< Yeremia 15 >

1 Kisha Bwana akaniambia, “Hata kama Musa au Samweli walisimama mbele yangu, bado sitawafikiria watu hawa. Watoe mbele yangu, ili waweze kuondoka.
And he said Yahweh to me if he will stand Moses and Samuel before me not soul my [will be] to the people this send [them] away from on face my so they may go out.
2 Ikiwa watakuambia, 'Tunapaswa kwenda wapi?' Kisha uwaambie, 'Bwana asema hivi Wale wanaotakiwa kufa wanapaswa kufa; wale waliotayarishwa kwa upanga wanapaswa kwenda kwa upanga. Wale waliopelekwa kwa njaa wanapaswa kwenda kwa njaa; na wale waliopelekwa uhamisho wanapaswa kuhamishwa.'
And it will be that they will say to you where? will we go out and you will say to them thus he says Yahweh [those] who [are] for death to death and [those] who [are] for the sword to the sword and [those] who [are] for the famine to the famine and [those] who [are] for captivity to captivity.
3 Kwa kuwa nitawapa kwa makundi manne-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-upanga wa kuua wengine, mbwa wararue, ndege wa angani na mnyama mkali wale na kuangamiza.
And I will appoint over them four kinds [the] utterance of Yahweh the sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and [the] bird[s] of the heavens and [the] animal[s] of the earth to devour and to destroy.
4 Nitawafanyia jambo lenye kutisha kwa falme zote za dunia, kwa sababu Manase mwana wa Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda, alifanya huko Yerusalemu.
And I will make them (into a terror *QK) for all [the] kingdoms of the earth on account of Manasseh [the] son of Hezekiah [the] king of Judah on [that] which he did in Jerusalem.
5 Kwa maana ni nani atakayewahurumia, Yerusalemu? Ni nani atakayeomboleza kwa ajili yako? Nani atakayegeuka kuuliza kuhusu ustawi wako?
For who? will he have compassion on you O Jerusalem and who? will he show sympathy to you and who? will he turn aside to ask to welfare of you.
6 Umeniacha-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-umerudi nyuma. Kwa hiyo nitawapiga kwa mkono wangu na kukuangamiza. Nimechoka kuwahurumia.
You you abandoned me [the] utterance of Yahweh backwards you go and I have stretched out hand my on you and I have destroyed you I had wearied myself to relent.
7 Kwa hiyo nitawapepea kwa kipepeo katika milango ya nchi. Nitawafukuza. Nitawaangamiza watu wangu kwani hawakurudi na kuziacha njia zao.
And I have winnowed them with a winnowing scoop in [the] gates of the land I have made childless I have destroyed people my from ways their not they have turned away.
8 Nitawafanya wajane wao kuwa zaidi ya mchanga wa bahari. Dhidi ya mama wa vijana nitamtuma mwangamizi mchana. Nitafanya mshtuko na hofu ghafla kuanguka juu yao.
They are numerous to me (widows its *QK) more than [the] sand of [the] seas I have brought to them on a mother of a young man a destroyer at noon I have made fall on her suddenly anguish and sudden terror.
9 Mama aliyezaa watoto saba ataharibika. Atashuka. Jua lake limekuchwa wakati bado ni siku. Yeye atakuwa na aibu na kufedheheka, kwa kuwa nitawatoa wale waliosalia kwa upanga mbele ya maadui zao-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana.”
She has grown feeble [one who] bore seven [children] it has panted breath her (it went *Qk) sun her while still by day she is ashamed and she is abashed and remnant their to the sword I will give before enemies their [the] utterance of Yahweh.
10 Ole wangu, mama yangu! Kwa maana umenizaa, mimi ambaye ni mtu wa kushindana na hoja katika nchi yote. Sijakopesha, wala hakuna mtu aliyenikopesha, lakini wote wananilaani.
Woe! to me O mother my that you gave birth to me a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land not I have lent and not people have lent to me all of him [are] cursing me.
11 Bwana akasema “Je sitakuokoa kwa manufaa? Kwa hakika nitawafanya maadui wako waombe msaada wakati wa msiba na dhiki.
He said Yahweh if not (I will set free you *QK) for good if not - I will cause to plead with you in a time evil and in a time of distress the enemy.
12 Je, mtu anaweza kusaga chuma? Hasa chuma kutoka kaskazini iliyochanganywa na shaba?
¿ Will it break iron - iron from [the] north and bronze.
13 Nitawapa adui zako utajiri wako na hazina yako kama nyara za bure. Nitafanya hili kwa sababu ya dhambi zako zote zilizofanywa ndani ya mipaka yako yote.
Wealth your and treasures your to plunder I will give not for price and on all sins your and in all territories your.
14 Ndipo nitakufanya utumikie adui zako katika nchi ambayo huijui, maana moto utawaka, ukawaka katika ghadhabu yangu juu yako.”
And I will make to pass enemies your in a land [which] not you have known for a fire it has been kindled in anger my towards you it will burn.
15 Wewe mwenyewe wajua, Bwana! Unikumbuke na kunisaidia. Ukanilipie kisasi kwa ajili ya wanaonifuata. Katika uvumilivu wako usiniondoe. Utambue kwamba nimekuwa na aibu kwa ajili yako. Maneno yako yamepatikana, na nikayala.
You you know O Yahweh remember me and visit me and avenge yourself for me from [those who] harass me may not to [the] length of anger your you take away me know bearing my on you reproach.
16 Maneno yako yalikuwa furaha kwangu, furaha yangu kwa moyo wangu; kwa maana jina lako linatangazwa juu yangu, Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi.
They were found words your and I ate them and it became (word your *QK) to me a joy and [the] delight of heart my for it is called name your on me O Yahweh [the] God of hosts.
17 Sikuketi katika mkutano wa wale waliosherehekea au waliofurahi. Nimeketi kwa faragha kwa sababu ya mkono wako wenye nguvu, kwa maana umenijaza na hasira.
Not I sat in [the] assembly of merry makers and I rejoiced because of hand your alone I sat for indignation you filled me.
18 Kwa nini maumivu yangu yanaendelea na jeraha langu halitibiki, linakataa kuponywa? Je, utakuwa kama maji ya udanganyifu kwangu, maji yanayokauka?
Why? is it pain my perpetuity and wound my incurable it has refused to be healed certainly you are to me like a deceitful thing waters [which] not they are reliable.
19 Kwa hiyo Bwana asema hivi, “Yeremia, Ikiwa utatubu, nitakurejesha, nawe utasimama mbele yangu na kunitumikia. Kwa maana ukitenganisha mambo ya kipumbavu kwa vitu vya thamani, utakuwa kama kinywa changu. Watu watakuja kwako, lakini wewe mwenyewe usirudi kwao.
Therefore thus he says Yahweh if you will return and I will restore you before me you will stand and if you will bring forth [the] precious from [the] worthless like mouth my you will be they will return they to you and you not you must return to them.
20 Nitakufanya kama ukuta wa shaba usioweza kuingilika kwa watu hawa, nao watapigana vita dhidi yako. Lakini hawatakushinda, kwa kuwa mimi ni pamoja nawe ili kuokoa na kukuponya-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-
And I will make you for the people this into a wall of bronze fortified and people will fight against you and not they will prevail to you for [will be] with you I to save you and to deliver you [the] utterance of Yahweh.
21 kwa maana nitakuokoa mikononi mwa waovu na kukukomboa katika mkono wa mshindani.”
And I will deliver you from [the] hand of wicked [people] and I will ransom you from [the] hand of ruthless [people].

< Yeremia 15 >