Jeremiah 50
1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa Jehova aaririe na kanua ka Jeremia ũcio mũnabii, ũhoro ũkoniĩ Babuloni na andũ a bũrũri wa Babuloni:
2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
“Anĩrĩrai na mũhunjanĩrie ũhoro ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, haandai kĩbebero na mũhunjanĩrie ũhoro wakĩo; mũtikamahithe ũndũ, no mũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Babuloni nĩgũgũtunyanwo; Beli nĩĩgũconorithio, nayo Merodaki ĩiyũrwo nĩ kĩmako. Mĩhianano yakuo nĩĩgaconorithio, na mĩhianano yao nĩĩkaiyũrwo nĩ guoya.’
3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Tondũ rũrĩrĩ ruumĩte mwena wa gathigathini nĩrũkamũtharĩkĩra, na rwanange bũrũri wake. Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaatũũra kuo; andũ nĩmakoora o hamwe na nyamũ.
4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
“Matukũ-inĩ macio, na ihinda-inĩ rĩu, andũ a Isiraeli na andũ a Juda hamwe nĩmagathiĩ macarie Jehova Ngai wao makĩrĩraga,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.
“Nĩmakoorĩrĩria njĩra ya gũthiĩ Zayuni, na magarũrũke, merekeirie mothiũ mao kuo. Nĩmagooka meeohanie na Jehova, na marĩkanĩre kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa gũtũũra tene na tene kĩrĩa gĩtagacooka kũriganĩra.
6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
“Andũ akwa makoretwo marĩ ngʼondu ciũrĩte; arĩithi ao nĩmamahĩtithĩtie njĩra, na magatũma morũũre irĩma igũrũ. Nao morũũrĩte kuuma kĩrĩma-inĩ nginya karĩma-inĩ, makariganĩrwo nĩ kũrĩa ũhurũko wao ũrĩ.
7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Ũrĩa wothe wamoonire akĩmatambuura; thũ ciao ikiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ithuĩ tũtirĩ na ihĩtia, nĩ ũndũ nĩmehĩirie Jehova, ũrĩa arĩ we ũrĩithio wao wa ma, o we Jehova, mwĩhoko wa maithe mao.’
8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
“Mwĩtharei muume Babuloni; eherai bũrũri wa andũ a Babuloni, na mũtuĩke ta thenge iria itongoragia rũũru rwa mbũri.
9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩngarahũra ũiguano wa ndũrĩrĩ nene, ciumĩte bũrũri wa gathigathini ciũkĩrĩre Babuloni. Nĩikarũgama handũ ha cio irĩũkĩrĩre na igũtunyane, kuuma mwena ũcio wa gathigathini. Mĩguĩ yao ĩgaatuĩka ta ĩrĩa ya njamba njoorua, iria itacookaga moko matheri.
10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Babuloni nĩgũgatahwo; andũ othe arĩa magaagũtaha nĩmagakuua indo cia kũmaigana,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
“Tondũ nĩmũkenete na mũkarũũhia, inyuĩ arĩa mũtahaga igai rĩakwa, tondũ mũgũtũũha ta moori ĩkĩraanga ngano ĩkĩmĩhũũra, na mũkaania ta mbarathi cia njamba,
12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations [shall be] a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
nyina wanyu nĩagaconoka mũno; we ũcio wamũciarire nĩagaconorithio. Nĩwe ũgaakorwo arĩ mũnini mũno ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, atuĩke ta werũ, na ta bũrũri mũngʼaru, o na ta werũ wa mũthanga.
13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Tondũ wa marakara ma Jehova, bũrũri ũcio ndũgacooka gũtũũrwo nĩ andũ, no rĩrĩ, nĩgũkira gũgaakira ihooru biũ. Andũ arĩa othe makaagerera kũu Babuloni nĩmakamaka, na manyũrũrie kũndũ kũu tondũ wa ũrĩa gũgaakorwo kwanangĩtwo.
14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
“Mwĩhaarĩrie mũthiũrũrũkĩrie Babuloni, inyuothe arĩa mũgeetaga ũta. Rĩrathei! Mũtigatigie mĩguĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩrĩĩhĩirie Jehova.
15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it [is] the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
Riugĩrĩriei kuuma na mĩena yothe! Nĩrĩĩneanĩte rĩo rĩene, mĩthiringo yarĩo nĩĩgwĩte, na thingo ciarĩo nĩimomokete. Nĩgũkorwo rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo irĩhĩria rĩa Jehova-rĩ, mwĩrĩhĩriei harĩ rĩo; rĩĩkei o ta ũrĩa rĩaneeka andũ arĩa angĩ.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Eheriai ũrĩa ũhaandaga kũu Babuloni, na ũrĩa ũgethaga na rũhiũ rwake hĩndĩ ya magetha. Tondũ wa rũhiũ rũu rwa njora rwa mũhinyanĩrĩria-rĩ, o mũndũ nĩacooke kũrĩ andũ ao, o mũndũ nĩorĩre bũrũri wao kĩũmbe.
17 Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
“Isiraeli ahaana ta rũũru rũhurunjũkĩte, rũtengʼeretio nĩ mĩrũũthi. Mũthamaki wa Ashuri nĩwe warĩ wa mbere kũmũtambuura; wa kũrigĩrĩria kũmũhehenja mahĩndĩ-rĩ, aarĩ Nebukadinezaru, mũthamaki wa Babuloni.”
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Nĩngaherithia mũthamaki wa Babuloni na bũrũri wake, o ta ũrĩa ndaaherithirie mũthamaki wa Ashuri.
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
No nĩngacookia Isiraeli ũrĩithio-inĩ wake mwene, nake akaarĩithagĩria kũu Karimeli na Bashani; akaarĩĩaga akahũũna kũu irima-inĩ cia Efiraimu, na cia Gileadi.
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall be] none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
Matukũ-inĩ macio, o ihinda-inĩ rĩu-rĩ, ihĩtia rĩa Isiraeli nĩrĩgathuthuurio, no rĩtikoneka, o na mehia ma Juda mathuthuurio, no matikooneka, nĩgũkorwo matigari marĩa ngaahonokia nĩngamarekera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
“Tharĩkĩrai bũrũri wa Merathaimu, mũũkĩrĩre arĩa matũũraga Pekodi. Matengʼeriei, na mũmoorage, mũmaniine biũ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga. “Ĩkai ũrĩa wothe ndĩmwathĩte.
22 A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
Kũrĩ na mbugĩrĩrio ya mbaara bũrũri-inĩ ũcio, nayo nĩ mbugĩrĩrio ya kũniinanwo kũnene!
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Nyondo ĩrĩa ĩtũũrĩte ĩhũũraga thĩ yothe-rĩ, kaĩ nĩyunangĩtwo, ĩgathethereka-ĩ! Kaĩ Babuloni nĩgũkirĩte ihooru gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ-ĩ!
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Ndaakwambĩire mũtego, wee Babuloni, nawe ũkĩgwatio nĩguo ũtekũmenya; wakorereirwo, ũkĩnyiitwo tondũ wa gũkararia Jehova.
25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this [is] the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Jehova nĩahingũrĩte harĩa aigaga indo ciake cia mbaara, akaruta indo icio cia mbaara cia mangʼũrĩ make, nĩgũkorwo Mwathani Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe arĩ na wĩra wa kũruta kũu bũrũri-inĩ wa andũ a Babuloni.
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
Ũkaai mũgũtharĩkĩre muumĩte kũndũ kũraya. Thariai makũmbĩ makuo; gũcookanĩrĩriei irũndo ta cia hĩba cia ngano. Kwanangei biũ, na mũtigatigie matigari kuo.
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Ũragai tũtegwa twakuo tuothe, tũikũrũkiei tũgathĩnjwo! Kaĩ marĩ na haaro-ĩ! Nĩgũkorwo mũthenya watuo nĩmũkinyu, ihinda rĩatuo rĩa kũherithio.
28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Ta thikĩrĩriai mũigue arĩa moorĩte na arĩa metharĩte makoima bũrũri wa Babuloni, makiumbũra marĩ kũu Zayuni ũrĩa Jehova Ngai witũ erĩhĩirie, akerĩhĩria nĩ ũndũ wa hekarũ yake.
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
“Ĩtai aikia a mĩguĩ mokĩrĩre Babuloni, o arĩa othe mageetaga ũta. Ambaai hema mũgũthiũrũrũkĩirie; mũtikareke mũndũ o na ũmwe warĩo oore. Rĩrĩhei kũringana na ciĩko ciarĩo; o ta ũrĩa rĩaneeka andũ angĩ-rĩ, rĩĩkei o ta guo. Nĩgũkorwo nĩrĩngʼathĩirie Jehova, o we Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, aanake aarĩo nĩmakaagũa njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra; thigari ciarĩo ciothe nĩigakirio ki mũthenya ũcio,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
31 Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee.
“Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngũũkĩrĩire, wee mwĩtĩĩi ũyũ, nĩgũkorwo mũthenya waku nĩmũkinyu, o rĩo ihinda rĩaku rĩa kũherithio,” ũguo nĩguo Mwathani, o we Jehova-Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, ekuuga.
32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
“Mwĩtĩĩi ũcio nĩakahĩngwo agwe, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamũũkĩria; nĩngagwatia matũũra makuo mwaki, naguo nĩũgaacina arĩa othe mamũrigiicĩirie, maniinwo biũ.”
33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah [were] oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Andũ a Isiraeli nĩmahinyĩrĩirio, o ũndũ ũmwe na andũ a Juda. Arĩa othe maamatahire nĩmamarũmĩtie mũno, makarega kũmarekia mathiĩ.
34 Their Redeemer [is] strong; the LORD of hosts [is] his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
No rĩrĩ, Mũkũũri wao arĩ na hinya; Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake. Nĩakamarũĩrĩra na kĩyo ciira-inĩ wao, nĩguo atũme bũrũri wao ũgĩe na ũhurũko, no aagithie arĩa matũũraga Babuloni ũhurũko.”
35 A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise [men].
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Harĩ na rũhiũ rwa njora rwa gũũkĩrĩra andũ a Babuloni, rũũkĩrĩre arĩa matũũraga Babuloni, na rũũkĩrĩre anene na andũ arĩa ogĩ akuo!
36 A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Rũhiũ rwa njora rũgookĩrĩra anabii akuo a maheeni, nao matuĩke irimũ. Ningĩ rũhiũ rwa njora nĩrũgookĩrĩra njamba ciakuo iria irĩ hinya, nacio nĩikaiyũrwo nĩ kĩmako kĩnene.
37 A sword [is] upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that [are] in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword [is] upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Rũhiũ rwa njora rũgookĩrĩra mbarathi, na ngaari cia ita, na andũ a ndũrĩrĩ arĩa marĩ ita-inĩ rĩake, nao matuĩke ta andũ-a-nja. Ningĩ rũhiũ rwa njora nĩrũgookĩrĩra indo ciao iria cia bata ciigĩtwo igĩĩna-inĩ ciao, nacio nĩigatahwo.
38 A drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad upon [their] idols.
Nĩgũkaara riũa rĩa kũhũithia maaĩ makuo! Namo nĩmakaahũa biũ. Nĩgũkorwo ũcio nĩ bũrũri ũiyũrĩte ngai cia mĩhianano, nao andũ akuo nĩmagũrũkĩtio nĩyo.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nyamũ cia werũ-inĩ na hiti nĩcio igaatũũraga Babuloni, na kũu no kuo gũgaatũũrwo nĩ ndundu. Gũtigacooka gũtũũrwo nĩ andũ o na kana gũikarwo nĩ andũ, nginya njiarwa na njiarwa.
40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour [cities] thereof, saith the LORD; [so] shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
O ta ũrĩa Ngai aangʼaũranirie Sodomu, na Gomora, o hamwe na matũũra marĩa maariganĩtie namo-rĩ, ũguo noguo gũtarĩ mũndũ ũgaatũũra kuo; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaikara kuo,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
“Atĩrĩrĩ, mbũtũ ya ita nĩ ĩrooka yumĩte mwena wa gathigathini; rũrĩrĩ rũnene, na athamaki aingĩ nĩmarahũrĩtwo kuuma ituri-inĩ cia thĩ.
42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they [are] cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, [every one] put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Marooka marĩ na mota na matimũ mao; nao nĩ andũ ooru, na matarĩ tha. Mũrurumo wao nĩ ta mũrurumo wa ndiihũ cia maaĩ ma iria, magĩũka mahaicĩte mbarathi ciao; mokĩte meyarĩire wega mbaara-inĩ nĩguo magũtharĩkĩre, wee Mwarĩ ũyũ wa Babuloni.
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
Mũthamaki wa Babuloni nĩaiguĩte ũhoro wao, namo moko make makoorwo nĩ hinya. Nĩanyiitĩtwo nĩ ruo rũnene ngoro-inĩ yake, na ruo ta rwa mũndũ-wa-nja akĩrũmwo.
44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?
O ta mũrũũthi ũũkĩte kuuma ihinga-inĩ cia Jorodani ũgakinya ũrĩithio-inĩ ũrĩa mũnoru-rĩ, ũguo noguo ngaingata Babuloni, oime bũrũri-inĩ wake o rĩmwe. Nũũ ũcio ũthuurĩtwo wĩra ũcio nĩgeetha ndĩmũtue wa kũũrũgamĩrĩra? Nũũ ũngĩ ũhaana ta niĩ, ningĩ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũngararia? Ningĩ nĩ mũrĩithi ũrĩkũ ũngĩhota kũregana na niĩ?”
45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, thikĩrĩriai mũigue ũndũ ũrĩa Jehova athugundĩte wa gũũkĩrĩra bũrũri wa Babuloni, o na ũrĩa atuĩte gwĩka bũrũri wa andũ a Babuloni: Arĩa anini rũũru-inĩ magaakururio, matwarwo kũndũ kũraya; nĩakananga ũrĩithio wao ũthire biũ nĩ ũndũ wao.
46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Mũrurumo wa Babuloni gũgĩtahwo nĩũgathingithia thĩ; kayũ ga kĩrĩro gĩakuo nĩgakaiguuo ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ.
