Jeremiah 44
1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa yakinyĩrĩire Jeremia ĩkoniĩ Ayahudi othe arĩa matũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri ya Mũhuro: kũu Migidoli, na Tahapanahesi, na Nofu, o na kũu Misiri ya mwena wa rũgongo, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
2 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
“Ũũ nĩguo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga: Inyuĩ nĩmweyoneire mwanangĩko mũnene ũrĩa ndaarehithĩirie Jerusalemu o na matũũra mothe ma Juda. Ũmũthĩ ũyũ nĩmatiganĩirio, magakira ihooru na makaanangĩka
3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, that they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.
nĩ ũndũ wa ũũru ũrĩa mekĩte. Nĩmathirĩkirie, magĩtũma ndakare nĩ ũndũ wa gũcinĩra ngai ingĩ ũbumba, o na nĩ ũndũ wa kũhooya ngai ingĩ iria matooĩ, kana ikamenywo nĩ inyuĩ, o na kana nĩ maithe manyu.
4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
Ndatũũrĩte ndĩmatũmagĩra ndungata ciakwa cia anabii kaingĩ, o arĩa maameeraga atĩrĩ: ‘Tigai gwĩka ũndũ ũyũ ũrĩ magigi, o ũyũ niĩ thũire!’
5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
No rĩrĩ, matiigana gũthikĩrĩria kana kũrũmbũiya ũhoro ũcio; matiagarũrũkire matigane na waganu wao, kana matige gũcinĩra ngai ingĩ ũbumba.
6 Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, marakara makwa mahiũ magĩitĩka; magĩakana matũũra-inĩ ma Juda na njĩra-inĩ cia Jerusalemu, nakuo gũgĩtigwo gwatuĩka kũndũ kwanangĩku gũgakira ihooru, o ta ũguo gũtariĩ ũmũthĩ.
7 Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye [this] great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;
“Rĩu-rĩ, Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekũũria ũũ: Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mwĩrehere mwanangĩko mũnene ũguo na njĩra ya kweheria arũme na andũ-a-nja, na ciana na ngenge kuuma Juda, na inyuĩ mũkeniina, gũkaaga mũndũ o na ũmwe ũtigarĩte?
8 in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Mũraathirĩkia nĩkĩ, mũgatũma ndaakare nĩ ũndũ wa kĩrĩa mũthondekete na moko manyu na ũndũ wa gũcinĩra ngai ingĩ ũbumba gũkũ bũrũri wa Misiri, kũrĩa mũũkĩte gũtũũra? Nĩmũkwĩniina na mũtuĩke kĩndũ gĩa kũrumagwo na gĩa kũnyararwo thĩinĩ wa ndũrĩrĩ ciothe cia thĩ.
9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Kaĩ mũriganĩirwo nĩ maũndũ ma waganu marĩa mekirwo nĩ maithe manyu, na athamaki na atumia-athamaki a Juda, na maũndũ ma waganu marĩa inyuĩ na atumia anyu mwekire bũrũri-inĩ wa Juda na njĩra-inĩ cia Jerusalemu?
10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
Nginya ũmũthĩ, matirĩ menyiihia, kana makaahe gĩtĩĩo, kana makarũmĩrĩra watho wakwa, o na kana uuge wa kũrũmagĩrĩrwo ũrĩa ndaamũheire inyuĩ na maithe manyu.
11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: Nĩnduĩte atĩ nĩngũmũrehithĩria mwanangĩko, na nyanangithie Juda guothe.
12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Nĩngweheria matigari ma Juda macio matuĩte atĩ nĩmegũthiĩ bũrũri wa Misiri magatũũre kuo. Othe magaathirĩra bũrũri wa Misiri; makooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, kana makue nĩ ngʼaragu, kuuma ũrĩa mũnini nginya ũrĩa mũnene, othe makaaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora kana ngʼaragu. Magaatuĩka o ta kĩndũ kĩrume na kĩndũ kĩrĩ magigi, o na kĩndũ gĩa kũmenwo na kĩa njono;
13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
andũ arĩa matũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri nĩngamaherithia na rũhiũ rwa njora, na ndĩmaherithie na ngʼaragu o na mũthiro, o ta ũrĩa ndaaherithirie Jerusalemu.
14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.
Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa matigari ma Juda acio mathiĩte gũtũũra bũrũri wa Misiri ũkaahonoka, kana atigare nĩguo acooke bũrũri wa Juda, ũrĩa meriragĩria gũgaacooka magatũũre kuo; gũtirĩ ũgaacooka, tiga o andũ anini arĩa mageethara.”
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Hĩndĩ ĩyo andũ othe arĩa maamenyete atĩ atumia ao nĩmacinagĩra ngai ingĩ ũbumba, marĩ hamwe na atumia arĩa othe maarĩ ho, marĩ kĩũngano kĩnene, o hamwe na andũ arĩa othe maatũũraga Misiri ya mũhuro na ya Rũgongo, makĩĩra Jeremia atĩrĩ,
16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.
“Ithuĩ tũtingĩthikĩrĩria ndũmĩrĩri ĩyo ũtwarĩirie ũkĩgwetaga rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova!
17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Gũtirĩ nganja ithuĩ no tũgwĩka ũrĩa wothe tuoigire atĩ nĩtũgwĩka: Nĩtũrĩcinagĩra Mũthamaki-Mũndũ-wa-nja wa kũũrĩa Igũrũ ũbumba, na tũmũitagĩre maruta ma indo cia kũnyuuo, o ta ũrĩa ithuĩ ene, na maithe maitũ, na athamaki aitũ o na anene aitũ, meekaga matũũra-inĩ ma Juda na njĩra-inĩ cia Jerusalemu. Mahinda macio twarĩ na irio nyingĩ, na tũkagaacĩra, na tũtioonaga ũũru.
18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
No rĩrĩ, kuuma twatiga gũcinĩra Mũthamaki-Mũndũ-wa-nja wa kũũrĩa Igũrũ ũbumba, na tũgĩtiga kũmũrutagĩra magongona ma indo cia kũnyuuo-rĩ, tũtirĩ kĩndũ tũkoretwo tũrĩ nakĩo, na tũniinagwo na rũhiũ rwa njora na ngʼaragu.”
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?
Atumia nao magĩcooka makĩongerera atĩrĩ, “Rĩrĩa twacinagĩra Mũthamaki-Mũndũ-wa-nja wa kũũrĩa Igũrũ ũbumba, na tũkamũrutagĩra magongona ma indo cia kũnyuuo-rĩ, githĩ o nao athuuri aitũ matiamenyaga atĩ nĩtwamũthondekagĩra tũmĩgate tũrĩ na mũhianano wake, na tũkamũrutagĩra magongona ma indo cia kũnyuuo?”
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jeremia akĩarĩria andũ othe, arũme na andũ-a-nja, acio maamũcookagĩria ũhoro, akĩmeera atĩrĩ,
21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember them, and came it not into his mind?
“Githĩ Jehova ndaaririkanire na agĩĩciiria ũhoro wa ũbumba ũcio wacinagĩrwo matũũra-inĩ macio ma Juda na njĩra-inĩ cia Jerusalemu nĩ inyuĩ, na maithe manyu, na athamaki anyu, na anene anyu, o na andũ othe a bũrũri ũcio?
22 so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
Na rĩrĩa Jehova aaremirwo nĩ gũcooka gũkirĩrĩria ciĩko cianyu cia waganu na maũndũ marĩ magigi macio mwekaga-rĩ, bũrũri wanyu ũgĩtuĩka kũndũ gwa kũnyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi, na ũgĩtuĩka kũndũ gũkirĩte ihooru, gũtarĩ andũ matũũraga kuo, o ta ũguo gũtariĩ ũmũthĩ.
23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.
Nĩ ũndũ inyuĩ nĩmũcinĩte ũbumba mũkehĩria Jehova, na nĩmũregete kũmwathĩkĩra, kana kũrũmĩrĩra watho wake kana uuge wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, o na kana irĩra ciake-rĩ, nĩkĩo mwanangĩko ũyũ ũmũkorete rĩu, o ta ũrĩa mũrona.”
24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
Ningĩ Jeremia akĩĩra andũ othe, hamwe na andũ-a-nja acio, atĩrĩ, “Ta iguai ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova, inyuĩ andũ othe a Juda mũrĩ gũkũ bũrũri wa Misiri.
25 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: Inyuĩ na atumia anyu nĩmuonanĩtie na ciĩko cianyu ũrĩa mweranĩire rĩrĩa mwoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Gũtirĩ nganja, ithuĩ no nginya tũhingie mĩĩhĩtwa ĩrĩa twehĩtire atĩ nĩtũrĩcinagĩra Mũthamaki-Mũndũ-wa-nja wa kũũrĩa Igũrũ ũbumba, na nĩtũrĩmũrutagĩra maruta ma indo cia kũnyuuo.’ “Thiĩi na mbere, ĩkai ũrĩa mweranĩire! Hingiai mĩĩhĩtwa yanyu!
26 Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Jehovah liveth.
No rĩrĩ, iguai ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova, inyuĩ Ayahudi othe arĩa mũtũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri: Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩndĩhĩtĩte na rĩĩtwa rĩakwa inene, ngoiga gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa kuuma Juda ũtũũraga handũ o hothe thĩinĩ wa bũrũri wa Misiri ũgaacooka kũgweta rĩĩtwa rĩakwa kana ehĩte akiugaga atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Mwathani Jehova atũũraga muoyo.”
27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩndĩmacũthĩrĩirie ndĩmarehere ũũru, no ti ndĩmarehere wega; Ayahudi arĩa marĩ bũrũri wa Misiri nĩmakaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora na ngʼaragu, nginya othe mathire biũ.
28 And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
Arĩa makaahonoka kũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora macooke bũrũri wa Juda moimĩte bũrũri wa Misiri magaakorwo marĩ anini mũno. Hĩndĩ ĩyo matigari mothe ma andũ a Juda arĩa mathiĩte gũtũũra bũrũri wa Misiri, nĩmakamenya nĩ kiugo kĩa ũ gĩkaarũgama: nĩ gĩakwa kana nĩ kĩao.’
29 And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
“Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘Ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũgaatuĩka kĩmenyithia kĩanyu atĩ nĩngamũherithia mũrĩ gũkũ, nĩguo mũmenye atĩ ti-itherũ uuge wakwa wa kũmũrehithĩria ũũru nĩũkehaanda.’
30 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.
Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: ‘Nĩngũneana Firaũni Hofira mũthamaki wa bũrũri wa Misiri kũrĩ thũ ciake iria icaragia kũmũruta muoyo, o ta ũrĩa ndaaneanire Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda moko-inĩ ma Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni, thũ ĩrĩa yacaragia kũmũruta muoyo.’”
