< Jeremias 40 >

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying,
Yehova anayankhula ndi Yeremiya pamene Nebuzaradani mtsogoleri wa asilikali olonda mfumu anamasula Yeremiyayo ku Rama. Anamupeza Yeremiya ali womangidwa ndi unyolo pamodzi ndi amʼndende ena onse a ku Yerusalemu ndi a ku Yuda amene ankapita nawo ku ukapolo ku Babuloni.
2 Thus says the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
Mtsogoleriyu anamupeza Yeremiya, anamuwuza kuti, “Yehova Mulungu wako analengeza kale zakuti malo ano adzawonongedwa.
3 Cry to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things, which you know not.
Ndipo tsopano Yehova wachitadi zimenezi monga mmene ananenera. Izi zonse zachitika chifukwa anthu inu munachimwira Yehova ndipo simunamumvere.
4 For thus says the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Juda, which have been pulled down for mounds and fortifications,
Koma tsopano taona, lero ndikukumasula unyolo umene unali mʼmanja mwako. Ngati ukufuna kupita nane ku Babuloni, tiye ndipo adzakusamala bwino. Koma ngati sukufuna kupita, ndiye usapite. Dziko ndi limeneli monga ukulioneramo. Uli ndi ufulu kupita kulikonse kumene ukufuna.”
5 to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I struck in mine anger and my wrath, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness:
Yeremiya asanayankhe, Nebuzaradani anamuwuzanso kuti, “Ngati supita ndiye pita, ubwerere kwa Gedaliya, mwana wa Ahikamu, mdzukulu wa Safani, amene mfumu ya ku Babuloni inamusankha kuti akhale bwanamkubwa wa Yuda. Ukakhale naye pakati pa anthu, kapena upite kulikonse ukufuna.” Ndipo mtsogoleri uja anamupatsa Yeremiya chakudya ndi mphatso zina ndi kumulola kuti apite.
6 Behold, I bring upon her healing and cure, and I will show [myself] to them, and will heal her, and make both peace and security.
Motero Yeremiya anapita kwa Gedaliya mwana wa Ahikamu ku Mizipa ndipo anakakhala naye kumeneko pakati pa anthu amene anatsala mʼdzikomo.
7 And I will turn the captivity of Juda, and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, even as before.
Panali atsogoleri ena a nkhondo ndi anthu awo amene sanadzipereke nawo. Iwowa anamva kuti mfumu ya ku Babuloni inasankha Gedaliya mwana wa Ahikamu kukhala bwanamkubwa wa dzikolo ndipo kuti yamuyika kukhala wolamulira amuna, akazi ndi ana amene anali osauka kwambiri mʼdzikomo, amene sanawagwire ukapolo kupita nawo ku Babuloni.
8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and will not remember their sins, whereby they have sinned against me, and revolted from me.
Iwowa anapita ku Mizipa kwa Gedaliya. Amene anapitawo ndi awa: Ismaeli mwana wa Netaniya, Yohanani ndi Yonatani ana a Kareya, Seraya mwana wa Tanihumeti, ana a Efai a ku Netofa, ndi Yezaniya mwana wa Maaka, iwowo pamodzi ndi anthu awo.
9 And it shall be for joy and praise, and for glory to all the people of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I will do: and they shall fear and be provoked for all the good things and for all the peace which I will bring upon them.
Gedaliya mwana wa Ahikamu, mdzukulu wa Safani, anawalonjeza iwo pamodzi ndi anthuwo mwalumbiro. Ndipo anati, “Musaope kuwatumikira Ababuloni. Khalani mʼdziko muno, tumikirani mfumu ya ku Babuloni, ndipo zinthu zidzakuyenderani bwino.
10 Thus says the Lord; There shall yet be heard in this place, of which you say, it is destitute of men and cattle, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, [the places] that have been made desolate for lack of men and cattle,
Ine ndidzakhala ku Mizipa kuti ndizikuyimirirani kwa Ababuloni amene azidzabwera kwa ife, koma inu muzikolola vinyo wanu, zipatso zanu, mafuta anu ndi kuzisunga mʼmitsuko yanu, nʼkumakhala mʼmizinda imene mwalandayo.”
11 the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of men saying, Give thanks to the Lord Almighty: for the Lord is good; for his mercy [endures] fore ever: and they shall bring gifts into the house of the Lord; for I will turn all the captivity of that land as before, said the Lord.
Nawonso Ayuda onse a ku Mowabu, ku Amoni, ku Edomu ndi a ku mayiko ena onse anamva kuti mfumu ya ku Babuloni inasiyako anthu ena ku Yuda ndipo kuti inasankha Gedaliya mwana wa Ahikamu, mwana wa Safani, kukhala bwanamkubwa wawo.
12 Thus says the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for lack of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting-places for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Tsono Ayuda onsewo anabwerera ku Yuda, ku Mizipa kwa Gedaliya, kuchokera ku mayiko onse kumene anabalalikira. Ndipo anakolola zipatso zochuluka ndi vinyo wambiri.
13 In the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the [cities] round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, flocks shall yet pass under the hand of him that numbers [them], says the Lord.
Yohanani mwana wa Kareya ndi atsogoleri a ankhondo onse amene sanadzipereke aja anabwera ku Mizipa kwa Gedaliya
ndipo anamufunsa kuti, “Kodi sukudziwa kuti Baalisi mfumu ya Aamoni watuma Ismaeli mwana wa Netaniya kuti akuphe?” Koma Gedaliya mwana wa Ahikamu sanawankhulupirire.
Tsono Yohanani mwana wa Kareya, mwamseri anawuza Gedaliya ku Mizipa kuti, “Loleni ndipite ndikaphe Ismaeli mwana wa Netaniya, ndipo palibe amene ati adziwe. Akuphereninji ndi kuchititsa Ayuda onse, amene akuzungulirani kuti abalalike ndi kuti otsala a ku Yuda awonongeke?”
Koma Gedaliya mwana wa Ahikamu anawuza Yohanani mwana wa Kareya kuti, “Usachite zimenezo! Zimene ukunena za Ismaeli ndi zabodza.”

< Jeremias 40 >