Jeremia 34
1 Rĩrĩa Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni aarũaga mbaara na Jerusalemu na matũũra marĩa maarĩrigiicĩirie, arĩ na mbũtũ ciake cia ita, hamwe na mothamaki marĩa maathagwo nĩwe, na ndũrĩrĩ ciothe ciakuo, ndũmĩrĩri ĩno nĩyakinyĩrĩire Jeremia yumĩte kũrĩ Jehova, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ,
The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH—and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his force, and all kingdoms of the land of the dominion of his hand, and all the peoples are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all its cities—saying:
2 “Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga atĩrĩ: Thiĩ kũrĩ Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda, ũmwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ndĩ hakuhĩ kũneana itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene kũrĩ mũthamaki wa Babuloni, nake nĩekũrĩcina na mwaki rĩthire.
“Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Go, and you have spoken to Zedekiah king of Judah, and have said to him, Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he has burned it with fire,
3 Nawe ndũkahonoka atĩ wĩeherie moko-inĩ make, tondũ ti-itherũ nĩũkanyiitwo na ũneanwo kũrĩ we. Nĩũkeyonera mũthamaki wa Babuloni na maitho maku, na nĩmũkaranĩria nake ũthiũ kwa ũthiũ. Nawe nĩũgatwarwo Babuloni.
and you do not escape out of his hand, for you are certainly caught, and you are given into his hand, and your eyes see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth speaks with your mouth, and you enter Babylon.
4 “‘No rĩrĩ, ta thikĩrĩria kĩĩranĩro kĩa Jehova, wee Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda. Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ ũhoro ũgũkoniĩ: Wee ndũkooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora;
Only, hear a word of YHWH, O Zedekiah king of Judah—thus said YHWH to you: You do not die by sword,
5 ũgaakua gĩkuũ gĩa thayũ. O ta ũrĩa andũ maakirie mwaki wa macakaya nĩ ũndũ wa gũtĩĩa maithe maku, o acio athamaki arĩa maarĩ mbere yaku-rĩ, ũguo noguo magaakia mwaki nĩ ũndũ wa gũgũtĩĩa na magũcakaĩre, makiugaga atĩrĩ, “Ĩiya, Mwathi witũ-ĩ!” Niĩ mwene nĩ niĩ ndakwĩrĩra ũhoro ũcio, ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.’”
you die in peace, and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who have been before you, so they make a burning for you; and, Oh, lord, they lament for you, for the word I have spoken—a declaration of YHWH.”
6 Nake Jeremia ũcio mũnabii akĩĩra Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda maũndũ macio mothe, arĩ kũu Jerusalemu,
And Jeremiah the prophet speaks all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
7 hĩndĩ ĩyo mbũtũ cia ita cia mũthamaki wa Babuloni ciahũũranaga na Jerusalemu o na matũũra macio mangĩ ma Juda marĩa meyũmĩrĩirie, nĩmo Lakishi na Azeka. Macio moiki no mo matũũra marĩa matigaire harĩ marĩa mairigĩirwo na hinya kũu Juda.
and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left—against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.
8 Ndũmĩrĩri nĩyakinyĩrĩire Jeremia yumĩte kũrĩ Jehova thuutha wa Mũthamaki Zedekia kũrĩkanĩra kĩrĩkanĩro na andũ othe arĩa maarĩ Jerusalemu maanĩrĩre ũhoro wa kuohorwo kwa ngombo.
The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, after the making of a covenant by King Zedekiah with all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them,
9 Mũndũ o wothe angĩtuĩka nĩekuohora ngombo ciake cia Ahibirania, cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja; gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ wagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũiga Mũyahudi ũrĩa ũngĩ arĩ ngombo.
to each send out his manservant, and each his maidservant—the Hebrew and the Hebrewess—free, so as not to lay service on them—on any Jew, a brother, a man;
10 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio anene othe o na andũ arĩa maatoonyire kĩrĩkanĩro-inĩ kĩu, magĩtĩkĩra atĩ nĩmekũrekereria ngombo ciao cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja, na atĩ matigũcooka kũmaiga ũkombo-inĩ. Magĩgĩĩtĩkĩra ũhoro ũcio na makĩmarekereria.
and all the heads listen, and all the people who have come into the covenant to each send forth his manservant and each his maidservant free, so as not to lay service on them anymore, indeed, they listen, and send them away;
11 No rĩrĩ, thuutha-inĩ nĩmericũkirwo, makĩnyiita andũ acio mohorete na makĩmatua ngombo rĩngĩ.
and they turn afterward, and cause the menservants and the maidservants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for menservants and for maidservants.
12 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova nĩyakinyĩrĩire Jeremia, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,
13 “Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: Nĩndarĩkanĩire na maithe manyu ma tene rĩrĩa ndamarutire bũrũri wa Misiri, ngĩmaruta bũrũri wa ũkombo, ngĩmeera atĩrĩ,
“Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day of My bringing them forth from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants, saying,
14 ‘Hĩndĩ ciothe mwaka-inĩ wa mũgwanja, o mũndũ o mũndũ wanyu wothe no nginya arekagĩrĩrie mũrũ wa ithe Mũhibirania o wothe ũrĩa wĩyendetie kũrĩ we. Thuutha wa gũgũtungata mĩaka ĩtandatũ-rĩ, no nginya ũmũrekererie.’ No maithe manyu matiigana gũũthikĩrĩria kana kũrũmbũiya ũhoro ũcio wakwa.
At the end of seven years you each send forth his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to you, and has served you six years, indeed, you have sent him forth from you free: and your fathers did not listen to Me, nor inclined their ear.
15 Nĩmwĩrĩga kwĩrira, na mũgĩĩka maũndũ marĩa magĩrĩire makĩonwo nĩ niĩ: Tondũ o ũmwe wanyu nĩanĩrĩire ũhoro wa kuohorwo kwa mũndũ o mũndũ bũrũri-inĩ. O na ningĩ mũkĩgĩa na kĩrĩkanĩro kĩu mũrĩ mbere yakwa thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ĩrĩa ĩĩtanĩtio na rĩĩtwa rĩakwa.
And today you turn back and you do that which is right in My eyes, to each proclaim liberty to his neighbor, and you make a covenant before Me in the house over which My Name is called.
16 No rĩu nĩmũgarũrũkĩte mũgathaahia rĩĩtwa rĩakwa; mũndũ o mũndũ wanyu nĩacooketie ngombo yake ya mũndũ mũrũme na ya mũndũ-wa-nja ĩrĩa ararekereirie ĩĩthiĩre o kũrĩa ĩngĩenda. Nĩmũmatuĩte ngombo cianyu rĩngĩ.
And you turn back, and defile My Name, and you each cause his manservant and each his maidservant, whom he had sent forth free (at their pleasure), to return, and you subdue them to be for menservants and for maidservants to you.”
17 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Inyuĩ nĩmwagĩte kũnjathĩkĩra: mũtianĩrĩire kuohorithio kwa andũ a bũrũri wanyu. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩu nĩngwanĩrĩra ‘kuohorithio’ kwanyu, ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, nakuo nĩ ‘kuohorithio’ nĩguo mũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na mũthiro, na ngʼaragu. Nĩngatũma mũtuĩke kĩndũ gĩa gũthũũrwo mũno mothamaki-inĩ mothe ma gũkũ thĩ.
Therefore, thus said YHWH: “You have not listened to Me to proclaim freedom, each to his brother, and each to his neighbor; behold, I am proclaiming to you liberty,” a declaration of YHWH, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine, and I have given you for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth.
18 Andũ arĩa magararĩte kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, na makaaga kũhingia mohoro ma kĩrĩkanĩro kĩu maarĩkanĩire marĩ mbere yakwa, ngaameka o ta njaũ ĩrĩa maatinanirie icunjĩ igĩrĩ, makĩgerera gatagatĩ ga icunjĩ icio ciayo.
And I have given the men who are transgressing My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant that they have made before Me, by the calf, that they have cut in two, and pass through between its pieces—
19 Atongoria a Juda na a Jerusalemu, na andũ arĩa mehokeirwo mawĩra ma kwa mũthamaki, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai, na andũ othe a bũrũri arĩa magereire gatagatĩ ga icunjĩ icio cierĩ cia njaũ ĩyo-rĩ,
heads of Judah, and heads of Jerusalem, the officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land who had passed through between the pieces of the calf—
20 nĩngamaneana kũrĩ thũ ciao iria ciendaga kũmaruta muoyo. Ciimba ciao igaatuĩka irio cia nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ, na cia nyamũ cia gĩthaka.
indeed, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcass has been for food to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.
21 “Nĩnganeana Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda na anene ake kũrĩ thũ ciao iria ciendaga kũmaruta muoyo, ndĩmaneane kũrĩ mbũtũ cia ita cia mũthamaki wa Babuloni, icio ciambĩte kũmweherera.
And I give Zedekiah king of Judah and his heads into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of the forces of the king of Babylon that are going up from off you.
22 Nĩngũruta watho, nĩguo Jehova ekuuga, na nĩngamacookia gũkũ itũũra-inĩ rĩĩrĩ inene. Nĩmakahũũrana narĩo, marĩtahe na marĩcine. Ningĩ nĩngonũha matũũra ma Juda makire ihooru, na kwage mũndũ ũngĩtũũra kuo.”
Behold, I am commanding,” a declaration of YHWH, “and have brought them back to this city, and they have fought against it, and captured it, and burned it with fire, and I make the cities of Judah a desolation—without inhabitant.”
