Jeremiah 45

1 The word which Jeremiah the prophet spake, unto Baruch son of Neriah, —when he had written these words upon a book, from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah saying—

Hili ni neno ambalo Yeremia nabii alimwambia Baruku mwana wa Neria. Hii ilitokea wakati alipoandika kwenye kitabu maneno haya kwa imla ya Yeremia - hii ilikuwa katika mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda, na alisema,

2 Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Unto thee, O Baruch, —

“Yahwe, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi kwako, Baruku:

3 Thou didst say, Surely woe to me! For Yahweh hath added sorrow unto my pain, —I am weary with my moaning, And rest, have I not found!

Umesema, Ole mimi, kwa kuwa Yahwe ameongeza uchungu wa maumivu. Kuugua kwangu kumenichosha; sipati pumziko.'

4 Thus, shalt thou say unto him Thus, saith Yahweh, —Lo! what I had built, I am pulling down, And what I had planted, I am rooting up, —And that is, all the land:

Hivi ndivyo unapaswa kusema kwake: “Yahwe asema hivi: Ona, nilichojenga, sasa ninararua chini. Nilichopanda, sasa ninangoa. Hii ni kweli juu ya dunia.

5 Wouldst, thou, then seek to secure for thyself great things? Do not seek! For behold me! bringing in calamity upon all flesh, Declareth Yahweh, Nevertheless I will give thee thine own life as a spoil, in all places whithersoever thou goest.

Lakini unategema mambo makubwa kwa ajili yako? Usitegemee hayo. Uone, maafa yanakuja kwa binadamu wote - hii ni tamko la Yahwe - lakini ninakupa maisha yangu kama nyara popote utakakoenda.”