Jeremiah 3
1 They say, If a man shall put away his wife, and she shall go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return to her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
“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 thy eyes to the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotry 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 the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst an harlot’s forehead, thou didst refuse 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 Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Kodi iwe siposachedwa pomwepa pamene wanena kuti, ‘Abambo anga, Inu bwenzi langa la unyamata wanga,
5 Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
kodi mudzandikwiyira nthawi zonse? Kodi ukali wanu udzakhalabe mpaka muyaya?’ Umu ndimo mmene umayankhulira, koma umapitirizabe kuchita zoyipa monga momwe umathera.”
6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
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 done all these things, Turn thou to me. But 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 And I saw, when for all the causes by which backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Anaona kuti ndinasudzula Israeli wosakhulupirikayo ndi kumupirikitsa chifukwa cha zigololo zake. Komabe Yuda mʼbale wake wosakhulupirika uja sanaope, nayenso anapita kukachita chigololo.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Chiwerewere cha Israeli chinali chochititsa manyazi kotero kuti chinayipitsa dziko lonse. Anachita chigololo popembedza mafano a miyala ndi mitengo.
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned to me with her whole heart, but deceitfully, saith the LORD.
Israeli atachita zonsezi, Yuda mʼbale wake wosakhulupirika uja sanabwerere kwa Ine ndi mtima wake wonse, koma mwachiphamaso chabe,” akutero Yehova.
11 And the LORD said to me, The backsliding 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 toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Pita ukalalikire kumpoto uthenga wakuti, “‘Israeli wosakhulupirikawe, bwerera,’ akutero Yehova. ‘Sindidzakukalipira mpaka kalekale, pakuti ndine wachifundo,’ akutero Yehova. ‘Sindidzakukwiyira mpaka kalekale.
13 Only acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
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 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I 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 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Ndipo ndidzakupatsani abusa a pamtima panga amene adzakutsogolerani mwanzeru ndi mwaluntha.
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall that be done 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 they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil 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 the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together from the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to 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 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
“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 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Koma monga mkazi wosakhulupirika amasiya mwamuna wake, momwemonso inu mwakhala osakhulupirika kwa Ine, inu fuko la Israeli,” akutero Yehova.
21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Mawu akumveka pa magomo, Aisraeli akulira ndi kupempha chifundo chifukwa anatsata njira zoyipa ndi kuyiwala Yehova Mulungu wawo.
22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
Inu mukuti, “Bwererani, anthu osakhulupirika; ndidzachiritsa kubwerera mʼmbuyo kwanu.” “Inde, tidzabwerera kwa Inu pakuti ndinu Yehova Mulungu wathu.
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD 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 For shame 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 lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD 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.”
