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 which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, 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 saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn 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 thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to 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;
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus saith the LORD concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the 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.’”
thou shalt die in peace; and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they make a burning for thee; and they shall lament thee, [saying], Ah lord! for I have spoken the word, saith the LORD.
6 Nake Jeremia ũcio mũnabii akĩĩra Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda maũndũ macio mothe, arĩ kũu Jerusalemu,
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto 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.
when the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these [alone] remained of the cities of Judah [as] fenced cities.
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 came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto 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.
that every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother:
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 princes and all the people obeyed, which had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:
11 No rĩrĩ, thuutha-inĩ nĩmericũkirwo, makĩnyiita andũ acio mohorete na makĩmatua ngombo rĩngĩ.
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids:
12 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova nĩyakinyĩrĩire Jeremia, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, 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 saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, 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 ye shall let go every man his brother that is an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither 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 ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
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.
but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
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 saith the LORD: Ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the 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 will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof;
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,
the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts 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.
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts 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 Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from 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 will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
