Jeremia 15
1 Ningĩ Jehova akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ: “O na korwo Musa na Samũeli maarũgama mbere yakwa-rĩ, ngoro yakwa ndĩngĩerekera kũrĩ andũ aya. Maingatei mehere mbere yakwa! Nĩmarekwo mathiĩ!
And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before my face, my soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth.
2 Nao mangĩkũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Tũgũgĩthiĩ kũ?’ Ũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: “‘Arĩa maathĩrĩirio gũkua-rĩ, magakue; arĩa maathĩrĩirio kũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora-rĩ, makooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora; arĩa maathĩrĩirio ngʼaragu-rĩ, makooragwo nĩ ngʼaragu; arĩa maathĩrĩirio gũtahwo-rĩ, matahwo matwarwo bũrũri ũngĩ.’
And it shall be, if they say to thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; As many as are for death, to death; and as many as are for famine, to famine; and as many as are for the sword, to the sword; and as many as are for captivity, to captivity.
3 “Nĩngamarehithĩria mĩthemba ĩna ya aniinani mamookĩrĩre.” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, “Rũhiũ rwa njora rũgooka rũũrage andũ, namo magui mamakururie, nacio nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ, o na nyamũ cia gũkũ thĩ imatambuure, imaniine.
And I will punish them with four kinds [of death], saith the Lord, the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.
4 Nĩngatũma matuĩke andũ a gũthũũrwo nĩ mothamaki mothe ma gũkũ thĩ, nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa Manase mũrũ wa Hezekia mũthamaki wa Juda eekire gũkũ itũũra-inĩ rĩa Jerusalemu.
And I will deliver them up for distress to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasses son of Ezekias king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.
5 “Nũũ ũgaakũiguĩra tha, wee Jerusalemu? Nũũ ũgaagũcakaĩra? Nũũ ũgaakerũra gwaku oke akũũrie ũrĩa ũhoro waku ũtariĩ?”
Who will spare thee, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for thee? or who will turn back [to ask] for thy welfare?
6 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Wee nĩũndegete, wee ũtũũrĩte ũcookaga na thuutha. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngũgũtambũrũkĩria moko ngũniine; ndingĩĩricũkwo rĩngĩ.
Thou hast turned away from me, saith the Lord, thou wilt go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy thee, and will no more spare them.
7 Nĩngamahuha ta mahuti makĩhuhwo na gĩtarũrũ ihingo-inĩ cia itũũra inene rĩa bũrũri. Nĩngarehe gĩkuũ na mwanangĩko kũrĩ andũ akwa, nĩgũkorwo nĩmagĩte kũgarũrĩra mĩthiĩre yao.
And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.
8 Nĩngatũma atumia ao a ndigwa maingĩhe, makĩre mũthanga wa iria-inĩ. Nĩngarehithia mũniinani hĩndĩ ya mĩaraho okĩrĩre manyina ma aanake ao; ngaamarehera ruo rũnene na makorererwo nĩ kĩeha kĩnene o rĩmwe.
Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, [even] distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.
9 Nyina wa ciana mũgwanja nĩakaringĩka, akue. Nĩagathũĩrĩrwo nĩ riũa kũrĩ o mũthenya barigici; nĩagaconorithio na anyararwo. Arĩa magaatigara ngaamaneana kũrĩ thũ ciao, maniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
She that bore seven is spent; her soul has fainted under trouble; her sun is gone down while it is yet noon; she is ashamed and disgraced: I will give the remnant of them to the sword before their enemies.
10 Wũi-ĩiya-wakwa maitũ-ĩ, wee wanjiarire! Nduĩkĩte mũndũ wa kũgianagwo na kũhũũranagwo na niĩ nĩ bũrũri wothe! Niĩ ndikombithĩtie kana ngakomberwo kĩndũ nĩ mũndũ, no numagwo nĩ andũ othe.
Woe is me, [my] mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped [others], nor has any one helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.
11 Jehova oigĩte atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ nĩngagũkũũra ndĩ na muoroto mwega harĩwe; ti-itherũ nĩngatũma thũ ciaku igũthaithe mahinda ma mwanangĩko na mahinda ma mĩnyamaro.
Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before thee in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for [their] good against the enemy.
12 “Mũndũ no oine kĩgera: kĩgera kĩrĩa kiumĩte gathigathini, kana oine gĩcango?
Will iron be known? whereas thy strength is a brazen covering.
13 Nĩnganeana ũtonga waku na igĩĩna ciaku itahwo hatarĩ irĩhi, nĩ ũndũ wa mehia maku mothe marĩa maneekwo bũrũri-inĩ waku wothe.
Yea, I will give thy treasures for a spoil as a recompence, because of all thy sins and [that] in all thy borders.
14 Nĩngamũtua ngombo cia thũ cianyu thĩinĩ wa bũrũri mũtooĩ, nĩ ũndũ marakara makwa nĩmagaakana ta mwaki, ũmũcine.”
And I will enslave thee to thine enemies round about, in a land which thou hast not known; for a fire has been kindled out of my wrath; it shall burn upon you.
15 Wee Jehova-rĩ, nĩwe ũũĩ; ndirikana na ũũmenyagĩrĩre. Ndĩhĩria kũrĩ arĩa maanyariiraga. Wee nĩũkiragĩrĩria; ndũkanjeherie; ririkana ũrĩa ndananyariirĩka nĩ ũndũ waku.
O Lord, remember me, and visit me, and vindicate me before them that persecute me; do not bear long with them; know how I have met with reproach for thy sake, from those who set at nought thy words;
16 Rĩrĩa ciugo ciaku cianginyĩrĩire-rĩ, nĩndacirĩire; ciarĩ gĩkeno gĩakwa, na igĩcanjamũra ngoro yakwa, nĩgũkorwo nĩnjĩtanĩtio na rĩĩtwa rĩaku, Wee Jehova Ngai-Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
consume them; and thy word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.
17 Ndirĩ ndaikara thiritũ-inĩ ya arĩa mekenagia, o na kana ngĩĩkenia magĩĩkenia; ndaikarire ndĩ wiki nĩ ũndũ guoko gwaku kwarĩ igũrũ rĩakwa, nawe nĩwanjiyũrĩtie marakara.
I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of thy power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.
18 Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte ruo rwakwa rwage gũthira, na kĩronda gĩakwa gĩkeeha, gĩkaaga kũhona? Anga ũgũtuĩka harĩ niĩ ta karũũĩ gatangĩĩhokwo, kana ta gĩthima kĩa maaĩ kĩrĩa kĩhũũaga?
Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.
19 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ũngĩĩrira, nĩngũgũcookereria nĩgeetha ũndungatagĩre; akorwo nĩũrĩaragia maũndũ marĩa marĩ bata, no ti marĩa matarĩ bata, nĩũgũtuĩka wa kũnjarĩrĩria. Andũ aya nĩmagũcookerere, no wee ndũkamacookerere.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou wilt return, then will I restore thee, and thou shalt stand before my face: and if thou wilt bring forth the precious from the worthless, thou shalt be as my mouth: and they shall return to thee; but thou shalt not return to them.
20 Nĩngagũtua ta rũthingo harĩ andũ aya, ngũtue rũthingo rũrũmu rwa gĩcango; nĩmakarũa nawe, no matigagũtooria, nĩgũkorwo niĩ ndĩ hamwe nawe, nĩguo ngũteithũre na ngũhonokie,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
And I will make thee to this people as a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall by no means prevail against thee;
21 “Nĩngakũhonokia kuuma moko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa aaganu, na ngũkũũre ngũrute moko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa matarĩ tha.”
for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee out of the hand of wicked [men]; and I will ransom thee out of the hand of pestilent [men].
