Yeremiya 21
1 Mfumu Zedekiya inatuma Pasuri mwana wa Malikiya ndi wansembe Zefaniya mwana wa Maseya kwa Yeremiya.
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
2 Iwo amati akanene kwa Yeremiya mawu akuti, “Tinenere kwa Yehova chifukwa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya Babuloni akutithira nkhondo. Mwina mwake Yehova nʼkutichitira zodabwitsa kuti Nebukadinezarayo achoke kwathu kuno.”
“Please inquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”
3 Koma Yehova anawuza Yeremiya kuti ayankhe Pasuri ndi Zefaniya kuti, “Kamuwuzeni Zedekiya kuti,
Then Jeremiah said to them, “Tell Zedekiah:
4 ‘Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti ndikulandeni zida zimene zili mʼmanja mwanu zimene mukugwiritsa ntchito polimbana ndi mfumu ya ku Babuloni ndi ankhondo ake amene akuzingani kunja kwa lingali. Ndipo ndidzasonkhanitsa zidazo mʼkati mwa mzindawu.
‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.
5 Ineyo mwini wakene ndi mkono wotambasula ndi dzanja lamphamvu, ndidzachita nanu nkhondo ndili wokwiya, wokalipa ndi waukali.
I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.
6 Ndidzakantha amene amakhala mu mzinda muno, anthu pamodzi ndi zirombo, ndipo zidzafa ndi mliri woopsa.
I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.
7 Pambuyo pake, ndidzapereka Zedekiya mfumu ya ku Yuda, nduna zake pamodzi ndi anthu a mu mzinda muno amene adzapulumuke pa nthawi ya mliri, lupanga ndi njala kwa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni ndi kwa adani awo amene ankafuna kuwapha. Iye adzawapha ndi lupanga. Sadzawachitira chifundo kapena kuwamvera chisoni kapenanso kuwakomera mtima.’
Afterward,” says the LORD, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.”’
8 “Yehova anati ndiwawuzenso anthu amenewa kuti asankhe pakati pa moyo ndi imfa.
“You shall say to this people, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
9 Aliyense amene akhale mu mzinda muno adzaphedwa ndi lupanga, njala kapena mliri. Koma aliyense amene apite kukadzipereka kwa Ababuloni amene akuzinganiwa adzakhala ndi moyo, adzapulumuka.
He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.
10 Ine ndatsimikiza kuchitira mzinda uno choyipa osati chabwino, akutero Yehova. Udzaperekedwa mʼdzanja la mfumu ya ku Babuloni, ndipo iyeyo adzawutentha ndi moto.
For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,” says the LORD. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”’
11 “Komanso, uwuze banja laufumu la Yuda kuti, ‘Imva mawu a Yehova;
“Concerning the house of the king of Judah, hear the LORD’s word:
12 inu a mʼbanja la Davide, Yehova akuti, “‘Weruzani mwachilungamo mmawa uliwonse; pulumutsani mʼdzanja la wozunza aliyense amene walandidwa katundu wake, kuopa kuti ukali wanga ungabuke ndi kuyaka ngati moto wosazimitsika chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene mwachita.
House of David, the LORD says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
13 Ndidzalimbana nanu, inu amene mukukhala pamwamba pa chigwa, inu okhala ngati thanthwe lapachidikha, akutero Yehova. Inu amene mumanena kuti, ‘Ndani amene angabwere kudzalimbana nafe? Ndani amene angathe kulowa mʼmalinga mwathu?’
Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says the LORD. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?”
14 Ndidzakulangani molingana ndi ntchito zanu, akutero Yehova. Ndidzatentha nkhalango zanu; moto udzapsereza zonse zimene zakuzungulirani.’”
I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’”
