Jeremiah 24
1 The Lord shewed me: and behold two baskets full of figs, set before the temple of the Lord: after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda, and his chief men, and the craftsmen, and engravers of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Thuutha wa Jekonia mũrũ wa Jehoakimu mũthamaki wa Juda na anene ake, na mabundi na atũũri a Juda gũtahwo, makĩrutwo Jerusalemu magĩtwarwo Babuloni nĩ Nebukadinezaru, mũthamaki wa Babuloni-rĩ, Jehova nĩanyonirie ikabũ igĩrĩ cia ngũyũ ciigĩtwo hau mbere ya hekarũ ya Jehova.
2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs of the first season: and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, because they were bad.
Gĩkabũ kĩmwe kĩarĩ na ngũyũ njega mũno, ta ngũyũ iria ciambaga kwĩrua; gĩkabũ kĩrĩa kĩngĩ kĩarĩ na ngũyũ njũru mũno, itangĩrĩĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ciathũkĩte.
3 And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Jeremias? And I said: Figs, the good figs, very good: and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten because they are bad.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehova akĩnjũũria atĩrĩ, “Jeremia, nĩ kĩĩ ũroona?” Ngĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ngũyũ. Iria njega nĩ njega mũno, no iria njũru nĩ njũru mũno ũndũ itangĩrĩĩo.”
4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩkĩnginyĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
5 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Juda, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for their own good.
“Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘O ta ngũyũ ici imwe njega-rĩ, ũguo noguo nyonaga andũ a Juda marĩ ega arĩa maatahirwo, acio ndaarutire gũkũ ngĩmatwara bũrũri wa Babuloni.
6 And I will set my eyes upon them to be pacified, and I will bring them again into this land: and I will be their God: and I will build them up, and not pull them down: and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Maitho makwa nĩmakamarora na ndĩmeeke maũndũ mega, na nĩngamacookia gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ. Nĩngamarũgamia na ndikamamomora; nĩngamahaanda na ndigacooka kũmamunya.
7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: because they shall return to me with their whole heart.
Nĩngamahe ngoro ya gũtũma mamenye atĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova. Nĩmagatuĩka andũ akwa na niĩ nduĩke Ngai wao, nĩgũkorwo nĩmakanjookerera na ngoro ciao ciothe.
8 And as the very bad figs, that cannot be eaten, because they are bad: thus saith the Lord: So will I give Sedecias the king of Juda, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that have remained in this city, and that dwell in the land of Egypt.
“‘No rĩrĩ, o ta ngũyũ icio njũru, icio itangĩrĩĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ithũkĩte-rĩ,’ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘ũguo no taguo ngeeka Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda, na anene ake o na matigari ma andũ a Jerusalemu, arĩa magaakorwo matigaire gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ kana arĩa matũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri.
9 And I will deliver them up to vexation, and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a reproach, and a byword, and a proverb, and to be a curse in all places, to which I have cast them out.
Nĩngatũma mathũũrwo mũno, matuĩke kĩndũ gĩa gũthirĩkia mothamaki mothe ma gũkũ thĩ, na mameneke na matuĩke a kuunagwo thimo, na matũũre mathekagĩrĩrwo na manyiitagwo nĩ kĩrumi kũrĩa guothe ngaamathaamĩria.
10 And I will send among them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: till they be consumed out of the land which I gave to them, and their fathers.
Nĩngamarehithĩria rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngʼaragu, na mũthiro imokĩrĩre, nginya maniinwo mathire bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa ndaamaheire o na ngĩhe maithe mao.’”
