Yeremiya 42

1 Atsogoleri onse a ankhondo pamodzi ndi Yohanani mwana wa Kareya ndi Azariya mwana wa Hosayia, ndiponso anthu onse, ana ndi akuluakulu omwe, anapita

Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

2 kwa mneneri Yeremiya ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Chonde imvani dandawulo lathu ndipo mutipempherere anthu otsalafe kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu. Pakuti monga tsopano mukuona, ngakhale kuti kale tinalipo ambiri, koma tsopano ochepa okha ndiye amene atsala.

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

3 Mupemphere kuti Yehova Mulungu wanu atiwuze kumene tiyenera kupita ndi chimene tiyenera kuchita.”

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

4 Mneneri Yeremiya anawayankha kuti, “Ndamva zimene mwanenazi. Ndithu ndidzapemphera kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu monga momwe mwandipemphera. Ndidzakuwuzani chilichonse chimene Yehova anene ndipo sindidzakubisirani kanthu kalikonse.”

“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”

5 Ndipo iwo anawuza Yeremiya kuti, “Yehova akhale mboni yoona ndi yokhulupirika yodzatitsutsa ife ngati sitichita mogwirizana ndi chilichonse chimene Yehova Mulungu adzakutumani kuti mutiwuze.

Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

6 Kaya ndi zotikomera kapena zosatikomera, ife tidzamvera Yehova Mulungu wathu, amene takutumaniko. Tidzamvera Yehova Mulungu wathu kuti zinthu zidzatiyendere bwino.”

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

7 Patapita masiku khumi, Yehova anayankhula ndi Yeremiya.

After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,

8 Choncho Yeremiya anayitana Yohanani mwana wa Kareya pamodzi ndi atsogoleri onse a ankhondo amene anali naye ndiponso anthu onse, ana ndi akulu omwe.

and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

9 Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli amene munanditumako kuti ndikapereke madandawulo mʼdzina lanu akuti,

Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

10 “Ngati mukhala mʼdziko muno, ndiye kuti ndidzakukhazikitsani, osakuchotsani. Inde ndidzakudzalani osakuchotsani pakuti ndi kumva chisoni kwambiri chifukwa cha mavuto amene ndabweretsa pa inu.

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

11 Musayiope mfumu ya ku Babuloni, imene mukuyiopa tsopano. Musachite nayo mantha, akutero Yehova, pakuti Ine ndili nanu ndipo ndidzakupulumutsani ndi kukulanditsani mʼmanja mwake.

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

12 Ndidzakuchitirani chifundo, ndipo mfumuyonso idzakuchitirani chifundo ndi kukulolani kuti mukhale mʼdziko mwanumwanu.

And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’

13 “Koma mwina simudzamvera Yehova Mulungu wanu nʼkumanena kuti, ‘Ayi ife sitidzakhala mʼdziko muno,

But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,

14 ndipo ngati mukunena kuti, ‘Ayi, koma tidzapita ku Igupto kumene sitidzaonako nkhondo kapena kumva kulira kwa lipenga kapenanso kusowa chakudya.’

and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

15 Tsono, inu otsala a ku Yuda, imvani mawu a Yehova. Iye akuti, ngati mutsimikiza zopita ku Igupto, nʼkupitadi kukakhala kumeneko,

then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,

16 ndiye nkhondo imene mukuyiopayo idzakugonjetsani ku Igupto komweko. Njala imene mukuyiopayo idzakupezani ku Igupto komweko ndipo mudzafera kumeneko.

then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

17 Kunena zoona, onse amene atsimikiza zopita ku Igupto kuti akakhale kumeneko adzafa ndi nkhondo njala ndi mliri. Palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene adzapulumuke kapena kuthawa mavuto amene ndidzawagwetsera.’

So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’

18 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti, ‘Momwe ndinawakwiyira mwaukali anthu okhala mu Yerusalemu, koteronso ndidzakukwiyirani mukapita ku Igupto. Mudzasanduka chinthu chotembereredwa ndi chochititsa mantha, choseketsa ndi chonyozeka. Malo ano simudzawaonanso.’

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

19 “Inu otsala a ku Yuda, Yehova wakuwuzani kuti, ‘Musapite ku Igupto.’ Dziwani chinthu ichi: Ine lero ndikukuchenjezani

The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

20 kuti munalakwitsa kwambiri. Inu munandituma kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu nʼkumati ‘Mukatipempherere kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu, nʼkudzatiwuza chimene afuna kuti tichite, ndipo ife tidzachita.’

For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

21 Ine lero ndakuwuzani, koma inu simukumverabe zonse zimene Yehova Mulungu anandituma kuti ndikuwuzeni.

For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.

22 Tsono dziwani ichi: mudzafadi ndi nkhondo, njala ndi mliri kumalo kumene mukufuna mukakhaleko.”

Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”