Jeremiah 18
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Yehova anawuza Yeremiya kuti,
2 Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
“Pita ku nyumba ya munthu wowumba mbiya, ndipo kumeneko ndikakuwuza mawu anga.”
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones.
Choncho ndinatsikira ku nyumba ya wowumba mbiya, ndipo ndinamuona akuwumba mbiya pa mkombero.
4 And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it.
Tsono amati ngati mbiya imene waumba ikhala yosawumbika bwino ankayiphwanya nʼkuwumbanso ina monga mmene afunira ndi dothi lake lomwe lija.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Kenaka Yehova anandiwuza kuti,
6 O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.
“Inu Aisraeli, kodi Ine sindingathe kuchita nanu monga amachitira wowumba mbiya?” akutero Yehova. “Inu muli mʼmanja mwanga ngati mtapo mʼmanja mwa wowumba mbiya.
7 Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;
Ngati nditalengeza kuti mtundu wina wa anthu kapena ufumu wina ndiwuzula, kuwugwetsa ndi kuwuwononga,
8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.
ndipo ngati mtundu wa anthu umene ndawuchenjezawo ulapa zoyipa zawo, ndiye kuti Ine ndidzaleka ndipo sindidzabweretsa pa anthuwo mavuto amene ndinakonzekera kuwachitira.
9 And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;
Ndipo ngati ndilengeza kuti ndikufuna kumanga ndi kukhazikitsa mtundu wa anthu kapena ufumu.
10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.
Koma mtunduwo ukachita choyipa pamaso panga nʼkusandimvera, ndiye kuti sindidzawuchitiranso zabwino zimene ndimafuna ndiwuchitire.
11 Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.
“Ndipo tsopano kawawuze anthu a ku Yuda ndi amene akukhala mu Yerusalemu kuti, ‘Yehova akuti, Taonani! Ndikukukonzerani mavuto, ndi kuganizira zoti ndikulangeni. Kotero siyani makhalidwe anu oyipa aliyense wa inu, ndipo mukonzenso makhalidwe anu ndi zochita zanu.’
12 But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.
Koma iwo adzayankha kuti, ‘Zimenezo nʼzosathandiza. Ife tidzapitiriza kuchita zomwe takonzekera; aliyense wa ife adzatsatira zoyipa za mtima wake wokanika.’”
13 So this is what the Lord has said: Make search among the nations and see who has had word of such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very shocking thing.
Yehova akuti, “Uwafunse anthu a mitundu ina kuti: Kodi ndani anamvapo zinthu zofanana ndi zimenezi? Israeli amene anali ngati namwali wanga wachita chinthu choopsa kwambiri.
14 Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains become dry?
Kodi chisanu chimatha pa matanthwe otsetsereka a phiri la Lebanoni? Kodi madzi ozizira amitsinje ochokera ku phiri la Lebanoni adzamphwa?
15 For my people have put me out of their memory, burning perfumes to that which is nothing; and because of this, I will put a cause of falling in their ways, even in the old roads, and will make them go on side-roads, in a way not lifted up;
Komatu anthu anga andiyiwala; akufukiza lubani kwa mafano achabechabe. Amapunthwa mʼnjira zawo zakale. Amayenda mʼnjira zachidule ndi kusiya njira zabwino.
16 Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.
Dziko lawo amalisandutsa chipululu, chinthu chochititsa manyazi nthawi zonse; onse odutsapo adzadabwa kwambiri ndipo adzapukusa mitu yawo.
17 I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.
Ngati mphepo yochokera kummawa, ndidzawabalalitsa pamaso pa adani awo; ndidzawafulatira osawathandiza pa tsiku la mavuto awo.”
18 Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
Anthuwo anati, “Tiyeni, tipangane zoti timuchitire Yeremiya; pakuti ansembe otiphunzitsa malamulo tidzakhala nawobe. Anthu anzeru otilangiza tidzakhala nawo, ndiponso aneneri otilalikira mawu. Choncho tiyeni timupezere chifukwa ndipo tisamvere chilichonse chimene akunena.”
19 Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.
Ndipo ndinapemphera kwa Yehova kuti, “Inu Yehova, ndimvereni; imvani zimene adani anga akunena za ine!
20 Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
Kodi chinthu choyipa nʼkukhala dipo la chinthu chabwino? Komabe iwo andikumbira dzenje. Kumbukirani kuti ndinadzayima pamaso panu kudzawapempherera kuti muwachotsere mkwiyo wanu.
21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.
Choncho langani ana awo ndi njala; aperekeni kuti aphedwe ndi lupanga. Akazi awo asanduke opanda ana ndi amasiye; amuna awo aphedwe ndi mliri, anyamata awo aphedwe ndi lupanga ku nkhondo.
22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.
Kulira kumveke kuchokera mʼnyumba zawo mutawatumizira gulu lankhondo mwadzidzidzi kuti liwakanthe. Iwo andikumbira dzenje kuti ndigweremo ndipo atchera msampha mapazi anga.
23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
Koma Inu Yehova, mukudziwa ziwembu zawo zonse zofuna kundipha. Musawakhululukire zolakwa zawo kapena kufafaniza machimo awo pamaso panu. Agonjetsedwe pamaso panu; muwalange muli wokwiya.”
