Jeremiah 10
1 Listen to the message the Lord is sending to you, people of Israel.
Inu Aisraeli, imvani zimene Yehova akunena.
2 This is what the Lord says: Don't adopt the practices of other nations. Don't be terrified as they are by signs in the heavens that they interpret as predicting disaster.
Yehova akuti, “Musatsatire makhalidwe a anthu a mitundu ina kapena kuchita mantha ndi zizindikiro zamlengalenga, ngakhale anthu a mitundu ina amachita nazo mantha.
3 The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a craftsman carves the wood with a tool to make an idol.
Pakuti miyambo ya mitundu inayo ndiyachabechabe. Iwo amakadula mtengo ku nkhalango ndipo mmisiri amawusema ndi sompho.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold, and nail it down with a hammer so it won't fall over.
Amakongoletsa chosemacho ndi siliva ndi golide; kenaka amachikhomerera ndi misomali kuti chisagwedezeke.
5 Just like a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers, their idols can't speak. They have to be carried around because they can't walk. You don't have to be afraid of them because they can't hurt you—and they can't do you any good either.
Mafano awo ali ngati mtengo wakanjedza woopsezera mbalame mʼmunda wa minkhaka. Mafanowo sangathe nʼkuyankhula komwe ndipo ayenera kunyamulidwa popeza sangathe nʼkuyenda komwe. Musachite nawo mantha popeza sangathe kukuchitani choyipa ndiponso alibe mphamvu yochitira chabwino chilichonse.”
6 There's no one like you, Lord! You are so great! You are incredibly powerful!
Palibe wofanana nanu, Inu Yehova; Inu ndinu wamkulu, ndipo dzina lanu lili ndi mphamvu yayikulu.
7 Everyone should respect you, King of the nations. This is how you should be treated. There's no one like you among all the wise men of every nation and kingdom.
Ndani amene angaleke kukuopani, inu Mfumu ya mitundu ya anthu? Chimenechi ndicho chokuyenerani. Pakati pa anthu anzeru onse komanso mafumu onse a mitundu ya anthu, palibe wina wofanana nanu.
8 Yet these “wise men” are completely foolish and stupid, because they think they can be taught by useless idols made of wood!
Onsewo ndi opusa ndi opanda nzeru; malangizo awo amawatenga kuchokera kwa mafano achabechabe opanga ndi mitengo.
9 Sheets of hammered silver are shipped in from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, to be used by craftsmen and metalworkers. These idols are dressed in clothes of blue and purple made by experts.
Siliva wosula amabwera naye kuchokera ku Tarisisi ndipo golide amachokera naye ku Ufazi. Mafanowo ndi ntchito ya anthu aluso ndi odziwa kuzokota golide. Tsono mafanowo amawaveka zovala za mtundu wamtambo ndi pepo. Yonseyo ndi ntchito ya anthu a luso.
10 But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and eternal King. The earth shakes when he is angry; the nations can't withstand his fury.
Koma Yehova ndiye Mulungu woona; Iyeyo ndiye Mulungu wamoyo, Mfumu yamuyaya. Akakwiya, dziko limagwedezeka; anthu a mitundu ina sangathe kupirira ukali wakewo.
11 This is what you are to tell the nations: “These gods, who didn't make either the heavens or the earth, will be wiped out from this earth and from under these heavens.”
“Awuze anthu awa kuti, ‘Milungu iyi, imene sinalenge dziko lakumwamba ndi dziko lapansi, idzawonongeka pa dziko lapansi ndi pansi pa thambo.’”
12 It was God who made the earth by his power. He created the world by his wisdom and by his understanding he put the heavens in place.
Koma Mulungu analenga dziko lapansi ndi mphamvu zake; Iye anapanga dziko lonse ndi nzeru zake ndipo anayala thambo mwaluso lake.
13 The waters of the heavens rain down with a roar at his command. He makes the clouds to rise all over the earth. He makes lightning to accompany rain, and sends the wind from his storehouses.
Iye akayankhula, kumamveka mkokomo wamadzi akumwamba; Iyeyo amabweretsa mitambo kuchokera ku malekezero a dziko lapansi. Amabweretsa mphenzi pamodzi ndi mvula ndi kutulutsa mphepo yamkuntho kumalo kumene osungirako.
14 Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they make. For their images made of molten metal are fraudulent—they're not alive!
Anthu onse ndi opusa ndiponso opanda nzeru; mmisiri aliyense wosula golide akuchita manyazi ndi mafano ake. Mafano akewo ndi abodza; alibe moyo mʼkati mwawo.
15 They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment.
Mafanowo ndi achabechabe, zinthu zosekedwa nazo. Pamene anthuwo azidzaweruzidwa, mafanowo adzawonongedwa.
16 The God of Jacob is not like these idols, for he is the Creator of everything, and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him. The Lord Almighty is his name.
Koma Yehova amene ndi Cholowa cha Yakobo sali ngati mafanowo. Iyeyu ndi Mlengi wa zinthu zonse kuphatikizapo Israeli, mtundu umene anawusankha kuti ukhale anthu ake. Dzina lake ndi Yehova Wamphamvuzonse.
17 You people living in Jerusalem under siege, get all your things together ready to leave,
Sonkhanitsani katundu wanu, inu amene mukukhala mʼlinga la ankhondo.
18 because this is what the Lord says: Look! Right now I'm about to throw out the people living in this country, bringing them trouble they will really feel.
Pakuti Yehova akuti, “Tsopano Ine ndidzachotsa anthu onse amene akukhala mʼdziko lino; adzakhala pa mavuto mpaka adzamvetsa.”
19 The people of Jerusalem responded, “We're suffering terribly because we've been badly hurt—our injuries are really serious. We thought it wouldn't be that bad and that we could bear it.
Aliyense ankangoti, “Mayo ine, chifukwa cha kupweteka kwanga! Chilonda changa nʼchachikulu!” Koma ine ndinkaganiza kuti, “Ndithu, ili ndi vuto langa basi, choncho ndingolipirira.”
20 Our tents have been destroyed; all our ropes have been broken. Our children have been taken from us and are no more. We don't have anyone left to put up our tents or hang our curtains.”
Tenti yanga yawonongeka, zingwe zake zonse zaduka. Ana anga andisiya ndipo kulibenso. Palibenso amene adzandimangire tenti, kapena kufunyulula nsalu yake.
21 The “shepherds” have become stupid—they don't ask the Lord for advice. That's why they have failed, and all their flock has been scattered.
Abusa ndi opusa ndipo sanapemphe nzeru kwa Yehova; choncho palibe chimene anapindula ndipo nkhosa zawo zonse zabalalika.
22 Listen to the news that an noisy army is invading from a country to the north. The towns of Judah will be knocked down, they will be places where only jackals live.
Tamvani! kukubwera mphekesera, phokoso lalikulu la gulu la a ankhondo likumveka kuchokera kumpoto! Lidzasandutsa bwinja mizinda ya ku Yuda, malo okhala nkhandwe.
23 I realize, Lord, that people don't control their own lives—no one really knows how to choose their way.
Inu Yehova, ndikudziwa kuti moyo umene munthu ali nawo si wake; munthuyo sangathe kuwongolera mayendedwe ake.
24 Please discipline me fairly, Lord—not while you're angry, otherwise you'll kill me!
Inu Yehova, langizeni, komatu mwachilungamo, osati ndi mkwiyo wanu, mungandiwononge kotheratu.
25 Pour out your fury on the nations that don't recognize you as God, and on their families that don't worship you. For they have completely destroyed the Israelites, wiping us out. They have devastated our country.
Tsanulirani ukali wanu pa mitundu ya anthu amene sakudziwani, ndiye kuti mitundu ya anthu amene satama pa dzina lanu mopemba. Iwo aja anasakaza Yakobo; amusakaza kotheratu ndipo awononga dziko lake.
