Yeremiya 31
1 “Pa nthawi imeneyo,” akutero Yehova, “Ndidzakhala Mulungu wa mafuko onse a Israeli, ndipo iwo adzakhala anthu anga.”
“At that time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
2 Yehova akuti, “Anthu amene anapulumuka ku nkhondo ndinawakomera mtima mʼchipululu; pamene Aisraeli ankafuna kupumula.”
The LORD says, “The people who survive the sword found favour in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”
3 Ine ndinawaonekera ndili chapatali ndipo ndinati, “Ine ndakukondani ndi chikondi chopanda malire. Nʼchifukwa chake ndipitiriza kukukondani.
The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.
4 Ndidzakusamaliraninso, inu anthu a Israeli; mudzasangalala poyimba tizitoliro tanu, ndipo mudzapita kukavina nawo anthu ovina mwachimwemwe.
I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.
5 Mudzalimanso minda ya mpesa pa mapiri a Samariya; alimi adzadzala mphesa ndipo adzadya zipatso zake.
Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit.
6 Lidzafika tsiku pamene alonda adzafuwula pa mapiri a Efereimu nati, ‘Tiyeni tipite ku Ziyoni, kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu.’”
For there will be a day that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim cry, ‘Arise! Let’s go up to Zion to the LORD our God.’”
7 Yehova akuti, “Imbani mosangalala chifukwa cha Yakobo, fuwulani chifukwa cha mtundu wopambana mitundu yonse. Matamando anu amveke, ndipo munene kuti, ‘Yehova wapulumutsa anthu ake otsala a Israeli.’
For the LORD says, “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish, praise, and say, ‘LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’
8 Taonani, ndidzabwera nawo kuchokera ku dziko la kumpoto, ndidzawasonkhanitsa kuchokera ku malekezero a dziko lapansi. Anthu osaona, olumala, amayi oyembekezera ndi amene ali pa nthawi yawo yochira adzabwera nawo pamodzi. Chidzakhala chikhamu cha anthu obwerera kuno.
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.
9 Adzabwera akulira; koma Ine ndikuwatonthoza mtima, ndidzawaperekeza. Ndidzawatsogolera ku mitsinje yamadzi mʼnjira yosalala mmene sadzapunthwamo. Chifukwa ndine abambo ake a Israeli, ndipo Efereimu ndi mwana wanga woyamba.
They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 “Imvani mawu a Yehova inu anthu a mitundu ina; lalikirani mawuwa kwa anthu a mayiko akutali a mʼmbali mwa nyanja; ‘Iye amene anabalalitsa Israeli adzawasonkhanitsanso ndipo adzayangʼanira nkhosa zake ngati mʼbusa.’
“Hear the LORD’s word, you nations, and declare it in the distant islands. Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
11 Pakuti Yehova wawombola fuko la Yakobo anawapulumutsa mʼdzanja la anthu owaposa mphamvu.
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
12 Anthuwo adzabwera akuyimba mofuwula pa mapiri a Ziyoni; adzasangalala ndi zinthu zabwino zochokera kwa Yehova. Zinthu zabwinozo ndi izi: tirigu, vinyo watsopano ndi mafuta, ana ankhosa ndi ana angʼombe. Iwo adzakhala ngati munda wothiriridwa bwino, ndipo sadzamvanso chisoni.
They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.
13 Pamenepo anamwali adzavina ndi kusangalala. Anyamata ndi okalamba nawonso adzasangalala. Kulira kwawo ndidzakusandutsa chisangalalo; ndidzawasangalatsa nʼkuchotsa chisoni chawo.
Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 Ansembe ndidzawadyetsa chakudya chabwino, ndipo anthu anga adzakhuta ndi zabwino zanga,” akutero Yehova.
I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says the LORD.
15 Yehova akuti, “Kulira kukumveka ku Rama, kulira kwakukulu, Rakele akulirira ana ake. Sakutonthozeka chifukwa ana akewo palibe.”
The LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
16 Yehova akuti, “Leka kulira ndi kukhetsa misozi pakuti udzalandira mphotho ya ntchito yako,” akutero Yehova. “Iwo adzabwerako ku dziko la adani.
The LORD says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” says the LORD. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.
17 Tsono chiyembekezo chilipo pa zamʼtsogolo,” akutero Yehova. “Ana ako adzabwerera ku dziko lawo.
There is hope for your latter end,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own territory.
18 “Ndithu ndamva Efereimu akubuwula kuti, ‘Ife tinali ngati ana angʼombe osamva. Koma inu mwatiphunzitsa kumvera. Mutibweze kuti tithe kubwerera, chifukwa ndinu Yehova Mulungu wanga.
“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.
19 Popeza tatembenuka mtima, ndiye tikumva chisoni; popeza tazindikira ndiye tikudziguguda pachifukwa. Tachita manyazi ndipo tanyazitsidwa chifukwa tinachimwa paubwana wathu.’
Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
20 Kodi Efereimu si mwana wanga wokondedwa, mwana amene Ine ndimakondwera naye? Ngakhale nthawi zambiri ndimamudzudzula, ndimamukumbukirabe. Kotero mtima wanga ukumufunabe; ndimamumvera chifundo chachikulu kwambiri,” akutero Yehova.
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.
21 “Muyike zizindikiro za mu msewu; muyimike zikwangwani. Yangʼanitsitsani msewuwo, njira imene mukuyendamo. Bwerera, iwe namwali wa Israeli, bwerera ku mizinda yako ija.
“Set up road signs. Make guideposts. Set your heart towards the highway, even the way by which you went. Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities.
22 Udzakhala jenkha mpaka liti, iwe mwana wa mkazi wosakhulupirika? Yehova walenga chinthu chatsopano pa dziko lapansi; mkazi ndiye tsopano aziteteza mwamuna.”
How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”
23 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti, “Ndikadzabwera nawo anthuwa kuchokera ku ukapolo, anthu a mʼdziko la Yuda ndi amene akukhala mʼmizinda yake adzayankhulanso mawu akuti, ‘Yehova akudalitse, iwe malo achilungamo, iwe phiri lopatulika.’
The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘The LORD bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’
24 Anthu adzakhala ku Yuda ndi ku mizinda yake pamodzi ndi alimi ndi oweta nkhosa.
Judah and all its cities will dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
25 Ndidzatsitsimutsa anthu otopa ndipo ndidzadyetsa anthu anjala.”
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
26 Pamenepo ndinadzuka nʼkuyangʼana uku ndi uku. Tulo tanga tinali tokoma.
On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
27 “Masiku akubwera,” akutero Yehova, “pamene ndidzachulukitsa anthu pamodzi ndi ziweto mʼdziko la Israeli ndi la Yuda.
“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of animal.
28 Monga momwe ndinasamalira powazula, powagwetsa, powagumula, powawononga ndi powachita zoyipa, momwemonso ndidzasamala powamanga ndi powadzala” akutero Yehova.
It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” says the LORD.
29 “Mʼmasiku amenewo anthu sadzanenanso kuti, “Makolo adya mphesa zosapsa, koma mano a ana ndiye achita dziru.
“In those days they will say no more, “‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 Mʼmalo wake, munthu aliyense adzafa chifukwa cha tchimo lake. Iye amene adzadye mphesa zosapsazo ndiye amene mano ake adzachite dziru.”
But everyone will die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.
31 “Masiku akubwera,” akutero Yehova, “pamene ndidzachita pangano latsopano ndi Aisraeli ndiponso nyumba ya Yuda.
“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,
32 Silidzakhala ngati pangano limene ndinachita ndi makolo awo pamene ndinawagwira padzanja nʼkuwatulutsa ku Igupto; chifukwa anaphwanya pangano langa, ngakhale ndinali mwamuna wawo,” akutero Yehova.
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,” says the LORD.
33 “Ili ndi pangano limene ndidzachita ndi Aisraeli atapita masiku amenewo,” akutero Yehova. “Ndidzayika lamulo langa mʼmitima mwawo ndi kulilemba mʼmaganizo mwawo. Ine ndidzakhala Mulungu wawo ndipo iwo adzakhala anthu anga.
“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the LORD: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 Sipadzafunikanso kuti wina aphunzitse mnzake, kapena munthu wina kuphunzitsa mʼbale wake, kunena kuti, ‘Mudziwe Yehova,’ chifukwa onse adzandidziwa Ine, kuyambira wamngʼono mpaka wamkulu,” akutero Yehova. “Ndidzawakhululukira zoyipa zawo ndipo sindidzakumbukiranso machimo awo.”
They will no longer each teach his neighbour, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
35 Yehova akuti, Iye amene amakhazikitsa dzuwa kuti liziwala masana, amene amalamula kuti mwezi ndi nyenyezi ziziwala usiku, amene amavundula nyanja kuti mafunde akokome, dzina lake ndi Yehova Wamphamvuzonse:
The LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is his name, says:
36 Ngati zimenezi zilekeka pamaso panga, akutero Yehova, pamenepo padzakhala pamathero a fuko la Israeli pamaso panga.
“If these ordinances depart from before me,” says the LORD, “then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever.”
37 Yehova akuti, “Ndidzataya fuko la Israeli chifukwa cha machimo awo. Ngati patapezeka munthu amene angathe kupima zakuthambo nʼkufufuza maziko a dziko lapansi.”
The LORD says: “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,” says the LORD.
38 “Taonani masiku akubwera,” akutero Yehova, “pamene mzinda wa Yehova udzamangidwanso kuyambira ku Nsanja ya Hananeli mpaka ku Chipata cha Ngodya.
“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that the city will be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
39 Malire ake adzayambira pamenepo kupita ku phiri la Garebu, nʼkudzakhota kuloza ku Gowa.
The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn towards Goah.
40 Chigwa chonse mʼmene amatayiramo mitembo ndi phulusa, ndiponso minda yonse kuyambira ku Chigwa cha Kidroni mpaka ku ngodya ya Chipata cha Akavalo mbali ya kummawa, adzakhala malo opatulika a Yehova. Mzindawu sadzawuzulanso kapena kuwuwononga.”
The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate towards the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”
