Yeremiya 50
1 Uthenga umene Yehova anayankhula ndi mneneri Yeremiya wonena za mzinda wa Babuloni ndi anthu ake ndi uwu:
The word which the Lord said about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 “Lengeza ndi kulalika pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina, kweza mbendera ndipo ulengeze; usabise kanthu, koma uwawuze kuti, ‘Babuloni wagwa; mulungu wawo Beli wachititsidwa manyazi, nayenso Mariduku wagwidwa ndi mantha. Milungu yake yagwidwa ndi mantha ndipo mafano ake adzagwidwa ndi mantha.’
Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.
3 Mtundu wa anthu wochokera kumpoto wadzathira nkhondo Babuloni ndi kusandutsa bwinja dziko lake. Kumeneko sikudzakhalanso munthu kapena nyama.
For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.
4 “Masiku amenewo, nthawi imeneyo,” akutero Yehova, “anthu a ku Israeli ndi anthu a ku Yuda onse pamodzi adzabwera akulira. Adzafunitsitsa kuchita zimene Yehova Mulungu wawo akufuna.
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.
5 Adzafunsa njira ya ku Ziyoni ndi kuyamba ulendo wopita kumeneko. Iwo adzadzipereka kwa Yehova pochita naye pangano lamuyaya limene silidzayiwalika.
They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.
6 “Anthu anga ali ngati nkhosa zotayika; abusa awo anawasocheretsa mʼmapiri. Iwo anayendayenda mʼmapiri ndi mʼzitunda mpaka kuyiwala kwawo.
My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.
7 Aliyense amene anawapeza anawawononga; adani awo anati, ‘Ife si olakwa, chifukwa iwo anachimwira Yehova, amene ali mpumulo wawo weniweni ndi amene makolo awo anamukhulupirira.’
They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
8 “Thawaniko ku Babuloni; chokani mʼdziko la Ababuloni. Muyambe inu kutuluka ngati atonde amene amatsogolera ziweto.
Go in flight out of Babylon, go out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and be like he-goats before the flocks.
9 Taonani, ndidzaukitsa gulu lankhondo lamphamvu la mitundu ina ndi kubwera nalo kuchokera kumpoto kudzamenyana ndi Babuloni. Iwo adzandandalika ankhondo awo ndi kugonjetsa Babuloni. Mivi yawo ili ngati ya ankhondo aluso, yosapita padera.
For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.
10 Motero Ababuloni adzafunkhidwa; ndipo onse omufunkha adzakhuta,” akutero Yehova.
And the wealth of Chaldaea will come into the hands of her attackers: all those who take her wealth will have enough, says the Lord.
11 “Inu Ababuloni, munawononga anthu anga osankhika. Ndiye pano mukukondwa, mukusangalala. Mukulumphalumpha mokondwa ngati mwana wangʼombe wopuntha tirigu ndiponso mukulira monyada ngati ngʼombe zazimuna.
Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;
12 Koma mzinda wanu udzachititsidwa manyazi kwambiri. Mzinda umene uli ngati mayi wanu udzanyazitsidwa. Babuloni adzasanduka chitsirizira cha anthu onse. Mzinda wawo udzakhala ngati thengo, ngati dziko lowuma lachipululu.
Your mother will be put to shame; she who gave you birth will be looked down on: see, she will be the last of the nations, a waste place, a dry and unwatered land.
13 Chifukwa cha mkwiyo wa Yehova Babuloni adzakhala wopanda anthu ndipo adzakhala chipululu chokhachokha. Onse odutsa kumeneko adzachita mantha ndipo azidzangotsonya chifukwa cha chiwonongeko chake chachikulu.
Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.
14 “Inu okoka uta, konzekani kuti muthire nkhondo mzinda wa Babuloni mbali zonse. Muponyereni mivi yanu yonse chifukwa anachimwira Yehova.
Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord.
15 Mufuwulireni mbali zonse pakuti wagonja. Nsanja zake zagwa. Malinga ake agwetsedwa. Kumeneku ndiko kulipsira kwa Yehova. Mulipsireni, mumuchite zomwe iye anachitira anthu ena.
Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her.
16 Chotsani ku Babuloni munthu wofesa mbewu aliyense, ndiponso wodula tirigu ndi chikwakwa chake pa nthawi yokolola. Poona lupanga la ozunza anzawo, aliyense adzabwerera kwa anthu ake; adzathawira ku dziko la kwawo.
Let the planter of seed be cut off from Babylon, and everyone using the curved blade at the time of the grain-cutting: for fear of the cruel sword, everyone will be turned to his people, everyone will go in flight to his land.
17 “Aisraeli ali ngati nkhosa zomwe zabalalika pothamangitsidwa ndi mikango. Mfumu ya ku Asiriya ndiye inayamba kuwapha Aisraeliwo. Wotsiriza anali Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni amene anachita ngati kuphwanya mafupa ake.”
Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
18 Nʼchifukwa chake Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti, “Ndidzalanga mfumu ya ku Babuloni pamodzi ndi dziko lake monga momwe ndinalangira mfumu ya ku Asiriya.
So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria.
19 Koma ndidzabwezera Israeli ku msipu wake ndipo adzadya mʼminda ya ku Karimeli ndi Basani; adzadya nakhuta ku mapiri a ku Efereimu ndi Giliyadi.
And I will make Israel come back to his resting-place, and he will get his food on Carmel and Bashan, and have his desire in full measure on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
20 Masiku amenewo, nthawi imeneyo,” akutero Yehova, “anthu adzafunafuna zolakwa za Israeli koma sadzapeza nʼchimodzi chomwe, ndipo adzafufuza machimo a Yuda, koma sadzapeza ndi limodzi lomwe, chifukwa otsala amene ndawasiya ndidzawakhululukira.
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.
21 “Lithireni nkhondo dziko la Merataimu ndi anthu okhala ku Pekodi. Muwaphe ndi lupanga ndi kuwawonongeratu,” akutero Yehova. “Chitani zonse monga momwe ndakulamulani.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the people of Pekod; put them to death and send destruction after them, says the Lord, and do everything I have given you orders to do.
22 Mʼdziko muli phokoso la nkhondo, phokoso la chiwonongeko chachikulu!
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
23 Taonani mʼmene waphwanyikira ndi kuwonongekera uja amati ndi nyundo ya dziko lonse lapansi. Mzinda wa Babuloni wasanduka chinthu chochititsa mantha pakati pa mitundu ina!
How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!
24 Ndinakutchera msampha, iwe Babuloni, ndipo wakodwamo iwe wosazindikira kanthu; unapezeka ndiponso unakodwa chifukwa unalimbana ndi Yehova.
I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.
25 Yehova watsekula nyumba ya zida zake ndipo watulutsa zida za ukali wake, pakuti Ambuye Yehova Wamphamvuzonse ali ndi ntchito yoti agwire mʼdziko la Ababuloni.
From his store-house the Lord has taken the instruments of his wrath: for the Lord, the Lord of armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldaeans.
26 Mumenyane naye Babuloni mbali zonse. Anthu ake muwawunjike ngati milu ya tirigu. Muwawononge kotheratu ndipo pasakhale wopulumuka ndi mmodzi yemwe.
Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen.
27 Iphani ankhondo ake onse. Onse aphedwe ndithu. Tsoka lawagwera pakuti tsiku lawo lachilango lafika.
Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
28 Tikumva anthu othawa nkhondo ochokera ku Babuloni akulengeza mu Yerusalemu za kulipsira kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu. Iye akulipsira chifukwa chowononga Nyumba yake.
The voice of those who are in flight, who have got away safe from the land of Babylon, to give news in Zion of punishment from the Lord our God, even payment for his Temple.
29 “Itanani anthu oponya mivi kudzathira nkhondo Babuloni. Muyitanenso onse amene amakoka mauta. Mangani misasa ya nkhondo momuzungulira; musalole munthu aliyense kuthawa. Muchiteni monga momwe iye anachitira anthu ena. Iyeyu ananyoza Yehova, Woyera wa Israeli.
Send for the archers to come together against Babylon, all the bowmen; put up your tents against her on every side; let no one get away: give her the reward of her work; as she has done, so do to her: for she has been uplifted in pride against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Nʼchifukwa chake, anyamata ake adzaphedwa mʼmabwalo ake; ankhondo ake onse adzaphedwa tsiku limenelo,” akutero Yehova.
For this cause her young men will be falling in her streets, and all her men of war will be cut off in that day, says the Lord.
31 “Taona, ndikukuthira nkhondo, iwe wodzikuzawe,” akutero Ambuye Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, “chifukwa tsiku lako lafika, nthawi yoti ndikulange yakwana.
See, I am against you, O pride, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, for your day has come, the time when I will send punishment on you.
32 Wodzikuzawe udzapunthwa nʼkugwa ndipo palibe amene adzakudzutse; ndidzayatsa moto mʼmizinda yake umene udzanyeketsa onse amene amuzungulira.”
And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.
33 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Anthu a ku Israeli akuzunzidwa, pamodzi ndi anthu a ku Yuda, ndipo onse amene anawagwira ukapolo awagwiritsitsa, akukana kuwamasula.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.
34 Koma Mpulumutsi wawo ndi wamphamvu; dzina lake ndi Yehova Wamphamvuzonse. Iye adzawateteza molimba pa mlandu wawo nʼcholinga choti abweretse mtendere mʼdziko lawo, koma adzavutitsa okhala ku Babuloni.”
Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.
35 Yehova akuti, “Imfa yalunjika pa Ababuloni, pa akuluakulu ake ndi pa anthu ake a nzeru!
A sword is on the Chaldaeans, says the Lord, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers and on her wise men.
36 Imfa yalunjika pa aneneri abodza kuti asanduke zitsiru. Imfa yalunjika pa ankhondo ake kuti agwidwe ndi mantha aakulu.
A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.
37 Imfa ilunjike pa akavalo ake ndi magaleta ake. Ilunjikanso pa magulu ankhondo achilendo amene ali pakati pawo kuti asanduke ngati akazi. Chiwonongeko chilunjikenso pa chuma chake kuti chidzafunkhidwe.
A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.
38 Chilala chilunjike pa madzi ake kuti aphwe. Babuloni ndi dziko la mafano, ndipo anthu afika poyaluka nawo mafanowo.
A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.
39 “Nʼchifukwa chake nyama zakuthengo ndi afisi zidzakhala kumeneko ndipo kudzakhalanso akadzidzi. Kumeneko sikudzapezekako anthu, ndithu anthu sadzakhalako pa mibado yonse.
For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.
40 Monga momwe Mulungu anawonongera Sodomu ndi Gomora pamodzi ndi mizinda yonse yozungulira,” akutero Yehova, “momwemonso palibe amene adzakhale kumeneko; anthu sadzayendanso mʼmenemo.
As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.
41 “Taonani! Gulu lankhondo likubwera kuchokera kumpoto; mtundu wa anthu amphamvu pamodzi ndi mafumu ambiri, wanyamuka kuchokera kumathero a dziko lapansi.
See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
42 Atenga mauta ndi mikondo; ndi anthu ankhanza ndipo alibe chifundo. Phokoso lawo likumveka ngati mkokomo wa nyanja. Akwera pa akavalo awo, ndipo akonzekera kudzakuthira nkhondo iwe Babuloni.
Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
43 Mfumu ya ku Babuloni yamva za mbiri yawo, ndipo yalobodokeratu. Ikuda nkhawa, ikumva ululu ngati wa mayi pa nthawi yake yochira.
The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
44 Taonani, monga mkango wochokera ku nkhalango ya ku Yorodani kupita ku msipu wobiriwira, momwemonso ine ndidzapirikitsa Babuloni mʼdziko lake mwadzidzidzi. Pambuyo pake ndidzawayikira wowalamulira amene ndamufuna Ine. Wofanana nane ndani ndipo ndani amene angalimbane nane? Ndi mtsogoleri wa dziko uti amene anganditengere ku bwalo la milandu?”
See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?
45 Nʼchifukwa chake imvani. Izi ndi zimene Ine Yehova ndakonza zolangira anthu a ku Babuloni. Ngakhale ana omwe adzatengedwa ukapolo ndipo aliyense adzachita mantha chifukwa cha iwo.
So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.
46 Akadzagwa Babuloni padzakhala mfuwu waukulu ndipo dziko lapansi lidzanjenjemera, ndipo kulira kwawo kudzamveka pakati pa mitundu yonse ya anthu.
At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.
