Jeremiah 43
1 Then it happened that, when Jeremiah had finished speaking all the words of the Lord their God to the people, all those words concerning which the Lord their God had sent him to them,
Ilitokea kwamba Yeremia alimaliza kuhubiri kwa watu wote maneno yote ya Yahwe Mungu wao kwamba Yahwe Mungu wao alimwambia kusema.
2 Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the exalted men, spoke to Jeremiah, saying: “You are speaking a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say: ‘You shall not enter into Egypt so as to live in that place.’
Azaria mwana wa Hoshaia, Yonathani mwana wa Karea, na watu wenye kiburi walisema kwa Yeremia, “Unasema uongo. Yahwe Mungu wetu hajakutuma wewe kusema, 'Usiende Misri kuishi huko.'
3 Instead, Baruch, the son of Neriah, has incited you against us, so as to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to put us to death and to cause us to be led away into Babylon.”
Kwa kuwa Baruku mwana wa Neria anakuchochea dhidi yetu kututoa sisi kwenye mkono wa Wakaldayo, kwa kuwa wewe umesababisha kifo chetu na kutufanya sisi mateka huko Babeli.”
4 And so Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the leaders of the warriors, and all the people, did not heed the voice of the Lord to remain in the land of Judah.
Basi Yonathani mwana wa Karea, wakuu wa jeshi, na watu wote walikataa kusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe kuishi kwenye nchi ya Yuda.
5 But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the leaders of the warriors, took away all the remnant of Judah, who had returned from all the nations (to which they had been scattered before) to live in the land of Judah:
Yonathani mwana wa Karea na amri jeshi wote waliwachukua mabaki wa Yuda ambao walikuwa wamerudi kutoka mataifa yote ambapo walikuwa wametawanyika kuishi katika nchi ya Yuda.
6 men, and women, and children, and the daughters of the king, and every soul that Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, had left behind with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah, the prophet, and Baruch, the son of Neriah.
Waliwachukua wanaume na wanawake, watoto na mabinti wa mfalme, na kila mtu ambaye Nebuzaradani, nahodha wa walinzi wa mfalme, waliruhusu kubaki pamoja na Gedali mwana wa Ahikam mwana wa Shafan. Pia walimchukua Yeremia nabii na Baruku mwana wa Neria.
7 And they entered into the land of Egypt. For they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they went as far as Tahpanhes.
Walienda nchi ya Misri, kwa Tahpanhesi, kwa sababu hawakusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe.
8 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes, saying:
Basi neno la Yahwe lilikuja kwa Yeremia huko Tahpanhesi na kusema,
9 “Take great stones in your hand, and you shall conceal them in the crypt which is under the brick wall at the gate of the house of Pharaoh at Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah.
“Chukua mawe makubwa mkononi mwako, na, kwenye macho ya watu wa Yuda, yafiche kwenye chokaa kwenye njia ya kuingia katika nyumba ya Farao huko Tahpanhesi.
10 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send for and take Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne over these stones which I have concealed, and he will establish his throne upon them.
Kisha wakasema nao, “Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, 'Ona, nimekaribia kutuma wajumbe kumchukua Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli kama mtumwa wangu. Nitaweka kiti cha enzi juu ya mawe haya ambayo wewe, Yeremia, umeyazika. Nebukadreza ataweka banda lake juu yao.
11 And he will come and strike the land of Egypt: those who are meant for death, shall go to death, and those for captivity, to captivity, and those for the sword, to the sword.
Kwa kuwa atakuja na kuvamia nchi ya Misri. Yeyote aliyeandikiwa kufa atakufa. Yeyote aliyeandikiwa mateka atachukuliwa mateka. Na yeyote aliyeandikiwa kwa upanga atakufa kwa upanga.
12 And he will kindle a fire in the shrines of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them down, and he will lead them away captive. And he will clothe himself with the land of Egypt, just as a shepherd is clothed with his cloak. And he will go forth from that place in peace.
Kisha nitawasha moto katika mahekalu ya miungu ya Misri. Nebukadreza atawachoma na kuwashika. Atasafisha nchi ya Misri kama wachungaji wanavyosafisha wanyama waharibio nguo zao. Ataenda nje kutoka eneo hilo kwa ushindi.
13 And he will crush the statues of the house of the Sun, those that are in the land of Egypt, and the shrines of the gods of Egypt he will burn up with fire.”
Atavunja nguzo za mawe huko Heliopolisi kwenye nchi ya Misri. Atachoma mahekalu ya miungu ya Misri.”
