< Jeremiah 25 >

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah (that is, the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
Yehova anayankhula ndi Yeremiya za anthu onse a ku Yuda mʼchaka chachinayi cha ufumu wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosiya mfumu ya ku Yuda, chimene chinali chaka choyamba cha ufumu wa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni.
2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
Choncho mneneri Yeremiya anawuza anthu onse a ku Yuda pamodzi ndi onse amene amakhala mu Yerusalemu kuti:
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, the king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Kwa zaka 23, kuyambira chaka cha 13 cha ufumu wa Yosiya mwana wa Amoni mfumu ya ku Yuda mpaka lero lino, Yehova wakhala akundipatsa mauthenga ake ndipo ine ndakhala ndikuyankhula ndi inu kawirikawiri, koma inu simunamvere.
4 And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,
Ndipo ngakhale Yehova kawirikawiri wakhala akukutumizirani atumiki ake onse, aneneri, inuyo simunamvere kapena kutchera khutu.
5 when they said, Turn again now every one from his evil way, and from the wickedness of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers from of old even for ever.
Aneneriwo ankanena kuti, “Ngati aliyense wa inu abwerere, kusiya njira zake zoyipa ndi machitidwe ake oyipa, ndiye kuti mudzakhala mʼdziko limene Yehova anapereka kwa makolo anu kwamuyaya.
6 And go not after other gods, to serve them and to worship them; and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Musatsatire milungu ina nʼkuyitumikira ndi kuyipembedza. Musapute mkwiyo wanga ndi mafano amene mwapanga ndi manja anu. Mukatero Ine sindidzakuwonongani.
7 But ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, to your own hurt.
“Koma inu simunandimvere,” akutero Yehova, “ndipo munaputa mkwiyo wanga ndi mafano amene munapanga ndi manja anu. Choncho munadziwononga nokha.”
8 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not listened to my words,
Nʼchifukwa chake Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Chifukwa simunamvere mawu anga,
9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual wastes.
ndidzayitana mafuko onse akumpoto, pamodzi ndi mtumiki wanga Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni,” akutero Yehova, “ndipo adzathira nkhondo dziko lino ndi anthu ake pamodzi ndi mitundu yonse ya anthu ozungulira dzikoli. Ndidzawawononga kwathunthu ndi kuwasandutsa chinthu chochititsa mantha ndi chonyozeka, mpaka muyaya.
10 And I will cause to perish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
Ndidzathetsa mfuwu wachimwemwe ndi wachisangalalo, mawu a mkwati ndi mkwatibwi, phokoso la mphero ndi kuwala kwa nyale.
11 And this whole land shall become a waste, an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Dziko lonse lidzakhala bwinja ndi chipululu, ndipo mitundu ina idzatumikira mfumu ya ku Babuloni kwa 70.
12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will visit on the king of Babylon and on that nation, saith Jehovah, their iniquity, and on the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it perpetual desolations.
“Koma zaka 70 zikadzatha, ndidzalanga mfumu ya ku Babuloni pamodzi ndi anthu ake, chifukwa cha zolakwa zawo,” akutero Yehova, “ndipo dziko lawo lidzakhala chipululu mpaka muyaya.
13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
Ndidzachita zinthu zonse zimene ndinayankhula zotsutsa dzikolo, zonse zimene zalembedwa mʼbuku lino, ndiponso zonse zimene Yeremiya analosera zotsutsa anthu amenewa.
14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
Iwo eni adzakhala akapolo a anthu a mitundu yochuluka ndi mafumu amphamvu. Ndidzawabwezera molingana ndi zochita zawo ndi ntchito za manja awo.”
15 For thus hath Jehovah the God of Israel said unto me: Take the cup of the wine of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.
Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli, anandiwuza kuti, “Tenga chikho ichi chodzaza ndi vinyo wa ukali wanga, ndipo ukamwetse anthu a mitundu yonse kumene ndikukutuma.
16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Akadzamwa adzayamba kudzandira ndi kuchita misala chifukwa cha nkhondo imene ndikuyitumiza pakati pawo.”
17 And I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me:
Choncho ine ndinatenga chikhocho mʼdzanja la Yehova ndipo ndinamwetsa mitundu yonse ya anthu kumene Iye ananditumako:
18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a waste, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
Anandituma ku Yerusalemu ndi ku mizinda ya Yuda, kwa mafumu ake ndi nduna zake kuti ndikawasandutse ngati bwinja ndi chinthu chochititsa mantha ndi chonyozeka ndiponso chotembereredwa, monga mmene alili lero lino.
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
Ananditumanso kwa Farao, mfumu ya ku Igupto, kwa atumiki ake, nduna zake ndi kwa anthu ake onse,
20 and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
ndi kwa anthu ena onse a mitundu yachilendo; mafumu onse a ku Uzi; mafumu onse a Afilisti, a ku Asikeloni, ku Gaza, ku Ekroni ndiponso kwa anthu a ku chigwa chotsala cha Asidodi;
21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
Edomu, Mowabu ndi Amoni.
22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles that are beyond the sea;
Ananditumanso kwa mafumu onse a ku Turo ndi ku Sidoni; kwa mafumu a kutsidya la nyanja;
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners [of their beard] cut off;
ku Dedani, ku Tema, ku Buzi ndi kwa onse ometa chamʼmbali.
24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert;
Ananditumanso kwa mafumu onse a ku Arabiya ndi mafumu onse a anthu achilendo amene amakhala mʼchipululu.
25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Anandituma kwa mafumu onse a ku Zimuri, Elamu ndi Mediya;
26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
ndiponso kwa mafumu onse a kumpoto, akufupi ndi kutali omwe, mafumu onse a dziko lapansi. Ndipo potsiriza pake, idzamwenso ndi mfumu Sesaki.
27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.
“Ndipo uwawuze kuti, ‘Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti: Imwani, ledzerani ndipo musanze, mugwe osadzukanso chifukwa cha nkhondo imene ndikutumiza pakati panu.’
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup from thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall certainly drink.
Koma ngati akana kutenga chikhocho mʼdzanja lako ndi kumwa, uwawuze kuti, ‘Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti: Muyenera kumwa ndithu!’”
29 For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city that is called by my name, and should ye be altogether unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Taonani, tsopano ndiyamba kulanga mzinda uno umene umadziwika ndi dzina langa. Kodi inu muganiza kuti simudzalangidwa? Ayi, simudzapulumuka chifukwa ndikutumiza nkhondo pa onse okhala pa dziko lapansi, akutero Yehova Wamphamvuzonse.
30 And thou, prophesy unto them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar upon his dwelling-place, he will give a shout, as they that tread [the vintage], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
“Tsopano iwe nenera mawu owatsutsa ndipo uwawuze kuti, “‘Yehova adzabangula kumwamba; mawu ake adzamveka ngati bingu kuchokera ku malo ake opatulika. Adzabangula mwamphamvu kukalipira dziko lake. Iye adzafuwula ngati anthu oponda mphesa, kukalipira onse amene akukhala pa dziko lapansi.
31 The noise shall come to the end of the earth: for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations, he entereth into judgment with all flesh; as for the wicked, he will give them up to the sword, saith Jehovah.
Phokoso lalikulu lidzamveka mpaka kumalekezero a dziko lonse lapansi, chifukwa Yehova adzazenga mlandu anthu a mitundu yonse; adzaweruza mtundu wonse wa anthu ndipo oyipa adzawapha ndi lupanga,’” akutero Yehova.
32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
Yehova Wamphamvuzonse akuti, “Taonani! Mavuto akuti akachoka pa mtundu wina akukagwa pa mtundu wina; mphepo ya mkuntho ikuyambira ku malekezero a dziko.”
33 And the slain of Jehovah shall [be] at that day from [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.
Pa tsiku limenelo, onse ophedwa ndi Yehova adzangoti mbwee ponseponse, pa dziko lonse lapansi. Palibe amene adzawalire kapena kusonkhanitsa mitemboyo kuti ikayikidwe mʼmanda, koma idzakhala mbwee ngati ndowe.
34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the dust], noble ones of the flock: for the days of your slaughter are accomplished, and I will disperse you; and ye shall fall like a precious vessel.
Khetsani misozi ndi kufuwula mwamphamvu, abusa inu; gubudukani pa fumbi, inu atsogoleri a nkhosa. Pakuti nthawi yanu yophedwa yafika; mudzagwa ndi kuphwanyika ngati mbiya yabwino kwambiri.
35 And refuge shall perish from the shepherds, and escape from the noble ones of the flock.
Abusa adzasowa kothawira, atsogoleri a nkhosa adzasowa malo opulumukira.
36 There shall be a voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the noble ones of the flock: for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture;
Imvani kulira kwa abusa, atsogoleri a nkhosa akulira, chifukwa Yehova akuwononga msipu wawo.
37 and the peaceable enclosures shall be desolated, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Makola awo a nkhosa amene anali pamtendere adzasanduka bwinja chifukwa cha mkwiyo woopsa wa Yehova.
38 He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Ngati mkango, Yehova wasiya phanga lake, pakuti dziko lawo lasanduka chipululu chifukwa cha nkhondo ya owazunza ndiponso chifukwa cha mkwiyo woopsa wa Yehova.

< Jeremiah 25 >