Jeremiah 16
1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
Kenaka Yehova anandiwuza kuti,
2 Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.
“Usadzakwatire ndi kubereka ana aamuna kapena aakazi malo ano
3 For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers — those bearing them, And of their fathers — those begetting them in this land:
pakuti ana aamuna ndi ana aakazi obadwira mʼdziko muno, komanso amayi awo ndi abambo awo amene anabereka anawo mʼdziko muno,
4 Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.
adzafa ndi nthenda zoopsa. Sadzawalira maliro kapena kuyikidwa mʼmanda koma adzakhala ngati ndowe zotayikira pansi. Ena adzaphedwa ku nkhondo ndipo ena adzafa ndi njala. Mitembo yawo idzakhala chakudya cha mbalame zamlengalenga ndi zirombo zakuthengo.”
5 For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.
Yehova akuti, “Usalowe mʼnyumba ya maliro; usapite kukalira maliro kapena kukapepesa, chifukwa Ine ndawachotsera madalitso anga, chikondi changa ndi chifundo changa.”
6 And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them.
Akuluakulu ndi angʼonoangʼono omwe adzafa mʼdziko muno. Sadzayikidwa mʼmanda kapena kuliridwa, ndipo palibe amene adzaonetse chisoni podzichekacheka kapena kumeta tsitsi lake chifukwa cha iwo.
7 Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.
Palibe amene adzapereka chakudya kutonthoza amene akulira maliro, ngakhale kuti womwalirayo ndi abambo ake kapena amayi ake.
8 A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,
“Ndipo usalowe mʼnyumba mmene muli madyerero, nʼkukhala pansi ndi kudya ndi kumwa nawo.
9 For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.
Pakuti Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akunena kuti, ‘Pa nthawi yanu, inu mukuona ndidzathetsa mawu achimwemwe ndi achisangalalo ndiponso mawu a mkwati ndi mkwatibwi pa malo ano.’
10 And it hath come to pass when thou declarest to this people all these words, and they have said unto thee, 'For what hath Jehovah spoken against us all this great evil? yea, what [is] our iniquity, and what our sin, that we have sinned against Jehovah our God?'
“Ukawawuza anthu awa zinthu zonsezi akakufunsa kuti, ‘Chifukwa chiyani Yehova wanena kuti tsoka lalikulu lotere lidzatigwere? Kodi talakwa chiyani? Kodi tamuchimwira tchimo lotani Yehova Mulungu wathu?’
11 Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,
Pamenepo ukawawuze kuti, ‘Nʼchifukwa chakuti makolo anu anandisiya Ine,’ akutero Yehova, ‘ndi kutsatira milungu ina, kuyitumikira ndi kuyipembedza. Iwo anandisiya Ine ndipo sanasunge lamulo langa.
12 Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.
Komanso inu munachimwa kwambiri kupambana makolo anu. Aliyense wa inu akutsatira zoyipa ndi mtima wake wokanikawo mʼmalo mondimvera Ine.
13 And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that ye have not known, Ye and your fathers, And ye have served there other gods by day and by night, Where I do not give to you grace.
Choncho Ine ndidzakubalalitsani mʼdziko muno ndi kukulowetsani mʼdziko limene inu ndi makolo anu simunalidziwe. Kumeneko mukatumikira milungu ina usana ndi usiku, ndipo sadzakuchitirani chifundo.’”
14 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more: 'Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'
Yehova akuti, “Komabe masiku akubwera pamene anthu polumbira sadzatinso, ‘Pali Yehova wamoyo, amene anatulutsa Aisraeli mʼdziko la Igupto,’
15 But, 'Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands whither He drove them,' And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to their fathers.
koma adzanena kuti, ‘Pali Yehova wamoyo, amene anatulutsa Aisraeli ku dziko lakumpoto, ndi ku mayiko onse kumene anawabalalitsirako.’ Pakuti ndidzawabwezera ku dziko limene ndinalipereka kwa makolo awo.”
16 Lo, I am sending for many fishers, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks.
Yehova akuti, “Koma tsopano ndidzayitana adani okhala ngati asodzi ambiri, ndipo adzawagwira ngati nsomba. Izi zitatha adani enanso okhala ngati alenje ambiri, adzawasaka pa phiri lililonse, pa chitunda chilichonse ndiponso mʼmapanga onse a mʼmatanthwe.
17 For Mine eyes [are] upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.
Maso anga akuona makhalidwe awo onse; sanabisike pamaso panga. Palibe tchimo limene sindikulidziwa.
18 And I have recompensed a first — A second time — their iniquity and their sin, Because of their polluting My land, With the carcase of their detestable things, Yea, their abominable things have filled Mine inheritance.
Ndidzawalanga mowirikiza chifukwa cha kuyipa kwawo ndi tchimo lawo. Ndidzatero chifukwa ayipitsa dziko langa ndi mafano awo amene ali ngati mitembo, ndiponso adzaza cholowa changa ndi mafano awo onyansa.”
19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.
Inu Yehova, ndinu mphamvu yanga ndi linga langa, pothawirapo panga nthawi ya masautso, anthu a mitundu yonse adzabwera kwa Inu kuchokera ku mathero onse a dziko lapansi ndipo adzanena kuti, “Makolo anthu anali ndi milungu yonama, anali ndi mafano achabechabe amene sanawathandize.
20 Doth man make for himself gods, And they — no gods?
Kodi anthu nʼkudzipangira milungu? Atati atero ndiye kuti imeneyo ikhala milungu yachabechabe.”
21 Therefore, lo, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My name [is] Jehovah!
“Choncho Ine ndidzawaphunzitsa, kokha kano kuti adziwe za mphamvu yanga ndi za nyonga zanga. Pamenepo adzadziwa kuti dzina langa ndi Yehova.
