Jeremiah 50
1 The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa Jehova aaririe na kanua ka Jeremia ũcio mũnabii, ũhoro ũkoniĩ Babuloni na andũ a bũrũri wa Babuloni:
2 “Declare amongst the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’
“Anĩrĩrai na mũhunjanĩrie ũhoro ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, haandai kĩbebero na mũhunjanĩrie ũhoro wakĩo; mũtikamahithe ũndũ, no mũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Babuloni nĩgũgũtunyanwo; Beli nĩĩgũconorithio, nayo Merodaki ĩiyũrwo nĩ kĩmako. Mĩhianano yakuo nĩĩgaconorithio, na mĩhianano yao nĩĩkaiyũrwo nĩ guoya.’
3 For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal.
Tondũ rũrĩrĩ ruumĩte mwena wa gathigathini nĩrũkamũtharĩkĩra, na rwanange bũrũri wake. Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaatũũra kuo; andũ nĩmakoora o hamwe na nyamũ.
4 “In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek the LORD their God.
“Matukũ-inĩ macio, na ihinda-inĩ rĩu, andũ a Isiraeli na andũ a Juda hamwe nĩmagathiĩ macarie Jehova Ngai wao makĩrĩraga,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
5 They will enquire concerning Zion with their faces turned towards it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’
“Nĩmakoorĩrĩria njĩra ya gũthiĩ Zayuni, na magarũrũke, merekeirie mothiũ mao kuo. Nĩmagooka meeohanie na Jehova, na marĩkanĩre kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa gũtũũra tene na tene kĩrĩa gĩtagacooka kũriganĩra.
6 My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
“Andũ akwa makoretwo marĩ ngʼondu ciũrĩte; arĩithi ao nĩmamahĩtithĩtie njĩra, na magatũma morũũre irĩma igũrũ. Nao morũũrĩte kuuma kĩrĩma-inĩ nginya karĩma-inĩ, makariganĩrwo nĩ kũrĩa ũhurũko wao ũrĩ.
7 All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of righteousness, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
Ũrĩa wothe wamoonire akĩmatambuura; thũ ciao ikiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ithuĩ tũtirĩ na ihĩtia, nĩ ũndũ nĩmehĩirie Jehova, ũrĩa arĩ we ũrĩithio wao wa ma, o we Jehova, mwĩhoko wa maithe mao.’
8 “Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
“Mwĩtharei muume Babuloni; eherai bũrũri wa andũ a Babuloni, na mũtuĩke ta thenge iria itongoragia rũũru rwa mbũri.
9 For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩngarahũra ũiguano wa ndũrĩrĩ nene, ciumĩte bũrũri wa gathigathini ciũkĩrĩre Babuloni. Nĩikarũgama handũ ha cio irĩũkĩrĩre na igũtunyane, kuuma mwena ũcio wa gathigathini. Mĩguĩ yao ĩgaatuĩka ta ĩrĩa ya njamba njoorua, iria itacookaga moko matheri.
10 Chaldea will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says the LORD.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Babuloni nĩgũgatahwo; andũ othe arĩa magaagũtaha nĩmagakuua indo cia kũmaigana,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
11 “Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses,
“Tondũ nĩmũkenete na mũkarũũhia, inyuĩ arĩa mũtahaga igai rĩakwa, tondũ mũgũtũũha ta moori ĩkĩraanga ngano ĩkĩmĩhũũra, na mũkaania ta mbarathi cia njamba,
12 your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
nyina wanyu nĩagaconoka mũno; we ũcio wamũciarire nĩagaconorithio. Nĩwe ũgaakorwo arĩ mũnini mũno ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, atuĩke ta werũ, na ta bũrũri mũngʼaru, o na ta werũ wa mũthanga.
13 Because of the LORD’s wrath she won’t be inhabited, but she will be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Tondũ wa marakara ma Jehova, bũrũri ũcio ndũgacooka gũtũũrwo nĩ andũ, no rĩrĩ, nĩgũkira gũgaakira ihooru biũ. Andũ arĩa othe makaagerera kũu Babuloni nĩmakamaka, na manyũrũrie kũndũ kũu tondũ wa ũrĩa gũgaakorwo kwanangĩtwo.
14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her. Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD.
“Mwĩhaarĩrie mũthiũrũrũkĩrie Babuloni, inyuothe arĩa mũgeetaga ũta. Rĩrathei! Mũtigatigie mĩguĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩrĩĩhĩirie Jehova.
15 Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.
Riugĩrĩriei kuuma na mĩena yothe! Nĩrĩĩneanĩte rĩo rĩene, mĩthiringo yarĩo nĩĩgwĩte, na thingo ciarĩo nĩimomokete. Nĩgũkorwo rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo irĩhĩria rĩa Jehova-rĩ, mwĩrĩhĩriei harĩ rĩo; rĩĩkei o ta ũrĩa rĩaneeka andũ arĩa angĩ.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.
Eheriai ũrĩa ũhaandaga kũu Babuloni, na ũrĩa ũgethaga na rũhiũ rwake hĩndĩ ya magetha. Tondũ wa rũhiũ rũu rwa njora rwa mũhinyanĩrĩria-rĩ, o mũndũ nĩacooke kũrĩ andũ ao, o mũndũ nĩorĩre bũrũri wao kĩũmbe.
17 “Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
“Isiraeli ahaana ta rũũru rũhurunjũkĩte, rũtengʼeretio nĩ mĩrũũthi. Mũthamaki wa Ashuri nĩwe warĩ wa mbere kũmũtambuura; wa kũrigĩrĩria kũmũhehenja mahĩndĩ-rĩ, aarĩ Nebukadinezaru, mũthamaki wa Babuloni.”
18 Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Nĩngaherithia mũthamaki wa Babuloni na bũrũri wake, o ta ũrĩa ndaaherithirie mũthamaki wa Ashuri.
19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
No nĩngacookia Isiraeli ũrĩithio-inĩ wake mwene, nake akaarĩithagĩria kũu Karimeli na Bashani; akaarĩĩaga akahũũna kũu irima-inĩ cia Efiraimu, na cia Gileadi.
20 In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
Matukũ-inĩ macio, o ihinda-inĩ rĩu-rĩ, ihĩtia rĩa Isiraeli nĩrĩgathuthuurio, no rĩtikoneka, o na mehia ma Juda mathuthuurio, no matikooneka, nĩgũkorwo matigari marĩa ngaahonokia nĩngamarekera,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says the LORD, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.
“Tharĩkĩrai bũrũri wa Merathaimu, mũũkĩrĩre arĩa matũũraga Pekodi. Matengʼeriei, na mũmoorage, mũmaniine biũ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga. “Ĩkai ũrĩa wothe ndĩmwathĩte.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Kũrĩ na mbugĩrĩrio ya mbaara bũrũri-inĩ ũcio, nayo nĩ mbugĩrĩrio ya kũniinanwo kũnene!
23 How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation amongst the nations!
Nyondo ĩrĩa ĩtũũrĩte ĩhũũraga thĩ yothe-rĩ, kaĩ nĩyunangĩtwo, ĩgathethereka-ĩ! Kaĩ Babuloni nĩgũkirĩte ihooru gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ-ĩ!
24 I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.
Ndaakwambĩire mũtego, wee Babuloni, nawe ũkĩgwatio nĩguo ũtekũmenya; wakorereirwo, ũkĩnyiitwo tondũ wa gũkararia Jehova.
25 The LORD has opened his armoury, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, GOD of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
Jehova nĩahingũrĩte harĩa aigaga indo ciake cia mbaara, akaruta indo icio cia mbaara cia mangʼũrĩ make, nĩgũkorwo Mwathani Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe arĩ na wĩra wa kũruta kũu bũrũri-inĩ wa andũ a Babuloni.
26 Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.
Ũkaai mũgũtharĩkĩre muumĩte kũndũ kũraya. Thariai makũmbĩ makuo; gũcookanĩrĩriei irũndo ta cia hĩba cia ngano. Kwanangei biũ, na mũtigatigie matigari kuo.
27 Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.
Ũragai tũtegwa twakuo tuothe, tũikũrũkiei tũgathĩnjwo! Kaĩ marĩ na haaro-ĩ! Nĩgũkorwo mũthenya watuo nĩmũkinyu, ihinda rĩatuo rĩa kũherithio.
28 Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Ta thikĩrĩriai mũigue arĩa moorĩte na arĩa metharĩte makoima bũrũri wa Babuloni, makiumbũra marĩ kũu Zayuni ũrĩa Jehova Ngai witũ erĩhĩirie, akerĩhĩria nĩ ũndũ wa hekarũ yake.
29 “Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
“Ĩtai aikia a mĩguĩ mokĩrĩre Babuloni, o arĩa othe mageetaga ũta. Ambaai hema mũgũthiũrũrũkĩirie; mũtikareke mũndũ o na ũmwe warĩo oore. Rĩrĩhei kũringana na ciĩko ciarĩo; o ta ũrĩa rĩaneeka andũ angĩ-rĩ, rĩĩkei o ta guo. Nĩgũkorwo nĩrĩngʼathĩirie Jehova, o we Ũrĩa Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
30 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, aanake aarĩo nĩmakaagũa njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra; thigari ciarĩo ciothe nĩigakirio ki mũthenya ũcio,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
31 “Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
“Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngũũkĩrĩire, wee mwĩtĩĩi ũyũ, nĩgũkorwo mũthenya waku nĩmũkinyu, o rĩo ihinda rĩaku rĩa kũherithio,” ũguo nĩguo Mwathani, o we Jehova-Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, ekuuga.
32 The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”
“Mwĩtĩĩi ũcio nĩakahĩngwo agwe, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamũũkĩria; nĩngagwatia matũũra makuo mwaki, naguo nĩũgaacina arĩa othe mamũrigiicĩirie, maniinwo biũ.”
33 The LORD of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Andũ a Isiraeli nĩmahinyĩrĩirio, o ũndũ ũmwe na andũ a Juda. Arĩa othe maamatahire nĩmamarũmĩtie mũno, makarega kũmarekia mathiĩ.
34 Their Redeemer is strong. The LORD of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
No rĩrĩ, Mũkũũri wao arĩ na hinya; Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake. Nĩakamarũĩrĩra na kĩyo ciira-inĩ wao, nĩguo atũme bũrũri wao ũgĩe na ũhurũko, no aagithie arĩa matũũraga Babuloni ũhurũko.”
35 “A sword is on the Chaldeans,” says the LORD, “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men.
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Harĩ na rũhiũ rwa njora rwa gũũkĩrĩra andũ a Babuloni, rũũkĩrĩre arĩa matũũraga Babuloni, na rũũkĩrĩre anene na andũ arĩa ogĩ akuo!
36 A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
Rũhiũ rwa njora rũgookĩrĩra anabii akuo a maheeni, nao matuĩke irimũ. Ningĩ rũhiũ rwa njora nĩrũgookĩrĩra njamba ciakuo iria irĩ hinya, nacio nĩikaiyũrwo nĩ kĩmako kĩnene.
37 A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
Rũhiũ rwa njora rũgookĩrĩra mbarathi, na ngaari cia ita, na andũ a ndũrĩrĩ arĩa marĩ ita-inĩ rĩake, nao matuĩke ta andũ-a-nja. Ningĩ rũhiũ rwa njora nĩrũgookĩrĩra indo ciao iria cia bata ciigĩtwo igĩĩna-inĩ ciao, nacio nĩigatahwo.
38 A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
Nĩgũkaara riũa rĩa kũhũithia maaĩ makuo! Namo nĩmakaahũa biũ. Nĩgũkorwo ũcio nĩ bũrũri ũiyũrĩte ngai cia mĩhianano, nao andũ akuo nĩmagũrũkĩtio nĩyo.
39 Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. The ostriches will dwell therein. It will be inhabited no more forever, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nyamũ cia werũ-inĩ na hiti nĩcio igaatũũraga Babuloni, na kũu no kuo gũgaatũũrwo nĩ ndundu. Gũtigacooka gũtũũrwo nĩ andũ o na kana gũikarwo nĩ andũ, nginya njiarwa na njiarwa.
40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour cities,” says the LORD, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
O ta ũrĩa Ngai aangʼaũranirie Sodomu, na Gomora, o hamwe na matũũra marĩa maariganĩtie namo-rĩ, ũguo noguo gũtarĩ mũndũ ũgaatũũra kuo; gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaikara kuo,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
41 “Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
“Atĩrĩrĩ, mbũtũ ya ita nĩ ĩrooka yumĩte mwena wa gathigathini; rũrĩrĩ rũnene, na athamaki aingĩ nĩmarahũrĩtwo kuuma ituri-inĩ cia thĩ.
42 They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
Marooka marĩ na mota na matimũ mao; nao nĩ andũ ooru, na matarĩ tha. Mũrurumo wao nĩ ta mũrurumo wa ndiihũ cia maaĩ ma iria, magĩũka mahaicĩte mbarathi ciao; mokĩte meyarĩire wega mbaara-inĩ nĩguo magũtharĩkĩre, wee Mwarĩ ũyũ wa Babuloni.
43 The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labour.
Mũthamaki wa Babuloni nĩaiguĩte ũhoro wao, namo moko make makoorwo nĩ hinya. Nĩanyiitĩtwo nĩ ruo rũnene ngoro-inĩ yake, na ruo ta rwa mũndũ-wa-nja akĩrũmwo.
44 Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”
O ta mũrũũthi ũũkĩte kuuma ihinga-inĩ cia Jorodani ũgakinya ũrĩithio-inĩ ũrĩa mũnoru-rĩ, ũguo noguo ngaingata Babuloni, oime bũrũri-inĩ wake o rĩmwe. Nũũ ũcio ũthuurĩtwo wĩra ũcio nĩgeetha ndĩmũtue wa kũũrũgamĩrĩra? Nũũ ũngĩ ũhaana ta niĩ, ningĩ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũngararia? Ningĩ nĩ mũrĩithi ũrĩkũ ũngĩhota kũregana na niĩ?”
45 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, thikĩrĩriai mũigue ũndũ ũrĩa Jehova athugundĩte wa gũũkĩrĩra bũrũri wa Babuloni, o na ũrĩa atuĩte gwĩka bũrũri wa andũ a Babuloni: Arĩa anini rũũru-inĩ magaakururio, matwarwo kũndũ kũraya; nĩakananga ũrĩithio wao ũthire biũ nĩ ũndũ wao.
46 The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard amongst the nations.
Mũrurumo wa Babuloni gũgĩtahwo nĩũgathingithia thĩ; kayũ ga kĩrĩro gĩakuo nĩgakaiguuo ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ.
