Jeremiah 38
1 And he heard Shephatiah [the] son of Mattan and Gedaliah [the] son of Pashhur and Jucal [the] son of Shelemiah and Pashhur [the] son of Malkijah the words which Jeremiah [was] speaking to all the people saying.
Shefatia mwana wa Matani, Gedalia mwana wa Pashuri, na Pashuri mwana wa Malkiya alisikia maneno ambayo Yeremia alikuwa akitanganza kwa wato wote. Alikuwa akisema,
2 Thus he says Yahweh the [one who] remains in the city this he will die by the sword by famine and by pestilence and the [one who] goes out to the Chaldeans (and he will live *Q(K)*) and it will belong to him life his to plunder and he will live.
“Yahwe asema hivi: Yeyote anayeishi kwenye mji huu atauwawa kwa upanga, njaa, na pigo. Lakini yeyote ambaye aendae kwa Wakaldayo ataishi. Atatoroka pamoja na maisha yake mwenyewe, na kuishi.
3 Thus he says Yahweh certainly it will be given the city this in [the] hand of [the] army of [the] king of Babylon and he will capture it.
Yahwe asema hivi: Huu mji huu utapewa kwa mkono wa jeshi la mfalme wa Babeli, na ataukamata.”
4 And they said the officials to the king let him be put to death please the man this for since he [is] making drop [the] hands of [the] men of war who remain - in the city this and [the] hands of all the people by speaking to them according to the words these that - the man this not he [is] seeking for welfare for the people this that except for harm.
Kwa hiyo maafisa walisema kwa mfalme, “Acha mtu huu afe, kwa kuwa kwa njia hii anadhofisha mikono ya wanaume wapiganaji waliobaki kwenye mji huu, na mikono ya watu wote. Anatanganza maneno haya, kwa kuwa huyu mtu hafanyi kwa usalama wa watu hawa, lakini kwa majanga.”
5 And he said the king Zedekiah there! he [is] in hand your for not the king he is able you anything.
Basi mfalme Sedekia alisema, “Tazama, yuko mkononi mwako kwa kuwa hakuna mfalme awezae kumpinga.”
6 And they took Jeremiah and they threw him into the cistern of - Malkijah [the] son of the king which [was] in [the] courtyard of the guard and they let down Jeremiah with ropes and in the cistern there not [was] water that except mud and he sank Jeremiah in the mud.
Kisha walimchukua Yeremia na kumtupa kwenye kisima cha Malkiya, mwana wa mfalme. Kisima kilikuwa kwenye uwanja wa mlinzi. Walimshusha Yeremia chini kwa kamba. Hapakuwa na maji kwenye kisima, lakini kulikuwa na matope, na alizama chini ya matope.
7 And he heard Ebed Melech the Cushite a man a court-official and he [was] in [the] house of the king that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern and the king [was] sitting in [the] gate of Benjamin.
Sasa Ebed Meleki Mkushi alikuwa mmoja wa watowashi katika nyumba ya mfalme. Alisikia kwamba walikuwa wamemuweka Yeremia kwenye kisima. Sasa mfalme alikuwa ameketi kwa mlango wa Benjamini.
8 And he went out Ebed Melech from [the] house of the king and he spoke to the king saying.
Basi Ebed Meleki alienda toka nyumba ya mfalme na kuzungumza na mfalme.
9 O lord my the king they have done evil the men these all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have thrown into the cistern and he died in it because of famine for there not [is] the food yet in the city.
Alisema, “Bwana wangu mfalme, hawa wanaume wamefanya uovu kwa namna walivyomtendea Yeremia nabii. Walimtupa kwenye kisima kwa ajili ya kufa kutokana na njaa, tangu hakuna chakula zaidi katika mji.”
10 And he commanded the king Ebed Melech the Cushite saying take in hand your from here thirty men and you will bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he will die.
Kisha mfalme alitoa amri kwa Ebed Meleki Mkushi. Alisema, “Chukua amri ya watu thelasini kutoka hapa na mtoe Yeremia nabii nje ya kisima kabla hajafa.”
11 And he took - Ebed Melech the men in hand his and he went [the] house of the king to under the storehouse and he took from there worn out things of (clothes *Q(K)*) and worn out things of rags and he let down them to Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes.
Basi Ebed Meleki alichukua amri ya watu hao na akaenda nyumba ya mfalme, kwenye ghala la nguo chini ya nyumba. Toka hapo alichukua vitambaa na nguo zilizochanika na kuyashusha chini kwa kamba kwa Yeremia ndani ya kisima.
12 And he said Ebed Melech the Cushite to Jeremiah put please [the] worn out things of the clothes and the rags under [the] joints of hands your from under to [the] ropes and he did Jeremiah thus.
Ebed Meleki Mkushi alisema kwa Yeremia, “Weka matambara na nguo zilizoraruka chini ya mikono yako na juu ya kamba.” Basi Yeremia alifanya hivyo.
13 And they drew out Jeremiah with ropes and they brought up him from the cistern and he remained Jeremiah in [the] courtyard of the guard.
Kisha walimvuta Yeremia kwa kamba. Kwa njia hii walimtoa kutoka kisimani. Basi Yeremia alibaki kwenye uwanja wa mlinzi.
14 And he sent the king Zedekiah and he brought Jeremiah the prophet to him to an entrance third which [was] in [the] house of Yahweh and he said the king to Jeremiah [am] about to ask I you a matter may not you hide from me anything.
Kisha Mfalme Sedekia alituma neno na kumleta Yeremia nabii kwake, kwenye lango la tatu la nyumba ya Yahwe. Mfalme alisema kwa Yeremia, “Nataka nikuulize kitu. Usinizuilie jibu mimi.”
15 And he said Jeremiah to Zedekiah if I will tell to you ¿ not certainly will you put to death me and if I will counsel you not you will listen to me.
Yeremia alisema kwa Sedekia, “Kama nakujibu, hautaniuawa kwa hakika? Na kama nakupa ushauri, hautanisikiliza mimi.”
16 And he swore the king Zedekiah to Jeremiah in secrecy saying [by] [the] life of Yahweh (*Q(K)*) who he has made for us the life this if I will put to death you and if I will give you in [the] hand of the men these who [are] seeking life your.
Lakini Mfalme Sedekia aliapa kwa Yeremia kwa siri na kusema, “Kama Yahwe aishivyo, yeye aliyetufanya sisi, Sitakuuwa au kukuweka kwenye mkono wa watu wale wanaotafuta maisha yako.”
17 And he said Jeremiah to Zedekiah thus he says Yahweh [the] God of hosts [the] God of Israel certainly [if] you will go out to [the] commanders of [the] king of Babylon and you will live self your and the city this not it will be burned with fire and you will live you and household your.
Kwa hiyo Yeremia alisema kwa Sedekia, “Yahwe, Mungu wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi: Kama kwa kweli utatoka kwenda kwa maafisa wa mfalme wa Babeli basi utaishi, and mji huu hautachomwa. Wewe na familia yako mtaishi.
18 And if not you will go out to [the] commanders of [the] king of Babylon and it will be given the city this in [the] hand of the Chaldeans and they will burn it with fire and you not you will escape from hand their.
Lakini kama hautaenda kwa maafisa wa mfalme wa Babeli, basi mji huu utachukuliwa kwa mkono wa Wakaldayo. Watauchoma, na hautakwepa kutoka mkono wao.”
19 And he said the king Zedekiah to Jeremiah I [am] dreading the Jews who they have fallen to the Chaldeans lest they should give me in hand their and they will deal wantonly with me.
Mfalme Sedekia alisema kwa Yeremia, “Lakini ninaogopa watu wa Yuda waliotoka jangwani kwenda kwa Wakaldayo, kwa sababu nitapewa katika mkono wao, kwa kunifanyia vibaya.”
20 And he said Jeremiah not they will give listen please - to [the] voice of Yahweh to [that] which I [am] speaking to you so it may go well for you so it may live self your.
Yeremia alisema, “Hawatakutoa kwao. Tii ujumbe toka kwa Yahwe ambao ninakuambia, ili kusudi mambo yataenda vizuri kwako, na ili kusudi utaishi.
21 And if [are] refusing you to go out this [is] the thing which he has shown me Yahweh.
Lakini kama unakataa kutoka, hivi ndivyo Yahwe amenionesha mimi.
22 And there! all the women who they are left in [the] house of [the] king of Judah [are] about to be brought out to [the] commanders of [the] king of Babylon and they [will be] saying they misled you and they prevailed to you [the] people of peace your they are sunk in the mire feet your they have turned backwards.
Tazama! Wanawake wote walioachwa kwenye nyumba yako, mfalme wa Yuda, ataletwa kwa maafisa wa mfalme wa Babeli. Hawa wanawake watasema kwako, “Umedaganywa na rafiki zako; wamekuharibu. Miguu yako sasa imezama kwenye matope, na rafiki zako watakimbia.'
23 And all wives your and children your [people will] bring out to the Chaldeans and you not you will escape from hand their for by [the] hand of [the] king of Babylon you will be captured and the city this it will burn with fire.
Kwa kuwa wake zenu wote na watoto wataletwa kwa Wakaldayo, na wewe mwenyewe hautatoroka nchi yao. Utashikwa na mkono wa mfalme wa Babeli, na mji huu utachomwa.”
24 And he said Zedekiah to Jeremiah anyone may not he know in the words these and not you will die.
Kisha Sedekia alisema kwa Yeremia, “Usimjulishe yeyote kuhusu maneno haya, ili kwamba usije kufa.
25 And if they will hear the officials that I have spoken with you and they will come to you and they will say to you tell! please to us what? did you say to the king may not you hide [it] from us and not we will put to death you and what? did he say to you the king.
Kama maafisa wanasikia kwamba nimeongea na wewe- kama wanakuja na kusema kwako, 'Tuambia umezungumza nini pamoja na mfalme. Usitufiche, au tutakuuwa. Na tuambie nini mfalme amesema kwako'-
26 And you will say to them [was] making fall I supplication my before the king to not to send back me [the] house of Jonathan to die there.
kisha unapaswa kusema nao, “Nilishawishiana pamoja na mfalme asirudi kwangu kwa nyumba ya Yonathan nitakufa humo.”
27 And they came all the officials to Jeremiah and they asked him and he told to them according to all the words these which he had commanded the king and they kept silent from him for not it had been heard the matter.
Kisha maafisa wote walikuja kwa Yeremia na kumuuliza, basi aliwajibu kama mfalme alivyomuelekeza. Basi waliacha kuongea pamoja naye, kwa sababu hawakusikia mazungumzo kati ya Yeremia na mfalme.
28 And he remained Jeremiah in [the] courtyard of the guard until [the] day when it was captured Jerusalem. And it was just when it was captured Jerusalem.
Basi Yeremia alibaki kwenye uwanja wa mlinzi mpaka siku ile Yerusalem ilipotekwa.
