Jeremia 14
1 Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩrĩa yakinyĩrĩire Jeremia ĩkoniĩ ihinda rĩrĩa kwagĩte mbura:
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT.
2 “Bũrũri wa Juda nĩũracakaya, namo matũũra makuo makoorwo nĩ hinya; nĩmararĩrĩra bũrũri, nakĩo kĩrĩro nĩkĩambatĩte na igũrũ kiumĩte Jerusalemu.
Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 Andũ arĩa marĩ igweta maratũma ndungata ciao igatahe maaĩ; irathiĩ marima-inĩ ikaaga maaĩ. Iracooka na ndigithũ itarĩ kĩndũ; ikehumbĩra mĩtwe iconokete na ikuĩte ngoro.
And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.
4 Thĩ nĩyatũkangĩte, nĩ ũndũ gũtirĩ mbura yurĩte bũrũri-inĩ, arĩmi nao magakua ngoro, makehumbĩra mĩtwe.
And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 O nayo thwariga nĩĩteete gacaũ kayo gaaciarwo o ro ũguo kũu werũ-inĩ, nĩ ũndũ gũtirĩ nyeki.
And hinds calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
6 Njagĩ nacio irũgamĩte tũrĩma-igũrũ kũrĩa gũtakũraga kĩndũ, ikĩhũmahũmaga ta mbwe; nĩciũrĩte maitho nĩ kwaga mahuti ma kũrĩa.”
The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
7 O na gũtuĩka mehia maitũ nĩmaroimbũra ũũru ũrĩa twĩkĩte, Wee Jehova-rĩ, ĩka ũndũ nĩ tondũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩaku. Nĩgũkorwo gũcooka na thuutha gwitũ nĩ kũnene; nĩtũkwĩhĩirie.
Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do you for us for your own sake; for our sins are many before you; for we have sinned against you.
8 Wee Kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro gĩa Isiraeli, o wee Mũhonokia wao hĩndĩ ĩrĩa marĩ na mĩnyamaro, nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte ũtuĩke ta mũgeni bũrũri-inĩ, kana ta mũgendi ũraarĩrĩire ũtukũ o ũmwe?
O Lord, [you are] the hope of Israel, and deliver [us] in time of troubles; why are you become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?
9 Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte ũikare ta mũndũ mũmaku, ũgaikara ta njamba ĩrĩ hinya ĩtangĩhota kũhonokania? Wee Jehova-rĩ, ũrĩ gatagatĩ gaitũ, na ithuĩ tũgeetanio na rĩĩtwa rĩaku; ndũkanatũtirike!
Will you be as a man asleep, or as a [strong] man that can’t save? yet you are amongst us, O Lord, and your name is called upon us; forget us not.
10 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũkoniĩ andũ aya: “Nĩmendete kũũrũũra mũno; nĩmaregete kũgirĩrĩria magũrũ mao. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nake Jehova ndangĩmetĩkĩra; rĩu nĩekũririkana waganu wao, na amaherithie nĩ ũndũ wa mehia mao.”
Thus says the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.
11 Ningĩ Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Tiga kũhoera andũ aya atĩ nĩguo mone wega.
And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for [their] good:
12 O na mangĩĩhinga kũrĩa irio, ndigathikĩrĩria kĩrĩro kĩao; o na mangĩndutĩra maruta ma njino na maruta ma mũtu-rĩ, ndikametĩkĩra. Nĩ kũniina ngaamaniina na rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngʼaragu, o na mũthiro.”
for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.
13 No ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Wũi, Mwathani Jehova, anabii mameeraga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũtikoona rũhiũ rwa njora kana mũhatĩrĩrio nĩ ngʼaragu. Ti-itherũ, nĩngamũhe thayũ wa gũtũũra kũndũ gũkũ.’”
And I said, O [ever] living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, You shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be amongst you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.
14 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Anabii acio mararatha ũhoro wa maheeni makĩgwetaga rĩĩtwa rĩakwa. Niĩ ndimatũmĩte, kana ngamathuura, o na kana ngamaarĩria. Maramũrathĩra mohoro ma cioneki cia maheeni, na ũragũri wa tũhũ, na kũhooya mĩhianano, na maũndũ ma maheeni marĩa methugundĩire na meciiria mao.
Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart.
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga ũhoro ũkoniĩ anabii arĩa mararatha maũndũ makĩgwetaga rĩĩtwa rĩakwa: Niĩ ndiamatũmĩte, no-o moigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Gũtirĩ rũhiũ rwa njora kana ngʼaragu ikaahutia bũrũri ũyũ.’ Anabii o acio makaaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngʼaragu.
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.
16 Nao andũ acio marathagĩrwo mohoro nĩo, magaikanio na kũu njĩra-inĩ cia itũũra rĩa Jerusalemu tondũ wa ngʼaragu na rũhiũ rwa njora. Gũtikoneka mũndũ wa kũmathika, kana wa gũthika atumia ao, o na kana wa gũthika ariũ ao na airĩtu ao. Nĩngamaitĩrĩria mũtino ũrĩa ũmagĩrĩire.
And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters [shall die thus]; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
17 “Maarĩrie ũhoro ũyũ, ũmeere atĩrĩ: “‘Rekei maitho makwa maite maithori ũtukũ na mũthenya mategũtigithĩria; nĩgũkorwo mũirĩtu wakwa gathirange, o acio andũ akwa, nĩmũgurarie ũũru, akagũthwo igũtha rĩa kũmũhehenja.
And you shall speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous.
18 Ingĩtoonya bũrũri-inĩ, nyonaga arĩa moragĩtwo na rũhiũ rwa njora; ingĩtoonya itũũra inene, nyonaga arĩa manyariirĩtwo nĩ ngʼaragu. Mũnabii na mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai, eerĩ nĩmathiĩte bũrũri matooĩ.’”
If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.
19 Rĩu-rĩ, kaĩ ũregete Juda biũ? Anga nĩũnyararĩte Zayuni? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte ũtũhũũre, nginya tũkaaga kĩhonia? Twerĩgĩrĩire thayũ, no gũtirĩ wega tuonete, tũgeterera ihinda rĩa kũhonanio, no rĩrĩ, no maũndũ ma kũmakania tuonete.
Hast you utterly rejected Juda? and has your soul departed from Sion? therefore has you struck us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!
20 Nĩtũkumbũra waganu witũ, Wee Jehova, o na wĩhia wa maithe maitũ; nĩ ũndũ ti-itherũ nĩtũkwĩhĩirie.
We know, O Lord, our sins, [and] the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before you.
21 Twagũthaitha ũtige gũtũthũũra, nĩ ũndũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩaku; ndũgaaconorithie gĩtĩ gĩaku kĩa ũnene kĩrĩa kĩrĩ riiri. Ririkana kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa warĩkanĩire na ithuĩ, na ndũgagĩthũkie.
Refrain for your name's sake, destroy not the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us.
22 Nĩ kũrĩ mũhianano o na ũmwe wa ĩyo ĩtarĩ kĩene ya ndũrĩrĩ ũngiuria mbura? Matu mo mene nĩmoiragia mbura? Aca, nĩwe, Wee Jehova Ngai witũ, uuragia mbura. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro giitũ kĩrĩ harĩwe, nĩgũkorwo wee nĩwe wĩkaga maũndũ macio mothe.
Is there any one amongst the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness [at their bidding]? Are not you he? we will even wait on you, O Lord: for you have made all these things.
