Jeremiah 21
1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, —when King Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur, son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying:
Mfumu Zedekiya inatuma Pasuri mwana wa Malikiya ndi wansembe Zefaniya mwana wa Maseya kwa Yeremiya.
2 Enquire for us I pray thee of Yahweh, in that, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, maketh war against us, —Peradventure Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wonders, so that he 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 said Jeremiah unto them, —Thus, shall ye say unto Zedekiah:
Koma Yehova anawuza Yeremiya kuti ayankhe Pasuri ndi Zefaniya kuti, “Kamuwuzeni Zedekiya kuti,
4 Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel—Behold me! turning back the weapons of war that are in your hand, wherewith, ye, are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, who are besieging you outside the wall, —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 And I myself, will fight against you, with a hand outstretched, and with an arm of strength, —and with anger and with wrath and with great indignation;
Ineyo mwini wakene ndi mkono wotambasula ndi dzanja lamphamvu, ndidzachita nanu nkhondo ndili wokwiya, wokalipa ndi waukali.
6 and I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast, —of a great pestilence, shall they die.
Ndidzakantha amene amakhala mu mzinda muno, anthu pamodzi ndi zirombo, ndipo zidzafa ndi mliri woopsa.
7 And after that, Declareth Yahweh—Will I 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 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, even into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them who are seeking their life, —and he will smite them with the edge of the sword, he will not have pity on them nor will he spare nor will he have compassion.
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 And unto this people, shalt thou say, Thus, saith Yahweh, —Behold me! setting 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 that remaineth in this city, shall die—by the sword or by the famine or by the pestilence, —Whereas, he that goeth forth and falleth unto the Chaldeans, who are besieging you, —then shall he live, and, his life, shall become to him, a spoil;
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 against this city, for calamity and not for blessing, Declareth Yahweh, —Into the hand of the king of Babylon, shall it be given up, and he will 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 Now, as to the house of the king of Judah, —hear ye the word of Yahweh: —
“Komanso, uwuze banja laufumu la Yuda kuti, ‘Imva mawu a Yehova;
12 O house of David! Thus, saith Yahweh, Administer justice betimes, And deliver the robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, —Lest mine indignation come forth like fire And burn and there be none to quench it, Because of the wickedness 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 Behold me! against thee, O thou dweller in the vale on the level rock, Declareth Yahweh, —Ye who are saying, Who shall come down upon us? Who shall enter 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 Yet will I bring punishment upon you according to the fruit of your doings, Declareth Yahweh, —and will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.
Ndidzakulangani molingana ndi ntchito zanu, akutero Yehova. Ndidzatentha nkhalango zanu; moto udzapsereza zonse zimene zakuzungulirani.’”
