Jeremiah 22
1 Thus says the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Bwana asema hivi, “Nenda kwenye nyumba ya mfalme wa Yuda, utangaze neno hili huko.
2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sit upon the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people that enter in by these gates:
Ukaseme, 'Ewe Mfalme wa Yuda, wewe aliyeketi kiti cha Daudi, usikilize neno la Bwana. Nisikilizeni, enyi watumishi wake, na ninyi, watu wake mnaokuja kwa malango haya.
3 Thus says the LORD; Execute all of you judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Bwana asema hivi, “Fanya haki na uadilifu, na mtu yeyote ambaye ameibiwa-muokoeni kutoka mkononi mwa mshindani. Usimtendee mabaya mgeni yeyote katika nchi yako, au yatima au mjane. Usifanye vurugu au kumwaga damu isiyo na hatia mahali hapa.
4 For if all of you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
Kwa kuwa mkifanya mambo hayo, basi wafalme wanaoketi kiti cha Daudi wataingia milango ya nyumba hii wakiendesha gari na farasi, yeye, watumishi wake, na watu wake!
5 But if all of you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
Lakini ikiwa hamsikilizi maneno haya kutoka kwangu ambayo nimeyasema-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-basi nyumba hii ya kifalme itaharibiwa.'”
6 For thus says the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; You are Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make you a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
Kwa maana Bwana asema hivi juu ya nyumba ya mfalme wa Yuda, “Wewe uko kama Gileadi, au kama kilele cha Lebanoni kwangu. Hata hivyo nitakugeuza kuwa jangwa, katika miji isiyo na wenyeji.
7 And I will prepare destroyers against you, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Kwa kuwa nimewaagiza waharibifu kuja juu yenu! Watu wenye silaha zao watakata mierezi yako iliyo bora na kuiacha kuanguka kwenye moto.
8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore has the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Kisha mataifa mengi yatapita kwenye mji huu. Kila mtu atamwambia yule anayefuata, “Mbona Bwana amefanya hivi kwa jiji hili kuu?”
9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Na mwingine atajibu, “Kwa sababu waliiacha agano la Bwana, Mungu wao, wakainama kwa miungu mingine, wakaiabudu.”
10 Weep all of you not for the dead, neither lament for him: but weep sore for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Usilie kwa ajili ya aliyekufa. Usiomboleze kwa ajili yake. Lakini mlilie mtu yeyote anayeingia kifungoni, kwa maana hatarudi tena kuiona nchi aliyozaliwa.'
11 For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
Maana Bwana asema hivi juu ya Yehoahazi, mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda, aliyekuwa mfalme badala ya Yosia babaye, 'ametoka mahali hapa, wala hatarudi.
12 But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
Atakufa huko mahali ambapo walimchukua mateka, na hataiona tena nchi hii.'
13 Woe unto him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that uses his neighbour's service without wages, and gives him not for his work;
Ole mtu yeyote anayejenga nyumba yake kwa uovu na vyumba vyake vya juu katika udhalimu; ambao wengine hufanya kazi, lakini hawalipwi.
14 That says, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cuts him out windows; and it is covered over with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Ole mtu yeyote atakayesema, 'Nitajenga nyumba ndefu na vyumba vya juu vipana, na hujenga madirisha mapana, na kuta zenye mwerezi, na huipaka rangi nyekundu.'
15 Shall you reign, because you close yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
Je, hii ndiyo inakufanya uwe mfalme mzuri, kwamba unataka kuwa na mbao za mwerezi? Je baba yako hakula na kunywa, lakini lakini alifanya hukumu na haki? Kisha mambo yakawa mazuri kwa ajili yake.
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.
Alihukumu maneno ya masikini na mhitaji. Ilikuwa vizuri. Je, huku siko kunijua mimi? - hili ni tamko la Bwana.
17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and in order to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Lakini hakuna kitu machoni na moyoni mwako isipokuwa wasiwasi kwa faida yako isiyo ya haki na kwa kumwaga damu isiyo na hatia, kwa ukandamizaji kuwatendea jeuri wengine.
18 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Kwa hiyo Bwana asema hivi juu ya Yehoyakimu, mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda. Hawatamwomboleza wakisema 'ole, ndugu yangu! au 'Ole, dada yangu!' Hawataomboleza kwa kusema 'Ole, bwana! ' au 'ole, utukufu!'
19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Atazikwa maziko ya punda, ataburuzwa mbali na kutupwa nje ya milango ya Yerusalemu.
20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all your lovers are destroyed.
Panda milima ya Lebanoni piga kelele. Paza sauti yako Bashani. Piga kelele kutoka kwenye milima ya Abarimu, kwa maana marafiki zako wote wataharibiwa.
21 I spoke unto you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you obeyed not my voice.
Nilinena nawe wakati ulioko salama, lakini ukasema, 'Sitasikia.' Hii ilikuwa desturi yako tangu ujana wako, kwani hukusikiliza sauti yangu.
22 The wind shall eat up all your pastors, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
Upepo utawalisha wachungaji wako wote, na marafiki zako watakwenda kufungwa. Hakika wewe utakuwa na aibu na kufadhaika kwa matendo yako yote mabaya.
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that make your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Wewe mfalme, wewe ambaye huishi katika Nyumba ya Msitu wa Lebanoni, wewe aliyefanya kiota kati ya mierezi, utakuwa na hali ya kuhurumiwa utakapopata utungu kama wakati wa kuzaa.”
24 As I live, says the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck you thence;
“Kama mimi niishivyo-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-hata kama wewe, Konia, mwana wa Yehoyakimu, mfalme wa Yuda, ulikuwa alama ya mkono wangu wa kulia, ningekuangusha.
25 And I will give you into the hand of them that seek your life, and into the hand of them whose face you fear, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Kwa kuwa nimewatia mikono ya wale wanaotaka uhai wenu na kwenye mkono wa wale ambao mnawaogopa, hata mkononi mwa Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli na Wakaldayo.
26 And I will cast you out, and your mother that bare you, into another country, where all of you were not born; and there shall all of you die.
Nitawatupa wewe na mama yako aliyekuzaa katika nchi nyingine, nchi ambayo hujazaliwa, na huko utakufa.
27 But to the land unto which they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
Na kuhusu eneo hili ambalo watataka kurudi, hawatarudi hapa.
28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Je! Hiki ni chombo kilichodharauliwa na kilichopasuka? Je, Konia ni chombo kilichodharauliwa? Kwa nini wamemtupa yeye na wazao wake, kumpeleka katika nchi wasiyoijua?
29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Ee Ardhi, Ardhi, Ardhi! Sikieni neno la Bwana!
30 Thus says the LORD, Write all of you this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Bwana asema hivi, 'Andika juu ya mtu huyu Konia Yeye hatakuwa na mtoto. Hatafanikiwa wakati wa siku zake, wala hakuna hata mmoja kati ya uzao wake atakayefanikiwa au kuketi tena kwenye kiti cha Daudi na kutawala juu ya Yuda.'”
