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!
Then said the LORD unto me: 'Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, yet My mind could not be toward this people; cast them out of My sight, 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 come to pass, when they say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? then thou shall tell them: Thus saith the LORD: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such 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 appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to 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 cause them to be a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 “Nũũ ũgaakũiguĩra tha, wee Jerusalemu? Nũũ ũgaagũcakaĩra? Nũũ ũgaakerũra gwaku oke akũũrie ũrĩa ũhoro waku ũtariĩ?”
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?
6 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Wee nĩũndegete, wee ũtũũrĩte ũcookaga na thuutha. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngũgũtambũrũkĩria moko ngũniine; ndingĩĩricũkwo rĩngĩ.
Thou hast cast Me off, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward; Therefore do I stretch out My hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
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 fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways.
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 are increased to Me above the sand of the seas; I bring upon them, against the mother, a chosen one, even a spoiler at noonday; I cause anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.
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 hath borne seven languisheth; her spirit droopeth; her sun is gone down while it was yet day, she is ashamed and confounded; and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.'
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, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth 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.
The LORD said: 'Verily I will release thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 “Mũndũ no oine kĩgera: kĩgera kĩrĩa kiumĩte gathigathini, kana oine gĩcango?
Can iron break iron from the north and brass?
13 Nĩnganeana ũtonga waku na igĩĩna ciaku itahwo hatarĩ irĩhi, nĩ ũndũ wa mehia maku mothe marĩa maneekwo bũrũri-inĩ waku wothe.
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even 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 make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which 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.
Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts.
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.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart; because Thy name was called on me, O LORD God of hosts.
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 sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of Thy hand; for Thou hast filled me with indignation.
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 is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed? Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
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 return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto 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 unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
21 “Nĩngakũhonokia kuuma moko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa aaganu, na ngũkũũre ngũrute moko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa matarĩ tha.”
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
