Jeremiah 47
1 The word of YHWH that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
Hili ni neno la Yahwe lililokuja kwa Yeremia nabi juu ya Wafilisiti. Neno hili lilimjia kabla Farao hajaishambulia Gaza.
2 "Thus says YHWH: 'Look, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell in it; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
“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 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers do not look back to their children for 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 comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for YHWH will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle 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 on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
Maombolezo yatakuja juu ya Gaza. Hata kwa Ashikeloni, watu waliosalia bondeni watakuwa kimya. Ni kwa muda gani mtajiondoa katika maombolezo?
6 You sword of YHWH, "how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your sheath; rest, and be still."
Ole, upanga wa Yahwe! itachukua muda gani hata unyamaze? Rudini alani mwenu! Acha na unyamaze.
7 How can it be quiet, since YHWH has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.'"
Wawezaje kuwa kimya, maana Yahwe amekuagiza. Amekuamuru kumpiga Ashikeloni na dhidi ya nchi ya pwani ya bahari.
