Jeremias 16
1 And you shall not take a wife, says the Lord God of Israel:
Ndipo neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
2 and there shall be no son born to you, nor daughter in this place.
“Usiwe na mke, wala usiwe na wana au binti hapa.
3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that have born them, and concerning their fathers that have begotten them in this land;
Kwa kuwa Bwana asema hivi kwa wana na binti ambao wamezaliwa hapa, kwa mama waliowabeba, na kwa baba waliowafanya wazaliwe katika nchi hii,
4 They shall die of grievous death; they shall not be lamented, nor buried; they shall be for an example on the face of the earth; and they shall be for the wild beasts of the land, and for the birds of the sky: they shall fall by the sword, and shall be consumed with famine.
'Watakufa vifo vya magonjwa. Hawataliliwa wala kuzikwa. Watakuwa kama samadi juu ya nchi. Kwa maana wataangamizwa kwa upanga na njaa, na miili yao itakuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na wanyama wa dunia.'
5 Thus says the Lord, Enter not into their mourning feast, and go not to lament, and mourn not for them: for I have removed my peace from this people.
Maana Bwana asema hivi, 'Usiingie nyumba yoyote yenye kuomboleza. Usiende kuwaombolezea, wala usihuzunike kwa ajili ya watu hawa. Kwa maana nimeondoa amani yangu, uaminifu wa agano, na huruma, kutoka kwa watu hawa! Ndivyo asemavyo Bwana;
6 They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves [for them]:
kwa hiyo wakuu na wadogo watakufa katika nchi hii. Wala hawatazikwa, wala hakuna yeyote atakayeomboleza kwa ajili yao. Hakuna mtu atakayejikata-kata au kunyoa vichwa vyao kwa ajili yao.
7 and there shall be no bread broken in mourning for them for consolation over the dead: they shall not give one to drink a cup for consolation over his father or his mother.
Hakuna mtu anayepaswa kugawa chakula chochote wakati wa kuomboleza ili kuwafariji kwa sababu ya vifo, na hawatawapa kikombe cha faraja kwa baba yake au mama yake ili kuwafariji.
8 You shall not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Usiende kwenye nyumba ya karamu ili ukae pamoja nao ili kula au kunywa.
9 For thus says the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] make to cease out of this place before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Kwa maana Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, 'Tazama, mbele yako, siku zako na mahali hapa, nitakomesha sauti ya furaha na sherehe, sauti ya bwana na bibi arusi. '
10 And it shall come to pass, when you shall report to this people all these words, and they shall say to you, Therefore has the Lord pronounced against us all these evils? what is our unrighteousness? and what is our sin which we have sinned before the Lord our God?
Kisha itatokea kwamba utawaambia watu hawa maneno haya yote, na watakuambia, 'Mbona Bwana amesema maafa yote haya juu yetu? Uovu wetu ni uovu gani na dhambi yetu tuliyomtendea Bwana, Mungu wetu?'
11 Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers forsook me, says the Lord, and went after strange gods and served them, and worshipped them, and forsook me, and kept not my law;
Basi uwaambie, 'hii ndiyo ahadi ya Bwana; Kwa sababu baba zenu waliniacha, nao wakafuata miungu mingine, wakaiabudu na kuisujudia. Waliniacha na hawakuishika sheria yangu.
12 (and you sinned worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the lusts of your own evil heart, so as not to listen to me);
Lakini ninyi wenyewe mmeleta uovu zaidi kuliko baba zenu, kwa maana, kila mtu anaenda kwa ukaidi wa moyo wake mbaya; hakuna mtu anayenisikiliza.
13 therefore I will cast you off from this good land into a land which neither you nor your fathers have known; and you shall serve their other gods, who shall have no mercy upon you.
Kwa hiyo nitawafukuza kutoka nchi hii mpaka nchi msiyoijua, wewe wala baba zako, nanyi mtaiabudu miungu mingine huko mchana na usiku, kwa maana mimi sitawapa fadhili zangu.'
14 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Kwa hiyo tazama! Siku zinakuja-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-ambapo hawatasema tena, 'Kama Bwana aishivyo, yeye aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli kutoka nchi ya Misri.'
15 but, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel from the land of the north, and from all countries whither they were thrust out: and I will restore them to their own land, which I gave to their fathers.
Kwa maana, kama Bwana aishivyo, yeye aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli kutoka nchi ya kaskazini, na kutoka nchi aliyowaangamiza, nitawarudisha katika nchi niliyowapa baba zao.
16 Behold, I [will] send many fishers, says the Lord, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send many hunters, and they shall hunt them upon every mountain, and upon every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Angalia! hili ni tamko la Bwana-Nitatuma wavuvi wengi-kwa hiyo watawavua watu. Baada ya hayo nitatuma wawindaji wengi ili waweze kuwinda kati ya milima na vilima vyote, na katika miamba ya mwamba.
17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine eyes.
Kwa kuwa macho yangu yapo juu ya njia zao zote; hawawezi kujificha mbele yangu. Uovu wao hauwezi kufichika mbele ya macho yangu.
18 And I will recompense their mischiefs doubly, and their sins, whereby they have profaned my land with the carcases of their abominations, and with their iniquities, whereby they have trespassed against mine inheritance.
Nami kwanza nitawalipa mara mbili uovu na dhambi zao kwa kuwa wameichafua nchi yangu sanamu za machukizo, na kwa kujaza urithi wangu na sanamu zao za machukizo.
19 O Lord, you are my strength, and mine help, and my refuge in days of evil: to you the Gentiles shall come from the end of the earth, and shall say, How vain [were the] idols [which] our fathers procured to themselves, and there is no help in them.
Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe ngome yangu, na kimbilio langu, na mahali pa usalama wangu siku ya shida. Mataifa yatakujia kwako kutoka mwisho wa dunia na kusema, 'Hakika baba zetu walirithi udanganyifu. Ubatili mtupu; hakuna faida ndani yao. Je!
20 Will a man make gods for himself, whereas these are no gods?
Watu hufanya miungu kwa ajili yao wenyewe? Lakini wao sio miungu.
21 Therefore, behold, I will at this time manifest my hand to them, and will make known to them my power; and they shall know that my name is the Lord.
Kwa hiyo tazama! Nitawafanya wajue wakati huu, nitawafanya watambue mkono wangu na nguvu zangu, kwa hiyo watajua kwamba Yahweh ni jina langu.”
