Jeremiah 50
1 The word that Jehovah spoke concerning Babylon, concerning 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 among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and do not conceal: say, 'Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Marduk is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
“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 comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
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,' says Jehovah, 'the children of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah 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 inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it. They will come and join themselves to Jehovah in an everlasting 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 have 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 resting place.
“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 who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, "We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, 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 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
“Mwĩtharei muume Babuloni; eherai bũrũri wa andũ a Babuloni, na mũtuĩke ta thenge iria itongoragia rũũru rwa mbũri.
9 For, look, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows shall be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
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 Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied,' says Jehovah.'
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Babuloni nĩgũgatahwo; andũ othe arĩa magaagũtaha nĩmagakuua indo cia kũmaigana,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
11 Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
“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 utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: look, she shall be the least of the nations, 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 Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes 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 "Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Jehovah.
“Mwĩhaarĩrie mũthiũrũrũkĩrie Babuloni, inyuothe arĩa mũgeetaga ũta. Rĩrathei! Mũtigatigie mĩguĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩrĩĩhĩirie Jehova.
15 Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her towers are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to 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 who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone 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 hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has 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 says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: "Look, 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 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in 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, says Jehovah, 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 leave as a remnant."'"
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: kill and utterly destroy after them," says Jehovah, "and do according to all that I have commanded you.
“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 apart 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 you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Jehovah.
Ndaakwambĩire mũtego, wee Babuloni, nawe ũkĩgwatio nĩguo ũtekũmenya; wakorereirwo, ũkĩnyiitwo tondũ wa gũkararia Jehova.
25 Jehovah has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, has a work to do 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 Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, their day has 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 those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah 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 those who bend the bow; camp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Jehovah, 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 her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day," says Jehovah.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, aanake aarĩo nĩmakaagũa njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra; thigari ciarĩo ciothe nĩigakirio ki mũthenya ũcio,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
31 "Look, I am against you, you proud one," says Jehovah of hosts; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
“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 The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him."
“Mwĩtĩĩi ũcio nĩakahĩngwo agwe, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamũũkĩria; nĩngagwatia matũũra makuo mwaki, naguo nĩũgaacina arĩa othe mamũrigiicĩirie, maniinwo biũ.”
33 Thus says Jehovah of hosts: "The children of Israel and the people of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse 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; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, 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 on the Chaldeans," says Jehovah, "and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her officials, and on 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 on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on 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 on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on 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 on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they glory over 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 animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell in it: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived 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 when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it," says Jehovah, "so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live in it."
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 "Look, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts 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 lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, 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 has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.
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 Look, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? And who will appoint me a time? And who is the shepherd who can 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 the counsel of Jehovah, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: "Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over 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 trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations."
Mũrurumo wa Babuloni gũgĩtahwo nĩũgathingithia thĩ; kayũ ga kĩrĩro gĩakuo nĩgakaiguuo ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ.
