Yeremiya 17
1 “Tchimo la Yuda lazokotedwa ndi cholembera cha chitsulo, lalembedwa ndi msonga ya mwala wadayimondi. Uchimowo walembedwa pa mitima yawo ndiponso pa nyanga za maguwa awo.
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.
2 Ngakhale ana awo amakumbukira maguwa awo ndi zoyimiritsa ngati zifanizo za mulungu wawo Asera, pa tsinde la mitengo ya masamba ambiri, pa mapiri aatali mʼdzikomo.
Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.
3 Chuma chanu ndiponso katundu wanu yense ndidzazipereka kwa ofunkha kuti zikhale dipo lawo chifukwa cha machimo ochitika mʼdziko lonse.
My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.
4 Mudzataya dziko limene ndinakupatsani kuti likhale cholowa chanu. Ndidzakusandutsani akapolo otumikira adani anu mʼdziko limene inu simukulidziwa, chifukwa mwabutsa mkwiyo wanga ngati moto, ndipo udzayaka mpaka muyaya.”
You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.”
5 Yehova akuti, “Ndi wotembereredwa munthu amene amadalira munthu mnzake, amene amatsamira pa munthu mnzake kuti amuthandize pamene mtima wake wafulatira Yehova.
The LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from the LORD.
6 Munthuyo adzakhala ngati chitsamba mʼchipululu; iye sadzapeza zabwino. Adzakhala mʼchipululu mopanda madzi, mʼdziko lamchere limene munthu sangathe kukhalamo.
For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, an uninhabited salt land.
7 “Koma ndi wodala munthu amene amadalira Yehova, amene amatsamira pa Iye.
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.
8 Adzakhala ngati mtengo wodzalidwa mʼmphepete mwa madzi umene umatambalitsa mizu yake mʼmbali mwa mtsinje. Mtengowo suopa pamene kukutentha; masamba ake amakhala obiriwira nthawi zonse. Suchita mantha pa chaka cha chilala ndipo sulephera kubereka chipatso.”
For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
9 Mtima wa munthu ndi wonyenga kupambana zinthu zonse ndipo kuyipa kwake nʼkosachizika. Ndani angathe kuwumvetsa?
The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
10 “Ine Yehova ndimafufuza mtima ndi kuyesa maganizo, ndimachitira munthu aliyense molingana ndi makhalidwe ake ndiponso moyenera ntchito zake.”
“I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
11 Munthu amene amapeza chuma mwachinyengo ali ngati nkhwali imene imafungatira mazira amene sinayikire. Pamene ali pakatikati pa moyo wake, chumacho chidzamuthera, ndipo potsiriza adzasanduka chitsiru.
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
12 Nyumba yathu yopemphereramo ili ngati mpando waufumu waulemerero wokhazikitsidwa pa phiri lalitali chiyambire.
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Inu Yehova, chiyembekezo cha Israeli, onse amene amakusiyani adzachita manyazi. Iwo amene amakufulatirani mayina awo adzafafanizika ngati olembedwa pa fumbi chifukwa anakana Yehova, kasupe wa madzi amoyo.
LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living waters.
14 Inu Yehova, chiritseni, ndipo ndidzachira; pulumutseni ndipo ndidzapulumuka, chifukwa ndinu amene ndimakutamandani.
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
15 Anthu akumandinena kuti, “Mawu a Yehova ali kuti? Zichitiketu lero kuti tizione!”
Behold, they ask me, “Where is the LORD’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.”
16 Ine sindinakuwumirizeni kuti muwalange. Mukudziwa kuti ine sindilakalaka tsiku la tsoka. Zonse zimene ndinayankhula Inu mukuzidziwa.
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.
17 Musandichititse mantha; ndinu pothawira panga pa tsiku la mavuto.
Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.
18 Ondizunza anga achite manyazi, koma musandichititse manyazi; iwo achite mantha kwambiri, koma ine mundichotsere manthawo. Tsiku la mavuto liwafikire; ndipo muwawononge kotheratu.
Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
19 Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Pita ukayime pa chipata chodzerapo anthu, chimene mafumu a ku Yuda amalowerapo ndi kutulukirapo. Ukayimenso pa zipata zina zonse za Yerusalemu.
The LORD said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Ukawawuze kuti, ‘Imvani mawu a Yehova, inu mafumu onse a ku Yuda ndi anthu onse a ku Yuda ndi inu nonse okhala mu Yerusalemu amene mumatulukira pa zipata izi.’
Tell them, ‘Hear the LORD’s word, you kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
21 Yehova akuti: samalani kuti pa tsiku la Sabata musanyamule katundu kapena kulowa naye pa zipata za Yerusalemu.
The LORD says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Musalowetse katundu mʼnyumba zanu kapena kugwira ntchito pa tsiku la Sabata, koma mulipatule tsiku la Sabatalo, monga ndinalamulira makolo anu.
Don’t carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day. Don’t do any work, but make the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.
23 Komatu iwo sanandimvere kapena kulabadira. Ndi mitima yawo yowumayo sanamvere kapena kulandira malangizo anga.
But they didn’t listen. They didn’t turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
24 Yehova akuti, ‘Muzimvera Ine ndi kuleka kulowetsa kapena kutulutsa katundu pa zipata za mzinda pa tsiku la Sabata. Muzisunga tsiku la Sabata kuti likhale lopatulika posachita ntchito iliyonse pa tsikuli.
It will happen, if you diligently listen to me,” says the LORD, “to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
25 Mukatero ndiye mafumu anu amene akukhala pa mpando wa Davide adzatulukira pa zipata za mzindawu pamodzi ndi nduna zawo. Iwo pamodzi ndi nduna zawo azidzalowa atakwera magaleta ndi akavalo, akuperekezedwa ndi anthu a ku Yuda ndi amene amakhala mu Yerusalemu, ndipo mu mzinda muno mudzakhala anthu mpaka muyaya.
then there will enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will remain forever.
26 Anthu adzabwera kuchokera ku mizinda ya Yuda ndi ku midzi yozungulira Yerusalemu, kuchokera ku dziko la Benjamini ndi ku mapiri a kumadzulo, kuchokera ku dziko la mapiri ndi ku Negevi. Adzabwera ndi nsembe zopsereza, nsembe zaufa ndi za chakudya, nsembe za lubani ndi zopereka zachiyamiko ku nyumba ya Yehova.
They will come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the LORD’s house.
27 Koma ngati simundimvera; mukapanda kusunga tsiku la Sabata kuti likhale lopatulika ndi kumanyamula katundu nʼkumalowa naye pa zipata za Yerusalemu pa tsikuli, Ine ndidzabutsa moto pa zipata za Yerusalemu. Moto umenewo udzanyeketsa nyumba zaufumu za ku Yerusalemu ndipo moto wake sudzazima.’”
But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. It will not be quenched.”’”
