THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2016 MORNING
Isaiah 1:1-9 New International Version (NIV)
1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
A Rebellious Nation
2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
“I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knows its master,
the donkey its owner’s manger,
but Israel does not know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Woe to the sinful nation,
a people whose guilt is great,
a brood of evildoers,
children given to corruption!
They have forsaken the Lord;
they have spurned the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
5 Why should you be beaten anymore?
Why do you persist in rebellion?
Your whole head is injured,
your whole heart afflicted.
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged
or soothed with olive oil.
7 Your country is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;
your fields are being stripped by foreigners
right before you,
laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.
8 Daughter Zion is left
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a cucumber field,
like a city under siege.
9 Unless the Lord Almighty
had left us some survivors,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.
This is a message from God to the people of Judah through the Prophet Isaiah. God is judging His people because of their sins and rebellion.
What would God say about our nation today? What would God about we who are Christians? Are we truly living to please God? Does our faith have an impact on our daily lives?
ALHAMISI TAREHE 1 DISEMBA 2016 ASUBUHI
ISAYA 1:1-9
1 Haya ni maono ya Isaya, mwana wa Amozi, aliyoyaona katika habari za Yuda na Yerusalemu, siku za Uzia na Yothamu na Ahazi na Hezekia, wafalme wa Yuda.
2 Sikieni, enyi mbingu, tega sikio, Ee nchi, kwa maana Bwana amenena; Nimewalisha watoto na kuwalea, nao wameniasi.
3 Ng'ombe amjua bwana wake, Na punda ajua kibanda cha bwana wake; Bali Israeli hajui, watu wangu hawafikiri.
4 Ole wake, taifa lenye dhambi, watu wanaochukua mzigo wa uovu, wazao wa watenda mabaya, watoto wanaoharibu; wamemwacha Bwana, wamemdharau yeye aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli, wamefarakana naye na kurudi nyuma.
5 Mbona mnataka kupigwa hata sasa, hata mkazidi kuasi? Kichwa chote ni kigonjwa, moyo wote umezimia.
6 Tangu wayo wa mguu hata kichwani hamna uzima ndani yake; bali jeraha na machubuko na vidonda vitokavyo usaha; havikufungwa, havikuzongwa-zongwa, wala havikulainishwa kwa mafuta.
7 Nchi yenu ni ukiwa; miji yenu imeteketezwa kwa moto; nchi yenu, wageni wameila mbele ya macho yenu; nayo ni ukiwa, kana kwamba imeangamizwa na wageni.
8 Na binti Sayuni ameachwa kama kibanda katika shamba la mizabibu, kama kipenu katika shamba la matango, kama mji uliohusuriwa.
9 Kama Bwana wa majeshi asingalituachia mabaki machache sana, tungalikuwa kama Sodoma, tungalifanana na Gomora.
Maneno haya ni maonyo ya Mungu kwa watu wa Yuda kupitia Nabii Isaya. Mungu anawonya kwa sababu ya uasi wao.
Sisi Je! Tuko tofauti? Mungu angesema nini kuhusu taifa letu? Mungu angesema nini kuhusu sisi wakristo? Je! Imani yako inaonekana katika maisha yako ya kila siku?
