Jeremiah 49
1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus says the LORD; Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
Juu ya watu wa Amoni, Yahwe asema hivi, “Je Israeli hana watoto? Je hakuna mtu wa kurithi chochote katika Israeli? Kwa nini Moleki aikalie Gadi, na watu wake kukaa katika miji yake?
2 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, says the LORD.
Hivyo angalia, siku zinakuja - asema Yahwe - nitakapo sikizisha ishara ya vita juu ya Raba miongoni mwa watu wa Amoni, hivyo itakuwa rundo lililoachwa na binti zake watawasha moto. Maana Israeli atawamiliki wanaommiliki,” asema Yahwe.
3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, all of you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run back and forth by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Piga kelele kwa maombolezo, Heshboni, maana Ai utaangamizwa! Piga kelele, Binti za Raba! Vaeni nguo za magunia. Ombolezeni na kukimbia kwa kuchanganyikiwa, maana Moleki anakwenda matekani, pamoja na makuhani na viongozi wake.
4 Wherefore glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
Kwa nini mnajivunia nguvu zenu? Nguvu zenu zitakwisha, binti wasioamini, ninyi mnaotumaini utajiri wenu. Mwasema, “Nani atakayekuja kinyume changu?'
5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon you, says the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about you; and all of you shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wanders.
Tazama, nitaleta kitisho juu yenu - hili ni tamko la Yahwe, Bwana wa majeshi - kitisho hiki kitatoka kwao wote wanaowazunguka. Kila mmoja wenu atatawanyika mbele yake. Hakutakuwa na wa kuwakusanya wanaotawanyika.
6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, says the LORD.
Lakini baada ya haya nitarejesha mema ya watu wa Amoni - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.”
7 Concerning Edom, thus says the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Juu ya Edomu, Yahwe wa majeshi asema hivi, Je hakuna tena hekima katika Temani? Je ushauri mwema umepotea kutoka kwa wenye ufahamu? Je hekima yao imeharibika?
8 Flee all of you, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
Kimbieni! Rudini nyuma! Bakini katika mashimo katika ardhi, wenyeji wa Dedani. Maana naleta maafa ya Esau juu yake wakati ninaomwadhibu.
9 If grape-gatherers come to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
Ikiwa wavunaji wa zabibu walikuja kwako, je wasinge acha kidogo? Ikiwa wezi walikuja usiku, je wasingeiba kiasi walichotaka?
10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
Lakini nimempiga Esau kwa ukiwa. Nimefunua maficho yao. Hivyo hataweza kujificha mwenyewe. Watoto wake, ndugu zake, na jirani zake wameharibiwa, wamepotea.
11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
Acha nyuma yatima wako. Nitachukua uhai wao, na wajane wako wanaweza kuniamini.”
12 For thus says the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
Maana Yahwe asema hivi, “Tazama, wasiostahili ni lazima wanywe sehemu ya kikombe. Je mnadhani mtaachwa bila kuhadhibiwa? Hapana, maana hakika mtakunywa.
13 For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
Maana nimekwisha apa kwangu mimi mwenyewe - asema Yahwe - Hiyo Bozra itakuwa hofu, aibu, magofu, na kitu cha laana. Miji yake yote itakuwa magofu daima.
14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather all of you together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
Nimesikia habari kutoka kwa Yahwe, na mjumbe ametumwa katika mataifa, 'Kusanyikeni na kumpiga. Jiandaeni kwa vita.'
15 For, lo, I will make you small among the heathen, and despised among men.
“Maana tazama, nimekufanya kuwa mdogo kulinganisha na mataifa mengine, yenye kudharauliwa na watu.
16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from thence, says the LORD.
Na kwa hofu yenu, kiburi cha moyo wako kimekudanganya, wakaaji wa maeneo ya mwinuko, ninyi mliomiliki vilele vya vilima ili mfanye viota vyenu kama tai. Nitawashusha kutoka huko - asema Yahwe.
17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Edomu atakuwa kitisho kwa kila aipitaye. Kila mtu atatetemeka na kutoa sauti kwa sababu ya maafa yake.
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, says the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
Kama maangamizi ya Sodoma na Gomora na jirani zake,” asema Yahwe, “hakuna atakayeishi pale; hakuna mtu atakayekaa huko.
19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Tazama, nitapanda kama simba kutoka katika misitu ya Yordani hata eneo la malisho mabichi. Maana nitaharakisha kumfanya Edomu kumkimbia, nami nitamweka mwingine atakayekuwa amechaguliwa kwa usimamizi huo. Maana ni nani aliyekama mimi, ni nani atakayeniagiza kuja? Mchungaji gani awezaye kunizuia?
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
Hivyo sikiliza mipango ambayo Yahwe ameamua dhidi ya Edom, mipango aliyoifanya kinyume cha wakaao Temani. Bila shaka wataondolewa, hata kundi dogo kuliko yote. Nchi yao yenye malisho yao mabichi itageuzwa kuwa sehemu zenye magofu.
21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Kwa kishindo cha kuanguka kwao nchi hutikisika. Sauti ya milio ya kukata tamaa inasikika katika Bahari ya Shamu.
22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Tazama, mtu fulani atapiga kama tai, na kushuka chini kwa kasi na kueneza mabawa yake juu ya Bozra. Kisha katika siku hiyo, mioyo ya askari wa Edomu itakuwa kama moyo wa mwanamke katika kuzaa.”
23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Juu ya Dameski: “Hamathi na Arpadi zitaaibika, maana wamesikia habari ya madhara. Wanayeyuka! Wamesumbuka kama bahari, isiyotulia.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Dameski umekuwa dhaifu sana. Unageuka kukimbia; hofu imeushika, Maangaiko na maumivu yameupata, kama uchungu wa mwanamke ajifunguaye.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Watu wake wanasema, “Umekuwaje mji maarufu, mji ambao nimeufurahia, kabla haujaachwa?
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, says the LORD of hosts.
Kwa hiyo vijana wake wataanguka katika mitaa yake na askari wake wote watateketea siku hiyo - hili ni tamko la Yahwe wa majeshi.”
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
“Maana nitawasha moto katika kuta za Dameski, nami nitazivunja ngome za Beni Hadadi.”
28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall strike, thus says the LORD; Arise all of you, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
Juu ya Kedari na falme za Hazori, Yahwe amwambia hivi Nebukadneza (Basi Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli alikuwa akienda kuyashambulia maeneo haya): “Inuka na uipige Kedari na kuwaharibu wale watu wa mashariki.
29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Jeshi lake litachukua hema zao na makundi yao, nguzo za hema yao, na vitu vyao vyote. Watachukua ngamia wao kutoka kwa watu wa Kedari na kuwambia, 'Hofu ipo pande zote!”
30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O all of you inhabitants of Hazor, says the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
Kimbia, Tangatanga mbali! Kaa katika maandaki ardhini, mkaao Hazori - asema Yahwe - maana Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli amepanga mpango kinyume chenu. Kimbieni! Geukeni!
31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwells without care, says the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Simama! lishambulie taifa lililokatika amani, waishio salama,” asema Yahwe. Hawana malango wala nguzo ndani yao, na watu wake wanakaa wenyewe.
32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, says the LORD.
Maana farasi wao watakuwa mateka, na wingi wa mali zao utakuwa mateka wa vita. Kisha nitawatawanya katika kila upepo wanaonyoa pembe za nywele zao, nami nitaleta madhara juu yao kutoka kila upande - hili ni tamko ya Yahwe.
33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Hazori utakuwa makao ya mbwea, nchi isiyofaa daima. Hakuna atakayeishi huko; hakuna mwanadamu atakayekaa huko.”
34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Hili ni neno la Yahwe lililomwijia Yeremia nabii kuhusu Elamu. Ilikuwa wakati wa mwanzo wa kutawala kwake Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda, naye akasema,
35 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
“Yahwe wa majeshi asema hivi: Tazama, ninakaribia kumvunja mpiga upinde wa Elamu, sehemu kuu ya nguvu zao.
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
Maana nitaleta pepo nne kutoka katika pande nne za mbingu, nami nitawatawanya watu wa Elamu katika pepo hizo zote. Hakuta kuwa na taifa ambalo kwalo waliotawanywa kutoka Elamu hawatakwenda.
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, says the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
Hivyo nitawavunjavunja Elamu mbele ya adui zao na mbele ya watafutao uhai wao. Maana nitaleta maangamizo dhidi yao, hasira ya gadhabu yangu - hili ni tamko la Yahwe - nami nitapeleka upanga nyuma yao hata nitakapowafuta wote.
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, says the LORD.
Kisha nitaweka kiti changu cha enzi huko Elamu na kumwangamiza mfalme na viongozi wao kutoka huko - asema Yahwe -
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, says the LORD.
na itakuwa siku zijazo kwamba nitarejesha mema ya Elamu - asema Yahwe.”
