Jeremiah 3
1 He hath said, If a man send away his wife, and she go from him and become another man’s, will he return unto her, again? would not that land be, utterly defiled? And, thou, hast been unchaste with many neighbours, and yet [thinkest] to return unto me! Declareth Yahweh.
“Ngati munthu asudzula mkazi wake ndipo mkaziyo nʼkuchoka nakakwatiwa ndi mwamuna wina, kodi mwamuna woyambayo angathe kumutenganso mkaziyo? Kodi atatero sindiye kuti dzikolo layipitsidwa kwambiri? Koma iwe Israeli wachita zadama ndi zibwenzi zambiri. Komabe bwerera kwa ine,” akutero Yehova.
2 Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights and see—where thou hast not been unchastely embraced! beside the ways, hast thou sat to them, like the Arabian in the desert, —and hast defiled the land with thine unchastities, and with thy wickedness.
“Tayangʼana ku zitunda zowuma. Kodi aliponso malo ena amene iwe sunachitepo zadama? Iwe unkakhala mʼmbali mwa njira kumadikira zibwenzi zako, ngati Mluya wobisalira anthu mʼchipululu. Inu mwayipitsa dziko ndi zadama zanu ndi ntchito zanu zoyipa.
3 Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come, —Yet the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
Nʼchifukwa chake Yehova wayimitsa mvula, ndipo mvula ya nthawi ya masika sinagwe. Komabe uli ndi maonekedwe a mkazi wachiwerewere; ndipo sukuchita manyazi ndi pangʼono pomwe.
4 Hast thou not from this time, cried unto me, My father! the friend of my youth, art, thou?
Kodi iwe siposachedwa pomwepa pamene wanena kuti, ‘Abambo anga, Inu bwenzi langa la unyamata wanga,
5 Will he maintain his anger to times age-abiding? Will he keep it perpetually? Lo! thou hast spoken thus but hast done wicked things and had thy way!
kodi mudzandikwiyira nthawi zonse? Kodi ukali wanu udzakhalabe mpaka muyaya?’ Umu ndimo mmene umayankhulira, koma umapitirizabe kuchita zoyipa monga momwe umathera.”
6 And Yahweh said unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what apostate Israel, did? She used to go upon every high mountain and beneath every green tree, and commit unchastity there.
Pa nthawi ya Mfumu Yosiya Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Kodi waona zomwe Israeli wosakhulupirika uja wachita? Anakwera pa phiri lililonse lalitali ndi kupita pa tsinde pa mtengo uliwonse wogudira kukapembedza. Choncho anachita za chiwerewere kumeneko.
7 And I said, after she had been doing all these things, Unto me, shall thou return? and she returned not, —and her treacherous sister Judah saw it!
Ndinaganiza kuti atachita zonsezi, adzabwerera kwa Ine, koma sanabwerere, ndipo mlongo wake wosakhulupirika uja, Yuda, anaziona zimenezi.
8 Though she saw that for all this, apostate Israel having committed adultery, I had sent her away, and had given a scroll of divorcement unto her, yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but, she also, went and committed unchastity.
Anaona kuti ndinasudzula Israeli wosakhulupirikayo ndi kumupirikitsa chifukwa cha zigololo zake. Komabe Yuda mʼbale wake wosakhulupirika uja sanaope, nayenso anapita kukachita chigololo.
9 Yea though it had come to pass that through the levity of her unchastity, she had defiled the land, —and committed adultery with Stone and with Tree,
Chiwerewere cha Israeli chinali chochititsa manyazi kotero kuti chinayipitsa dziko lonse. Anachita chigololo popembedza mafano a miyala ndi mitengo.
10 yet, in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah returned not unto me, with all her heart, —but, falsely, Declareth Yahweh.
Israeli atachita zonsezi, Yuda mʼbale wake wosakhulupirika uja sanabwerere kwa Ine ndi mtima wake wonse, koma mwachiphamaso chabe,” akutero Yehova.
11 Then said Yahweh unto me, —Apostate Israel, hath justified herself, —more than treacherous Judah.
Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Kusakhulupirika kwa Israeli nʼkochepa kuyerekeza ndi kusakhulupirika kwa Yuda.
12 Go, and proclaim these words, towards the North and say—Return! thou apostate—Israel, Urgeth Yahweh, I will not lower my face against you, —for full of lovingkindness, I am, Declareth Yahweh, I will not maintain [mine anger] unto times age-abiding.
Pita ukalalikire kumpoto uthenga wakuti, “‘Israeli wosakhulupirikawe, bwerera,’ akutero Yehova. ‘Sindidzakukalipira mpaka kalekale, pakuti ndine wachifundo,’ akutero Yehova. ‘Sindidzakukwiyira mpaka kalekale.
13 Only, acknowledge thine iniquity, that against Yahweh thy God, hast thou transgressed, —and hast gone hither and thither unto foreigners under every green tree, and unto my voice, ye have not hearkened Declareth Yahweh.
Ungovomera kulakwa kwako kuti unawukira Yehova Mulungu wako. Vomera kuti unayendayenda kukapembedza milungu yachilendo pansi pa mtengo uliwonse wogudira, ndiponso kuti sunandimvere,’” akutero Yehova.
14 Return, ye apostate sons, Urgeth Yahweh, for, I, am become your husband, —therefore will I take you one of a city, and two of a family, and will bring you to Zion;
“Bwererani, ana osakhulupirika, pakuti ndine mbuye wanu,” akutero Yehova. “Ndinakusankhani, mmodzimmodzi kuchokera ku mudzi uliwonse ndiponso awiriawiri kuchokera ku banja lililonse.
15 and will give you shepherds according to mine own heart, —who will feed you with knowledge and discretion.
Ndipo ndidzakupatsani abusa a pamtima panga amene adzakutsogolerani mwanzeru ndi mwaluntha.
16 And it shall come to pass when ye shall be multiplied and become fruitful in the land, in those days, Declareth Yahweh, They shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Neither shall it come up on the heart, Neither shall they remember it, Neither shall they miss it, Neither shall it be made any more.
Masiku amenewo mukadzachulukana kwambiri mʼdzikomo, anthu sadzanenanso za ‘Bokosi la Chipangano la Yehova’ kapena kuliganizira. Sadzalikumbukiranso kapena kulifuna, ndipo sadzapanganso lina,” akutero Yehova.
17 At that time, shall they call Jerusalem, The throne of Yahweh, and there shall be gathered unto her all the nations—to the Name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem; and they shall walk no more after the stubbornness of their own wicked heart.
Nthawi imeneyo adzatcha Yerusalemu Mpando Waufumu wa Yehova, ndipo mitundu yonse ya anthu idzasonkhana mu Yerusalemu pamaso pa Yehova. Sadzawumiriranso kutsata mitima yawo yoyipa.
18 In those days, shall the house of Judah go unto the house of Israel, —that they may enter together out of the land of the North, upon the land which I gave as an inheritance unto your fathers.
Masiku amenewo fuko la Yuda lidzaphatikizana ndi fuko la Israeli, onse pamodzi adzachokera ku dziko la kumpoto kupita ku dziko limene ndinapatsa makolo awo, kuti likhale cholowa.
19 Though, I myself, had said, —How can I put thee among the sons, And give thee a land to be coveted, An inheritance of beauty, of the hosts of nations? Yet I said, My father, shalt thou call me, And away from me, shalt thou not turn.
“Ine mwini ndinati, “‘Ndikanakonda bwanji kukukhazikani pakati pa ana anga ndikukupatsani dziko labwino kwambiri, cholowa chokongola kwambiri kuposa cha mitundu ina ya anthu.’ Ndinaganiza kuti mudzanditcha Ine ‘Atate’ ndi kuti simudzaleka kunditsata.
20 But indeed [as] a wife goeth treacherously from her husband, so, have ye acted treacherously with me, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh.
Koma monga mkazi wosakhulupirika amasiya mwamuna wake, momwemonso inu mwakhala osakhulupirika kwa Ine, inu fuko la Israeli,” akutero Yehova.
21 A voice on the bare heights, is heard, The weeping of the supplications of the sons of Israel, —Because they have perverted their way, Have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Mawu akumveka pa magomo, Aisraeli akulira ndi kupempha chifundo chifukwa anatsata njira zoyipa ndi kuyiwala Yehova Mulungu wawo.
22 Return ye apostate sons, I will heal your apostasies! Behold us! we have come unto thee, For thou, art Yahweh our God.
Inu mukuti, “Bwererani, anthu osakhulupirika; ndidzachiritsa kubwerera mʼmbuyo kwanu.” “Inde, tidzabwerera kwa Inu pakuti ndinu Yehova Mulungu wathu.
23 Surely, to falsehood, pertain the hills The noisy throng on the mountains, —Surely, in Yahweh our God, is the salvation of Israel!
Ndithu kupembedza pa magomo komanso kuchita maphwando pa mapiri zilibe phindu. Zoonadi chipulumutso cha Israeli chili mwa Yehova Mulungu wathu basi.
24 But, the Shameful thing, hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth: Their flocks, and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Kuyambira pa ubwana wathu milungu yochititsa manyazi ija yakhala ikutiwonongetsa phindu la ntchito za makolo athu, nkhosa ndi ngʼombe zawo, ana awo aamuna ndi aakazi.
25 We must lie down in our shame And our reproach, be our covering, For, against Yahweh our God, have we sinned, We and our fathers, from our youth even until this day, —Neither have we hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh our God.
Tilekeni tigone pansi mwa manyazi, ndipo kunyozeka kwathu kutiphimbe. Paja tachimwira Yehova Mulungu wathu, ife pamodzi ndi makolo athu kuyambira nthawi ya ubwana wathu mpaka lero lino sitinamvere Yehova Mulungu wathu.”
