Jeremiah 15
1 Then YHWH said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Kisha Bwana akaniambia: “Hata kama Mose na Samweli wangesimama mbele zangu, moyo wangu usingewaelekea watu hawa. Waondoe mbele za macho yangu! Waache waende!
2 It shall happen, when they tell you, 'Where shall we go forth?' Then you shall tell them, 'Thus says YHWH: "Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
Nao kama wakikuuliza, ‘Twende wapi?’ Waambie, ‘Hili ndilo Bwana asemalo: “‘Wale waliowekwa kwa ajili ya kufa, wakafe; waliowekwa kwa ajili ya upanga, kwa upanga; waliowekwa kwa ajili ya njaa, kwa njaa: waliowekwa kwa ajili ya kutekwa, watekwe.’”
3 I will appoint over them four kinds, says YHWH: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
Bwana asema, “Nitatuma aina nne za waharabu dhidi yao: nazo ni upanga ili kuua na mbwa ili wakokote mbali, ndege wa angani na wanyama wa nchi ili kula na kuangamiza.
4 I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
Nitawafanya wawe machukizo kwa falme zote za dunia kwa sababu ya kile alichofanya Manase mwana wa Hezekia mfalme wa Yuda huko Yerusalemu.
5 For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
“Ni nani atakayekuhurumia, ee Yerusalemu? Ni nani atakayeomboleza kwa ajili yako? Ni nani atakayesimama ili kuuliza kuhusu hali yako?
6 'You have rejected me,' says YHWH, 'you have gone backward:' therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.
Umenikataa mimi,” asema Bwana. “Unazidi kukengeuka. Hivyo nitanyoosha mkono wangu juu yako na kukuangamiza, siwezi kuendelea kukuonea huruma.
7 I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they did not return from their ways.
Nitawapepeta kwa uma wa kupepetea kwenye malango ya miji katika nchi. Nitaleta msiba na maangamizi juu ya watu wangu, kwa maana hawajabadili njia zao.
8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly.
Nitawafanya wajane wao kuwa wengi kuliko mchanga wa bahari. Wakati wa adhuhuri nitamleta mharabu dhidi ya mama wa vijana wao waume; kwa ghafula nitaleta juu yao maumivu makuu na hofu kuu.
9 She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and their residue will I deliver to the sword before their enemies," says YHWH.
Mama mwenye watoto saba atazimia na kupumua pumzi yake ya mwisho. Jua lake litatua kungali bado mchana, atatahayarika na kufedheheka. Wale wote waliobaki nitawaua kwa upanga mbele ya adui zao,” asema Bwana.
10 "Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth. I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me."
Ole wangu, mama yangu, kwamba ulinizaa, mtu ambaye ulimwengu wote unashindana na kugombana naye! Sikukopa wala sikukopesha, lakini kila mmoja ananilaani.
11 YHWH said, "Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make petition to you in the time of evil and in the time of distress.
Bwana akasema, “Hakika nitakuokoa kwa kusudi jema, hakika nitawafanya adui zako wakuombe msaada nyakati za maafa na nyakati za dhiki.
12 Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
“Je, mtu aweza kuvunja chuma, chuma kitokacho kaskazini, au shaba?
13 Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
Utajiri wako na hazina zako nitavitoa kuwa nyara, bila gharama, kwa sababu ya dhambi zako zote katika nchi yako yote.
14 I will make you serve your enemies in a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you."
Nitakufanya uwe mtumwa wa adui zako katika nchi usiyoijua, kwa kuwa katika hasira yangu moto umewashwa utakaowaka juu yako daima.”
15 "YHWH, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; do not take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
Wewe unafahamu, Ee Bwana, unikumbuke na unitunze mimi. Lipiza kisasi juu ya watesi wangu. Kwa uvumilivu wako usiniondolee mbali; kumbuka jinsi ninavyoshutumiwa.
16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, YHWH, the God of hosts.
Maneno yako yalipokuja, niliyala; yakawa shangwe yangu na furaha ya moyo wangu, kwa kuwa nimeitwa kwa jina lako, Ee Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
17 I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
Kamwe sikuketi katika kundi la wafanyao sherehe, wala kamwe sikujifurahisha pamoja nao; niliketi peke yangu kwa sababu mkono wako ulikuwa juu yangu, na wewe ulikuwa umenijaza hasira.
18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?"
Kwa nini maumivu yangu hayakomi, na jeraha langu ni la kuhuzunisha, wala haliponyeki? Je, utakuwa kwangu kama kijito cha udanganyifu, kama chemchemi iliyokauka?
19 Therefore thus says YHWH, "If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.
Kwa hiyo hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kama ukitubu, nitakurejeza ili uweze kunitumikia; kama ukinena maneno yenye maana, wala si ya upuzi, utakuwa mnenaji wangu. Watu hawa ndio watakaokugeukia, wala si wewe utakayewageukia wao.
20 I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you," says YHWH.
Nitakufanya wewe uwe ukuta kwa watu hawa, ngome ya ukuta wa shaba; watapigana nawe lakini hawatakushinda, kwa maana mimi niko pamoja nawe kukuponya na kukuokoa,” asema Bwana.
21 "I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."
“Nitakuokoa kutoka mikono ya waovu, na kukukomboa kutoka makucha ya watu wakatili.”
