Jeremiah 35
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa yakinyĩrĩire Jeremia yumĩte kũrĩ Jehova hĩndĩ ya wathani wa Jehoiakimu mũrũ wa Josia, mũthamaki wa Juda, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
2 Go into the house of the Rechabites, and have talk with them, and take them into the house of the Lord, into one of the rooms, and give them wine.
“Thiĩ kũrĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Rekabu, ũmeere moke kanyũmba-inĩ kamwe ga tũtũ tũrĩ rwere-inĩ rwa nyũmba ya Jehova, nawe ũmahe ndibei manyue.”
3 Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and all the Rechabites;
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩthiĩ ngĩgĩĩra Jaazania mũrũ wa Jeremia mũrũ wa Habazania, hamwe na ariũ a ithe, o na ariũ ake othe, na andũ a nyũmba ĩyo yothe ya Rekabu.
4 And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;
Ngĩmarehe thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Jehova, ngĩmatoonyia kanyũmba ka ariũ a Hanani mũrũ wa Igidalia, mũndũ wa Ngai. Kanyũmba kau kaariganĩtie na kanyũmba ka anene, karĩa kaarĩ hau igũrũ rĩa nyũmba ya Maaseia mũrũ wa Shalumu, ũrĩa warĩ mũikaria wa mũrango.
5 And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.
Ngĩcooka ngĩiga mbakũri ciyũrĩte ndibei, o na ngĩiga ikombe mbere ya andũ acio a nyũmba ya Rekabu, ngĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Nyuai ndibei ĩno.”
6 But they said, We will take no wine: for Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, gave us orders, saying, You are to take no wine, you or your sons, for ever:
No-o magĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Ithuĩ tũtinyuuaga ndibei, nĩ ũndũ ithe witũ wa tene, Jonadabu mũrũ wa Rekabu, nĩatũtigĩire watho, akiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũtikananyue ndibei, inyuĩ ene kana njiaro cianyu.
7 And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.
Ningĩ-rĩ, mũtikanaake nyũmba, kana mũhaande mbeũ, kana mũhaande mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ; mũtikanagĩe na kĩndũ o na kĩmwe kĩa indo icio, no rĩrĩ, mũgũtũũra mũikaraga hema-inĩ. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũgatũũra matukũ maingĩ bũrũri ũyũ mũikaraga ta mũrĩ ageni.’
8 And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;
Nĩtũtũũrĩte twathĩkĩire ũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ithe witũ wa tene Jonadabu mũrũ wa Rekabu aatwathire. Gũtirĩ mũndũ witũ ithuĩ, kana atumia aitũ, kana ariũ na airĩtu aitũ, ũrĩ wanyua ndibei,
9 Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:
kana agĩaka nyũmba ya gũtũũrwo, kana akĩgĩa mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ, kana ithaka, o na kana akehaandĩra irio.
10 But we have been living in tents, and have done everything which Jonadab our father gave us orders to do.
Tũtũũrĩte hema-inĩ twathĩkagĩra ũrĩa wothe ithe witũ wa tene Jonadabu aatwathire.
11 But when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came up into the land, we said, Come, let us go to Jerusalem, away from the army of the Chaldaeans and from the army of the Aramaeans: and so we are living in Jerusalem.
No rĩrĩa Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni aahithũkĩire bũrũri ũyũ, nĩtwoigire atĩrĩ: ‘Ũkĩrai, no nginya tũthiĩ Jerusalemu tũũrĩre mbũtũ cia ita cia Babuloni na cia Asuriata.’ Nĩ ũndũ ũcio tũkoretwo tũgĩikara gũkũ Jerusalemu.”
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
Ningĩ ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩgĩkinyĩra Jeremia, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
13 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Go and say to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, Is there no hope of teaching you to give ear to my words? says the Lord.
“Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: Thiĩ ũkeere andũ a Juda na arĩa othe matũũraga Jerusalemu atĩrĩ: ‘Kaĩ inyuĩ mũtangĩĩruta ũndũ nĩguo mwathĩkĩre ciugo ciakwa?’ ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
14 The orders which Jonadab, the son of Rechab, gave to his sons to take no wine, are done, and to this day they take no wine, for they do the orders of their father: but I have sent my words to you, getting up early and sending them, and you have not given ear to me.
‘Jonadabu mũrũ wa Rekabu aathire ariũ ake matikananyue ndibei, naguo watho ũcio wake matũũrĩte maũhingagia. O na nginya ũmũthĩ matinyuuaga ndibei, nĩgũkorwo nĩmathĩkagĩra watho ũcio wa ithe wao wa tene. No rĩrĩ, inyuĩ ndĩmwarĩirie kaingĩ kaingĩ, no mũtirĩ mwanjathĩkĩra.
15 And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.
Ndĩmũtũmĩire ndungata ciakwa ciothe cia anabii kaingĩ kaingĩ. Nao mamwĩraga atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ o wothe wanyu no nginya atigane na mĩthiĩre yake ya waganu na aagĩrie ciĩko ciake; tigai kũrũmĩrĩra ngai ingĩ kana gũcitungatagĩra. Na inyuĩ nĩmũgatũũra bũrũri ũyũ ndaamũheire inyuĩ o na maithe manyu.” No inyuĩ mũtiigana kũrũmbũiya ũhoro ũcio kana gũũthikĩrĩria.
16 Though the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the orders of their father which he gave them, this people has not given ear to me:
Njiaro icio cia Jonadabu mũrũ wa Rekabu nĩihingĩtie watho ũcio ithe wao wa tene aacitigĩire, no andũ aya matinjathĩkĩire.’
17 For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem all the evil which I said I would do to them: because I sent my words to them, but they did not give ear; crying out to them, but they gave no answer.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova Ngai Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘Ta thikĩrĩriai! Nĩngũrehithĩria Juda o na mũndũ wothe ũtũũraga Jerusalemu mwanangĩko ũrĩa wothe ndoigire nĩngamarehere. Niĩ ndaamaarĩirie, no-o makĩrega gũthikĩrĩria; ndaametire no-o makĩrega kũnjĩtĩka.’”
18 But to the Rechabites Jeremiah said, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have done the orders of Jonadab your father, and have kept his rules, and done everything as he gave you orders to do it;
Nake Jeremia agĩcooka akĩĩra andũ a nyũmba ya Rekabu atĩrĩ, “Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘Inyuĩ nĩmwathĩkĩire watho wa Jonadabu, ithe wanyu wa tene, na mũkarũmĩrĩra mataaro make mothe, na nĩmwĩkĩte ũrĩa wothe aamwathire.’
19 For this reason the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Jonadab, the son of Rechab, will never be without a man to take his place before me.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘Jonadabu mũrũ wa Rekabu ndarĩ hĩndĩ akaaga mũndũ wa kũndungatĩra.’”
