Jeremia 19
1 Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: “Thiĩ ũgũre gatigithũ ka rĩũmba harĩ mũũmbi. Ũcooke woe athuuri amwe a kĩrĩndĩ na athĩnjĩri-Ngai amwe,
Thus says the Lord: “Go, and take a potter’s earthen bottle from the elders of the people and from the elders of the priests.
2 mumagare mũthiĩ Gĩtuamba-inĩ kĩa Beni-Hinomu, hakuhĩ na itoonyero rĩa Kĩhingo-kĩa-Ngĩo. Wakinya hau wanĩrĩre ũhoro ũrĩa ngũkwĩra,
And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is near the entrance to the earthen gate, and there you shall proclaim the words that I will speak to you.
3 uuge atĩrĩ, ‘Ta iguai ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova, inyuĩ athamaki a Juda, na andũ a Jerusalemu. Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ta thikĩrĩriai! Nĩngũrehithia mwanangĩko kũndũ gũkũ ũrĩa ũgaatũma mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũkaũigua ararakwo nĩ matũ.
And you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will lead an affliction over this place, so much so that it will ring in the ears of all who hear about it.
4 Nĩgũkorwo nĩmandirikĩte na magatũma haha hatuĩke handũ ha ngai cia kũndũ kũngĩ; nĩmacinĩire magongona kũrĩ ngai iria o ene, kana maithe mao, o na kana athamaki a Juda matooĩ, na makaiyũria kũndũ gũkũ thakame ya andũ arĩa matarĩ ũũru mekĩte.
For they have abandoned me, and they have made this place foreign, and they have offered libations in it to foreign gods, whom neither they, nor their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
5 Nĩmakĩĩte kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru gwa kũhooerwo Baali, na gwa gũcinagĩrwo ariũ ao na mwaki matuĩke maruta ma kũrutĩrwo Baali, ũndũ ũrĩa niĩ itaathanire wĩkagwo, kana ngĩũgweta, o na ũndũ ũtarĩ wagĩa meciiria-inĩ makwa.
And they have built the exalted places of Baal, in order to burn their children with fire as a holocaust to Baal, something that I did not instruct or speak of, nor did it enter into my heart.
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, Mwĩmenyererei, tondũ matukũ nĩmarooka rĩrĩa andũ matagacooka gwĩtaga kũndũ gũkũ Tofethi, kana Gĩtuamba kĩa Beni-Hinomu, no gũgeetagwo Gĩtuamba gĩa Kũũraganĩrwo.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when this place will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
7 “‘Kũndũ gũkũ nĩkuo ngathũkĩria mĩbango yothe ya Juda na ya Jerusalemu. Nĩngatũma mooragwo na hiũ cia njora nĩ thũ ciao, moko-inĩ ma andũ arĩa mendaga kũmaruta muoyo, nacio ciimba ciao ndĩciheane ituĩke nyama cia kũrĩĩo nĩ nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ na nyamũ cia gĩthaka.
And I will scatter the counsel of Judah and of Jerusalem in this place. And I will overthrow them with the sword, in the sight of their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives. And I will give their carcasses to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the land as food.
8 Nĩngananga itũũra rĩĩrĩ ndũme rĩtuĩke kũndũ gwa kũnyararwo; arĩa othe makaahĩtũkĩra kuo nĩmakagega na mamanyũrũrie moona ũrĩa nguraro ciao cingĩhĩte.
And I will set this city amid stupor and hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be stupefied, and they will hiss over all its wounds.
9 Nĩngatũma marĩe nyama cia mĩĩrĩ ya ariũ na aarĩ ao, na o mũndũ arĩe nyama cia mwĩrĩ wa mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magaakorwo marĩ na mĩnyamaro nĩ ũndũ wa gũthiũrũrũkĩrio nĩ thũ ciao iria ciendaga kũmaruta muoyo.’
And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters. And each one of them will eat the flesh of his friend during the blockade and the embargo by which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, will enclose them.
10 “Ũcooke ũũrage gatigithũ kau, acio mũgaathiĩ nao makĩonaga,
And you shall crush the bottle in the sight of the men who will go with you.
11 ũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ: Nĩngahehenja rũrĩrĩ rũrũ, o na itũũra rĩĩrĩ, o ta ũrĩa mũndũ oragaga nyũngũ ya mũũmbi na ndĩcookaga gũthondekeka ĩtuĩke ngʼima rĩngĩ. Magaathika arĩa makuĩte kũu Tofethi nginya kwage handũ ha gũthikanwo.
And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: In the same way, I will crush this people and this city, just as the potter’s vessel was crushed and cannot be made whole again. And they will be buried at Topheth, because there will be no other place for burial.
12 Ũguo nĩguo ngeeka kũndũ gũkũ, o na andũ arĩa matũũraga kuo, ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga. Nĩngatũma itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene rĩhaane o ta Tofethi.
So will I do to this place and to its inhabitants, says the Lord. And I will make this city to be like Topheth.
13 Nyũmba iria irĩ Jerusalemu, o na cia athamaki a Juda nĩigathaahio o ta gũkũ Tofethi: nyũmba ciothe iria maacinĩire ũbumba igũrũ rĩacio, makĩũcinĩra mbũtũ ciothe cia njata, na magĩitagĩra ngai ingĩ maruta ma indo cia kũnyuuo.’”
And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be unclean, just like the place of Topheth: all the houses on whose roofs they sacrificed to all the armies of heaven and poured out libations to strange gods.”
14 Jeremia agĩcooka akĩhũndũka kuuma Tofethi, o kũu Jehova aamũtũmĩte akarathĩre andũ ũhoro, nake akĩrũgama nja ya hekarũ ya Jehova, akĩĩra andũ othe atĩrĩ,
Then Jeremiah arrived from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the atrium of the house of the Lord, and he said to all the people:
15 “Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o Wee Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ta thikĩrĩriai! Nĩngũrehithĩria itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene, o na tũtũũra tũrĩa tũrĩrigiicĩirie tuothe mwanangĩko ũrĩa wothe ngwetete igũrũ rĩao, nĩ ũndũ nĩmoomirie ngingo, makĩaga gũthikĩrĩria ciugo ciakwa.’”
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will lead over this community, and over all its cities, all the evils that I have spoken against it. For they have hardened their necks, so that they would not heed my words.”
