Jeremiah 16
1 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Ndipo neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
2 “You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.”
“Usiwe na mke, wala usiwe na wana au binti hapa.
3 For Yahweh says concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:
Kwa kuwa Bwana asema hivi kwa wana na binti ambao wamezaliwa hapa, kwa mama waliowabeba, na kwa baba waliowafanya wazaliwe katika nchi hii,
4 “They will die grievous deaths. They will not be lamented, neither will they be buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and by famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”
'Watakufa vifo vya magonjwa. Hawataliliwa wala kuzikwa. Watakuwa kama samadi juu ya nchi. Kwa maana wataangamizwa kwa upanga na njaa, na miili yao itakuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na wanyama wa dunia.'
5 For Yahweh says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says Yahweh, “even loving kindness and tender mercies.
Maana Bwana asema hivi, 'Usiingie nyumba yoyote yenye kuomboleza. Usiende kuwaombolezea, wala usihuzunike kwa ajili ya watu hawa. Kwa maana nimeondoa amani yangu, uaminifu wa agano, na huruma, kutoka kwa watu hawa! Ndivyo asemavyo Bwana;
6 Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them.
kwa hiyo wakuu na wadogo watakufa katika nchi hii. Wala hawatazikwa, wala hakuna yeyote atakayeomboleza kwa ajili yao. Hakuna mtu atakayejikata-kata au kunyoa vichwa vyao kwa ajili yao.
7 Men won’t break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead. Men won’t give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Hakuna mtu anayepaswa kugawa chakula chochote wakati wa kuomboleza ili kuwafariji kwa sababu ya vifo, na hawatawapa kikombe cha faraja kwa baba yake au mama yake ili kuwafariji.
8 “You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.”
Usiende kwenye nyumba ya karamu ili ukae pamoja nao ili kula au kunywa.
9 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
Kwa maana Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, 'Tazama, mbele yako, siku zako na mahali hapa, nitakomesha sauti ya furaha na sherehe, sauti ya bwana na bibi arusi. '
10 It will happen, when you tell this people all these words, and they ask you, ‘Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us?’ or ‘What is our iniquity?’ or ‘What is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God?’
Kisha itatokea kwamba utawaambia watu hawa maneno haya yote, na watakuambia, 'Mbona Bwana amesema maafa yote haya juu yetu? Uovu wetu ni uovu gani na dhambi yetu tuliyomtendea Bwana, Mungu wetu?'
11 then you shall tell them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me,’ says Yahweh, ‘and have walked after other gods, have served them, have worshiped them, have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.
Basi uwaambie, 'hii ndiyo ahadi ya Bwana; Kwa sababu baba zenu waliniacha, nao wakafuata miungu mingine, wakaiabudu na kuisujudia. Waliniacha na hawakuishika sheria yangu.
12 You have done evil more than your fathers, for behold, you each walk after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don’t listen to me.
Lakini ninyi wenyewe mmeleta uovu zaidi kuliko baba zenu, kwa maana, kila mtu anaenda kwa ukaidi wa moyo wake mbaya; hakuna mtu anayenisikiliza.
13 Therefore I will cast you out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
Kwa hiyo nitawafukuza kutoka nchi hii mpaka nchi msiyoijua, wewe wala baba zako, nanyi mtaiabudu miungu mingine huko mchana na usiku, kwa maana mimi sitawapa fadhili zangu.'
14 “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that it will no more be said, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’
Kwa hiyo tazama! Siku zinakuja-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-ambapo hawatasema tena, 'Kama Bwana aishivyo, yeye aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli kutoka nchi ya Misri.'
15 but, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them.’ I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.
Kwa maana, kama Bwana aishivyo, yeye aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli kutoka nchi ya kaskazini, na kutoka nchi aliyowaangamiza, nitawarudisha katika nchi niliyowapa baba zao.
16 “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says Yahweh, “and they will fish them up. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
Angalia! hili ni tamko la Bwana-Nitatuma wavuvi wengi-kwa hiyo watawavua watu. Baada ya hayo nitatuma wawindaji wengi ili waweze kuwinda kati ya milima na vilima vyote, na katika miamba ya mwamba.
17 For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.
Kwa kuwa macho yangu yapo juu ya njia zao zote; hawawezi kujificha mbele yangu. Uovu wao hauwezi kufichika mbele ya macho yangu.
18 First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
Nami kwanza nitawalipa mara mbili uovu na dhambi zao kwa kuwa wameichafua nchi yangu sanamu za machukizo, na kwa kujaza urithi wangu na sanamu zao za machukizo.
19 Yahweh, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe ngome yangu, na kimbilio langu, na mahali pa usalama wangu siku ya shida. Mataifa yatakujia kwako kutoka mwisho wa dunia na kusema, 'Hakika baba zetu walirithi udanganyifu. Ubatili mtupu; hakuna faida ndani yao. Je!
20 Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?”
Watu hufanya miungu kwa ajili yao wenyewe? Lakini wao sio miungu.
21 “Therefore behold, I will cause them to know, this once I will cause them to know my hand and my might. Then they will know that my name is Yahweh.”
Kwa hiyo tazama! Nitawafanya wajue wakati huu, nitawafanya watambue mkono wangu na nguvu zangu, kwa hiyo watajua kwamba Yahweh ni jina langu.”
