Yeremiya 5
1 “Pitani uku ndi uku mʼmisewu ya Yerusalemu, mudzionere nokha, funafunani mʼmabwalo ake. Ngati mungapeze munthu mmodzi amene amachita zachilungamo ndi kufunafuna choonadi, ndipo ndidzakhululukira mzinda uno.
Run ye through the streets of Jerusalem, [[saith Jehovah, ]] And see now, and know, and seek in her broad places If ye can find a single man, If there be one that doeth justice, That seeketh uprightness, And I will forgive her.
2 Ngakhale anthu akulumbira kuti, ‘Pali Yehova wamoyo,’ komabe akungolumbira mwachinyengo.”
Yea, though they say, “As Jehovah liveth!” Yet do they swear falsely.
3 Inu Yehova, kodi suja mumafuna anthu onena zoona? Inu munawakantha anthuwo, koma sanamve kupweteka; munawaphwanya anthuwo, koma sanatengepo phunziro. Anawumitsa mitima yawo ngati mwala ndipo anakaniratu kulapa.
Are not thine eyes upon the truth, O Jehovah! Thou hast smitten them, but they have not grieved; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; They have made their faces harder than a rock; They have refused to return.
4 Ndiye ndinati, “Awa ndi amphawi chabe; anthu ochita zopusa. Sadziwa njira ya Yehova, sazindikira zimene Mulungu wawo amafuna.
Then I said, These are only the poor; They are foolish, because they know not the way of Jehovah, The law of their God.
5 Tsono ndidzapita kwa atsogoleri ndi kukayankhula nawo; ndithu iwo amadziwa njira ya Yehova, amadziwa zomwe Mulungu wawo amafuna.” Koma ayi, iwonso anathyola goli la Yehova ndipo anadula msinga zawo.
I will get me to the great ones, And I will speak to them; For they know the way of Jehovah, The law of their God. But these also have together broken the yoke; They have burst the bands.
6 Choncho mkango wochokera ku nkhalango udzawapha, mmbulu wochokera ku thengo udzawawononga, kambuku adzawabisalira pafupi ndi mizinda yawo kuti akhadzule aliyense amene adzayesera kutuluka mʼmizindamo pakuti kuwukira kwawo ndi kwakukulu ndipo abwerera mʼmbuyo kwambiri.
Therefore the lion out of the forest shall slay them, And the evening wolf shall destroy them. The leopard shall keep watch upon their cities; Every one that goeth out from them shall be torn in pieces; Because their transgressions are multiplied, Their rebellions are increased.
7 Yehova akuti, “Kodi ndingakukhululukireni bwanji ndi zimene mwachita? Ana anu andisiya Ine ndipo amapembedza milungu imene si milungu konse. Ine ndinawapatsa zonse zimene ankasowa, komabe iwo anachita chigololo namasonkhana ku nyumba za akazi achiwerewere.
How can I pardon thee for this? [[saith Jehovah; ]] Thy children have forsaken me, And sworn by them that are no gods. I have fed them to the full, yet do they commit adultery, And assemble themselves in crowds in the house of the harlot.
8 Monga amachitira akavalo onenepa akamamemesa, aliyense wa iwo ankathamangira mkazi wa mnzake.
They are as well-fed horses in the morning; Every one neigheth after his neighbor's wife.
9 Tsono ndingaleke kuwalanga chifukwa cha zimenezi?” akutero Yehova. “Kodi nʼkuleka kuwulipsira mtundu woterewu?
Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
10 “Pitani ku minda yake ya mipesa ndi kukayiwononga, koma musakayiwononge kotheratu. Sadzani nthambi zake pakuti anthu amenewa si a Yehova.
Go ye up upon her walls and destroy! Yet make ye not a full end! Take ye away her branches, For they belong not to Jehovah!
11 Nyumba ya Israeli ndi nyumba ya Yuda onse akhala osakhulupirika kotheratu kwa Ine.”
For they have proved false to me, The house of Israel and the house of Judah, saith Jehovah.
12 Iwowa ankanama ponena za Yehova kuti, “Yehova sangachite zimenezi! Choyipa sichidzatigwera; sitidzaona nkhondo kapena njala.
They have denied Jehovah, And have said, “It is not He; Evil shall not come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 Mawu a aneneri azidzangopita ngati mphepo; ndipo mwa iwo mulibe uthenga wa Yehova. Choncho zimene amanena zidzawachitikira okha.”
The prophets are but wind, And the word is not in them; Thus may it happen to them!”
14 Chifukwa chake Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Popeza kuti anthu awa ayankhula mawu amenewa, tsono mawu anga ndidzawasandutsa moto mʼkamwa mwako ndipo anthu awa ndidzawasandutsa nkhuni zimene moto udzapserezeretu.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, God of hosts: Because ye say such things, Behold, I will make thy words in thy mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.
15 Inu Aisraeli,” Yehova akuti, “Ndikukubweretserani mtundu wa anthu ochokera kutali, ndi mtundu umene sunagonjetsedwepo, mtundu wakalekale umene chiyankhulo chawo inu simuchidziwa, zimene akunena inu simungazimvetse.
Behold, I will bring against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah; It is a mighty nation; It is an ancient nation; A nation whose language thou dost not know, And whose words thou canst not understand.
16 Zida zawo za nkhondo zapha anthu ambirimbiri; onsewo ndi ankhondo amphamvu okhaokha.
Their quiver is like an open sepulchre; They are all mighty men.
17 Adzakudyerani zokolola zanu ndi chakudya chanu, adzapha ana anu aamuna ndi aakazi; adzakupherani nkhosa zanu ndi ngʼombe zanu, adzawononga mpesa wanu ndi mikuyu yanu. Ndi malupanga awo adzagwetsa mizinda yanu yotetezedwa imene mumayidalira.
They shall consume thy harvest and thy bread; They shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; They shalt consume thy sheep and thy oxen; They shall consume thy vine and thy fig-tree; They shall destroy with the sword thy fortified cities, In which thou placest thy trust.
18 “Komabe pa masiku amenewo sindidzakuwonongani kotheratu,” akutero Yehova.
Yet even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
19 Ndipo pamene anthu adzafunsa Yehova kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani Yehova Mulungu wathu wachita zimenezi?” Iwe udzawawuze kuti, “Monga momwe mwasiyira Ine ndi kutumikira milungu yachilendo mʼdziko mwanu, momwemonso mudzatumikira anthu a mʼdzikonso lachilendo.”
And when they shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God brought all these things upon us? Then shalt thou say to them, “As ye have forsaken me, And served strange gods in your land, So shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”
20 “Lengeza izi kwa ana a Yakobo ndipo mulalikire kwa anthu a ku Yuda kuti,
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And publish it in Judah, saying:
21 Imvani izi, inu anthu opusa ndi opanda nzeru, inu amene maso muli nawo koma simupenya, amene makutu muli nawo koma simumva.
Hear ye now this, O foolish people and without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, Who have ears and hear not!
22 Kodi simuyenera kuchita nane mantha?” Akutero Yehova. “Kodi simuyenera kunjenjemera pamaso panga? Ine ndinayika mchenga kuti ukhale malire a nyanja, malire a muyaya amene nyanjayo singadutsepo. Mafunde angawombe motani, koma sangathe kupitirira malirewo; mafunde angakokome motani, koma sangadutse malirewo.
Will ye not fear me, saith Jehovah? Will ye not tremble before me, Who appointed the sand a bound to the sea, A perpetual barrier, which it cannot pass? Though the waves thereof toss themselves, Yet do they not prevail, Though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
23 Koma anthu awa ndi nkhutukumve ndiponso a mitima yowukira; andifulatira ndipo andisiyiratu.
But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; They revolt continually.
24 Sananenepo mʼmitima mwawo kuti, ‘Tiyeni tizipembedza Yehova Mulungu wathu. Kodi suja amatipatsa pa nthawi yake mvula yachizimalupsa ndi yamasika. Iye salephera konse kutipatsa nyengo ya kholola.’
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, Who giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, And secureth to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Koma zolakwa zanu zalepheretsa zonsezi; ndipo machimo anu akumanitsani zabwino.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, And your sins have withholden that which is good from you.
26 “Pakati pa anthu anga pali anthu ena oyipa amene amabisalira anzawo monga amachitira mlenje mbalame ndiponso ngati amene amatchera misampha kuti akole anthu anzawo.
For among my people are found wicked men, Who lie on the watch like fowlers; They set a trap that they may catch men.
27 Nyumba zawo zadzaza ndi chuma chochipeza mwa chinyengo ngati zikwere zodzaza ndi mbalame. Nʼchifukwa chake asanduka otchuka ndi olemera.
As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of fraud. Therefore are they grown great and rich;
28 Ndipo ananenepa ndi kukhala ndi matupi osalala. Ntchito zawo zoyipa nʼzopanda malire; saweruza mwachilungamo nkhani ya ana amasiye kuti iyende bwino, sateteza ufulu wa anthu osauka.
They have become fat and shine; Yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked; They maintain no cause, No cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; And the right of the needy do they not defend.
29 Kodi Ine ndingaleke kuwalanga chifukwa cha zimenezi? Kodi ndisawulipsire mtundu woterewu? Akutero Yehova.
Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 “Chinthu chothetsa nzeru ndi choopsa kwambiri chachitika mʼdzikomo:
Astonishing and horrible is that which is done in this land;
31 Aneneri akunenera zabodza, ndipo ansembe akuvomerezana nawo, ndipo anthu anga akukonda zimenezi. Koma mudzatani potsiriza?
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule under their guidance, And my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end of it?
