Jeremiah 30
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Neno lilokuja kwa Yeremia kutoka kwa Yahwe likisema,
2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
“Hivi ndivyo Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, anasema, 'Jiandikie mwenyewe katika baraua maneno yote niliyotangaza kwako katika barua.
3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
Maana ona, siku zinakuja—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—nitakapowarudisha mateka wa watu wangu Israeli na Yuda. Mimi, Yahwe, nimesema hili. Kwa maana nitawarudisha kwenye nchi ambayo niliwapa babu zao, na wataimiliki.”'
4 These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
Haya ni maneno ambayo Yahwe anatangaza kuhusu Israeli na Yuda,
5 Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace.
“Kwa maana Yahwe anasema hivi, 'Tumesikia sauti ya kutetemesha ya hofu na wala siyo ya amani.
6 Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
Ulizeni na muone kama mwanaume anamwogopa mtoto. Mbona ninamwona kila mwanaume kijana ameshika mikono yake juu ya kiuno chake kama mwanamke anayejifungua mtoto? Kwa nini nyuso zao wote zimegeuka rangi?
7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
Ole! Kwa maana siku hiyo itakuwa kuu, isiyofanana na yoyote. Utakuwa wakati wa huzuni kwa Yakobo, lakini ataokolewa.
8 On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
Kwa maana itakuwa katika siku hiyo—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe wa majeshi—kwamba nitaivunja nira ya shingo zenu, na nitaisambaza minyororo yenu, kwa hiyo wageni hawatawafanya watumwa tena.
9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Bali watamwabudu Yahwe Mungu wao na kumtumikia Daudi mfalme wao, ambaye nitamfanya mfalme juu yao.
10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
Kwa hiyo wewe, mtumishi wangu Yakobo, usiogope—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—na usikate tamaa, Israeli. Maana ona, niko karibu kukurudisha kutoka mbali, na uzao wako kutoka nchi ya utumwa, Yakobo atarudi na kuwa katika amani; ataokolewa, na hapatakuwa na hofu zaidi.
11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Kwa maana niko pamoja nawe—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—ili kukuokoa. Kisha nitaleta mwisho kamili kwa mataifa yote ambako nimewatawanya. Bali sitaweka mwisho kwako, ingawa ninakuadhibu kwa haki na kwa hakika sitakuacha bila kukuadhibu.'
12 For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
Kwa maana Yahwe anasema hivi, 'Jeraha lako si la kupona; kidonda chako kimeenea.
13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
Hakuna mtu wa kukutetea kesi yako; hakuna utetezi kwa ajili ya kidonda chako ili upone.
14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
Wapenzi wako wote wamekusahau. Hawatakuangalia, kwa maana nimekujeruhi kwa jeraha la adui na nidhimu ya bwana mkatili kwa sababu ya uovu wako mwingi na dhambi zako zisizohesabika.
15 Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
Kwa nini unaita msaada kwa ajili ya jeraha lako? Maumivu yako hayaponyeki. kwa sambabu ya uovu wako mwingi, dhambi zako zisizohesabika, nimefanya mambo haya kwako.
16 Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
Kila mtu akulaye ataliwa, na adui zako wote wataenda utumwani. Kwa maana kila aliyekuteka nyara atatekwa, na nitawafanya wote wanaokuwinda kuwa mawindo.
17 But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
Kwa maana nitaleta uponyaji juu yako; nitakuponya majeraha yako—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—nitafanya hivyo kwa sababu walikuita: Mwenyekutupwa. Hakuna anayeujali Sayuni.”
18 This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
Yahwe anasema hivi, “Ona, niko karibu kuwarudisha mateka wa hema za Yakobo na kuwa na huruma juu ya nyumba zake. Kisha mji utajengwa juu ya lundo la magofu, na jumba litakuwepo tena kama ilivyokuwa kawaida.
19 Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
Kisha wimbo wa kusifu na sauti ya ya shangwe itasikika kutoka kwao, kwa maana nitawaongeza na wala sitawapunguza; nitawaheshimu ili kwamba wasifanywe wanyonge.
20 Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
Kisha watu watakuwa kama ilivyokuwa mwanzo, na kusanyiko lao litaanzishwa mbele yangu wakati nitakapowaadhibu wote wanaowatesa kwa sasa.
21 Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?”
Kiongozi wao atatoka miongoni mwao. Atatokeza kutoka kati yao nitakapomleta karibu na atakapanikaribia mimi. kama sitafanya hivyo, ni nani atakayethubutu kunisogelea? —hili ni tangazo la Yahwe.
22 “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
Kisha mtakuwa watu wangu, na nitakuwa Mungu wenu.
23 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
Ona, tufani ya Yahwe, ghadhabu yake, imekwenda nje. Ni tufani isiyokoma. Itazunguka juu ya vichwa vya watu waovu.
24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
Hasira ya Yahwe haitarudi mpaka itoke na kutimiza makusudi ya moyo wake. Katika siku za mwisho mtalielewa hili.”
