiongozi na jemadari kwa kabila za watu.
Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
5
Tazama, utaita taifa usilolijua, na taifa lisilokujua wewe litakukimbilia, kwa sababu ya Bwana, Mungu wako, na kwa ajili yake Mtakatifu wa Israeli; maana amekutukuza.
Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
6
Mtafuteni Bwana, maadamu anapatikana, Mwiteni, maadamu yu karibu;
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
7
Mtu mbaya na aache njia yake, Na mtu asiye haki aache mawazo yake; Na amrudie Bwana, Naye atamrehemu; Na arejee kwa Mungu wetu, Naye atamsamehe kabisa.
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
8
Maana mawazo yangu si mawazo yenu, wala njia zenu si njia zangu; asema Bwana.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
9
Kwa maana kama vile mbingu zilivyo juu sana kuliko nchi, kadhalika njia zangu zi juu sana kuliko njia zenu, na mawazo yangu kuliko mawazo yenu.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10
Maana kama vile mvua ishukavyo, na theluji, kutoka mbinguni, wala hairudi huko; bali huinywesha ardhi, na kuizalisha na kuichipuza, ikampa mtu apandaye mbegu, na mtu alaye chakula;
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
11
ndivyo litakavyokuwa neno langu, litokalo katika kinywa changu; halitanirudia bure, bali litatimiza mapenzi yangu, nalo litafanikiwa katika mambo yale niliyolituma.
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
12
Maana mtatoka kwa furaha, Mtaongozwa kwa amani; Mbele yenu milima na vilima vitatoa nyimbo; Na miti yote ya kondeni itapiga makofi.
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13
Badala ya michongoma utamea msunobari, Na badala ya mibigili, mhadesi; Jambo hili litakuwa la kumpatia Bwana jina, Litakuwa ishara ya milele isiyokatiliwa mbali.
Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”