Jeremiah 10
1 Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.
“Sikilizeni neno ambalo BWANA anawaambieni, enyi nyumba ya Israeli.
2 Thus saith the Lord, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not afraid for the signes of heauen, though the heathen be afraid of such.
BWANA asema hivi, 'msijifunze njia za mataifa, na msishangazwe na ishara za mbinguni, kwa kuwa mataifa hushangazwa na haya.
3 For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest (which is the worke of the handes of the carpenter) with the axe,
Kwa kuwa desturi za watu ni ubatili. Kwa kuwa mtu mmoja hukata mti msituni; kazi ya mikono ya mtu na shoka.
4 And another decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not.
Kisha huzipamba kwa fedha na dhahabu. Huikaza kwa misumari na nyundo ili isitikisike.
5 The idoles stande vp as the palme tree, but speake not: they are borne because they cannot go feare them not, for they cannot do euill, neither can they do good.
Sanamu hizi ni mfano wa sanamu za kutishia ndege katika shamba la matango, kwa kuwa haziwezi kusema chochote. Hubebwa, kwa kuwa haziwezi hata kusogea hatua moja. Usiwaogope, Kwani hawawezi kutenda maovu wala mema.”
6 There is none like vnto thee, O Lord: thou art great, and thy name is great in power.
Hakuna aliye kama wewe, BWANA. Wewe ni mkuu, na jina lako lina nguvu.
7 Who would not feare thee, O King of nations? for to thee appertaineth the dominion: for among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in al their kingdomes there is none like thee.
Ni nani asiyekuwa na hofu juu yako, wafalme wa mataifa? Kwa kuwa hiki ndicho unachostahili, kwa kuwa hakuna wa kuwa kama wewe kati ya wote wenye hekima katika mataifa yote au katika hali yao ya enzi.
8 But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.
Wote wako sawa, ni kama wanyama na wapumbavu, wanafunzi wa samamu ambazo si chochote isipokuwa miti tu.
9 Siluer plates are brought from Tarshish, and golde from Vphaz, for the worke of the workeman, and the handes of the founder: the blewe silke, and the purple is their clothing: all these things are made by cunning men.
Wanaleta fedha iliyofuliwa kutoka Tarshishi, na dhahabu kutoka Ufazi iliyotengenezwa na sonara, ni kazi ya ustadi. Mavazi yao ni ya rangi ya samawi na urujuani. Watu wao stadi waliyafanya haya yote.
10 But the Lord is the God of trueth: he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his anger the earth shall tremble, and the nations cannot abide his wrath.
Lakini BWANA ni Mungu wa kweli. Yeye ni Mungu aliye hai na mfalme wa milele. Matetemeko yako katika hasira yake, na mataifa hayawezi kuvumilia hasira yake.
11 (Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)
Utawaambia hivi, “Miungu ambayo haikuumba mbingu na nchi itaangamia katika dunia hii na chini ya mbingu.”
12 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
Aliyeiumba dunia kwa nguvu zake aliumba nchi kavu kwa hekima zake na kuzitandaza mbingu kwa fahamu zake.
13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.
Sauti yake ndiyo itengenezayo muungurumo wa maji mbinguni, naye huzileta mbingu katika mwisho wa dunia. Hutengeneza radi kwa ajili ya mvua na kutuma upepo kutoka katika hazina yake.
14 Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.
Kila mtu amekuwa mjinga, hawana maarifa. Kila mfua chuma ameaibishwa kwa sanamu zake. Maana sanamu yake ya kuyeyushwa ni uongo; hakuna pumzi ndani yake.
15 They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Ni ubatili tu, ni kazi ya udanganyifu; zitapotea wakati wa hukumu.
16 The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his Name.
Lakini Mungu ni fungu la Yakobo, si kama hawa, kwa kuwa yeye ndiye aliyeviumba vitu vyote. Israeli ni kabila ya urithi wake; BWANA wa majeshi ndiye jina lake.
17 Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O thou that dwellest in the strong place.
Kusanya vitu vyako na uiache nchi, wewe ambaye umekuwa ukiishi katika mazingiwa haya.
18 For thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, at this time I will throwe as with a sling the inhabitants of the lande, and will trouble them, and they shall finde it so.
Kwa kuwa BWANA asema hivi, “Tazama, Ni tayari kuwatupa wakazi wa nchi nje wakati huu. Nitawasababishia huzuni, na itakuwa hivyo.”
19 Wo is me for my destruction, and my grieuous plague: but I thought, Yet it is my sorow, and I will beare it.
Ole wangu! Kwa sababu ya mifupa yangu iliyovunjika, Jeraha zangu zimeumia. Kwa hiyo nilisema. “Hakika haya ni maumivu, lakini lazima nivumilie.”
20 My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my coardes are broken: my children are gone from me, and are not: there is none to spread out my tent any more, and to set vp my curtaines.
Hema yangu imeharibiwa, na kamba za hema yangu zote zimekatwa. Wamewachukua watoto wangu wote, Kwa hiyo hawaishi tena. Hakuna tena mtu wa kuitandaza hema yangu au wa kuziinua pazia za hema yangu.
21 For the Pastours are become beasts, and haue not sought the Lord: therefore haue they none vnderstanding: and all the flockes of their pastures are scattered.
Kwa kuwa wachungaji wamekuwa wapumbavu. Hawamtafuti BWANA. Kwa hiyo hawana mafanikio; Kondoo wao wote wamesambaa.
22 Beholde, the noyse of the brute is come, and a great commotion out of the North countrey to make the cities of Iudah desolate, and a denne of dragons.
Taarifa imewadia, “Tazama! inakuja, tetemeko kubwa linakuja kutoka katika nchi ya kaskazini kuifanya miji ya Yuda kuwa ukiwa, na maficho ya mbweha.
23 O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.
Ninajua, BWANA, kwamba njia ya mtu haiji kutoka kwake. Wala hakuna mtu atembeaye anayeongoza hatua zake mwenyewe.
24 O Lord, correct mee, but with iudgement, not in thine anger, least thou bring mee to nothing.
Ee BWANA, unirudi, kwa hukumu za haki, si kwa hasira zako vinginevyo utaniangamiza.
25 Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen, that knowe thee not, and vpon the families that call not on thy Name: for they haue eaten vp Iaakob and deuoured him and consumed him, and haue made his habitation desolate.
Mwaga hasira zako kwa mataifa ambao hawakujui na katika familia ambazo hawakuiti kwa jina lako. Kwa kuwa wamemla Yakobo na kumwangamiza kabisa na kuyafanya makao yake kuwa ukiwa.
