Jeremiah 40
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were carried away captive to Babylon.
Hili lilikuwa neno ambalo lilikuja kwa Yeremia toka kwa Yahwe baada ya Nebuzaradni, amri wa walinzi wa mfalme, amemtuma mbali kutoka Ramah. Huko ndiko Yeremia alikuwa amechukuliwa, na huko alikuwa amefungwa kwa minyororo. Alikuwa miongoni mwa mateka wote ya Yerusalem na Yuda ambayo walipaswa kuwa matekani Babeli.
2 The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;
Mlinzi mkuu alimchukua Yeremia na kusema kwake, “Yahwe Mungu wako aliamrisha maafa haya dhidi ya eneo hili.
3 and the LORD has brought it, and done according as he spoke. Because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.
Basi Yahwe alileta. Alifanya kama alivyoamrisha, kwani ninyi watu mmefanya dhambi dhidi yake na hamkutii sauti yake. Hii ni sababu ya jambo hili limetokea kwenu. Lakini sasa tazama!
4 Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, go there.”
Nimekuacha huru leo toka kwenye minyororo iliyokuwa kwenye mikono yako. Kama ni vizuri katika macho yako kuja nami Babeli, njoo, na nitakujali. Lakini kama si vizuri katika macho yako kuja pamoja nami, basi usifanye hivyo. Tazama nchi yote mbele yako. Nenda ambapo ni pazuri na sawa katika macho yako kwenda.”
5 Now while he had not yet gone back, “Go back then,” he said, “to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
Wakati Yeremia hakujibu, Nebuzaradani alisema, “Nenda kwa Gedalia mwana wa Ahikam mwana wa Shafani, ambaye mfalme wa Babeli amemweka msimamizi wa miji ya Yuda. Baki pamoja naye miongoni mwa watu au nenda popote ni pazuri katika macho yako kwenda.” Amri wa walinzi wa mfalme alimpa chakula na zawadi, na kisha akamtuma mbali.
6 Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
Basi Yeremia alienda kwa Gedalia mwana wa Ahikam, huko Mizpah. Alibaki pamoja naye miongoni mwa watu ambao walibaki nyuma katika nchi.
7 Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon,
Sasa baadhi ya amri wa wanawajeshi wa Yuda ambao walikuwa bado katika uwanja- wao na watu wao - walisikia kuwa mfalme wa Babeli alimfanya Gedalia mwana wa Ahikam, liwali juu ya nchi. Pia walisikia kuwa amemweka kusimamia wanaume, wanawake, na watoto ambao walikuwa watu maskini katika nchi, wale ambao hawakuwa wamechukuliwa mateka Babeli.
8 then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men came to Gedaliah to Mizpah.
Basi walienda kwa Gedalia huko Mizpa. Hawa watu walikuwa Ishmaeli mwana Nethania; Yonathan na Yonathani, wana wa Kareaa; Seraya mwana wa Tanhumethi; wana wa Efai Netophathite; na Yezania mwana wa Mmaaka-wao na watu wao.
9 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.
Gedalia mwana wa Ahikam mwana wa Shafan, alichukua kiapo kwao na kwa watu wao, na kusema kwao, “Usiogope kuwatumikia maafisa wa Wakaldayo. Ishi katika nchi na kumtumkia mfalme wa Babeli, na itakuwa vizuri kwenu.
10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who will come to us; but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.”
Na tazama, Ninaishi Mizpa kukutana pamoja na Wakaldayo waliokuja kwetu. Basi vuna mvinyo, matunda ya kiangazi, na mafuta na viweke kwenye vyombo vyako. Uishi katika miji ambayo umechukua.”
11 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
Kisha Wayahudi wote katika Moabu, miongoni mwa watu wa Ammoni, na katika Edomu, na katika kila nchi ilisikiwa kwamba mfalme wa Babalei ameruhusu mabaki ya Yuda kubaki, kwamba alimteua Gedalia mwana wa Ahikam mwana wa Shafani juu yao.
12 then all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered very much wine and summer fruits.
Basi Wayahudi wote walirudi toka kila eneo ambako walikuwa wametawanyika. Walirudi kwenye nchi ya Yuda, kwa Gedalia huko Mizpa. Walivuna mvinyo na matunda ya kiangazi kwa wingi.
13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
Yonathan mwana wa Karea na amri wote wa jeshi katika uwanja walikuja kwa Gedalia huko Mizpa.
14 and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.
Walisema kwake, “Haujui kuwa Baalis mfalme wa watu wa Ammoni amemtuma Ishmael mwana wa Nethania kukuua?” Lakini Gedalia mwana wa Ahikim hakuwaamini.
15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, “Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man will know it. Why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?”
Basi Yonathan mwana wa Karea alizungumza kwa siri kwa Gedalia huko Mizpa na kusema, “Niruhusu niende kumuua Ishmael mwana wa Nethania. Hakuna atakaye nituhumu. Kwanini asikuue wewe? Kwanini kuruhusu Yuda yote ambayo imekusanywa kwako kutawanyishwa na mabaki ya Yuda kuharibiwa?”
16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael.”
Lakini Gedalia mwana wa Ahikam alisema kwa Yonathan mwana wa Karea, “Usifanye jambo hili, kwa kuwa unasema uongo kuhusu Ishmael.”
