Yeremiya 14
1 Awa ndi mawu amene Yehova anamuwuza Yeremiya onena za chilala:
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2 “Yuda akulira, mizinda yake ikuvutika; anthu ake adzigwetsa pansi mwachisoni, kulira kwa Yerusalemu kwakula.
"Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; 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.
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
4 Popeza pansi pawumiratu chifukwa kulibe madzi, alimi ali ndi manyazi ndipo amphimba nkhope zawo.
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
5 Ngakhale mbawala yayikazi ikusiya mwana wake wakhanda ku thengo chifukwa kulibe msipu.
Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
6 Mbidzi zikuyima pa zitunda zopanda kanthu nʼkumapuma wefuwefu ngati nkhandwe; maso awo achita chidima chifukwa chosowa msipu.”
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage."
7 Anthu akuti, “Ngakhale machimo athu akutitsutsa, koma Inu Yehova chitanipo kanthu chifukwa cha dzina lanu. Pakuti kusakhulupirika kwathu nʼkwakukulu; ife takuchimwirani.
"Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, LORD; for our backslidings are many; 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?
Hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
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!”
Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? Yet you, LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."
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, "Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins."
11 Kenaka Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Usawapempherere anthu awa kuti zinthu ziwayendere bwino.
The LORD said to me, "Do not pray 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.”
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the 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.”
Then I said, "Ah, LORD. Look, the prophets tell them, 'You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace 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 did not send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit 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 who prophesy in my name, and I did not send them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land:' 'By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.'
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.
The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them."
17 “Awuze mawu awa: “‘Maso anga akugwetsa misozi kosalekeza usana ndi usiku; chifukwa anthu anga okondedwa apwetekeka kwambiri, akanthidwa kwambiri.
"You shall say this word to them, 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
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 field, then, look, the slain with the sword. And if I enter into the city, then, look, those who are sick with famine. For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.'"
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.
"Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and look, dismay.
20 Inu Yehova, ife tikuvomereza kuyipa kwathu ndiponso kulakwa kwa makolo athu; ndithu ife tinakuchimwiranidi.
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
21 Musatikane kuopa kuti dzina lanu linganyozedwe; musanyoze mpando wanu waufumu waulemerero. Kumbukirani pangano lanu ndi ife ndipo musachiphwanye.
Do not abhor us, for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, do not break 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.
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things."
