Jeremiah 21
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from YHWH, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
Mfumu Zedekiya inatuma Pasuri mwana wa Malikiya ndi wansembe Zefaniya mwana wa Maseya kwa Yeremiya.
2 "Please inquire of YHWH for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps YHWH will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us."
Iwo amati akanene kwa Yeremiya mawu akuti, “Tinenere kwa Yehova chifukwa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya Babuloni akutithira nkhondo. Mwina mwake Yehova nʼkutichitira zodabwitsa kuti Nebukadinezarayo achoke kwathu kuno.”
3 Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall tell Zedekiah:
Koma Yehova anawuza Yeremiya kuti ayankhe Pasuri ndi Zefaniya kuti, “Kamuwuzeni Zedekiya kuti,
4 'Thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, "Look, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
‘Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli akuti ndikulandeni zida zimene zili mʼmanja mwanu zimene mukugwiritsa ntchito polimbana ndi mfumu ya ku Babuloni ndi ankhondo ake amene akuzingani kunja kwa lingali. Ndipo ndidzasonkhanitsa zidazo mʼkati mwa mzindawu.
5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
Ineyo mwini wakene ndi mkono wotambasula ndi dzanja lamphamvu, ndidzachita nanu nkhondo ndili wokwiya, wokalipa ndi waukali.
6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.
Ndidzakantha amene amakhala mu mzinda muno, anthu pamodzi ndi zirombo, ndipo zidzafa ndi mliri woopsa.
7 Afterward," says YHWH, "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy."'
Pambuyo pake, ndidzapereka Zedekiya mfumu ya ku Yuda, nduna zake pamodzi ndi anthu a mu mzinda muno amene adzapulumuke pa nthawi ya mliri, lupanga ndi njala kwa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni ndi kwa adani awo amene ankafuna kuwapha. Iye adzawapha ndi lupanga. Sadzawachitira chifundo kapena kuwamvera chisoni kapenanso kuwakomera mtima.’
8 To this people you shall say, "Thus says YHWH: 'Look, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
“Yehova anati ndiwawuzenso anthu amenewa kuti asankhe pakati pa moyo ndi imfa.
9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.
Aliyense amene akhale mu mzinda muno adzaphedwa ndi lupanga, njala kapena mliri. Koma aliyense amene apite kukadzipereka kwa Ababuloni amene akuzinganiwa adzakhala ndi moyo, adzapulumuka.
10 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,' says YHWH: 'it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'
Ine ndatsimikiza kuchitira mzinda uno choyipa osati chabwino, akutero Yehova. Udzaperekedwa mʼdzanja la mfumu ya ku Babuloni, ndipo iyeyo adzawutentha ndi moto.
11 Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of YHWH:
“Komanso, uwuze banja laufumu la Yuda kuti, ‘Imva mawu a Yehova;
12 'House of David, thus says YHWH, "Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
inu a mʼbanja la Davide, Yehova akuti, “‘Weruzani mwachilungamo mmawa uliwonse; pulumutsani mʼdzanja la wozunza aliyense amene walandidwa katundu wake, kuopa kuti ukali wanga ungabuke ndi kuyaka ngati moto wosazimitsika chifukwa cha zoyipa zimene mwachita.
13 Look, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain," says YHWH; "you that say, 'Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter into our habitations?'
Ndidzalimbana nanu, inu amene mukukhala pamwamba pa chigwa, inu okhala ngati thanthwe lapachidikha, akutero Yehova. Inu amene mumanena kuti, ‘Ndani amene angabwere kudzalimbana nafe? Ndani amene angathe kulowa mʼmalinga mwathu?’
14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says YHWH; "and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."'"
Ndidzakulangani molingana ndi ntchito zanu, akutero Yehova. Ndidzatentha nkhalango zanu; moto udzapsereza zonse zimene zakuzungulirani.’”
