Jeremiah 46
1 In the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, the Lord's message that came to Jeremiah the prophet about foreign nations.
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩkoniĩ ndũrĩrĩ ĩrĩa yakinyĩrĩire mũnabii Jeremia:
2 This concerns Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt and the Egyptian army which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
Ha ũhoro ũkoniĩ bũrũri wa Misiri: Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya gũũkĩrĩra mbũtũ cia ita cia Firaũni Neko, mũthamaki wa bũrũri wa Misiri, iria ciahooteirwo kũu Karikemishi, Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Farati, nĩ Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni, mwaka-inĩ wa kana wa wathani wa Jehoiakimu mũrũ wa Josia, mũthamaki wa Juda:
3 Pick up both your small and large shields, and advance ready for battle!
“Thagathagai ngo cianyu, iria nene na tũrĩa tũnini, mũthiĩ mbaara-inĩ!
4 Put the harnesses on the horses and get into your chariots; take your positions with your helmets on! Sharpen your spears; put on your armor!
Tandĩkai mbarathi, mũcihaice! Rũgamai o mũndũ handũ hake mwĩkĩrĩte ngũbia cia igera! Kumuthai matimũ manyu, na mwĩhumbe nguo cianyu cia mbaara.
5 Why do I see their lines broken and retreating? Their soldiers are defeated. They run away so quickly they don't even look back because they're so terrified by what's happening around them, declares the Lord.
Nĩ kĩĩ ndĩrona? Nĩamaku mũno, nĩmaracooka na thuutha, njamba ciao nĩndoorie. Nĩmetharĩte na ihenya matekwĩhũgũra, na kũrĩ na itua-nda mĩena yothe,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
6 Even the fastest of them can't get away; the soldiers can't escape. There in the north beside the Euphrates they fall and die.
“Arĩa marĩ ihenya matingĩhota kũũra, kana arĩa marĩ hinya meethare. Mwena wa gathigathini kũu Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Farati mahĩngagwo makagũa.
7 Who is this that's coming, rising like the Nile, like swirling rivers whose waters flood?
“Nũũ ũyũ wĩyambararĩtie ta Rũũĩ rwa Nili, akaambarara ta njũũĩ irĩ na ndiihũ cia maaĩ?
8 Egypt is rising like the Nile; its waters swirl like flooding rivers, boasting, “I will rise and sweep over the earth; I will destroy towns and the people in them.”
Bũrũri wa Misiri wĩyambararĩtie ta Rũũĩ rwa Nili, ũkambarara ta njũũĩ irĩ na ndiihũ cia maaĩ. Oigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngũiyũra nginya humbĩre thĩ; nĩngwananga matũũra marĩa manene na andũ arĩa matũũraga kuo.’
9 Horses, charge in! Chariots, drive like crazy! Have the infantry advance: soldiers from Ethiopia and Put carrying their shields, archers from Lydia with their bows.
Guthũkai, inyuĩ mbarathi ici! Matengʼeriei hatarĩ itherũ, inyuĩ mũtwarithagia ngaari cia ita. Umagarai, inyuĩ njamba ici cia ita: inyuĩ andũ a Kushi na a Putu, inyuĩ mũũĩ kũrũmia ngo, na inyuĩ andũ a Ludu, inyuĩ mũgeetaga ũta.
10 But this is the day of the Lord God Almighty, a day of retribution when he takes vengeance on his enemies. The sword will destroy until it is satisfied, until it's had enough of their blood. The Lord God Almighty is having a sacrifice in the north country beside the Euphrates.
No rĩrĩ, mũthenya ũcio nĩ wa Mwathani, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe: nĩ mũthenya wa kwĩrĩhĩria, erĩhĩrie harĩ thũ ciake. Rũhiũ rwa njora rũkaarĩa nginya rũhũũne, rũkaanyua thakame yao nginya rũnyootoke. Nĩgũkorwo Mwathani, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩakarutĩra igongona kũu bũrũri wa mwena wa gathigathini gũkuhĩ na Rũũĩ rwa Farati.
11 Go and find some healing ointment in Gilead, Virgin Daughter of Egypt! But whatever you use to help you will fail, because there's nothing that will heal you.
“Ambata, ũkinye Gileadi, ũgĩĩre ndawa, wee Mũirĩtu Gathirange, Mwarĩ wa bũrũri wa Misiri. No rĩrĩ, ũingĩhagia ndawa icio mũno, o tũhũ; gũtirĩ ingĩkũhonia.
12 The other nations have heard how you were humiliated in defeat. Everyone can hear your cries of pain. Soldiers fall over each other, and die together.
Ndũrĩrĩ nĩikaigua ũhoro wa gũconorithio gwaku; kĩrĩro gĩaku gĩkaaiyũra thĩ. Njamba ĩkaahĩngagwo nĩ ĩrĩa ĩngĩ; cierĩ ikaagũa thĩ hamwe.”
13 This is the message that the Lord gave to Jeremiah the prophet about the attack by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon on Egypt:
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa Jehova aaheire Jeremia ũcio mũnabii ĩkoniĩ gũũka kwa Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni, gũtharĩkĩra bũrũri wa Misiri:
14 Shout a warning in Egypt! Tell everyone in Migdol, and in Memphis and Tahpanhes: Get ready to defend yourselves, because war is destroying everything around you.
“Anĩrĩrai ũhoro ũyũ bũrũri-inĩ wa Misiri, na mũũhunjie kũu Migidoli; ningĩ mũũhunjanĩrie kũu Nofu na Tahapanahesi: ‘Rũgamai harĩa hamwagĩrĩire na mwĩhaarĩrie, nĩgũkorwo rũhiũ rwa njora nĩrũrarĩa arĩa mamũthiũrũrũkĩirie.’
15 Why did Apis your bull god run away? He couldn't stand his ground because the Lord has knocked him down.
Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma njamba cianyu cia ita ciaraganio thĩ? Itingĩhota gwĩtiiria, nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩwe ũgaacitindĩka acigũithie thĩ.
16 Many soldiers trip and fall over one another and say, “Come on! Let's get back home to our people where we were born, otherwise we're going to be killed.”
Nĩikahĩngwo rĩngĩ na rĩngĩ; ikaagũanĩra o mũndũ igũrũ rĩa ũrĩa ũngĩ. Ikoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Ũkĩrai, nĩtũcookei kũrĩ andũ aitũ, kũrĩa twaciarĩirwo, tweherere rũhiũ rũrũ rwa njora rwa mũtũhatĩrĩria.’
17 When they get there they'll say about Pharaoh king of Egypt, “He just makes a lot of noise. He wasted his opportunity.”
Marĩ kũu makaanagĩrĩra, makoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Firaũni mũthamaki wa bũrũri wa Misiri, nĩ inegene rĩa tũhũ; nĩorirwo nĩ mweke wake.’”
18 As I live, declares the King who has the name “the Lord Almighty,” the king of Babylon will come. He is like Mount Tabor that stands out from the other mountains, like Mount Carmel high above the sea.
Mũthamaki, o we ũrĩa wĩtagwo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, nĩ kũrĩ mũndũ ũroka, ũgaakorwo ahaana ta Kĩrĩma gĩa Taboru kĩrĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka irĩma iria ingĩ, o na ta ũrĩa Kĩrĩma gĩa Karimeli kĩhaana kĩrĩ hakuhĩ na iria.
19 Pack your bags ready for exile, daughter living in Egypt! Memphis is going to be destroyed, an empty place where no one lives.
Oha mĩrigo yaku ya gũthiĩ nayo kũrĩa ũgaatahwo, ũtwarwo, wee ũtũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri, nĩgũkorwo Nofu gũkaanangwo, kwage kĩndũ, o na gũkire ihooru, gũtarĩ mũndũ wa gũgũtũũra.
20 Egypt is a beautiful young cow, but a stinging insect from the north is coming to attack her.
“Bũrũri wa Misiri ũhaana moori njega mũno, no rĩrĩ, nĩ harĩ mbogo kanyarare ĩrooka kũmĩũkĩrĩra, yumĩte mwena wa gathigathini.
21 The soldiers that Egypt hired are like calves made fat for slaughter. They will also retreat. They won't stand and fight—they will all run away. Their day of destruction is coming; the time when they'll be punished.
Thigari cia mũcaara iria irĩ kuo ihaana ta njaũ cia gĩcegũ. O nao nĩmakagarũrũka more marĩ hamwe, matikahota gwĩtiiria, nĩgũkorwo mũthenya wa mwanangĩko nĩũkamakorerera, na nĩrĩo ihinda rĩao rĩa kũherithio.
22 The Egyptians will retreat with a rustle like a snake sliding away, because the enemy will attack them with axes, coming at them like wood-cutters chopping down trees.
Mũrurumo wa andũ a Misiri ũgaatuĩka ta wa nyoka rĩrĩa ĩrethara, rĩrĩa thũ ĩgooka ĩrĩ na hinya; magaagũũkĩrĩra na mathanwa, o ta andũ maratema mĩtĩ.”
23 They will cut them down like a thick forest, declares the Lord, because the invaders are like a swarm of locusts—there's so many of them that they can't be counted.
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩmagatema mũtitũ wakuo, o na ũrĩ mũtumanu ũguo. Tondũ nĩ andũ aingĩ mũno gũkĩra ngigĩ, na matingĩtarĩka.
24 The people of Egypt will be humiliated. They will be handed over to the people of the north.
Mwarĩ ũcio wa bũrũri wa Misiri nĩagaconorithio, akaanenganĩrwo kũrĩ andũ a mwena wa gathigathini.”
25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch, because I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes, and Pharaoh. I will punish the people of Egypt with their gods and kings, and everyone who trusts in Pharaoh.
Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ndĩ hakuhĩ kũherithia Amoni ngai ya Thebesi, na Firaũni, na bũrũri wa Misiri na ngai ciakuo, na athamaki akuo, na arĩa othe mehokaga Firaũni.
26 I'm going to hand them over to those who want to kill them, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after all this happens, people will live in Egypt as they used to, declares the Lord.
Nĩngamaneana kũrĩ andũ arĩa mendaga kũmaruta muoyo, ndĩmaneane kũrĩ Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni na anene ake. No rĩrĩ, thuutha-inĩ bũrũri wa Misiri nĩgũgatũũrwo nĩ andũ rĩngĩ o ta tene,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
27 But you, descendants of Jacob my servant, you don't have to be fearful. Israelites, you don't need to be discouraged. I promise to rescue you from your distant places of exile, your descendants from the countries where they're being held captive. You will go home to a quiet and comfortable life, free from any threats.
“Tiga gwĩtigĩra, wee Jakubu ndungata yakwa: o nawe Isiraeli-rĩ, ndũkamake. Ti-itherũ nĩngakũhonokia ngũrutĩte kũndũ kũraya, njiaro ciaku ciume bũrũri ũrĩa ciatahirwo igĩtwarwo. Jakubu nĩagakorwo na thayũ na ũgitĩri rĩngĩ, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaatũma acooke gwĩtigĩra.”
28 You descendants of Jacob, don't be afraid! declares the Lord, for I will be with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I've scattered you, I won't completely destroy you. However, I will discipline you as you deserve, and you can be sure I won't leave you unpunished.
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ “Tiga gwĩtigĩra, wee Jakubu ndungata yakwa, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ hamwe nawe. o na ingĩkaniinũkia ndũrĩrĩ ciothe kũrĩa ndarekire mũtwarwo mũrĩ atahe-rĩ, wee ndigakũniina biũ, no rĩrĩ, nĩngakũherithia na kĩhooto; ndigakũreka ũthiĩ o ũguo ũtaherithĩtio.”
