Yeremiya 6
1 “Thawani, inu anthu a ku Benjamini! Tulukani mu Yerusalemu! Lizani lipenga ku Tekowa! Kwezani mbendera ku Beti-Hakeremu! Pakuti tsoka lalikulu likubwera kuchokera kumpoto, ndipo chiwonongekocho nʼchachikulu.
O all of you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.
2 Kodi mzinda wa Ziyoni suli ngati msipu wokongola kwambiri, kumene abusa amafikako ndi ziweto zawo?
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
3 Abusa ndi nkhosa zawo adzabwera kudzalimbana nawo; adzamanga matenti awo mowuzinga, ndipo aliyense adzakhazika anthu ake pamalo pake.”
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
4 Adzanena kuti, “Konzekani kuwuthira nkhondo mzindawo! Nyamukani, kuti tiwuthire nkhondo mzindawu masana ano. Koma tili ndi tsoka, dzuwa lapendeka, ndipo zithunzithunzi za kumadzulo zikunka zitalika.
Prepare all of you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Tsono nyamukani kuti tiwuthire nkhondo mzindawu usiku uno ndi kuwononga malinga ake!”
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Dulani mitengo ndipo mumange mitumbira yankhondo kulimbana ndi Yerusalemu. Mzinda umenewu uyenera kulangidwa; wadzaza ndi kuponderezana.
For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew all of you down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7 Monga momwe chitsime chimatulutsira madzi ndi mmenenso Yerusalemu amatulutsira zoyipa zake. Chiwawa ndi chiwonongeko ndi zomwe zimamveka mu mzindamo; nthenda yake ndi mabala ake ndimaziona nthawi zonse.
As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
8 Iwe Yerusalemu, tengapo phunziro, kuopa kuti chikondi changa pa iwe chingakuchokere ndi kusandutsa dziko lako kukhala bwinja mopanda munthu wokhalamo.”
Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited.
9 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse anandiwuza kuti, “Adani adzawakunkha ndithu anthu otsala a Israeli, monga momwe amachitira populula mphesa. Tsono iwe yesetsa kupulumutsa amene ungathe monga mmene amachitira munthu wokolola mphesa.”
Thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back your hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.
10 Kodi ndiyankhule ndi yani ndi kumuchenjeza? Ndinene mawu ochenjeza kwa yani kuti amve? Makutu awo ndi otsekeka kotero kuti sangathe kumva. Mawu a Yehova ndi onyansa kwa iwo; sasangalatsidwa nawo.
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Koma ine ndadzazidwa ndi mkwiyo wa Yehova, ndipo ndatopa ndi kusunga mkwiyo wa Yehova. Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Tsono ndidzawutulutsira mkwiyo umenewu pa ana oyenda mʼmisewu ndi pa achinyamata amene asonkhana pamodzi; pakutinso mwamuna ndi mkazi wake adzatengedwa, pamodzi ndi okalamba amene ali ndi zaka zochuluka.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 Nyumba zawo adzazipereka kwa ena, pamodzi ndi minda yawo ndi akazi awo. Ndidzatambasula dzanja langa kukantha anthu okhala mʼdzikomo,” akutero Yehova.
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD.
13 “Kuyambira wamngʼono mpaka wamkulu, onse ali ndi dyera lofuna kupeza phindu mwa kuba; aneneri pamodzi ndi ansembe omwe, onse amachita zachinyengo.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one deals falsely.
14 Amapoletsa zilonda za anthu anga pamwamba pokha. Iwo amanena kuti, ‘Mtendere, mtendere,’ pamene palibe mtendere.
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Kodi amachita manyazi akamachita zonyansazo? Ayi, sachita manyazi ndi pangʼono pomwe; sadziwa ndi kugwetsa nkhope komwe. Choncho iwo adzagwera pakati pa anzawo amene agwa kale; adzagwa pansi tsiku limene ndidzawalange,” akutero Yehova.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
16 Yehova akuti, “Imani pa mphambano ndipo mupenye; kumeneko ndiye kuli njira zakale, funsani kumene kuli njira yabwino. Yendani mʼmenemo, ndipo mudzapeza mpumulo wa miyoyo yanu. Koma inu munati, ‘Ife sitidzayenda njira imeneyo.’
Thus says the LORD, Stand all of you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and all of you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Ine ndinakupatsani alonda oti akuyangʼanireni ndipo ndinati, ‘Imvani kulira kwa lipenga!’ koma inu munati, ‘Sitidzamvera.’
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Nʼchifukwa chake imvani, inu anthu a mitundu ina; yangʼanitsitsani, inu amene mwasonkhana pano, chimene chidzawachitikire anthuwo.
Therefore hear, all of you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Imvani, inu anthu okhala pa dziko lapansi, ndikubweretsa masautso pa anthu awa. Zimenezi ndi mphotho ya ntchito zawo. Iwowa sanamvere mawu anga ndipo anakana lamulo langa.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20 Kodi pali phindu lanji ngakhale mubwere ndi lubani kuchokera ku Seba, kapena zonunkhira zina kuchokera ku dziko lakutali? Nsembe zanu zopsereza Ine sindidzalandira; nsembe zanu sizindikondweretsa.”
To what purpose comes there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21 Choncho Yehova akuti, “Ndidzayika zokhumudwitsa pamaso pa anthu awa. Abambo ndi ana awo aamuna onse adzapunthwa ndi kugwa; anansi awo ndi abwenzi awo adzawonongeka.”
Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22 Yehova akunena kuti, “Taonani, gulu lankhondo likubwera kuchokera kumpoto; mtundu wa anthu amphamvu wanyamuka kuchokera kumathero a dziko lapansi.
Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
23 Atenga mauta ndi mikondo; ndi anthu ankhanza ndi opanda chifundo. Phokoso lawo lili ngati mkokomo wa nyanja. Akwera pa akavalo awo ndipo akonzekera ngati anthu ankhondo, kudzakuthirani nkhondo anthu a ku Ziyoni.”
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion.
24 A ku Ziyoni akuti “Ife tamva mbiri yawo, ndipo manja anthu alefukiratu. Nkhawa yatigwira, ndipo tikumva ululu ngati mayi pa nthawi yake yochira.
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Musapite ku minda kapena kuyenda mʼmisewu, pakuti mdani ali ndi lupanga, ndipo ponseponse anthu akuchita mantha.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 Inu anthu anga, valani ziguduli ndipo gubudukani pa phulusa; lirani mwamphamvu ngati munthu wolirira mwana wake mmodzi yekha, pakuti mwadzidzidzi wowonongayo adzabwera kudzatipha.
O daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 “Iwe Yeremiya, ndakuyika kuti ukhale choyesera zitsulo. Uwayese anthu anga monga ungayesere chitsulo kuti uwone makhalidwe awo.
I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
28 Onsewo ali ndi khalidwe lokanika ndi lowukira ndipo akunka nanena zamiseche. Iwo ndi olimba ngati mkuwa ndi chitsulo. Onse amangochita zoyipa zokhazokha.
They are all grievous apostates, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29 Moto mu mvukuto ukuyaka kwambiri; mtovu watha kusungunuka ndi moto. Koma ntchito yosungunulayo sikupindula chifukwa zoyipa sizikuchokapo.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Iwo ali ngati siliva wotayidwa, chifukwa Yehova wawakana.”
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.
