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Lakini itakuwa katika siku za mwisho, ya kwamba mlima wa nyumba ya Bwana utawekwa imara juu ya milima, nao utainuliwa juu ya vilima; na watu wa mataifa watauendea makundi makundi.
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
2
Na mataifa mengi watakwenda na kusema, Njoni, twende juu mlimani kwa Bwana, na nyumbani kwa Mungu wa Yakobo; naye atatufundisha njia zake, nasi tutakwenda katika mapito yake; kwa maana katika Sayuni itatoka sheria, na neno la Bwana litatoka Yerusalemu.
And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3
Naye atafanya hukumu kati ya watu wa kabila nyingi, naye atawakemea mataifa wenye nguvu walio mbali; nao watafua panga zao ziwe majembe, na mikuki yao iwe miundu; taifa halitainua upanga juu ya taifa lingine, wala hawatajifunza vita tena kamwe.
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
4
Bali wataketi kila mtu chini ya mzabibu wake, na chini ya mtini wake; wala hapana mtu atakayewatia hofu; kwa kuwa kinywa cha Bwana wa majeshi kimesema hivi.
And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
5
Kwa maana mataifa yote watakwenda, kila moja kwa jina la mungu wake, na sisi tutakwenda kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wetu, milele na milele.
Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
6
Katika siku ile, asema Bwana, nitamkusanya yeye achechemeaye, nami nitamrudisha yeye aliyefukuzwa, na yeye niliyemtesa.
“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
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Nami nitamfanya yeye aliyechechemea kuwa mabaki, na yeye aliyetupwa mbali kuwa taifa lenye nguvu, na Bwana atawamiliki katika mlima Sayuni tangu sasa na hata milele.
And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
8
Na wewe, Ee mnara wa kundi, kilima cha binti Sayuni, utajiliwa; naam, mamlaka ya kwanza yatakuja, ufalme wa binti Yerusalemu.
And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
9
Sasa mbona unapiga kelele? Je! Hakuna mfalme kwako, mshauri wako amepotea, hata umeshikwa na utungu kama mwanamke wakati wa kuzaa?
Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
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Uwe na utungu, utaabike ili uzae, Ee binti Sayuni, kama mwanamke mwenye utungu; maana sasa utatoka mjini, nawe utakaa katika mashamba; utafika hata Babeli; huko ndiko utakakookolewa; huko ndiko Bwana atakakokukomboa katika mikono ya adui zako.
Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
11
Na sasa mataifa mengi wamekusanyika juu yako, wasemao, Na atiwe unajisi; macho yetu na yaone shari ya Sayuni.
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
12
Lakini wao hawayajui mawazo ya Bwana, wala hawafahamu shauri lake; kwa maana amewakusanya kama miganda sakafuni.
But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13
Haya, simama upure, Ee binti Sayuni; kwa maana nitafanya pembe yako kuwa chuma, na kwato zako kuwa shaba; nawe utaponda-ponda mataifa mengi, na faida yao utaiweka wakfu kwa Bwana, na mali zao kwa Bwana wa dunia yote.
Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.