Jeremiah 24
1 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
Thuutha wa Jekonia mũrũ wa Jehoakimu mũthamaki wa Juda na anene ake, na mabundi na atũũri a Juda gũtahwo, makĩrutwo Jerusalemu magĩtwarwo Babuloni nĩ Nebukadinezaru, mũthamaki wa Babuloni-rĩ, Jehova nĩanyonirie ikabũ igĩrĩ cia ngũyũ ciigĩtwo hau mbere ya hekarũ ya Jehova.
2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
Gĩkabũ kĩmwe kĩarĩ na ngũyũ njega mũno, ta ngũyũ iria ciambaga kwĩrua; gĩkabũ kĩrĩa kĩngĩ kĩarĩ na ngũyũ njũru mũno, itangĩrĩĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ciathũkĩte.
3 “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehova akĩnjũũria atĩrĩ, “Jeremia, nĩ kĩĩ ũroona?” Ngĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ngũyũ. Iria njega nĩ njega mũno, no iria njũru nĩ njũru mũno ũndũ itangĩrĩĩo.”
4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩkĩnginyĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
5 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
“Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘O ta ngũyũ ici imwe njega-rĩ, ũguo noguo nyonaga andũ a Juda marĩ ega arĩa maatahirwo, acio ndaarutire gũkũ ngĩmatwara bũrũri wa Babuloni.
6 I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
Maitho makwa nĩmakamarora na ndĩmeeke maũndũ mega, na nĩngamacookia gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ. Nĩngamarũgamia na ndikamamomora; nĩngamahaanda na ndigacooka kũmamunya.
7 I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
Nĩngamahe ngoro ya gũtũma mamenye atĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova. Nĩmagatuĩka andũ akwa na niĩ nduĩke Ngai wao, nĩgũkorwo nĩmakanjookerera na ngoro ciao ciothe.
8 But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
“‘No rĩrĩ, o ta ngũyũ icio njũru, icio itangĩrĩĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ithũkĩte-rĩ,’ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘ũguo no taguo ngeeka Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda, na anene ake o na matigari ma andũ a Jerusalemu, arĩa magaakorwo matigaire gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ kana arĩa matũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri.
9 I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
Nĩngatũma mathũũrwo mũno, matuĩke kĩndũ gĩa gũthirĩkia mothamaki mothe ma gũkũ thĩ, na mameneke na matuĩke a kuunagwo thimo, na matũũre mathekagĩrĩrwo na manyiitagwo nĩ kĩrumi kũrĩa guothe ngaamathaamĩria.
10 And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
Nĩngamarehithĩria rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngʼaragu, na mũthiro imokĩrĩre, nginya maniinwo mathire bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa ndaamaheire o na ngĩhe maithe mao.’”
