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.
Bwana alinionyeshea kitu. Tazama, vikapu viwili vya tini viliwekwa mbele ya hekalu la Bwana. (Maono haya yalitokea baada ya Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, kumchukua mateka Yekonia mwana wa Yehoyakimu, mfalme wa Yuda, maofisa wa Yuda, mafundi na wafua vyuma kutoka Yerusalemu na kuwapeleka Babeli.)
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.
Kikapu kimoja cha tini kilikuwa nzuri sana, kama tini za kwanza zilizoiva, lakini kikapu kingine cha tini zilizokuwa mbaya sana zisizoweza kuliwa.
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.”
Bwana akaniambia, “Unaona nini Yeremia?” Nikasema, “Tini. Tini ambazo ni nzuri sana na tini ambazo ni mbaya sana haziwezi kuliwa.”
4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ndipo neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
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.
“Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi: nitawaangalia mateka wa Yuda kwa manufaa yao, kama vile tini hizi nzuri, nilipowatoa mateka kutoka hapa mpaka nchi ya Wakaldayo.
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.
Nitaweka macho yangu kwao wapate mema na kuwarejeshea nchi hii. Nitawajenga, wala sitawaangamiza.
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.
Nitawapanda, wala sitawang'oa. Ndipo nitawapa moyo wa kunijua; kwa kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana. Watakuwa watu wangu na mimi nitakuwa Mungu wao, hivyo watanirudia kwa moyo wao yote.
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.
Lakini kama vile tini mbaya ambazo ni hazifai kuliwa - asema Bwana - nitatenda hivi kwa Sedekia, mfalme wa Yuda, pamoja na viongozi wake, na pamoja na wengine wa Yerusalemu ambao wanabaki katika nchi hii au kwenda kukaa katika nchi ya Misri.
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.
Nitawafanya kuwa kitu cha kutisha, wapate maafa, mbele ya falme zote duniani, aibu na somo kwa mithali, matusi, na laana mahali pote nitakapowafukuza.
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.’”
Nitatuma upanga, njaa, na tauni dhidi yao watapotelea mbali kutoka kwenye nchi niliyowapa wao na baba zao.”
