Jeremiah 44
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt —in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis —and in the land of Pathros:
Hili lilikuwa neno ambalo lilikuja kwa Yeremia kuhusu Wayahudi wote walioishi katika nchi ya Misri, wale wanaoishi Migdoli, Tahpanhesi, Memphis, na katika nchi ya Patrosi.
2 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
“Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi: Wewe mwenyewe umeyaona maafa yote niliyoleta juu ya Yerusalemu na miji yote ya Yuda. Ona, ni ukiwa leo. Hakuna yeyote anaishi mwao.
3 because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
Hii ni kwa sababu ya mambo maovu waliyofanya kunikosea mimi kwa kwenda kuchoma ubani na kuabudu miungu mengine. Hawa walikuwa miungu ambao wala wao wenyewe, wala ninyi, wala mababu zenu walijua.
4 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
Basi nirudie kuwatuma watumwa wangu wote manabii kwao. Niliwatuma wao kusema, 'Acha kufanya vitu hivi machukizo ambayo nachukia.
5 But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
Lakini hawakunisikiliza. Walikataa kuwa makini au kuyaacha maovu kwa kuchoma ubani kwa miungu mingine.
6 Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
Basi hasira yangu na gadhabu yangu zilimwanga na kuwasha moto kwenye miji ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalemu. Basi waliharibiwa na kuteketezwa, kama katika siku ya leo.”
7 So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
Basi sasa Yahwe, Mungu wa majeshi na Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, “Kwanini unafanya maovu makubwa dhidi yenu? Kwanini mnasababisha ninyi wenyewe kujitenga kutoka miongoni mwa Yuda - wanaume na wanawake, watoto na wanyonyao? Hakuna mabaki yenu yatabaki.
8 Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
Kwa maovu yenu mmenikosea pamoja na matendo ya mikono yenu, kwa kuchoma ubani kwa miungu mingine kwenye nchi ya Misri, ambapo mmekwenda kuishi. Mmeenda huko ili kwamba mtaangamizwa, ili kwamba mtalaaniwa na mashutumu miongoni mwa mataifa yote ya duniani.
9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Mmesahau maovu yaliyofanywa na mababu zenu na maouvu yaliyofanywa na wafalme wa Yuda na wake zao? Mmesahau uovu uliofanywa na ninyi na wake zenu katika nchi ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalemu?
10 To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
Kwa siku hii, hawajanyenyekea bado. Hawashimu sheria yangu au maagizo niliyoweka mbele yao na mababu zao, wala hawatembei nazo.”
11 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
Kwa hiyo sasa Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, “Ona, Nimekaribia kuweka uso wangu dhidi yenu kuleta maafa kwenu na kuiharibu Yuda yote.
12 And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
Kwa kuwa nitachukua mabaki wa Yuda ambaye ameanza safari kwenda nchi ya Misri kuishi huko. Nitafanya hivi ili kwamba wataangamia wote katika nchi ya Misri. Wataanguka kwa upanga na njaa. Kutoka wadogo kwa wakubwa wataangamia kwa upanga na njaa. Watakufa na watakuwa sababu ya kuaapa, kulaani, mashutumu, na kitu kibaya.
13 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
Kwa kuwa nitawaadhibu watu wakazi wa nchi ya Misri kama nilivyoadhibu Yerusalem kwa upanga, njaa, na pigo.
14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
Hakuna mkimbizi au mwathirika wa mabaki ya Yuda ambaye wataenda kuishi huko kwenye nchi ya Misri watarudi kwenye nchi ya Yuda, hata kama wanataka kurudi na kuishi huko. Hakuna kati yao atarudi, ijapokuwa wachache ambayo watatoroka kutoka huko.”
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
Kisha watu wote ambao walijua kwamba wake zao walikuwa wakichoma ubani kwa miungu mingine, na wanawake wote waliokuwa katika kusanyiko kuu, na watu wote ambao walikuwa wakiishi kwenye nchi ya Misri katika Pathrosi walimjibu Yeremia.
16 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
Walisema, “Kuhusu neno ambalo mmetuambia sisi kwa jina la Yahwe: Hatutakusikiliza.
17 Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
Kwa hakika tutafanya mambo yote ambayo tulisema tungefanya: kuchoma ubani kwa malkia wa Mbingu na kumwaga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake kama sisi, mababu zetu, wafalme wetu, na viongozi wetu walivyofanya kwenye miji ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalemu. Kisha tutajazwa pamoja na chakula na tutafanikiwa, pasipo kupata maafa yoyote.
18 But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
Wakati tunajiepusha kutofanya mambo haya, si kutoa sadaka ya ubani kwa Malkia wa Mbinguni na si kumwanga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake, tulikuwa wote tunaumwa umaskini na tulikuwa tunakufa kwa upanga na njaa.”
19 “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
Wanawake walisema, “Wakati tulipokuwa tunatengeneza ubani wa sadaka mbele ya Malkia wa Mbinguni na kumwaga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake, tulifanya hivi vitu pasipo waume wetu kujua.”
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
Kisha Yeremia alisema kwa watu wote - kwa wanaume na wanawake, na watu wote waliomjibu yeye - alihubiri na kusema,
21 “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
“Je Yahwe hakukumbuka ubani ambao mliuchoma kwenye miji ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalem - wewe na mababu zenu, wafalme wenu na viongozi, na watu wa nchi? Kwa kuwa Yahwe anakumbuka hili kwenye akili; inakuja kwenye mawazo yake.
22 So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
Basi hawakuweza tena kuvumilia kwa sababu ya matendo yenu maovu, kwa sababu machukizo ambayo mlifanya. Basi nchi yenu imekuwa ukiwa, kutisha, na laana basi hapakuwa na mkazi tena kwa siku hii.
23 Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
Kwa sababu mlichoma ubani na kufanya dhambi dhidi ya Yahwe, na kwa sababu msingesikiliza sauti yake, sheria yake, amri zake, au maagizo ya agano lake, maafa haya dhidi yenu yemetokea kama kwa siku hii. “
24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
Kisha Yeremia alisema kwa watu wote na wanawake wote, “Sikia neno la Yahwe, Yuda yote ambao wamo katika nchi ya Misri.
25 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, Wewe na wake zako wote mmesema kwa vinywa vyenu na kubeba kwa mikono yenu kile mlichosema, “Hakika tutabeba viapo ambavyo tulifanya kumwabudu Malkia wa Mbinguni, kwanga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake.” Sasa timiza viapo vyenu, vibebe.”
26 Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
Basi, sikiliza neno la Yahwe, Yuda yote ambao mnaishi katika nchi ya Misri, 'Ona, Nimeapa kwa jina langu kuu-asema Yahwe. Jina langu halitaitwa kwa vinywa vya wanaume wowote wa Yuda kwenye nchi ya Misri, wewe ambaye sasa unasema, “Kama Bwana Yahwe aishivyo.”
27 I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
Ona, Ninakutazama juu yako kwa ajili ya maafa na si kwa uzuri. Kila mtu wa Yuda katika nchi ya Misri ataangamia kwa upanga na njaa mpaka wote wameishia.
28 Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
Kisha waathirika wa upanga watarudi kutoka nchi ya Misri kwa nchi ya Yuda, peke idadi ndogo yao. Basi mabaki yote ya Yuda walioenda kwenye nchi ya Misri kuishi huko watajua ambao neno litakuwa kweli: yangu au yao.
29 This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
Hii itakuwa ishara kwa ajili yako - hili ni tamko la Yahwe - kwamba ninaweka dhidi yenu katika eneo hili, ili kwamba mtajua kwamba maneno yangu hakika yatawavamia pamoja na maafa.
30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama, ninakaribia kumtoa Farao Hofra mfalme wa Misri kwenye mkono wa adui zake na kwenye mkono wa wale wanaotafuta kumuua. Itakuwa sawa kama wakati nilimpa Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda kwenye mkono wa Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli, adui wake aliyetafuta maisha yake.
