Isaya 49:6
Isaiah 49:6 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
yeye asema: “Je, ni jambo dogo sana wewe kuwa mtumishi wangu ili kurejeza makabila ya Yakobo, na kuwarudisha wale Waisraeli niliowahifadhi? Pia nitakufanya uwe nuru kwa ajili ya watu wa Mataifa, ili upate kuleta wokovu wangu hata miisho ya dunia.”
Isaiah 49:6 in English
Isaiah 49:6 · Berean Standard Bible
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”*
Context
4Lakini nilisema, “Nimetumika bure,
nimetumia nguvu zangu bure bila faida.
Hata hivyo linalonistahili liko mkononi mwa Bwana,
nao ujira wangu uko kwa Mungu wangu.” 5Sasa Bwana asema:
yeye aliyeniumba tumboni kuwa mtumishi wake,
kumrudisha tena Yakobo kwake
na kumkusanyia Israeli,
kwa maana nimepata heshima machoni pa Bwana,
naye Mungu wangu amekuwa nguvu yangu; 6yeye asema:
“Je, ni jambo dogo sana wewe kuwa mtumishi wangu
ili kurejeza makabila ya Yakobo,
na kuwarudisha wale Waisraeli niliowahifadhi?
Pia nitakufanya uwe nuru kwa ajili ya watu wa Mataifa,
ili upate kuleta wokovu wangu hata miisho ya dunia.” 7Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana,
yeye Mkombozi na Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli,
kwake yeye aliyedharauliwa na kuchukiwa na taifa,
kwa mtumishi wa watawala:
“Wafalme watakuona na kusimama,
wakuu wataona na kuanguka kifudifudi,
kwa sababu ya Bwana, aliye mwaminifu,
yeye Aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli, aliyekuchagua wewe.” 8Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Wakati wangu uliokubalika nitakujibu,
nami katika siku ya wokovu nitakusaidia;
nitakuhifadhi, nami nitakufanya
kuwa agano kwa ajili ya watu,
ili kurudisha nchi
na kugawanyia urithi tena wale waliokuwa ukiwa,
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