Jeremiah 16
1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova nĩyanginyĩrire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
2 Thou shalt not take thyself a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
“Ndũkanahikanie ũgĩe na aanake kana airĩtu kũndũ gũkũ.”
3 For thus hath said the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bear them, and concerning their fathers that beget them in this land:
Nĩgũkorwo ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga ũndũ ũkoniĩ aanake na airĩtu arĩa maciarĩirwo bũrũri ũyũ na ũkoniĩ atumia arĩa marĩ manyina mao na arũme arĩa marĩ maithe mao, atĩrĩ:
4 A death through diseases of famine shall they die; they shall not be lamented for; nor shall they be buried; for dung upon the face of the earth shall they be: and by the sword and by famine shall they come to their end; and their carcasses shall be for food unto the fowls of heaven, and unto the beasts of the earth.
“Nĩmagakua gĩkuũ kiumanĩte na mĩrimũ mĩũru. Matigaacakaĩrwo kana mathikwo, no magaatuĩka ta rũrua rũharaganĩtio gũkũ thĩ. Makaaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora na ngʼaragu, nacio ciimba ciao igatuĩka, irio cia nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ na nyamũ cia gĩthaka.”
5 For thus hath said the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor to condole with them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, yea, kindness and mercy.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ndũkanatoonye mũciĩ ũrĩ na ndĩa ya mathiko; ndũgathiĩ gũcakaya kana gũcaayanĩra, nĩ ũndũ nĩnjeheretie kĩrathimo gĩakwa, na wendo wakwa, o na tha ciakwa harĩ andũ aya,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
6 And both the great and the small shall die in this land, — they shall not be buried, and men shall not lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
“Andũ othe, anene na arĩa anini, nĩmagakuĩra bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ. Matigaathikwo kana macakaĩrwo, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgetiihangia kana enjwo mũtwe nĩ ũndũ wao.
7 Nor shall they break bread for them at their mourning, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall they give them to drink the cup of consolation for their father and for their mother.
Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaaheana irio cia kũhooreria acio maracakaĩra arĩa makuĩte, o na akorwo nĩ ithe kana nyina, o na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaaheana kĩndũ gĩa kũnyua nĩguo amagirie maithori.
8 And into the house of feasting shalt thou not enter, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
“Ningĩ ndũkanatoonye mũciĩ ũrĩ na gĩathĩ, atĩ nĩguo ũikare thĩ nao mũrĩe na mũnyue.
9 For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova, Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘Matukũ-inĩ manyu nĩmũkeonera na maitho manyu ngakinyia mĩgambo ya ndũrũhĩ na ya gĩkeno mũthia o na niine mĩgambo ya mũhiki na mũhikania kũndũ gũkũ.’
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they should say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord spoken against us all this great evil? and what is our iniquity? and what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
“Rĩrĩa ũkeera andũ aya maũndũ macio mothe nao makũũrie atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte Jehova atũtuĩre mwanangĩko mũnene ũguo? Kaĩ twĩkĩte ihĩtia rĩrĩkũ? Nĩ mehia marĩkũ twĩhĩirie Jehova Ngai witũ?’
11 That thou shalt say unto them, Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord, and walked after other gods, and served them, and bowed down unto them, and me they forsook, and my law they kept not;
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ũmeere atĩrĩ: Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ tondũ maithe manyu nĩmandirikire, makĩrũmĩrĩra ngai ingĩ, magĩcitungatagĩra na magĩcihooyaga. Nĩmandirikire na makĩaga kũrũmia watho wakwa.
12 And ye act worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken unto me;
No inyuĩ nĩmwĩkĩte maũndũ ma waganu mũgakĩra maithe manyu. Ta rorai muone ũrĩa o ũmwe wanyu arũmĩrĩire ũremi wa ngoro yake thũku, handũ ha kũnjathĩkĩra.
13 Therefore will I hurl you out of this land into the land of which ye had no knowledge, neither ye nor your fathers; and ye will serve there other gods by day and by night; so that I will not grant you any favor.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngũmũrutũrũra muume bũrũri ũyũ mũthiĩ bũrũri mũtooĩ inyuĩ ene, o na kana ũkamenywo nĩ maithe manyu, na mũrĩ kũu nĩmũgatungatagĩra ngai ingĩ mũthenya na ũtukũ, nĩgũkorwo ndigũcooka kũmwĩka maũndũ mega.’”
14 Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when it shall not he said any more, As the Lord liveth, who hath brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “O na kũrĩ ũguo, matukũ nĩmarooka rĩrĩa andũ matagacooka kuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Jehova atũũraga muoyo, ũrĩa warutire andũ a Isiraeli kuuma bũrũri wa Misiri,’
15 But, As the Lord liveth, who hath brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither he had driven them: and I will cause them to return unto their land which I have given unto their fathers.
no makoigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa Jehova atũũraga muoyo, ũrĩa warutire andũ a Isiraeli bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ mwena wa gathigathini, na akĩmaruta mabũrũri-inĩ mothe kũrĩa aamathaamĩirie.’ Nĩgũkorwo nĩngamacookia bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa ndaaheire maithe mao.”
16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after that will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “No rĩrĩ, nĩngũtũmana gwĩtwo ategi a thamaki aingĩ, nao nĩmakamatega. Thuutha wa ũguo njooke ndũmanĩre aguĩmi aingĩ, nao nĩmakamaguĩma irĩma-inĩ, na tũrĩma-inĩ tuothe, na mĩatũka-inĩ ya ndwaro cia mahiga.
17 For my eyes are directed upon all their ways, they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
Maitho makwa nĩmoonaga mĩthiĩre yao yothe; ndĩngĩhithĩka harĩ niĩ, o namo mehia mao matingĩhithwo atĩ nĩguo maitho makwa mage kũmona.
18 And [thus] will I pay them at the first their two-fold iniquity and their sin; because they have defiled my land, filling my heritage with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.
Ngaamarĩhia maita meerĩ nĩ ũndũ wa waganu wao na mehia mao, nĩ ũndũ nĩmathaahĩtie bũrũri wakwa na mĩhaano ĩtarĩ muoyo mĩmeneku mũno, na makaiyũria igai rĩakwa na mĩhianano ĩrĩ magigi.”
19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge on the day of trouble, unto thee shall nations come from the ends of the earth, and say, Nothing but falsehood had our fathers inherited, vanity, wherein there is no profit.
Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, o wee hinya wakwa, na kĩirigo gĩakwa kĩrũmu, o wee rĩũrĩro rĩakwa hĩndĩ ya mathĩĩna, ndũrĩrĩ igooka harĩwe ciumĩte ituri-inĩ cia thĩ, ciuge atĩrĩ, “Maithe maitũ matiarĩ na kĩndũ tiga ngai cia maheeni, o mĩhianano ĩyo ĩtarĩ kĩene na ĩtarĩ ũndũ mwega yamekĩire.
20 How? can a man make unto himself gods, which are yet no gods?
Andũ nĩmethondekagĩra ngai ciao ene? Ĩĩ, no rĩrĩ, icio ti ngai!”
21 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, at this time will I cause them to know, my hand and my might: and they shall know that my name is The Eternal.
“Tondũ ũcio nĩngamaruta maamenye, ihinda-inĩ rĩĩrĩ nĩguo ngaamaruta ũhoro wa ũhoti na hinya wakwa. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmakamenya atĩ rĩĩtwa rĩakwa nĩ Jehova.
