Jeremia 10
1 Ta thikĩrĩriai mũigue ũhoro ũrĩa Jehova ekũmwĩra, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli.
Hear you the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel.
2 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Tigai kwĩruta mĩthiĩre ya ndũrĩrĩ, kana mũguoyohio nĩ morirũ ma kũũrĩa igũrũ, o na gũtuĩka ndũrĩrĩ icio nĩiguoyohetio nĩmo.
Thus says the Lord, Learn you not the ways of the heathen, and be not alarmed at the signs of the sky; for they are alarmed at them, [falling] on their faces.
3 Nĩgũkorwo mĩtugo ya andũ acio ndĩrĩ kĩene: matemaga mũtĩ mũtitũ, ũkarutĩrwo wĩra nĩ bundi, akawacũhia na ithanwa rĩake.
For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.
4 Maũgemagia na betha na thahabu; maũhũũragĩrĩra na mĩcumarĩ na nyondo ndũkae kwenyenya.
[They are] beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;
5 Ũtariĩ ta kĩndũ gĩa kũhahũra nyamũ gĩthecereirwo mũtĩ mũgũnda-inĩ wa marenge, mĩhianano yao ndĩngĩhota kwaria; ningĩ no nginya ĩkuuo, tondũ ndĩngĩhota gwĩtwara. Mũtikanamĩĩtigĩre; ndĩngĩhota gwĩka ũũru o na kana gwĩka wega o na ũrĩkũ.”
they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver They must certainly be borne, for they can’t ride [of themselves]. Fear them not; for they can’t do any evil, and there is no good in them.
6 Atĩrĩrĩ, gũtirĩ ũngĩ ũtariĩ tawe, Wee Jehova; Wee ũrĩ mũnene, narĩo rĩĩtwa rĩaku nĩ rĩrĩ ũhoti mũnene.
7 Nũũ ũtangĩgwĩtigĩra, Wee mũthamaki wa ndũrĩrĩ? Wee nowe wagĩrĩire gwĩtigĩrwo. Thĩinĩ wa andũ arĩa othe oogĩ a ndũrĩrĩ, o na mothamaki-inĩ mao mothe, gũtirĩ ũngĩ ũhaana tawe.
8 Acio othe-rĩ, matiĩciiragia, no nĩ akĩĩgu; mataaragwo nĩ mĩhianano ĩtarĩ kĩene o ĩrĩa ĩthondeketwo na mĩtĩ.
9 Ĩgemagio na betha ĩrĩa hũũre ĩrutĩtwo Tarishishi, na thahabu ĩrutĩtwo Ufazu. Kĩndũ kĩu gĩthondeketwo na moko ma bundi, na ma mũturi wa thahabu gĩcookaga gĩkahumbĩrwo na rangi wa bururu na wa ndathi, ciothe ithondeketwo nĩ andũ arĩa oogĩ na wĩra ũcio.
10 No Jehova nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa wa ma; nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo, o na mũthamaki ũrĩa ũtũũraga tene na tene. Rĩrĩa arakarĩte-rĩ, thĩ nĩĩthingithaga, nacio ndũrĩrĩ itingĩĩtiiria mangʼũrĩ make.
11 “Meerei atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai icio itoombire igũrũ na thĩ, nĩigathira gũkũ thĩ, na ithire kũrĩa guothe gũtambũrũkĩirio matu mairũ.’”
Thus shall you say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky.
12 No rĩrĩ, nĩ Ngai wombire thĩ na hinya wake; akĩhaanda thĩ na ũũgĩ wake, na agĩtambũrũkia matu mairũ na ũndũ wa ũmenyo wake.
It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,
13 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa we agũũthũka-rĩ, maaĩ marĩa marĩ igũrũ matu-inĩ nĩmarurumaga; nĩwe ũtũmaga thaatũ waambate na igũrũ uumĩte ituri ciothe cia thĩ. Atũmaga rũheni rũũke rũrehanĩte na mbura, na akarehithia rũhuho ruumĩte makũmbĩ-inĩ make.
and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures.
14 Andũ othe nĩmagĩte meciiria na makaaga ũũgĩ; nake mũturi wa thahabu o wothe nĩaconorithĩtio nĩ mĩhianano ĩyo yake. Nĩ ũndũ mĩhianano ĩyo yake ya gwĩturĩra nĩ ya maheeni; ndĩrĩ mĩhũmũ thĩinĩ wayo.
Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them.
15 Ndĩrĩ kĩene, nĩ ya kũnyararwo; narĩo ihinda rĩayo rĩa gũciirithio rĩakinya-rĩ, nĩĩgathira biũ.
They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16 We ũcio Rũgai rwa Jakubu ndatariĩ tayo, nĩgũkorwo nĩwe Mũũmbi wa indo ciothe, o hamwe na Isiraeli mũhĩrĩga ũrĩa, eegwatĩire ũtuĩke igai rĩake, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake.
Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name.
17 Ohai mĩrigo yanyu mũthaame bũrũri ũyũ, inyuĩ arĩa mũtũũrĩte mũrigiicĩirio nĩ thũ.
He has gathered your substance from without the lodged in choice [vessels].
18 Nĩgũkorwo Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ihinda rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo ngũikia andũ arĩa othe matũũraga bũrũri ũyũ ta maikĩtio na kĩgũtha; Nĩngũmarehithĩria mĩnyamaro, nĩgeetha manyiitwo mĩgwate.”
For thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that your plague may be discovered.
19 Wũi-ĩiya-wakwa, nĩ ũndũ wa itihia rĩrĩa ndiihĩtio-ĩ! Ironda ciakwa itingĩhona! No ngĩĩcookeria ũhoro ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũyũ nĩ mũrimũ wakwa, na no nginya ndĩũkirĩrĩrie.”
Alas for your ruin! your plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is your wound, and it has overtaken you.
20 Hema yakwa nĩyanangĩtwo, nayo mĩkanda yayo yothe ĩgatuĩkanga. Ariũ akwa nĩmanjehereire magethiĩra na rĩu matikĩrĩ ho; rĩu gũtirĩ mũndũ mũtigaru wa kwamba hema yakwa, o na kana wa gũtambũrũkia mataama mayo.
Your tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all your curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place for my tabernacle, [nor] place for my curtains.
21 Arĩithi matiĩciiragia, na matituĩragia ũhoro harĩ Jehova; nĩ ũndũ ũcio matigaacagĩra, nacio ndũũru ciao ciothe cia mbũri nĩihurunjũkĩte.
For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and [the sheep] have been scattered.
22 Ta thikĩrĩriai! Nĩtũrakinyĩrio ũhoro, tũkeerwo atĩrĩ, kũrĩ na gacagaca nene kuuma bũrũri wa mwena wa gathigathini! Gacagaca ĩyo nĩĩgatũma matũũra ma Juda makire ihooru, ĩtũme matuĩke ma gũtũũragwo nĩ mbwe.
Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a resting-place for ostriches.
23 Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, nĩnjũũĩ atĩ muoyo wa mũndũ ti wake we mwene; mũndũ we mwene ti we ũrũngagĩrĩria makinya make.
I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going.
24 Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, herithia, no ũherithie na kĩhooto; ndũkaherithie ũrĩ na marakara, ndũkae kũniina nduĩke kĩndũ hatarĩ.
Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgment; and not in wrath, lest you make us few.
25 Itũrũrĩra ndũrĩrĩ iria itakũũĩ mangʼũrĩ maku, ũmaitũrũrĩre andũ arĩa matakayagĩra rĩĩtwa rĩaku. Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, nĩmahukĩtie Jakubu; mamũhukĩtie biũ, naguo bũrũri wake makawananga.
Pour out your wrath upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the families that have not called upon your name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate.
