Jeremiah 16
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova nĩyanginyĩrire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place.
“Ndũkanahikanie ũgĩe na aanake kana airĩtu kũndũ gũkũ.”
3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land:
Nĩgũkorwo ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga ũndũ ũkoniĩ aanake na airĩtu arĩa maciarĩirwo bũrũri ũyũ na ũkoniĩ atumia arĩa marĩ manyina mao na arũme arĩa marĩ maithe mao, atĩrĩ:
4 They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.
“Nĩmagakua gĩkuũ kiumanĩte na mĩrimũ mĩũru. Matigaacakaĩrwo kana mathikwo, no magaatuĩka ta rũrua rũharaganĩtio gũkũ thĩ. Makaaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora na ngʼaragu, nacio ciimba ciao igatuĩka, irio cia nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ na nyamũ cia gĩthaka.”
5 For thus saith the Lord: Enter not into the house of feasting, neither go thou to mourn, nor to comfort them: because I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, my mercy and commiserations.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ndũkanatoonye mũciĩ ũrĩ na ndĩa ya mathiko; ndũgathiĩ gũcakaya kana gũcaayanĩra, nĩ ũndũ nĩnjeheretie kĩrathimo gĩakwa, na wendo wakwa, o na tha ciakwa harĩ andũ aya,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
6 Both the great and the little shall die in the land: they shall not be buried nor lamented, and men shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
“Andũ othe, anene na arĩa anini, nĩmagakuĩra bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ. Matigaathikwo kana macakaĩrwo, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgetiihangia kana enjwo mũtwe nĩ ũndũ wao.
7 And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them to drink of the cup, to comfort them for their father and mother.
Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaaheana irio cia kũhooreria acio maracakaĩra arĩa makuĩte, o na akorwo nĩ ithe kana nyina, o na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaaheana kĩndũ gĩa kũnyua nĩguo amagirie maithori.
8 And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink.
“Ningĩ ndũkanatoonye mũciĩ ũrĩ na gĩathĩ, atĩ nĩguo ũikare thĩ nao mũrĩe na mũnyue.
9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will take away out of this place in your sight, and in your days the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova, Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘Matukũ-inĩ manyu nĩmũkeonera na maitho manyu ngakinyia mĩgambo ya ndũrũhĩ na ya gĩkeno mũthia o na niine mĩgambo ya mũhiki na mũhikania kũndũ gũkũ.’
10 And when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity? and what is our sin, that we have sinned against the Lord our God?
“Rĩrĩa ũkeera andũ aya maũndũ macio mothe nao makũũrie atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte Jehova atũtuĩre mwanangĩko mũnene ũguo? Kaĩ twĩkĩte ihĩtia rĩrĩkũ? Nĩ mehia marĩkũ twĩhĩirie Jehova Ngai witũ?’
11 Thou shalt say to them: Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord: and went after strange gods, and served them, and adored them: and they forsook me, and kept not my law.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ũmeere atĩrĩ: Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ tondũ maithe manyu nĩmandirikire, makĩrũmĩrĩra ngai ingĩ, magĩcitungatagĩra na magĩcihooyaga. Nĩmandirikire na makĩaga kũrũmia watho wakwa.
12 And you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me.
No inyuĩ nĩmwĩkĩte maũndũ ma waganu mũgakĩra maithe manyu. Ta rorai muone ũrĩa o ũmwe wanyu arũmĩrĩire ũremi wa ngoro yake thũku, handũ ha kũnjathĩkĩra.
13 So I will cast you forth out of this land, into a land which you know not, nor you fathers: and there you shall serve strange gods day and night, which shall not give you any rest.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngũmũrutũrũra muume bũrũri ũyũ mũthiĩ bũrũri mũtooĩ inyuĩ ene, o na kana ũkamenywo nĩ maithe manyu, na mũrĩ kũu nĩmũgatungatagĩra ngai ingĩ mũthenya na ũtukũ, nĩgũkorwo ndigũcooka kũmwĩka maũndũ mega.’”
14 Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, when it shall be said no more: The Lord liveth, that brought for the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt:
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “O na kũrĩ ũguo, matukũ nĩmarooka rĩrĩa andũ matagacooka kuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Jehova atũũraga muoyo, ũrĩa warutire andũ a Isiraeli kuuma bũrũri wa Misiri,’
15 But, the Lord liveth, that brought the children of Israel out of the land of the north, and out of all the lands to which I cast them out: and I will bring them again into their land, which I gave to their fathers.
no makoigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Jehova atũũraga muoyo, ũrĩa warutire andũ a Isiraeli bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ mwena wa gathigathini, na akĩmaruta mabũrũri-inĩ mothe kũrĩa aamathaamĩirie.’ Nĩgũkorwo nĩngamacookia bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa ndaaheire maithe mao.”
16 Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “No rĩrĩ, nĩngũtũmana gwĩtwo ategi a thamaki aingĩ, nao nĩmakamatega. Thuutha wa ũguo njooke ndũmanĩre aguĩmi aingĩ, nao nĩmakamaguĩma irĩma-inĩ, na tũrĩma-inĩ tuothe, na mĩatũka-inĩ ya ndwaro cia mahiga.
17 For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.
Maitho makwa nĩmoonaga mĩthiĩre yao yothe; ndĩngĩhithĩka harĩ niĩ, o namo mehia mao matingĩhithwo atĩ nĩguo maitho makwa mage kũmona.
18 And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
Ngaamarĩhia maita meerĩ nĩ ũndũ wa waganu wao na mehia mao, nĩ ũndũ nĩmathaahĩtie bũrũri wakwa na mĩhaano ĩtarĩ muoyo mĩmeneku mũno, na makaiyũria igai rĩakwa na mĩhianano ĩrĩ magigi.”
19 O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.
Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, o wee hinya wakwa, na kĩirigo gĩakwa kĩrũmu, o wee rĩũrĩro rĩakwa hĩndĩ ya mathĩĩna, ndũrĩrĩ igooka harĩwe ciumĩte ituri-inĩ cia thĩ, ciuge atĩrĩ, “Maithe maitũ matiarĩ na kĩndũ tiga ngai cia maheeni, o mĩhianano ĩyo ĩtarĩ kĩene na ĩtarĩ ũndũ mwega yamekĩire.
20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and there are no gods?
Andũ nĩmethondekagĩra ngai ciao ene? Ĩĩ, no rĩrĩ, icio ti ngai!”
21 Therefore, behold I will this once cause them to know, I will shew them my hand and my power: and they shall know that my name is the Lord.
“Tondũ ũcio nĩngamaruta maamenye, ihinda-inĩ rĩĩrĩ nĩguo ngaamaruta ũhoro wa ũhoti na hinya wakwa. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmakamenya atĩ rĩĩtwa rĩakwa nĩ Jehova.
