Yeremiya 9
1 Aa, ndikanakonda kuti mutu wanga ukanakhala chitsime cha madzi, ndi maso anga ngati kasupe wa misozi! Ndikanalira usana ndi usiku kulirira anthu anga amene aphedwa.
Oh that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, —That I might weep day and night, For the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Ndani adzandipatsa malo ogona mʼchipululu kuti ndiwasiye anthu anga ndi kuwachokera kupita kutali; pakuti onse ndi achigololo, ndiponso gulu la anthu onyenga.
Oh that I had in the wilderness, a wayfarers’ lodge, That I might leave my people, and go from them, —For they all, are Adulterers, An assemblage of traitors;
3 “Amapinda lilime lawo ngati uta. Mʼdzikomo mwadzaza ndi mabodza okhaokha osati zoonadi. Amapitirirabe kuchita zoyipa; ndipo sandidziwa Ine.” Akutero Yehova.
Who have prepared their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land, —For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
4 “Aliyense achenjere ndi abwenzi ake; asadalire ngakhale abale ake. Aliyense amafuna kumudyera mʼbale wake masuku pa mutu. Choncho aliyense amachitira bwenzi lake ugogodi.
Every one, of his neighbour, beware ye, And in no brother, may ye trust, —For, every brother, supplanteth! And every neighbour, as a tale-bearer, goeth about;
5 Aliyense amamunamiza mʼbale wake ndipo palibe amene amayankhula choonadi. Anapazoloweza pakamwa pawo kunena zabodza; amalimbika kuchita machimo.
Yea, every one, of his neighbour, maketh a dupe, And, truth, they do not speak, —They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, In acting perversely, they have wearied themselves.
6 Iwe wakhalira mʼchinyengo ndipo ukukana kundidziwa Ine,” akutero Yehova.
Thy dwelling, is in the midst of deceit, —Through deceit, have they rejected the knowledge of, me, Declareth Yahweh.
7 Nʼchifukwa chake Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Taonani, Ine ndidzawasungunula ngati chitsulo ndi kuwayesa. Kodi ndingachite nawonso bwanji chifukwa cha machimo awo?
Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! melting them, so will I try them, —For how else should I do because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people?
8 Lilime lawo lili ngati muvi wakuthwa; limayankhula zachinyengo. Aliyense ndi pakamwa pake amayankhula mawu achikondi kwa mnansi wake, koma mu mtima mwake amakonzekera zomuchita chiwembu.
A pointed arrow, is their tongue Deceit, hath it spoken, —With his mouth peace unto his neighbour, doth one speak, But within himself, he layeth his ambush.
9 Kodi ndilekerenji kuwalanga chifukwa cha zimenezi? akutero Yehova. ‘Kodi ndisawulipsire mtundu wotere wa anthu?’”
For these things, shall I not bring punishment on them? Demandeth Yahweh, —On a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself!
10 Ndidzakhetsa misozi ndi kulira kwamphamvu chifukwa cha mapiri ndipo ndidzadandaula chifukwa cha msipu wa ku chipululu. Malo onsewo awonongeka ndipo palibe amene amapitako, ndipo sikumveka kulira kwa ngʼombe. Mbalame zamlengalenga zathawa ndipo nyama zakuthengo zachokako.
Over the mountains, will I take up a weeping and wailing, And over the oases of the desert, a dirge, For they have been burned, so that no man passeth through, Neither have men heard the lowing of cattle, —Both the bird of the heavens and the beast have fled, have gone their way:
11 Ndipo Yehova anati, “Ndidzasandutsa Yerusalemu kukhala bwinja, malo okhalamo ankhandwe; ndipo ndidzawononga mizinda ya Yuda kotero kuti palibe munthu amene adzakhalemo.”
Thus will I give up Jerusalem To heaps, A habitation for jackals, —And the cities of Judah, will I give up to desolation, without inhabitant.
12 Ine ndinati, “Kodi munthu wanzeru ndani woti nʼkumvetsa zimenezi? Kodi ndani amene Yehova anayankhula naye zimenezi kuti akafotokozere ena? Nʼchifukwa chiyani dziko lawonongeka ndi kusanduka chipululu, mʼmene anthu sadutsamo?”
Who, is the man that is wise That he may discern this? And, unto whom, hath the mouth of Yahweh spoken, That he may declare it? For what cause Hath the land perished, Hath it been burned as a wilderness that no man passeth through?
13 Yehova anati, “Nʼchifukwa chakuti anthuwa analeka kutsata malamulo anga amene ndinawapatsa; sanandimvere kapena kuwasamala.
Then said Yahweh, —Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, —And have not hearkened to hay voice neither walked therein;
14 Mʼmalo mwake, anatsatira zolakwa za mʼmitima yawo; anapembedza Abaala ngati momwe makolo awo anawaphunzitsira.”
But have gone their way, After the stubbornness of their own heart, —And after the Baals which their fathers taught them,
15 Tsono chimene Ine Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli ndidzachite ndi anthu amenewa ndi ichi: “Ndidzawadyetsa chakudya cha ziphe ndi kuwamwetsa madzi a ndulu.
Therefore, Thus saith Yahweh of hosts, The God of Israel, Behold me! Feeding them, even this people, with wormwood, —And I will cause them to drink, poisoned water;
16 Ndidzawabalalitsa pakati pa mitundu ya anthu imene iwowo kapena makolo awo sanayidziwe, ndipo ndidzawalondola ndi ankhondo mpaka nditawawononga.”
And will scatter them among the nations, which neither they nor their fathers, have known, —And will send after them the sword, until I have consumed them.
17 Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Tsopano ganizirani! Muyitane akazi olira mwachisoni kuti abwere; itanani akazi odziwa kulira bwino.”
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Consider ye diligently and call for the wailing women that they may come, —And unto the wise women, send ye, that they may come;
18 Anthu akuti, “Abwere mofulumira kuti adzatilire mpaka mʼmaso mwathu mutatuluka misozi ndi kuti msidze zathu zinyowe ndi madzi.
Yea let them make haste, and lift up over us a wailing, —That our eyes, may run down, with tears, And, our eyelashes, stream down with water; —
19 Kulira mwachisoni kukumveka kuchokera mu Ziyoni akuti, ‘Aa! Ife tawonongeka! Tachita manyazi kwambiri! Tiyenera kuchoka mʼdziko lathu chifukwa atipirikitsa mʼnyumba zathu.’”
Yea, a voice of wailing, hath been heard out of Zion How are we ruined! We have turned very pale For we have left the land, For they have cast down our habitations.
20 Tsono inu amayi, imvani mawu a Yehova; tcherani makutu anu kuti mumve mawu a Yehova. Phunzitsani ana anu aakazi kulira mwachisoni; aliyense aphunzitse mnzake nyimbo ya maliro.
For hear O ye women the word of Yahweh, And let your ear take in the word of his mouth, —And teach your daughters a wail, Yea each woman—her neighbour, a dirge: —
21 Imfa yatifikira kudzera mʼmazenera athu ndipo yalowa mʼnyumba zathu zotetezedwa; yapha ana athu mʼmisewu, ndi achinyamata athu mʼmabwalo.
That death Hath come up through our windows, Hath entered our palaces, —Cutting off The boy from the street, The young men from the broadways.
22 Yehova anandiwuza kuti ndinene izi kuti, “‘Mitembo ya anthu idzakhala ili lambalamba ngati ndowe mʼminda, ngati mapesi mʼmbuyo mwa wokolola, popanda munthu woyitola.’”
Speak thou, Thus, declareth Yahweh, So shall fall the dead bodies of men, Like dung heaps on the face of the field, —And like swaths after the harvestman, With none to gather.
23 Yehova akuti, “Munthu wanzeru asanyadire nzeru zake, kapena munthu wamphamvu kunyadira nyonga zake, kapena munthu wolemera kunyadira chuma chake,
Thus, saith Yahweh Let not, the wise man, glory in his wisdom, Neither let, the mighty man, glory, in his might, —Let not, the rich man, glory in his riches;
24 koma ngati munthu akufuna kunyadira, anyadire chinthu ichi: kuti iye amamvetsa za Ine ndipo amandidziwa, kuti ndine Yehova, amene ndimakonda chifundo, chilungamo ndiponso ungwiro pa dziko lapansi. Zimenezi ndizo ndimakondwera nazo,” akutero Yehova.
But, in this, let the glorying one glory—In having intelligence and in knowing me, That, I, am Yahweh, Executing lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, —That in these things, I delight Declareth Yahweh.
25 “Nthawi ikubwera,” akutero Yehova, “pamene ndidzalanga onse amene anachita mdulidwe koma mu mtima sasamala nʼkomwe.
Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, —When I will bring punishment upon every one circumcised, With him that is uncircumcised:
26 Ndidzalanga anthu a ku Igupto, Yuda, Edomu, Amoni, Mowabu, ndiponso onse amene amakhala kutali ku chipululu. Mitundu ina yonseyi ndi yosachita mdulidwe, ngakhalenso Aisraeli nawonso sanachite mdulidwe wa mu mtima.”
Upon Egypt and upon Judah, And upon Edom, and upon the sons of Ammon, And upon Moab, And upon all the clipped beards, The dwellers in the desert, —For, all the nations, are uncircumcised, And, all the house of Israel, are uncircumcised in heart.
