Jeremiah 19
1 Thus said YHWH, "Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take with you some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
Bwana akasema hivi, “Nenda ukanunue chupa ya udongo wakati ukiwa na wazee wa watu na makuhani.
2 and go forth to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
Kisha uende mpaka bonde la Ben Hinomu wakati wa kuingia kwenye mlango uliovunjika wa mfinyanzi, na huko utangaza maneno nitakayokuambia.
3 and say, 'Hear the word of YHWH, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, "Look, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.
Ukisema, 'Sikilizeni neno la Bwana, wafalme wa Yuda na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu! Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, “Tazameni, na nitaletea msiba juu ya mahali hapa, na masikio ya kila mtu anayesikia yatawaka.
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they did not know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
Nitafanya hivyo kwa sababu wameniacha na kudharau mahali hapa. Katika mahali hapa wanatoa sadaka kwa miungu mingine ambayo hawakuijua. Wao, baba zao, na wafalme wa Yuda pia wamejaza mahali damu isiyo na hatia.
5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I did not command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:
Walimjengea Baali mahali pa juu na kuwachoma watoto wao kwa moto kama sadaka za kuteketezwa kwake-kitu ambacho sijawaamuru au kutaja, wala hakuingia ndani ya akili yangu.
6 therefore, look, the days come," says YHWH, "that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The Valley of Ben Hinnom, but The Valley of Slaughter.
Kwa hiyo, tazama, siku zinakuja-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-ambapo mahali hapa hapataitwa tena Tofethi, bonde la Ben Hinomu, kwa kuwa litakuwa bonde la machinjo.
7 I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
Katika mahali hapa nitatamgua mipango ya Yuda na Yerusalemu. Nitawafanya wapate kuuawa kwa upanga mbele ya adui zao na kwa mkono wa wale wanaotafuta maisha yao. Ndipo nitawapa miili yao kuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na wanyama wa dunia.
8 I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
Ndipo nitaifanya mji huu kuwa uharibifu na kitu cha kuzomewa, kila mtu anayepita atashangaa na kuzomea kwa sababu mateso yake yote.
9 I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them."'
Nitawafanya wale nyama ya wana wao na binti zao; kila mtu atakula mwili wa jirani yake katika dhiki na katika uchungu ambao umeletwa kwao na maadui zao na wale wanaotaka maisha yao.'”
10 Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,
Kisha utavunja chupa ya udongo mbele ya watu ambao walikwenda pamoja nawe.
11 and shall tell them, 'Thus says YHWH of hosts: "Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury.
Uwaambie,'Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi: nitafanya jambo hili kwa watu hawa na mji huu- hii ndiyo ahadi ya Bwana, kama vile Yeremia alivyovunja chupa ya udongo ili isiweze kutengenezwa tena. Watu watazika wafu huko Tofethi hata hapatabaki mahali pa kuzika.
12 Thus will I do to this place," says YHWH, "and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:
Hivyo ndivyo nitakavyopafanya mahali hapa na wenyeji wake nitakapofanya jiji hili kama Tofethi, hili ndio tamko la Bwana;
13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"
kwa hiyo nyumba za Yerusalemu na wafalme wa Yuda watakuwa kama Tofethi, nyumba zote zilizo juu ya watu waovu wanaoabudu nyota zote za mbinguni na kumwaga sadaka za kinywaji kwa miungu mingine.'”
14 Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where YHWH had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of YHWH's house, and said to all the people:
Ndipo Yeremia akatoka Tofethi, ambako Bwana amemtuma ahubiri. Akasimama katika ua wa nyumba ya Bwana, akawaambia watu wote,
15 "Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.'"
“Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Tazameni, nitawaletea mji huu na miji yake yote maafa yote niliyonena dhidi yake, kwa kuwa walifanya shingo zao kuwa ngumu na kukataa kusikiliza maneno yangu.'”
