Jeremiah 29

1 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Ga abin da yake cikin wasiƙar annabi Irmiya da ya aika daga Urushalima zuwa ga sauran dattawan da suka ragu a cikin masu zaman bauta da kuma zuwa ga firistoci, annabawa da kuma dukan sauran mutanen da Nebukadnezzar ya kwashe zuwa zaman bauta daga Urushalima zuwa Babilon.

2 (This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)

(Wannan ya faru bayan Sarki Yekoniya da mahaifiyar sarauniya, shugabannin fada da kuma dukan shugabannin Yahuda da Urushalima, gwanayen sana’a da masu sassaƙa suka tafi zaman bauta daga Urushalima.)

3 The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:

Ya ba da wasiƙar ta hannun Eleyasa ɗan Shafan da Gemariya ɗan Hilkiya, waɗanda Zedekiya sarkin Yahuda ya aika wurin Sarki Nebukadnezzar a Babilon. Wasiƙar ta ce,

4 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila, yana cewa ga dukan waɗanda aka kwashe zuwa zaman bauta daga Urushalima zuwa Babilon.

5 “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

“Ku gina gidaje ku zauna; ku dasa gonaki ku kuma ci abin da suka haifar.

6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Ku yi aure ku kuma haifi’ya’ya maza da mata; ku nemi mata wa’ya’yanku maza, ku kuma ba da’ya’yanku mata ga aure, saboda su ma za su haifi’ya’ya maza da mata. Ku riɓaɓɓanya a can, kada ku ragu.

7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Haka kuma, ku nemi zaman salama da cin gaba a birnin da aka kai ku zaman bauta. Ku yi addu’a ga Ubangiji saboda birnin, domin in ya ci gaba, ku ma za ku ci gaba.”

8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

I, ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila yana cewa, “Kada ku bar annabawa da masu sihiri a cikinku su ruɗe ku. Kada ku saurari mafarkan da dā kuke ƙarfafa su su yi.

9 For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”

Suna muku annabcin ƙarya da sunana. Ban aike su ba,” in ji Ubangiji.

10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.

Ga abin da Ubangiji yana cewa, “Sa’ad da shekaru saba’in suka cika a Babilon, zan zo muku in cika alkawarin alherina don in komo da ku zuwa wannan wuri.

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Gama na san shirye-shiryen da na yi muku,” in ji Ubangiji, “shirye-shiryen cin gaba ba na cutarwa ba, shirye-shiryen ba ku sa zuciya da kuma na nan gaba.

12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Sa’an nan za ku kira gare ni ku zo ku kuma yi addu’a gare ni, zan kuwa ji ku.

13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Za ku neme ni ku kuwa same ni sa’ad da kuka neme ni da dukan zuciyarku.

14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”

Za ku same ni,” in ji Ubangiji, “zan kuma komo da ku daga bauta. Zan tattaro ku daga dukan al’ummai in sa ku inda na kore ku,” in ji Ubangiji, “zan kuma komo da ku zuwa wurin da na kwashe ku zuwa zaman bauta.”

15 Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”

Za ku iya ce, “Ubangiji ya tā da annabawa saboda mu a Babilon.”

16 this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—

Amma ga abin da Ubangiji yana cewa game da sarki, wanda yake zaune a kursiyin Dawuda da kuma dukan mutanen da suka ragu a wannan birni,’yan’uwanku waɗanda ba su tafi tare da ku zuwa zaman bauta ba.

17 this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

I, ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki yana cewa, “Zan aika da takobi, yunwa da annoba a kansu zan kuma sa su zama kamar ɓaure marar amfani da suka yi munin da ba a iya ci.

18 I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

Zan fafare su da takobi, yunwa da annoba zan kuma sa su zama abin ƙyama ga dukan mulkokin duniya da kuma abin la’ana da abin bantsoro, abin dariya da abin reni, a cikin dukan al’umman da aka kore su zuwa.

19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”

Gama ba su saurari maganata ba,” in ji Ubangiji, “maganar da na aika gare su sau da sau ta bayina annabawa. Ku kuma masu zaman bauta ba ku saurara ba,” in ji Ubangiji.

20 So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Saboda haka, ku ji maganar Ubangiji, dukanku masu zaman bauta waɗanda na aika daga Urushalima zuwa Babilon.

21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

Ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila, yana cewa game da Ahab ɗan Kolahiya da Zedekiya ɗan Ma’asehiya, waɗanda suke muku annabcin ƙarya da sunana. “Zan ba da su ga Nebukadnezzar sarkin Babilon, zai kuwa kashe su a gaban idanunku.

22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’

Saboda su, dukan masu zaman bauta daga Yahuda waɗanda suke a Babilon za su yi amfani da wannan la’ana cewa, ‘Ubangiji ka yi da mu kamar Zedekiya da Ahab waɗanda sarkin Babilon ya ƙone da wuta.’

23 For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”

Gama sun aikata munanan abubuwa a Isra’ila; sun yi zina da matan maƙwabtansu kuma da sunana suka yi ƙarya, waɗanda ban faɗa musu su yi ba. Na san wannan kuma ni shaida ne ga haka,” in ji Ubangiji.

24 You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that

Faɗa wa Shemahiya mutumin Nehelam,

25 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:

“Ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila, yana cewa ka aika da wasiƙu da sunanka ga dukan mutane a Urushalima, zuwa ga Zefaniya ɗan Ma’asehiya firist da kuma ga sauran firistoci. Ka ce wa Zefaniya,

26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

‘Ubangiji ya naɗa ka firist a wurin Yehohiyada don ka lura da gidan Ubangiji; ya kamata ka sa kowane mahaukaci wanda yake yi kamar annabi cikin turu da kuma a kangi.

27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

To, me ya sa ba ka tsawata wa Irmiya daga Anatot, wanda yana ɗauka kansa annabi a cikinku ba?

28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”

Ya aiko mana da saƙonsa a Babilon cewa zai ɗauki lokaci ƙwarai. Saboda haka ku gina gidaje ku zauna; ku dasa gonaki ku kuma ci abin da suka haifar.’”

29 (Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)

Zefaniya firist kuwa, ya karanta wasiƙar annabi Irmiya.

30 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

Sa’an nan maganar Ubangiji ta zo wa Irmiya cewa,

31 “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

“Ka aika da wannan saƙo zuwa ga dukan masu zaman bauta cewa, ‘Ga abin da Ubangiji yana cewa game da Shemahiya, mutumin Nehelam. Domin Shemahiya ya yi muku annabci, ko da yake ban aike shi ba, ya kuma sa kuka gaskata ƙarya,

32 this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

ga abin da Ubangiji yana cewa, tabbatacce zan hukunta Shemahiya mutumin Nehelam da zuriyarsa. Ba zai kasance da wani da ya rage a cikin wannan mutane ba, ba kuwa zai ga abubuwa alherin da zan yi wa mutanena ba, in ji Ubangiji, domin ya yi wa’azin tawaye a kaina.’”