Jeremia 24
1 Thuutha wa Jekonia mũrũ wa Jehoakimu mũthamaki wa Juda na anene ake, na mabundi na atũũri a Juda gũtahwo, makĩrutwo Jerusalemu magĩtwarwo Babuloni nĩ Nebukadinezaru, mũthamaki wa Babuloni-rĩ, Jehova nĩanyonirie ikabũ igĩrĩ cia ngũyũ ciigĩtwo hau mbere ya hekarũ ya Jehova.
Yahweh shewed me, and lo! two baskets of figs, which had been set before the temple of Yahweh, —after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive, Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the princes of Judah and the carpenters and the smiths out of Jerusalem, and had brought them into Babylon: —
2 Gĩkabũ kĩmwe kĩarĩ na ngũyũ njega mũno, ta ngũyũ iria ciambaga kwĩrua; gĩkabũ kĩrĩa kĩngĩ kĩarĩ na ngũyũ njũru mũno, itangĩrĩĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ciathũkĩte.
the one basket, was of very good figs, like the first-ripe figs; and, the other basket, was of very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.
3 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehova akĩnjũũria atĩrĩ, “Jeremia, nĩ kĩĩ ũroona?” Ngĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ngũyũ. Iria njega nĩ njega mũno, no iria njũru nĩ njũru mũno ũndũ itangĩrĩĩo.”
Then said Yahweh unto me, —What canst thou see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, for badness.
4 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩkĩnginyĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
5 “Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘O ta ngũyũ ici imwe njega-rĩ, ũguo noguo nyonaga andũ a Juda marĩ ega arĩa maatahirwo, acio ndaarutire gũkũ ngĩmatwara bũrũri wa Babuloni.
Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Like these good figs, so, will I regard them of Judah who are carried into captivity, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
6 Maitho makwa nĩmakamarora na ndĩmeeke maũndũ mega, na nĩngamacookia gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ. Nĩngamarũgamia na ndikamamomora; nĩngamahaanda na ndigacooka kũmamunya.
Therefore will I set mine eye upon them for good, and will bring them back upon this land, —and will build them up, and not pull them down, and will plant them and not root them up;
7 Nĩngamahe ngoro ya gũtũma mamenye atĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova. Nĩmagatuĩka andũ akwa na niĩ nduĩke Ngai wao, nĩgũkorwo nĩmakanjookerera na ngoro ciao ciothe.
and will give them a heart to know, me, that, I, am Yahweh, So shall they become my people, And, I, will become their God; for they will return unto me with all their heart.
8 “‘No rĩrĩ, o ta ngũyũ icio njũru, icio itangĩrĩĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ithũkĩte-rĩ,’ Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘ũguo no taguo ngeeka Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda, na anene ake o na matigari ma andũ a Jerusalemu, arĩa magaakorwo matigaire gũkũ bũrũri ũyũ kana arĩa matũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri.
And like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, Surely thus, saith Yahweh—so, will I deliver up Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes and the remnant of Jerusalem that remain in this land, and them who are dwelling in the land of Egypt;
9 Nĩngatũma mathũũrwo mũno, matuĩke kĩndũ gĩa gũthirĩkia mothamaki mothe ma gũkũ thĩ, na mameneke na matuĩke a kuunagwo thimo, na matũũre mathekagĩrĩrwo na manyiitagwo nĩ kĩrumi kũrĩa guothe ngaamathaamĩria.
yea I will deliver them up, as a terror of calamity, to all the kingdoms of the earth, —as a reproach and as a byword, as a mockery and as a contempt, in every place whither I will drive them;
10 Nĩngamarehithĩria rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngʼaragu, na mũthiro imokĩrĩre, nginya maniinwo mathire bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa ndaamaheire o na ngĩhe maithe mao.’”
and I will send among them, sword famine and pestilence, —until they are consumed from off the soil which I gave to them and to their fathers.
