Jeremiah 14
1 That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the scarcities:
Neno la Bwana lilimjia Yeremia kuhusu ukame,
2 “Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
“Wayahudi waomboleze; basi milango yake ianguke. Wao wanaomboleza kwa ajili ya ardhi; Kilio chao kwa Yerusalemu kimepaa juu.
3 And their majestic ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come to ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.
Wenye nguvu huwatuma watumishi wao kwa ajili ya maji. Wanapoingia kwenye visima, hawawezi kupata maji. Wote wanarudi hawajafanikiwa; Wao hufunika vichwa vyao na aibu.
4 Because the ground has been broken, For there has been no rain in the land, Farmers have been ashamed, They have covered their head.
Kwa sababu hii ardhi imepasuka, kwa maana hakuna mvua katika nchi. Wakulima huwa na aibu na kufunika vichwa vyao.
5 For even the doe in the field has brought forth—to forsake [it!] For there has been no grass.
Kwa maana hata kunguru huwaacha wanawe katika mashamba, kwa maana hakuna nyasi.
6 And wild donkeys have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Their eyes have been consumed, for there is no herb.”
Punda mwitu husimama kwenye mabonde yaliyo wazi na hupiga upepo kama mbweha. Macho yao yanashindwa kufanya kazi, kwa maana hakuna mimea.
7 Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake, For our backslidings have been many, We have sinned against You.
Hata ingawa maovu yetu yanatushuhudia, Bwana, tenda kwa ajili ya jina lako. Kwa sababu matendo yetu yasiyo na imani yamezidi; tumekutenda dhambi.
8 O Hope of Israel—its Savior in time of trouble, Why are You as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveler turned aside to lodge?
Matumaini ya Israeli, yule anayemwokoa wakati wa dhiki, kwa nini utakuwa kama mgeni katika nchi, kama mtu akaaye nchi ya kigeni ambaye hujinyoosha na kutumia hutumia usiku mmoja tu?
9 Why are You as one mute? As a mighty one not able to save? And You [are] in our midst, O YHWH, And Your Name is called over us, Do not leave us.
Kwa nini utakuwa kama mtu aliyechanganyikiwa, kama shujaa ambaye hawezi kuokoa mtu yeyote? Kwa maana wewe u katikati yetu, Bwana! Jina lako limetangazwa juu yetu. Usiondoke
10 Thus said YHWH concerning this people: “They have loved to wander well, They have not restrained their feet, And YHWH has not accepted them, Now He remembers their iniquity, And inspects their sin.”
Bwana awaambia hivi watu hawa “Kwa kuwa wanapenda kutanga tanga, hawakuzuia miguu yao kufanya hivyo.” Bwana hafurahi nao. Sasa anawakumbusha uovu wao na ameadhibu dhambi zao.
11 And YHWH says to me: “You do not pray for this people for good.
Bwana akaniambia, Usiombe kwa ajili ya watu hawa.
12 When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to ascend, I do not accept them; for I am consuming them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”
Maana ikiwa wanafunga, sitasikiliza kulia kwao; na wanapotoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za unga, sitawafurahia. Kwa maana nitawaangamiza kwa upanga, njaa, na tauni.
13 And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, the prophets are saying to them: You do not see a sword, indeed, famine is not [on] you, for I give true peace to you in this place.”
Ndipo nikasema, “Ee Bwana, Bwana! Angalia! mabii wanawaambia watu, 'Huwezi kuona upanga; hakutakuwa na njaa kwako, kwa kuwa nitakupa usalama wa kweli mahali hapa.'”
14 And YHWH says to me: “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My Name. I did not send them, nor command them, nor have I spoken to them. A false vision, and divination, and vanity—indeed, they are prophesying the deceit of their own heart to you.
Bwana akaniambia, 'manabii wanatabiri uongo kwa jina langu. Sikuwafukuza, wala sikuwapa amri au kusema nao. Lakini maono ya udanganyifu na ya maana, uchawi wa udanganyifu unaotokana na akili zao ndicho wanachowahubiria.”
15 Therefore, thus said YHWH concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My Name and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.
Kwa hiyo Bwana asema hivi, “Kwa habari ya manabii wakihubiri kwa jina langu, ambao mimi siwakutuma; wale wanaosema kuwa hakutakuwa na upanga wala njaa katika nchi hii mabii hawa wataangamia kwa upanga na njaa.
16 And the people to whom they are prophesying are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword, and they have none burying them—them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters—and I have poured out their evil on them.
Na watu waliopewa utabiri watafukuzwa nje ya barabara za Yerusalemu kwa sababu ya njaa na upanga; kwa kuwa hakuna mtu wa kuwazikas-wao, na wake zao, na wana wao, wala binti zao; kwa maana nitamwaga uovu wao wenyewe juu yao.
17 And you have said this word to them: Tears come down my eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For [with] a great breach, The virgin daughter of my people has been broken, A very grievous stroke.
Sema neno hili kwao 'Acha macho yangu yatokwe machozi, usiku na mchana. wala yasikome, kwa kuwa kutakuwa na kuanguka kwa bikira, binti ya watu wangu - jeraha kubwa lisilotibika.
18 If I have gone forth to the field, Then, behold, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, behold, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down To a land that they did not know.”
Ikiwa nitatoka kwenye shamba basi angalia! kuna wale waliouawa kwa upanga. Na kama nitakuja mjini, basi, tazama! kuna wale walio na ugonjwa wa njaa. Hata nabii na kuhani wote wanatembea juu ya nchi bila maarifa.'”
19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and behold, terror.
Je! Umemkataa kabisa Yuda? Je, unaichukia Sayuni? Kwa nini umetupiga wakati hakuna uponyaji kwetu? Tulitumaini amani, lakini hapakuwa na kitu kizuri-na kwa wakati wa uponyaji, lakini tazama, kuna hofu tu.
20 We have known, O YHWH, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.
Tunakubali, Bwana, makosa yetu, uovu wa babu zetu, kwa kuwa tumekukosea.
21 Do not despise, for Your Name’s sake, Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Usitukatae! Kwa ajili ya jina lako, usikifedheheshe kiti chako cha enzi cha utukufu. Kumbuka na usivunje agano lako na sisi.
22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these!
Je, kuna miongoni mwa sanamu za mataifa yeyote zinazoweza kuifanya mbingu kutoa mvua? Je, si wewe, Bwana Mungu wetu, ambaye hufanya jambo hili? Tunatumaini kwako, kwa kuwa umefanya mambo haya yote.
