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 Yahweh said [this] to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could [come back from their graves and] and stand in front of me [and plead with me for these Israeli people], I would not act mercifully [IDM] toward these people. [I would tell you], ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’
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 if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars [MTY], will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured [and taken to other countries], will be captured [and taken to other countries].
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.
I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send [enemy soldiers using] swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away [their corpses]. I will send vultures to eat [their corpses]. And I will send [other] wild animals to eat what remains [of their corpses].
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.
Because of [the wicked things that] King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause [people in] all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about [what will happen in Judah to] my people.
5 “Nũũ ũgaakũiguĩra tha, wee Jerusalemu? Nũũ ũgaagũcakaĩra? Nũũ ũgaakerũra gwaku oke akũũrie ũrĩa ũhoro waku ũtariĩ?”
You [people of], no one will [RHQ] feel sorry for you. No one will [RHQ] weep/cry for you. No one will [RHQ] ask (how you are/if you are well).
6 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Wee nĩũndegete, wee ũtũũrĩte ũcookaga na thuutha. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngũgũtambũrũkĩria moko ngũniine; ndingĩĩricũkwo rĩngĩ.
You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away [from me] [DOU]. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer.
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.
At the gates of your cities, I will [scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by] (winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away) [MET]. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. [So], I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed.
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.
I will cause there to be more widows [in Judah] than [there are grains of] sand on the seashore [HYP]. At noontime, [when people will not be expecting it to happen], I will cause [an enemy army] to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified.
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.
A woman who has seven children will become faint and (gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe); [it will be as though] daylight will become darkness for her, [because most of] her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated [DOU]. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
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.
[I said to] my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends [money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should], and I am not a person who borrows [money from others and then refuses to pay it back], but everyone [HYP] curses 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.
But Yahweh replied to me, “[Jeremiah], I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will [come to you and] plead for you [to help them].”
12 “Mũndũ no oine kĩgera: kĩgera kĩrĩa kiumĩte gathigathini, kana oine gĩcango?
[Yahweh also told me to say to the people] of Judah, “Your enemies, who are [as strong as] iron or bronze, [will attack you] from the north; no one will be able to stop them.
13 Nĩnganeana ũtonga waku na igĩĩna ciaku itahwo hatarĩ irĩhi, nĩ ũndũ wa mehia maku mothe marĩa maneekwo bũrũri-inĩ waku wothe.
I will give all the valuable possessions [of the people of Judah] to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward [that I will give them] because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country.
14 Nĩngamũtua ngombo cia thũ cianyu thĩinĩ wa bũrũri mũtooĩ, nĩ ũndũ marakara makwa nĩmagaakana ta mwaki, ũmũcine.”
I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not [even] know about, and force you to become their slaves. [That will happen] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] [SIM] a fire that will burn forever.”
15 Wee Jehova-rĩ, nĩwe ũũĩ; ndirikana na ũũmenyagĩrĩre. Ndĩhĩria kũrĩ arĩa maanyariiraga. Wee nĩũkiragĩrĩria; ndũkanjeherie; ririkana ũrĩa ndananyariirĩka nĩ ũndũ waku.
[Then I said], “Yahweh, you know [what is happening to me]. [Please] come and (help me/take care of me). Punish those who are (persecuting me/causing me to suffer). [Please] do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is (for your sake/because I serve you) that I am suffering.
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.
Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted [MET] what you said because I belong to you. [IDM, MTY]
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.
When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you [MTY] are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry [with those people because of their sins].
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?
So, (why do you [allow] me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.) [RHQ] It seems that [RHQ] my wounds cannot be healed. [Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me]. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.”
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.
Then Yahweh [replied], “If you begin again to [trust in] me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say.
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.
They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like [SIM] people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue [DOU] you.
21 “Nĩngakũhonokia kuuma moko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa aaganu, na ngũkũũre ngũrute moko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa matarĩ tha.”
[Truly], I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
