Yeremiya 14
1 Awa ndi mawu amene Yehova anamuwuza Yeremiya onena za chilala:
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT.
2 “Yuda akulira, mizinda yake ikuvutika; anthu ake adzigwetsa pansi mwachisoni, kulira kwa Yerusalemu kwakula.
Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 Anthu awo wolemekezeka akutuma antchito awo kuti akatunge madzi. Apita ku zitsime osapezako madzi. Choncho amabwerera ndi mitsuko yopanda madzi. Amanyazi ndi othedwa nzeru adziphimba kumaso.
And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.
4 Popeza pansi pawumiratu chifukwa kulibe madzi, alimi ali ndi manyazi ndipo amphimba nkhope zawo.
And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Ngakhale mbawala yayikazi ikusiya mwana wake wakhanda ku thengo chifukwa kulibe msipu.
And hinds calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
6 Mbidzi zikuyima pa zitunda zopanda kanthu nʼkumapuma wefuwefu ngati nkhandwe; maso awo achita chidima chifukwa chosowa msipu.”
The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
7 Anthu akuti, “Ngakhale machimo athu akutitsutsa, koma Inu Yehova chitanipo kanthu chifukwa cha dzina lanu. Pakuti kusakhulupirika kwathu nʼkwakukulu; ife takuchimwirani.
Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do you for us for your own sake; for our sins are many before you; for we have sinned against you.
8 Inu Yehova amene Aisraeli amakukhulupirirani ndi amene mumawapulumutsa pa nthawi ya masautso, chifukwa chiyani mukukhala ngati mlendo mʼdziko muno? Chifukwa chiyani muli ngati wapaulendo amene akungogona tsiku limodzi?
O Lord, [you are] the hope of Israel, and deliver [us] in time of troubles; why are you become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?
9 Chifukwa chiyani muli ngati munthu amene wadzidzimutsidwa, kapena ngati wankhondo amene alibe mphamvu yopulumutsa? Komabe Inu Yehova, muli pakati pathu, ndipo tikudziwika ndi dzina lanu; musatitaye ife!”
Will you be as a man asleep, or as a [strong] man that can’t save? yet you are among us, O Lord, and your name is called upon us; forget us not.
10 Zimene Yehova akunena za anthuwa ndi izi: “Iwo amakonda kuyendayenda kwambiri; samatha kudziretsa. Nʼchifukwa chake Ine Yehova sindingawalandire, ndipo tsopano ndidzakumbukira zoyipa zawo ndi kuwalanga chifukwa cha machimo awo.”
Thus says the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.
11 Kenaka Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Usawapempherere anthu awa kuti zinthu ziwayendere bwino.
And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for [their] good:
12 Ngakhale asale zakudya, Ine sindidzamva kulira kwawo; ngakhale apereke nsembe zopsereza ndi chopereka cha chakudya, sindidzazilandira. Mʼmalo mwake, ndidzawapha ndi lupanga, njala ndi mliri.”
for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.
13 Koma ine ndinati, “Aa, Ambuye Yehova, aneneri amawawuza anthuwo kuti, sadzaphedwa ndi lupanga kapena kuvutika ndi njala. Koma kuti Inu mudzawapatsa mtendere wokhawokha pamalo pano.”
And I said, O [ever] living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, You shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.
14 Ndipo Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Ndi zabodza kuti aneneriwa akunenera mʼdzina langa. Ine sindinawatume kapena kuwasankha kapenanso kuyankhula nawo. Iwo amakuwuzani zinthu zabodza zomwe amati anaziona mʼmasomphenya, kapena pogwiritsa ntchito mawula achabechabe. Zimene amayankhula ndi zongopeka mʼmutu mwawo.
Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart.
15 Nʼchifukwa chake Ine Yehova ndikuti aneneri amenewa akulosera mʼdzina langa pamene Ine sindinawatume. Iwo amati simudzafa pa nkhondo kapena ndi njala mʼdziko muno. Koma tsono ndi iwowo, aneneriwa amene adzafe pa nkhondo kapena ndi njala.
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.
16 Ndipo anthu amene anawaloserawo adzaponyedwa mʼmisewu ya mu Yerusalemu atafa ndi njala ndi lupanga. Sipadzapezeka wowayika mʼmanda popeza iwowo, akazi awo, ana awo aamuna, onse adzakhala atafa. Ine ndidzawagwetsera chilango chowayenera.
And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters [shall die thus]; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
17 “Awuze mawu awa: “‘Maso anga akugwetsa misozi kosalekeza usana ndi usiku; chifukwa anthu anga okondedwa apwetekeka kwambiri, akanthidwa kwambiri.
And you shall speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous.
18 Ndikapita kuthengo, ndikuona amene aphedwa ndi lupanga; ndikapita mu mzinda, ndikuona amene asakazidwa ndi njala. Ngakhale aneneri pamodzi ndi ansembe onse atengedwa.’”
If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.
19 Kodi anthu a ku Yuda mwawakana kwathunthu? Kodi mtima wanu wanyansidwa nawo anthu a ku Ziyoni? Chifukwa chiyani mwatikantha chotere kuti sitingathenso kuchira? Ife tinayembekezera mtendere koma palibe chabwino chomwe chabwera, tinayembekezera kuchira koma panali kuopsezedwa kokhakokha.
Hast you utterly rejected Juda? and has your soul departed from Sion? therefore has you struck us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!
20 Inu Yehova, ife tikuvomereza kuyipa kwathu ndiponso kulakwa kwa makolo athu; ndithu ife tinakuchimwiranidi.
We know, O Lord, our sins, [and] the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before you.
21 Musatikane kuopa kuti dzina lanu linganyozedwe; musanyoze mpando wanu waufumu waulemerero. Kumbukirani pangano lanu ndi ife ndipo musachiphwanye.
Refrain for your name's sake, destroy not the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us.
22 Mwa milungu yachabechabe ya anthu a mitundu ina, kodi pali mulungu amene angagwetse mvula? Ife chikhulupiriro chathu chili pa Inu, popeza Inu nokha ndinu Yehova Mulungu wathu amene mukhoza kuchita zimenezi.
Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness [at their bidding]? Are not you he? we will even wait on you, O Lord: for you have made all these things.
