Yeremiya 18
1 Yehova anawuza Yeremiya kuti,
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 “Pita ku nyumba ya munthu wowumba mbiya, ndipo kumeneko ndikakuwuza mawu anga.”
“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
3 Choncho ndinatsikira ku nyumba ya wowumba mbiya, ndipo ndinamuona akuwumba mbiya pa mkombero.
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
4 Tsono amati ngati mbiya imene waumba ikhala yosawumbika bwino ankayiphwanya nʼkuwumbanso ina monga mmene afunira ndi dothi lake lomwe lija.
When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Kenaka Yehova anandiwuza kuti,
Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
6 “Inu Aisraeli, kodi Ine sindingathe kuchita nanu monga amachitira wowumba mbiya?” akutero Yehova. “Inu muli mʼmanja mwanga ngati mtapo mʼmanja mwa wowumba mbiya.
“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7 Ngati nditalengeza kuti mtundu wina wa anthu kapena ufumu wina ndiwuzula, kuwugwetsa ndi kuwuwononga,
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
8 ndipo ngati mtundu wa anthu umene ndawuchenjezawo ulapa zoyipa zawo, ndiye kuti Ine ndidzaleka ndipo sindidzabweretsa pa anthuwo mavuto amene ndinakonzekera kuwachitira.
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9 Ndipo ngati ndilengeza kuti ndikufuna kumanga ndi kukhazikitsa mtundu wa anthu kapena ufumu.
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10 Koma mtunduwo ukachita choyipa pamaso panga nʼkusandimvera, ndiye kuti sindidzawuchitiranso zabwino zimene ndimafuna ndiwuchitire.
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
11 “Ndipo tsopano kawawuze anthu a ku Yuda ndi amene akukhala mu Yerusalemu kuti, ‘Yehova akuti, Taonani! Ndikukukonzerani mavuto, ndi kuganizira zoti ndikulangeni. Kotero siyani makhalidwe anu oyipa aliyense wa inu, ndipo mukonzenso makhalidwe anu ndi zochita zanu.’
“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
12 Koma iwo adzayankha kuti, ‘Zimenezo nʼzosathandiza. Ife tidzapitiriza kuchita zomwe takonzekera; aliyense wa ife adzatsatira zoyipa za mtima wake wokanika.’”
But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
13 Yehova akuti, “Uwafunse anthu a mitundu ina kuti: Kodi ndani anamvapo zinthu zofanana ndi zimenezi? Israeli amene anali ngati namwali wanga wachita chinthu choopsa kwambiri.
Therefore Yahweh says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 Kodi chisanu chimatha pa matanthwe otsetsereka a phiri la Lebanoni? Kodi madzi ozizira amitsinje ochokera ku phiri la Lebanoni adzamphwa?
Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15 Komatu anthu anga andiyiwala; akufukiza lubani kwa mafano achabechabe. Amapunthwa mʼnjira zawo zakale. Amayenda mʼnjira zachidule ndi kusiya njira zabwino.
For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
16 Dziko lawo amalisandutsa chipululu, chinthu chochititsa manyazi nthawi zonse; onse odutsapo adzadabwa kwambiri ndipo adzapukusa mitu yawo.
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
17 Ngati mphepo yochokera kummawa, ndidzawabalalitsa pamaso pa adani awo; ndidzawafulatira osawathandiza pa tsiku la mavuto awo.”
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Anthuwo anati, “Tiyeni, tipangane zoti timuchitire Yeremiya; pakuti ansembe otiphunzitsa malamulo tidzakhala nawobe. Anthu anzeru otilangiza tidzakhala nawo, ndiponso aneneri otilalikira mawu. Choncho tiyeni timupezere chifukwa ndipo tisamvere chilichonse chimene akunena.”
Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
19 Ndipo ndinapemphera kwa Yehova kuti, “Inu Yehova, ndimvereni; imvani zimene adani anga akunena za ine!
Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 Kodi chinthu choyipa nʼkukhala dipo la chinthu chabwino? Komabe iwo andikumbira dzenje. Kumbukirani kuti ndinadzayima pamaso panu kudzawapempherera kuti muwachotsere mkwiyo wanu.
Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Choncho langani ana awo ndi njala; aperekeni kuti aphedwe ndi lupanga. Akazi awo asanduke opanda ana ndi amasiye; amuna awo aphedwe ndi mliri, anyamata awo aphedwe ndi lupanga ku nkhondo.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
22 Kulira kumveke kuchokera mʼnyumba zawo mutawatumizira gulu lankhondo mwadzidzidzi kuti liwakanthe. Iwo andikumbira dzenje kuti ndigweremo ndipo atchera msampha mapazi anga.
Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
23 Koma Inu Yehova, mukudziwa ziwembu zawo zonse zofuna kundipha. Musawakhululukire zolakwa zawo kapena kufafaniza machimo awo pamaso panu. Agonjetsedwe pamaso panu; muwalange muli wokwiya.”
Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
