Jeremiah 22
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ikũrũka ũthiĩ nginya nyũmba ya ũthamaki ya mũthamaki wa Juda ũhunjie ndũmĩrĩri ĩno kuo, uuge atĩrĩ:
2 ‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
‘Ta thikĩrĩria ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova, wee mũthamaki wa Juda, o wee ũikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũthamaki kĩa Daudi: wee mwene, na anene aku, o na andũ anyu arĩa matoonyagĩra ihingo-inĩ ici.
3 to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: Ĩkagai maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire na ma kĩhooto. Honokagiai mũndũ ũrĩa ũtunyĩtwo indo ciake kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa mũmũhinyĩrĩria. Mũtikaneeke ũndũ mũũru kana maũndũ ma kũhũthĩra hinya harĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ, kana harĩ mwana wa ngoriai kana mũtumia wa ndigwa, na ningĩ kũndũ gũkũ mũtikanaitithie thakame ya mũndũ ũtekĩte ũũru.
4 If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
Nĩgũkorwo mũngĩmenyerera mwathĩkĩre mawatho maya, hĩndĩ ĩyo athamaki arĩa maikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa Daudi gĩa ũthamaki nĩmarĩtoonyagĩra ihingo-inĩ cia nyũmba ya ũthamaki, mahaicĩte ngaari cia ita na mbarathi, marĩ hamwe na anene ao, o na andũ ao.
5 But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
No mũngĩkaaga gwathĩkĩra mawatho maya, Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, Ndehĩta na Rĩĩtwa rĩakwa mwene atĩ nyũmba ĩno ya ũthamaki nĩĩkanangwo.’”
6 And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
Nĩ ũndũ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũkoniĩ nyũmba ya ũthamaki ya mũthamaki wa Juda: “O na gũtuĩka ũhaana ta Gileadi harĩ niĩ, ũkahaana ta gacũmbĩrĩ ka Lebanoni, ti-itherũ nĩngatũma ũtuĩke ta werũ ũtarĩ kĩndũ, ũtuĩke ta matũũra matatũũragwo.
7 I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
Nĩngagũtũmĩra andũ magũũkĩrĩre, makwanange, o ũmwe wao eyohete indo ciake cia mbaara, na nĩmagatemanga mĩtarakwa yaku ĩrĩa mĩega mũno, mamĩikie mwaki-inĩ.
8 People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
“Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ nĩmakahĩtũkĩra itũũra-inĩ rĩĩrĩ inene na nĩmakooranagia atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte Jehova eke itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene maũndũ ta maya?’
9 And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
Nao nĩmagacookerio atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ tondũ nĩmatirikire ũhoro wa kũrũmĩrĩra kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova Ngai wao, makĩhooya na magĩtungatĩra ngai ingĩ.’”
10 [Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
Mũtikarĩrĩre mũthamaki ũcio ũkuĩte, kana mũcakae nĩ ũndũ wa kũũrwo nĩwe; no rĩrĩ, rĩrai na mũgirĩke nĩ ũndũ wa ũcio ũthaamĩtio, nĩ tondũ, ũcio ndagacooka kwao, kana oone bũrũri ũrĩa aaciarĩirwo rĩngĩ.
11 Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
Nĩ ũndũ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũkoniĩ Shalumu mũrũ wa Josia, ũrĩa wacookire ithenya rĩa ithe Josia, mũthamaki wa Juda, no nĩacookire akiuma kũndũ gũkũ: “Ndarĩ hĩndĩ agaacooka gũkũ gũthamaka.
12 He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
Agaakuĩra kũu aatwarirwo arĩ mũgwate; ndakoona bũrũri ũyũ rĩngĩ.”
13 [And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
“Kaĩ ũrĩa wakaga nyũmba yake ya ũthamaki na njĩra itarĩ cia ũthingu arĩ na haaro-ĩ! o ũcio wakaga tũnyũmba twake twa ngoroba na maũndũ matarĩ ma kĩhooto, na akarutithia andũ a bũrũri wake wĩra ũtarĩ mũcaara, akaaga kũmarĩha kĩrĩa maagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũheo nĩ ũndũ wa wĩra ũcio wao.
14 He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
Oigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngwĩyakĩra nyũmba nene ya ũthamaki, ĩrĩ na tũnyũmba twa ngoroba.’ Nĩ ũndũ ũcio amĩakaga ĩrĩ na ndirica nene, na akamĩhũũrĩrĩra mbaũ cia mũtarakwa, o na akamĩgemia na rangi mũtune.
15 But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
“Kũgĩa na mbaũ nyingĩ mũno cia mĩtarakwa-rĩ, no gũtũme ũtuĩke mũthamaki? Githĩ thoguo ndaarĩ o na gĩa kũrĩa na gĩa kũnyua? Ekaga maũndũ marĩa maagĩrĩire na ma kĩhooto, nĩ ũndũ ũcio maũndũ make mothe makĩgaacĩra.
16 Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
Aaciiragĩrĩra andũ arĩa athĩĩni na arĩa abatari, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio maũndũ make mothe makĩgaacĩra. Githĩ ũguo tiguo kũmenyana na niĩ?” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
17 But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
“No rĩrĩ, maitho maku na ngoro yaku irorereirio o uumithio ũtarĩ wa kwĩhokeka, cikeerekera gũitithia thakame ya andũ matarĩ ũũru mekĩte, o na kũhinyanĩrĩria, na gwĩtia indo na hinya.”
18 Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũkoniĩ Jehoiakimu mũrũ wa Josia, mũthamaki wa Juda: “Andũ matikamũrĩrĩra makiugaga atĩrĩ: ‘Wũi-ĩiya, mũrũ-wa-Ithe-witũ-ĩ! Wũi-ĩiya mwarĩ-wa-ithe-witũ-ĩ!’ Ningĩ matikamũrĩrĩra makiugaga: ‘Wũi-ĩiya mwathi-witũ-ĩ! Wũi-ĩiya riiri-wake-ĩ!’
19 [When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
Agaathikwo o ta ũrĩa ndigiri ĩthikagwo: agaakururio, aikio na kũu nja ya ihingo cia Jerusalemu.”
20 [You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
“Ambata, ũthiĩ Lebanoni, ũkanĩrĩre kuo, ũreke mũgambo waku ũiguĩke kũu Bashani, na ũkayũrũrũke kuuma Abarimu, nĩgũkorwo athiritũ aku othe nĩahehenje.
21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
Nĩndagũkaanirie rĩrĩa weiguaga ũrĩ mũgitĩre, nowe ũkiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndigũthikĩrĩria!’ Ũyũ ũkoretwo ũrĩ mũthiĩre waku kuuma ũrĩ o mũnini; wee ndũrĩ wanjathĩkĩra.
22 [So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
Arĩithi aku othe makaahurutwo nĩ rũhuho, nao athiritũ aku nĩmagathaamĩrio kũngĩ. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgaconoka na ũnyararithio nĩ ũndũ wa waganu waku wothe.
23 [Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
Inyuĩ mũtũũraga Lebanoni, o inyuĩ mũikaraga nyũmba cia mĩtarakwa, kaĩ nĩmũgacakaya rĩrĩa mũkanyiitwo nĩ ruo, o ruo ta rwa mũndũ-wa-nja akĩrũmwo-ĩ!”
24 Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “O ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, wee Jekonia, mũrũ wa Jehoiakimu mũthamaki wa Juda, o na ũngĩrĩ gĩcũhĩ kĩa mũhũũri kĩrĩ guoko-inĩ gwakwa kwa ũrĩo-rĩ, no gũkũruta ingĩkũruta ho.
25 You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
Ngũkũneana kũrĩ arĩa magũcaragia makũrute muoyo, o acio wĩtigagĩra, ngũneane kũrĩ Nebukadinezaru, mũthamaki wa Babuloni na kũrĩ andũ a Babuloni.
26 I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
Wee hamwe na maitũguo ũrĩa wagũciarire, ngamũnyuguta bũrũri ũngĩ kũrĩa mũtaciarĩirwo, na kũu nĩkuo inyuĩ eerĩ mũgakuĩra.
27 You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
Mũtirĩ hĩndĩ mũgaacooka gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ mwĩriragĩria gũgaacooka.”
28 [Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
Hĩ anga mũndũ ũcio wĩtagwo Jekonia, nĩ nyũngũ nguũ na nyarare, na kĩndũ gĩtarĩ mũndũ ũngĩkĩenda? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma we hamwe na ciana ciake manyugutwo, na maikio bũrũri matooĩ?
29 [I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
Atĩrĩrĩ, wee bũrũri, bũrũri, bũrũri ũyũ, ta thikĩrĩria ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova!
30 This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: “Mũndũ ũyũ nĩandĩkwo maandĩko-inĩ, ta mũndũ ũtarĩ mwana, mũndũ ũtakagaacĩra mũtũũrĩre-inĩ wake wothe, nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ mwana wake ũkaagaacĩra, gũtirĩ ũgaikarĩra gĩtĩ gĩa ũthamaki kĩa Daudi kana athamake rĩngĩ thĩinĩ wa Juda.”
