Yeremiya 29
1 Yeremiya anatumiza kalata kuchokera ku Yerusalemu kupita kwa akuluakulu amene anali ku ukapolo, ndiponso kwa ansembe, aneneri pamodzi ndi anthu onse amene Nebukadinezara anawatenga ku Yerusalemu kupita nawo ku ukapolo ku Babuloni.
And these are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon
2 Zimenezi zinachitika mfumu Yekoniya, amayi a mfumu, nduna za mfumu ndiponso atsogoleri a ku Yuda ndi a ku Yerusalemu, anthu aluso ndi amisiri atatengedwa ku Yerusalemu kupita ku ukapolo.
(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem);
3 Yeremiya anapatsira kalatayo Eleasa mwana wa Safani ndi Gemariya mwana wa Hilikiya, amene Zedekiya mfumu ya Yuda anawatumiza kwa Mfumu Nebukadinezara ku Babuloni. Mʼkalatamo analembamo kuti:
by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkijah (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,
4 Anthu onse amene anatengedwa ukapolo kuchokera ku Yerusalemu kupita ku Babuloni, Yehova akuwawuza kuti,
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon:
5 “Mangani nyumba ndipo muzikhalamo. Limani minda ndipo mudye zipatso zake.
Build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
6 Kwatirani ndipo mubereke ana aamuna ndi aakazi. Ana anu aamuna muwasankhire akazi ndipo muwasankhire amuna ana anu aakaziwo, kuti nawonso abale ana aamuna ndi aakazi. Muchulukane kumeneko. Chiwerengero chanu chisachepe.
Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and be not diminished.
7 Ndiponso muzifunafuna mtendere ndi ubwino wa mzinda umene ndinakupirikitsirani ku ukapoloko. Muzipempherera mzindawo kwa Yehova, kuti zikuyendereni bwino.”
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
8 Inde, Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akunena kuti, “Musalole kuti aneneri ndi owombeza amene ali pakati panu akunyengeni. Musamvere maloto awo.
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye like to dream.
9 Iwo akunenera zabodza kwa inu mʼdzina langa ngakhale Ine sindinawatume,” akutero Yehova.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.
10 Yehova akuti, “Zaka 70 za ku Babuloni zikadzatha, ndidzabwera kudzakuchitirani zabwino zonse zimene ndinakulonjezani zija, ndipo ndidzakubwezerani ku malo ano.
For thus saith Jehovah: When seventy years shall be accomplished for Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in bringing you back to this place.
11 Pakuti Ine ndikudziwa zimene ndinakukonzerani,” akutero Yehova, “ndimalingalira zabwino zokhazokha za inu osati zoyipa, ayi. Ndimalingalira zinthu zokupatsani chiyembekezo chenicheni pa za mʼtsogolo.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.
12 Nthawi imeneyo mudzandiyitana, ndi kunditama mopemba ndipo ndidzakumverani.
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
13 Mudzandifunafuna ndipo mudzandipeza. Mukadzandifuna ndi mtima wanu wonse
and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart,
14 mudzandipezadi,” akutero Yehova, “ndipo ndidzakubwezerani zabwino zanu. Ndidzakusonkhanitsani kuchokera ku mayiko onse ndi kumalo konse kumene munali,” akutero Yehova, “ndipo ndidzakubweretsani kumalo kumene munali ndisanakuchotseni kukupititsani ku ukapolo.”
and I will be found of you, saith Jehovah. And I will turn your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again into the place whence I have caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Inu mumati, “Yehova watiwutsira aneneri athu ku Babuloni,”
If ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
16 koma zimene Yehova akunena za mfumu imene ikukhala pa mpando waufumu wa Davide pamodzi ndi anthu onse amene anatsala mu mzinda muno, abale anu amene sanapite nanu ku ukapolo ndi izi,
yea, thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
17 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Ndidzawapha ndi nkhondo, njala ndi mliri ndipo ndidzawasandutsa ngati nkhuyu zowola kwambiri, zosati nʼkudya.
thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like the vile figs, that cannot be eaten for badness.
18 Ndidzawalondola ndi lupanga, njala ndi mliri ndipo ndidzawasandutsa chinthu chonyansa kwa anthu amayiko onse a pa dziko lapansi. Adzakhala otembereredwa, ochititsa mantha, onyozeka ndiponso ochitidwa chipongwe pakati pa anthu a mitundu yonse kumene ndawapirikitsirako.
And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I will drive them:
19 Zidzatero chifukwa sanamvere mawu anga amene ndinkawatumizira kudzera mwa atumiki anga, aneneri. Ngakhale inu amene muli ku ukapolo simunamverenso,” akutero Yehova.
because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, saith Jehovah.
20 Choncho, imvani mawu a Yehova, inu akapolo nonse amene ndinakuchotsani mu Yerusalemu ndi kukupititsani ku Babuloni.
But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of Jehovah.
21 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti zokhudza Ahabu mwana wa Kolaya ndi Zedekiya mwana wa Maseya, amene akulosera zabodza kwa inu mʼdzina langa: “Taonani ndidzawapereka kwa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni, ndipo adzawapha inu mukupenya.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsehood unto you in my name: Behold, I will give them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall smite them before your eyes.
22 Chifukwa cha anthu awiriwo, akapolo onse ochokera ku Yuda amene ali ku Babuloni adzagwiritsa ntchito mawu awa potemberera: ‘Yehova achite nawe monga mmene anachitira ndi Zedekiya ndi Ahabu, amene mfumu ya ku Babuloni inawatentha.’
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
23 Pakuti anthu amenewa achita zoyipa kwambiri mu Israeli; achita chigololo ndi akazi a eni ake ndipo mʼdzina langa ankayankhula zabodza zimene sindinawawuze kuti atero. Ine ndikuzidziwa ndipo ndine mboni ya zimenezi,” akutero Yehova.
because they have committed infamy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words of falsehood in my name, which I had not commanded them: and I [am] he that knoweth, and [am] witness, saith Jehovah.
24 Ukamuwuze Semaya wa ku Nehelamu kuti,
And thou shalt speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
25 “Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti: Iwe unatumiza kalata mʼdzina lako kwa anthu onse a mu Yerusalemu, kwa Zefaniya mwana wa wansembe Maseya, ndi kwa ansembe onse. Unalemba mu kalatayo kuti,
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 ‘Yehova wakusankha kukhala wansembe mʼmalo mwa Yehoyada kuti ukhale wamkulu woyangʼanira Nyumba ya Yehova. Munthu aliyense wamisala amene akudziyesa kuti ndi mneneri uzimuponya mʼndende ndi kumuveka goli lachitsulo.
Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers [in] the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.
27 Nanga tsono chifukwa chiyani simunamuchitire zimenezi Yeremiya wa ku Anatoti, amene amakhala ngati mneneri pakati panu?
And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?
28 Yeremiyayo watitumizira uthenga uwu kuno ku Babuloni: Ukapolo wanu ukhala wa nthawi yayitali. Choncho mangani nyumba ndipo muzikhalamo; limani minda ndipo mudye zipatso zake.’”
Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, It will be long; build houses, and dwell [in them], and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29 Koma wansembe Zefaniya anayiwerenga kalatayo pamaso pa mneneri Yeremiya.
— And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of the prophet Jeremiah.
30 Ndipo Yehova anawuza Yeremiya kuti,
And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,
31 “Tumiza uthenga uwu kwa akapolo onse: ‘Yehova akuti zokhudza Semaya wa ku Nehelamu: Semaya wakuloserani, ngakhale kuti Ine sindinamutume, ndipo wakunyengani kuti muzikhulupirira bodza.
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood;
32 Nʼchifukwa chake Ine Yehova ndikuti: Mʼbanja lakelo sipadzakhala munthu pakati pa mtundu uno wa anthu amene adzaone zinthu zabwino zimene ndidzachitira anthu anga chifukwa analalika zondiwukira,’” akutero Yehova.
therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah.
