Yeremia 48
1 Juu ya Moabu, Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, “Ole kwa Nebo, kwani umekuwa ukiwa. Kiriathaimu umetekwa na kuaibishwa. Ngome zake zimeangushwa na kuaibishwa.
To Moab, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, “Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated. Kiriathaim has been humiliated and captured. Her fortress has been disgraced and crushed.
2 Heshima ya Moabu haipo tena. Adui zake katika Heshboni walipanga njama za kumwangamiza. Walisema, 'Njoni tumwangamize kama taifa. Madmena pia itaangamizwa - upanga utakutangulia.'
The honor of Moab is no more. Their enemies in Heshbon plotted disaster against her. They said, 'Come and let us destroy her as a nation. Madmen will also perish—a sword will go after you.'
3 Sikilizeni! Sauti ya mvumo inakuja kutoka Horonaimu.
Listen! A sound of screaming is coming from Horonaim, where there is ruin and great destruction.
4 Moabu ameangamizwa. Vilio vya watoto wake vinasikika.
Moab has been destroyed. Her children have made their cries heard.
5 Wanapanda kilima cha Luhithi wakilia, njia yote kuelekea Horonaimu, vilio vinasikika kutokana na maangamizi.
They go up the hill of Luhith weeping, for on the way down to Horonaim, screams are heard because of the destruction.
6 Kimbieni! okeeni maisha yenu kama kichaka cha mreteni katika nyika.
Flee! Save your lives and become like a juniper bush in the wilderness.
7 Maana kwa sababu ya tumaini lenu katika matendo na utajiri wenu, ninyi pia mtatekwa. Kisha Kemoshi atachukuliwa matekani, pamoja na makuhani na viongozi wake.
For because of your trust in your practices and your wealth, you also will be captured. Then Chemosh will go away into captivity, together with his priests and leaders.
8 Maana mwaribu atafika kila mji; hakuna mji utakaookoka. Hivyo bonde litaangamia na tambarare itateketezwa, kama alivyosema Yahwe.
For the destroyer will come to every city; no city will escape. So the valley will perish and the plain will be devastated, as Yahweh has said.
9 Mpeni Moabu mabawa, maana ni lazima aruke mbali bila shaka. Miji yake itakuwa magofu, pasipo na mtu wa kuishi humo.
Give wings to Moab, for she must certainly fly away. Her cities will become a wasteland, where there is no one to live in them.
10 Na alaaniwe kila aliye mvivu katika kufanya kazi ya Yahwe! Na alaaniwe kila auzuiaye upanga wake usimwage damu!
May anyone who is lazy in doing Yahweh's work be cursed! May anyone who keeps his sword back from shedding blood be cursed!
11 Moabu amekuwa akijisikia salama tangu alipokuwa kijana. Yeye ni kama mvinyo wake ambao haujamiminwa kutoka mtungi kwenda mtungi mwingine. Hajaenda matekani. Hivyo radha yake ni njema kama mwanzo; radha yake haibadiliki.
Moab has felt secure since he was young. He is like his wine that has never been poured from pot to pot. He has never gone into captivity. Therefore he tastes as good as ever; his flavor remains unchanged.
12 Hivyo tazama, siku zinakuja - asema Yahwe - nitakapompelekea watakao mchovya na kumwaga mitungi yake yote na kupasua mitungi yake.
So see, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will send him those who will tip him over and pour out all his pots and shatter his jars.
13 Kisha Moabu atamwaibikia Kemoshi kama ambavyo nyumba ya Israeli ilivyoiabikia Betheli, tumaini lao.
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their object of trust.
14 Utawezaje kusema, 'Tu askari, wapiganaji wenye nguvu'?
How can you say, 'We are soldiers, powerful fighting men'?
15 Moabu itaangamizwa na miji yake kushambuliwa. Kwa maana vijana wake wazuri wameshuka katika eneo la machinjo. Hili ni tamko la mfalme! Yahwe wa majeshi ndilo jina lake.
Moab will be devastated and its cities attacked. For its finest young men have gone down to the place of slaughter. This is the king's declaration! Yahweh of hosts is his name.
16 Maangazizo ya Moabu yanakaribia; maafa yanaharakisha.
Moab's disaster is soon to happen; calamity is hurrying quickly.
17 Ninyi nyote mlio karibu na Moabu, ombolezeni. Nanyi mjuao fahari yake, pigeni kelele hivi, 'Ole, fimbo yenye nguvu, fimbo yenye heshima, imevunjwa.'
All you who are around Moab, wail; and all you who know its fame, shout this, 'Woe, the strong staff, the honored rod, has been broken.'
18 Shukeni kutoka mahali penu pa heshima na kuketi katika nchi kavu, ewe binti uishie Diboni. Maana aiangamizaye Moabu anakushambulia, atakayeziharibu ngome zako.
Come down from your honored place and sit on the dry ground, you daughter living in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab is attacking you, the one who will destroy your strongholds.
19 Simameni njiani na kuangalia, enyi mwishio katika Aroeri. Waulizeni wanaokimbia na kutoroka. Sema, 'Nini kimetokea?'
Stand on the road and watch, you people who live in Aroer. Ask the ones who are fleeing and escaping. Say, 'What has happened?'
20 Moabu ameaibika, maana amevujwa. Lieni kwa sauti na uchungu; pigeni yowe kuomba msaada. Wambieni watu waliokando ya Mto Arinoni kwamba Moabu ameangamizwa.
Moab has been shamed, for it has been shattered. Howl and lament; shout for help. Tell it to people by the Arnon River that Moab has been devastated.
21 Basi maangamizi yamefika katika nchi ya kilima, huko Holoni, Yakza, na Mefathi,
Now punishment has come to the hill country, to Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22 huko Diboni, Nebo, na Bethi Diblathaimu,
to Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim,
23 huko Kiriatahaimu, Beth Gamul, na Bethi Meoni,
to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon,
24 huko Keriothi na Bozra, na katika miji yote iliyomo katika nchi ya Moabu - miji iliyoko mbali na karibu.
To Kerioth and Bozrah, and to all the cities in the land of Moab— the farthest and the closest cities.
25 Nguvu za Moabu zimekwisha; mkono wake umevunjwa - asema Yahwe.
The horn of Moab has been hacked off; its arm has been broken—this is Yahweh's declaration.
26 Mnywesheni, maana alitenda kwa kiburi kinyume changu, Yahwe. Basi Moabu anapiga makofi kwa machukizo kwa matapiko yake mwenyewe, hivyo amekuwa pia kitu cha kuchekesha.
Make him drunk, because he acted proudly against Yahweh. Let Moab wallow in his vomit, and let him be an object of ridicule.
27 Maana Israeli hakuwa kitu cha kuchekesha kwako? Alionekana miongoni mwa wezi, kwamba ulitikisa kichwa chako kwake mara ulipoongea juu yake?
For did not Israel become an object for laughter to you? Was he found among thieves, so that you shook your head at him as often as you spoke about him?
28 Jitengeni na miji na kuweka kambi katika minuko, enyi watu wa Moabu. Kuwa kama njiwa anayeatamia juu ya mlango wa tundu katika miamba.
Abandon the cities and camp on the cliffs, inhabitants of Moab. Become like a dove that is nesting over the mouth of a hole in the rocks.
29 Tumesikia juu ya kiburi cha Moabu - majivuno yake, maringo, kiburi, utukufu binafsi na kujiinua moyoni.
We have heard of Moab's pride—his arrogance, his haughtiness, his pride, his self-glory and the conceit in his heart.
30 Hili ni tamko la Yahwe - mimi mwenyewe najua maneno yake ya ukaidi, yasiyosaidia chochote, kama matendo yake.
This is Yahweh's declaration—I myself know his defiant speech, which amounts to nothing, like his deeds.
31 Hivyo nitavumisha maombolezo kwa ajili ya Moabu, na nitapiga kelele katika uzuni kwa ajili ya Moabu. Nitaomboleza kwa ajili ya watu wa Kir Hereshi.
So I will howl a lament for Moab, and I will shout in sorrow for all of Moab. I will lament for the people of Kir Hareseth.
32 Nitalia zaidi kwa ajili yenu kuliko nilivyofanya kwa Yazeri, mzabibu wa Sibma! Matawi yako yalipita katika Bahari ya Chumvi na kufika hata Yazeri. Mwaribu ameshambulia matunda yenu ya kiangazi na mzabibu wenu.
I will weep for you more than I did for Jazer, vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed across the Salt Sea and reached as far as Jazer. The destroyers have attacked your summer fruit and your wine.
33 Hivyo sherehe na furaha vimeondolewa kutoka miti ya matunda na nchi ya Moabu. Nimekomesha mvinyo kutoka mashinikizo yao. Hawatakanyaga kwa kelele za furaha. Kelele yoyote haitakuwa kelele ya furaha.
So celebration and rejoicing have been taken away from the fruit trees and the land of Moab. I have put an end to the wine from their winepresses. They will not tread with joyful shouts. Any shouts will not be shouts of joy.
34 Kutoka kelele huko Heshiboni hata kufika Eleale, sauti yao inasikika hata Yahazi, kutoka Soari hata Horonaimu na Eglathi Shelishiya, hata maji ya Nimrimu yamekauka.
From the shouts at Heshbon as far as Elealeh, their sound is heard at Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, since even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
35 Maana nitamkomesha kila mtu katika Moabu atoaye sadaka mahali pa juu na kuteketeza uvumba kwa miungu yake - asema Yahwe.
For I will put an end to anyone in Moab who makes sacrifices on the high places and burns incense to his gods—this is Yahweh's declaration.
36 Hivyo moyo wangu unamwombolezea Moabu kama zomari. Moyo wangu unaomboleza kama zomari kwa ajili ya watu wa Kir Heresi. Utajiri walioupata umekwisha.
So my heart is lamenting for Moab like a flute. My heart is lamenting like flutes for the people of Kir Hareseth. The riches they gained are gone.
37 Maana kila kichwa kina upaa na kila kidevu kimenyolewa. Chale zipo katika kila mkono, na nguo za magunia katika viuno vyao.
For every head is bald and every beard shaved. Incisions are on every hand, and sackcloth is around their waists.
38 Maombolezo yapo kila mahali, juu ya kila paa la nyumba ya Moabu na katika masoko ya Moabu. Kwa maana nimeivunja Moabu kama chungu kisichotakiwa tena - asema Yahwe.
There is mourning everywhere, on every flat roof of Moab and in Moab's plazas. For I have destroyed Moab like pots that no one wants—this is Yahweh's declaration.
39 Jinsi gani imeharibiwa! Jinsi wanavyopiga kelele katika maombolezo yao! Moabu ameigeuza kwa aibu! Hivyo Moabu atakuwa kitu cha kuchekwa na kitisho kwa wote wanaomzunguka.”
How it has been shattered! How they howl in their lamenting! Moab turns its back in shame! So Moab will become an object of derision and a terror to all those who are around him.”
40 Maana Yahwe asema hivi, “Tazama, adui atakuja akiruka kama tai, akieneza mabawa yake juu ya Moabu.
For Yahweh says this, “See, the enemy will come flying like an eagle, spreading out his wings over Moab.
41 Keriothi umetekwa, na ngome zake zimekamatwa. Maana siku hiyo myoyo ya askari wa Moabu itakuwa kama mioyo ya wanawake katika uchungu wa kujifungua.
Kerioth has been captured, and its strongholds have been seized. For in that day the hearts of Moab's soldiers will be like the hearts of women in birth labor.
42 Hivyo Moabu utaharibiwa kama watu, kwa kuwa walijivuna kinyume changu, Yahwe.
So Moab will be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he made himself to be great against Yahweh.
43 Hofu na shimo, na mtego vinakujia, watu wa Moabu - asema Yahwe.
Terror and the pit, and a trap are coming on you, inhabitant of Moab—this is Yahweh's declaration.
44 Kila akimbiaye kwa sababu ya hofu ataanguka shimoni, na kila atokaye shimoni atanaswa na mtego, maana nitayaleta haya juu yao katika mwaka wa kisasi changu dhidi yao - asema Yahwe.
Anyone who flees because of terror will fall into the pit, and anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap, for I will bring this on them in the year of my vengeance against them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
45 Wakimbiao watasimama katika kivuli cha Heshboni bila nguvu, maana moto utatoka Heshboni, miale kutoka katikati ya Sihoni. Utateketeza paji la uso wa Moabu na juu ya vichwa vya watu wenye majivuno.
The ones who flee will stand in the shadow of Heshbon without any strength, for fire will go out from Heshbon, flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the top of the heads of the boastful people.
46 Ole wako, Moabu! watu wa Kemoshi wameangamizwa, Kwa maana wana wako wamechukuliwa kama mateka na binti zako matekani.
Woe to you, Moab! Chemosh's people are destroyed, For your sons are taken as captives and your daughters into captivity.
47 Lakini nitazirejesha siku njema za Moabu katika siku zijazo - asema Yahwe.” Hukumu ya Moabu inaishia hapa.
But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in later days—this is Yahweh's declaration.” The judgment on Moab ends here.
