Jeremiah 47
1 That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh strikes Gaza:
Hili ni neno la Yahwe lililokuja kwa Yeremia nabi juu ya Wafilisiti. Neno hili lilimjia kabla Farao hajaishambulia Gaza.
2 “Thus said YHWH: Behold, waters are going up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fullness, The city, and those dwelling in it, And men have cried out, And every inhabitant of the land has howled.
“Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama, mafuriko ya maji yanainuka huko kaskazini. Yatakuwa kama mto uliofurika! Kisha yataigharikisha nchi na kila kitu ndani yake, miji yake na watu wakaao ndani yake! Kila mtu atapiga kelele ya kuomba msaada, na wakaaji wote wa nchi wataomboleza.
3 From the sound of the stamping of the hooves of his mighty ones, From the rushing of his chariot, The noise of his wheels, Fathers have not turned to sons, From feebleness of hands,
Kwa sauti ya kukanyaga kwa kwato za farasi wao wenye nguvu, kwa mwungurumo wa vibandawazi vyao na kelele za magurudumu yao, wazazi hawatawasaidia watoto wao kwa sababu ya udhaifu wao.
4 Because of the day that has come to spoil all the Philistines, To cut off every helping remnant from Tyre and from Sidon. For YHWH is spoiling the Philistines, The remnant of the island of Caphtor.
Kwa maana siku inakuja itakayowaacha ukiwa Wafilisiti wote, kumwondoa kila mtu aliyesalia anayetaka kuwasaidia. Kwa maana Yahwe anawaangamiza Wafilisiti, waliosalia katika kisiwa cha Kaftori.
5 Baldness has come to Gaza, Ashkelon has been cut off, O remnant of their valley, Until when do you cut yourself?
Maombolezo yatakuja juu ya Gaza. Hata kwa Ashikeloni, watu waliosalia bondeni watakuwa kimya. Ni kwa muda gani mtajiondoa katika maombolezo?
6 Behold, sword of YHWH, until when are you not quiet? Be removed to your sheath, rest and cease.
Ole, upanga wa Yahwe! itachukua muda gani hata unyamaze? Rudini alani mwenu! Acha na unyamaze.
7 How will it be quiet, And YHWH has given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? He has appointed it there!”
Wawezaje kuwa kimya, maana Yahwe amekuagiza. Amekuamuru kumpiga Ashikeloni na dhidi ya nchi ya pwani ya bahari.
