Jeremiah 46
1 The LORD’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
Hili ni neno la Yahwe lililomjia Yeremia nabii juu ya mataifa.
2 Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
Juu ya Misri; “Hili ni juu ya jeshi la Farao Neko, mfalme wa Misri aliyekuwako Karkemishi kando ya mto Frati. Hili ni jeshi alilolishinda Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli likishindwa katika mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda:
3 “Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
Wekeni tayari ngao ndogo na kubwa, na msonge vitani.
4 Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets. Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Watieni farasi lijamu na hatamu, na mpande juu yao, ninyi wapanda farasi. Jiwekeni mahali penu, mkiwa mmevaa helmeti vichwani mwenu. Inoweni mishale yenu na kuvaa silaha zenu.
5 Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and do not look back. Terror is on every side,” says the LORD.
Ninaona nini hapa? Wana woga na wanakimbia, maana askari wao wameshindwa. Wanakimbia kwa usalama na hawaangalii nyuma. Kitisho kipo mahali pote - hili ni tamko la Yahwe -
6 “Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
wepesi hawawezi kukimbia, na askari hawezi kukwepa. Wana jikwaa kaskazini na kuanguaka kando ya mto Frati.
7 “Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
Ni nani hawa wainukao kama Nile, ambao maji yao yanaruka juu na chini kama mito?
8 Egypt rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He says, ‘I will rise up. I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.’
Misri huinuka kama mto Nile, na maji yake yanaumuka juu na chini kama mito. Anasema, 'nitapanda juu; nitaifunika nchi. Nitaiharibu miji na watu wake.
9 Go up, you horses! Rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
Inukeni, farasi. Mwe na hasira, ninyi vibandawazi. Askari na waende, Kushi na Putu, watu walio na ujuzi wa ngao, na Ludimu, watu wenye ujuzi wa kupiga pinde zao.
10 For that day is of the Lord, GOD of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries. The sword will devour and be satiated, and will drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, GOD of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Siku hiyo itakuwa siku ya kisasi kwa Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi, naye atajilipizia kisasa juu ya adui zake. Upanga utararua na kujirishisha. Utakula na kujishibisha kwa damu yao. Kwa maana kutakuwa na sadaka kwa Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi katika nchi ya kaskazini kando ya mto Frati.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. You use many medicines in vain. There is no healing for you.
Panda Gileadi ujipatie dawa, binti wa Misri uliyebikra. Haifai kwamba unaweka dawa nyingi juu yako. Hakuna uponyaji kwako.
12 The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they both fall together.”
Mataifa wamesikia kuaibika kwako. Nchi imejawa na maombolezo yako, maana askari anajikwaa juu ya askari; na wote wawili uanguka pamoja.”
13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt:
Hili ndilo neno Yahwe alilomwambia nabii Yeremia wakati Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli alipokuja na kushambulia nchi ya Misri:
14 “Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, ‘Stand up, and prepare, for the sword has devoured around you.’
Toa taarifa kwa Misri na isikiwe katika Migdoli na Memfisi. Wamesema katika Tapenesi, wekeni kituo na mwe imara, kwa maana upanga unakula wote kati yenu.
15 Why are your strong ones swept away? They did not stand, because the LORD pushed them.
Kwa nini Apisi mungu wenu amekimbia? Kwa nini ng'ombe dume mungu wenu hakuweza kusimama? Yahwe amemwangusha chini.
16 He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’
Ameongeza idadi ya waliojikwaa. Kila askari anaanguka kinyume cha anayefuata. Wanasema, “Inuka. Haya twende nyumbani. Haya na turudi kwa watu wetu, katika nchi yetu ya asili. Na tuuache upanga huu unaotuuwa.”
17 They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
Walitangaza pale, “Farao mfalme wa Misri ni kelele tu, ameuacha wasaa wake mbali.”
18 “As I live,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.
Kama niishivyo - hili ni tamko la mfalme - Yahwe wa majeshi kwa jina, kuna mtu atakuja aliye kama Mlima Tabori na Mlima Karmeli kando ya bahari.
19 You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis will become a desolation, and will be burned up, without inhabitant.
Wekeni masanduku yenu kuyachukua uhamishoni, binti mwishio Misri. Kwani Memfisi haitafaa, magofu. Hakuna atakayeishi huko.
20 “Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come.
Misri ni mtamba mzuri sana, lakini mdudu aumaye anakuja kutoka kaskazini. Anakuja.
21 Also her hired men in the middle of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. They did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.
Askari wake wakukodiwa ni kama dume la ng'ombe lililonona kati yake. lakini wao pia watageuka na kukimbia. Hawatasimama pamoja, kwani siku yao ya madhara inakuja kunyume chao, wakatik wa kuadhibiwa kwao.
22 Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
Misri anatoa sauti kama ya nyoka na kuondoka kwa kutambaa. maana adui yake anajiandaa kinyume chake. Wanamkabili kama mkata miti aliye na shoka.
23 They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD, “though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Wataangusha misitu - japokuwa ni mingi sana - hili ni tamko la Yahwe. Kwa maana adui watakuwa wengi kuliko nzige, wasiohesabika.
24 The daughter of Egypt will be disappointed; she will be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
Binti Misri ataaibishwa. Atawekwa mkononi mwa watu kutoka kaskazini.”
25 The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.
Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema, “Tazama, niko karibu kumwadhibu Amoni wa Thebesi, Farao, Misri na miungu yake, Farao mfalme wake, na wote wanaomtumaini.
26 I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards it will be inhabited, as in the days of old,” says the LORD.
Nitawaweka katika mkono wa wanaoyaona maisha yao, na katika mkono wa Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli na watumishi wake. Kisha baada ya haya Misri itakaliwa kama mwanzo - asema Yahwe.”
27 “But do not you be afraid, Jacob my servant. Do not be dismayed, Israel; for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid.
Lakini, wewe Yakobo mtumishi wangu, usihofu. Usifadhaike, Israeli, maana tazama, nitakurudisha kutoka mbali, na uzao wako kutoka nchi ya mateka. Kisha Yakobo atarudi, tafuta amani, na kuwa salama, na hapatakuwa na wa kumwogofya.
28 Do not be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says the LORD, “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”
Wewe, mtumishi wangu Yakobo, usiogope - asema Yahwe - kwa maana nipo nawe, hivyo nitaleta maangamizi makamilifu dhidi ya mataifa yote nilikokupeleka. Lakini sitakuharibu kabisa. Hata hivyo nitakuadhibu kwa haki na hakika sitakuacha bila adhabu.”
