Jeremia 22
1 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ikũrũka ũthiĩ nginya nyũmba ya ũthamaki ya mũthamaki wa Juda ũhunjie ndũmĩrĩri ĩno kuo, uuge atĩrĩ:
Thus says the Lord: “Descend to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word.
2 ‘Ta thikĩrĩria ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova, wee mũthamaki wa Juda, o wee ũikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa ũthamaki kĩa Daudi: wee mwene, na anene aku, o na andũ anyu arĩa matoonyagĩra ihingo-inĩ ici.
And you shall say: Listen to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David: you and your servants, and your people, who enter through these gates.
3 Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: Ĩkagai maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire na ma kĩhooto. Honokagiai mũndũ ũrĩa ũtunyĩtwo indo ciake kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa mũmũhinyĩrĩria. Mũtikaneeke ũndũ mũũru kana maũndũ ma kũhũthĩra hinya harĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ, kana harĩ mwana wa ngoriai kana mũtumia wa ndigwa, na ningĩ kũndũ gũkũ mũtikanaitithie thakame ya mũndũ ũtekĩte ũũru.
Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.
4 Nĩgũkorwo mũngĩmenyerera mwathĩkĩre mawatho maya, hĩndĩ ĩyo athamaki arĩa maikarĩire gĩtĩ kĩa Daudi gĩa ũthamaki nĩmarĩtoonyagĩra ihingo-inĩ cia nyũmba ya ũthamaki, mahaicĩte ngaari cia ita na mbarathi, marĩ hamwe na anene ao, o na andũ ao.
For if you will indeed accomplish this word, then there will enter through the gates of this house kings from the stock of David, sitting on his throne, and riding on chariots and on horses: they, and their servants, and their people.
5 No mũngĩkaaga gwathĩkĩra mawatho maya, Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, Ndehĩta na Rĩĩtwa rĩakwa mwene atĩ nyũmba ĩno ya ũthamaki nĩĩkanangwo.’”
But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this house will be in desolation.
6 Nĩ ũndũ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũkoniĩ nyũmba ya ũthamaki ya mũthamaki wa Juda: “O na gũtuĩka ũhaana ta Gileadi harĩ niĩ, ũkahaana ta gacũmbĩrĩ ka Lebanoni, ti-itherũ nĩngatũma ũtuĩke ta werũ ũtarĩ kĩndũ, ũtuĩke ta matũũra matatũũragwo.
For thus says the Lord about the house of the king of Judah: You are to me like Gilead, the head of Lebanon. Certainly, I will make you desolate, with uninhabitable cities.
7 Nĩngagũtũmĩra andũ magũũkĩrĩre, makwanange, o ũmwe wao eyohete indo ciake cia mbaara, na nĩmagatemanga mĩtarakwa yaku ĩrĩa mĩega mũno, mamĩikie mwaki-inĩ.
And I will sanctify over you the destroying man and his weapons. And they will cut down your select cedars and throw them violently into the fire.
8 “Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ nĩmakahĩtũkĩra itũũra-inĩ rĩĩrĩ inene na nĩmakooranagia atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte Jehova eke itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene maũndũ ta maya?’
And many nations will pass through this city. And each one will say to his neighbor: ‘Why has the Lord acted in this way toward this great city?’
9 Nao nĩmagacookerio atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ tondũ nĩmatirikire ũhoro wa kũrũmĩrĩra kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova Ngai wao, makĩhooya na magĩtungatĩra ngai ingĩ.’”
And they will answer: ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God, and they adored strange gods and served them.’
10 Mũtikarĩrĩre mũthamaki ũcio ũkuĩte, kana mũcakae nĩ ũndũ wa kũũrwo nĩwe; no rĩrĩ, rĩrai na mũgirĩke nĩ ũndũ wa ũcio ũthaamĩtio, nĩ tondũ, ũcio ndagacooka kwao, kana oone bũrũri ũrĩa aaciarĩirwo rĩngĩ.
You should not choose to weep for the dead, nor should you mourn over them with tears. Lament for him who is departing, for he will return no more, nor will he see his native land again.
11 Nĩ ũndũ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũkoniĩ Shalumu mũrũ wa Josia, ũrĩa wacookire ithenya rĩa ithe Josia, mũthamaki wa Juda, no nĩacookire akiuma kũndũ gũkũ: “Ndarĩ hĩndĩ agaacooka gũkũ gũthamaka.
For thus says the Lord to Shallum, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father, who has departed from this place: He will not return here again.
12 Agaakuĩra kũu aatwarirwo arĩ mũgwate; ndakoona bũrũri ũyũ rĩngĩ.”
Instead, he will die in the place to which I have transferred him, and he will not see this land anymore.
13 “Kaĩ ũrĩa wakaga nyũmba yake ya ũthamaki na njĩra itarĩ cia ũthingu arĩ na haaro-ĩ! o ũcio wakaga tũnyũmba twake twa ngoroba na maũndũ matarĩ ma kĩhooto, na akarutithia andũ a bũrũri wake wĩra ũtarĩ mũcaara, akaaga kũmarĩha kĩrĩa maagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũheo nĩ ũndũ wa wĩra ũcio wao.
Woe to one who builds his house with injustice and his upper rooms without judgment, who oppresses his friend without cause and does not pay him his wages.
14 Oigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngwĩyakĩra nyũmba nene ya ũthamaki, ĩrĩ na tũnyũmba twa ngoroba.’ Nĩ ũndũ ũcio amĩakaga ĩrĩ na ndirica nene, na akamĩhũũrĩrĩra mbaũ cia mũtarakwa, o na akamĩgemia na rangi mũtune.
And he says: ‘I will build a broad house for myself, with spacious upper rooms.’ He makes windows for himself, and he builds the roof out of cedar, and he paints it with red ocher.
15 “Kũgĩa na mbaũ nyingĩ mũno cia mĩtarakwa-rĩ, no gũtũme ũtuĩke mũthamaki? Githĩ thoguo ndaarĩ o na gĩa kũrĩa na gĩa kũnyua? Ekaga maũndũ marĩa maagĩrĩire na ma kĩhooto, nĩ ũndũ ũcio maũndũ make mothe makĩgaacĩra.
Will you reign because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and act with judgment and justice, so that it would be well with him?
16 Aaciiragĩrĩra andũ arĩa athĩĩni na arĩa abatari, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio maũndũ make mothe makĩgaacĩra. Githĩ ũguo tiguo kũmenyana na niĩ?” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord?
17 “No rĩrĩ, maitho maku na ngoro yaku irorereirio o uumithio ũtarĩ wa kwĩhokeka, cikeerekera gũitithia thakame ya andũ matarĩ ũũru mekĩte, o na kũhinyanĩrĩria, na gwĩtia indo na hinya.”
Yet truly, your eyes and your heart are toward avarice and the shedding of innocent blood, and toward false accusations and the pursuit of evil deeds.
18 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũkoniĩ Jehoiakimu mũrũ wa Josia, mũthamaki wa Juda: “Andũ matikamũrĩrĩra makiugaga atĩrĩ: ‘Wũi-ĩiya, mũrũ-wa-Ithe-witũ-ĩ! Wũi-ĩiya mwarĩ-wa-ithe-witũ-ĩ!’ Ningĩ matikamũrĩrĩra makiugaga: ‘Wũi-ĩiya mwathi-witũ-ĩ! Wũi-ĩiya riiri-wake-ĩ!’
Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, ‘Alas,’ to a brother, or, ‘Alas,’ to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, ‘Alas,’ to a master, or, ‘Alas,’ to a nobleman.
19 Agaathikwo o ta ũrĩa ndigiri ĩthikagwo: agaakururio, aikio na kũu nja ya ihingo cia Jerusalemu.”
He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, having rotted and been thrown out of the gates of Jerusalem.
20 “Ambata, ũthiĩ Lebanoni, ũkanĩrĩre kuo, ũreke mũgambo waku ũiguĩke kũu Bashani, na ũkayũrũrũke kuuma Abarimu, nĩgũkorwo athiritũ aku othe nĩahehenje.
Ascend to Lebanon and cry out! And utter your voice in Bashan, and cry out to those passing by. For all your lovers have been crushed.
21 Nĩndagũkaanirie rĩrĩa weiguaga ũrĩ mũgitĩre, nowe ũkiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndigũthikĩrĩria!’ Ũyũ ũkoretwo ũrĩ mũthiĩre waku kuuma ũrĩ o mũnini; wee ndũrĩ wanjathĩkĩra.
I spoke to you in your abundance, and you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, for you have not listened to my voice.
22 Arĩithi aku othe makaahurutwo nĩ rũhuho, nao athiritũ aku nĩmagathaamĩrio kũngĩ. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũgaconoka na ũnyararithio nĩ ũndũ wa waganu waku wothe.
The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. And then you will be confounded, and you will be ashamed of all your wickedness.
23 Inyuĩ mũtũũraga Lebanoni, o inyuĩ mũikaraga nyũmba cia mĩtarakwa, kaĩ nĩmũgacakaya rĩrĩa mũkanyiitwo nĩ ruo, o ruo ta rwa mũndũ-wa-nja akĩrũmwo-ĩ!”
You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?
24 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “O ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, wee Jekonia, mũrũ wa Jehoiakimu mũthamaki wa Juda, o na ũngĩrĩ gĩcũhĩ kĩa mũhũũri kĩrĩ guoko-inĩ gwakwa kwa ũrĩo-rĩ, no gũkũruta ingĩkũruta ho.
As I live, says the Lord, if Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a ring on my right hand, I would remove him from there.
25 Ngũkũneana kũrĩ arĩa magũcaragia makũrute muoyo, o acio wĩtigagĩra, ngũneane kũrĩ Nebukadinezaru, mũthamaki wa Babuloni na kũrĩ andũ a Babuloni.
And I will deliver you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you dread, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Wee hamwe na maitũguo ũrĩa wagũciarire, ngamũnyuguta bũrũri ũngĩ kũrĩa mũtaciarĩirwo, na kũu nĩkuo inyuĩ eerĩ mũgakuĩra.
And I will send you, and your mother who conceived you, into a foreign land, in which you were not born, and there you shall die.
27 Mũtirĩ hĩndĩ mũgaacooka gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ mwĩriragĩria gũgaacooka.”
And to the land about which they lift up their mind, thinking to return there, they shall not return.
28 Hĩ anga mũndũ ũcio wĩtagwo Jekonia, nĩ nyũngũ nguũ na nyarare, na kĩndũ gĩtarĩ mũndũ ũngĩkĩenda? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma we hamwe na ciana ciake manyugutwo, na maikio bũrũri matooĩ?
Is this man, Jeconiah, a broken earthenware vessel? Is he a vessel which is entirely unpleasing? Why have they been cast out, he and his offspring, cast out even into a land that they have not known?
29 Atĩrĩrĩ, wee bũrũri, bũrũri, bũrũri ũyũ, ta thikĩrĩria ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova!
O earth, O earth, O earth! Listen to the word of the Lord!
30 Ũũ nĩguo Jehova ekuuga: “Mũndũ ũyũ nĩandĩkwo maandĩko-inĩ, ta mũndũ ũtarĩ mwana, mũndũ ũtakagaacĩra mũtũũrĩre-inĩ wake wothe, nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ mwana wake ũkaagaacĩra, gũtirĩ ũgaikarĩra gĩtĩ gĩa ũthamaki kĩa Daudi kana athamake rĩngĩ thĩinĩ wa Juda.”
Thus says the Lord: Write: this man is barren; he is a man who will not prosper in his days. For there will not be a man from among his offspring who will sit upon the throne of David, or have authority in Judah, anymore.”
