< Jeremia 46 >

1 Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩkoniĩ ndũrĩrĩ ĩrĩa yakinyĩrĩire mũnabii Jeremia:
The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
2 Ha ũhoro ũkoniĩ bũrũri wa Misiri: Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya gũũkĩrĩra mbũtũ cia ita cia Firaũni Neko, mũthamaki wa bũrũri wa Misiri, iria ciahooteirwo kũu Karikemishi, Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Farati, nĩ Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni, mwaka-inĩ wa kana wa wathani wa Jehoiakimu mũrũ wa Josia, mũthamaki wa Juda:
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3 “Thagathagai ngo cianyu, iria nene na tũrĩa tũnini, mũthiĩ mbaara-inĩ!
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4 Tandĩkai mbarathi, mũcihaice! Rũgamai o mũndũ handũ hake mwĩkĩrĩte ngũbia cia igera! Kumuthai matimũ manyu, na mwĩhumbe nguo cianyu cia mbaara.
Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
5 Nĩ kĩĩ ndĩrona? Nĩamaku mũno, nĩmaracooka na thuutha, njamba ciao nĩndoorie. Nĩmetharĩte na ihenya matekwĩhũgũra, na kũrĩ na itua-nda mĩena yothe,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
Wherefore do I see them dismayed and turned backward? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and they are fled apace, and look not back; terror is on every side, saith the LORD.
6 “Arĩa marĩ ihenya matingĩhota kũũra, kana arĩa marĩ hinya meethare. Mwena wa gathigathini kũu Rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Farati mahĩngagwo makagũa.
The swift cannot flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
7 “Nũũ ũyũ wĩyambararĩtie ta Rũũĩ rwa Nili, akaambarara ta njũũĩ irĩ na ndiihũ cia maaĩ?
Who is this like the Nile that riseth up, like the rivers whose waters toss themselves?
8 Bũrũri wa Misiri wĩyambararĩtie ta Rũũĩ rwa Nili, ũkambarara ta njũũĩ irĩ na ndiihũ cia maaĩ. Oigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngũiyũra nginya humbĩre thĩ; nĩngwananga matũũra marĩa manene na andũ arĩa matũũraga kuo.’
Egypt is like the Nile that riseth up, and like the rivers whose waters toss themselves; and he saith: 'I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.'
9 Guthũkai, inyuĩ mbarathi ici! Matengʼeriei hatarĩ itherũ, inyuĩ mũtwarithagia ngaari cia ita. Umagarai, inyuĩ njamba ici cia ita: inyuĩ andũ a Kushi na a Putu, inyuĩ mũũĩ kũrũmia ngo, na inyuĩ andũ a Ludu, inyuĩ mũgeetaga ũta.
Prance, ye horses, and rush madly, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
10 No rĩrĩ, mũthenya ũcio nĩ wa Mwathani, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe: nĩ mũthenya wa kwĩrĩhĩria, erĩhĩrie harĩ thũ ciake. Rũhiũ rwa njora rũkaarĩa nginya rũhũũne, rũkaanyua thakame yao nginya rũnyootoke. Nĩgũkorwo Mwathani, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩakarutĩra igongona kũu bũrũri wa mwena wa gathigathini gũkuhĩ na Rũũĩ rwa Farati.
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall have on that day a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Him of His adversaries; and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall be made drunk with their blood; for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
11 “Ambata, ũkinye Gileadi, ũgĩĩre ndawa, wee Mũirĩtu Gathirange, Mwarĩ wa bũrũri wa Misiri. No rĩrĩ, ũingĩhagia ndawa icio mũno, o tũhũ; gũtirĩ ingĩkũhonia.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no cure for thee.
12 Ndũrĩrĩ nĩikaigua ũhoro wa gũconorithio gwaku; kĩrĩro gĩaku gĩkaaiyũra thĩ. Njamba ĩkaahĩngagwo nĩ ĩrĩa ĩngĩ; cierĩ ikaagũa thĩ hamwe.”
The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
13 Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa Jehova aaheire Jeremia ũcio mũnabii ĩkoniĩ gũũka kwa Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni, gũtharĩkĩra bũrũri wa Misiri:
The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
14 “Anĩrĩrai ũhoro ũyũ bũrũri-inĩ wa Misiri, na mũũhunjie kũu Migidoli; ningĩ mũũhunjanĩrie kũu Nofu na Tahapanahesi: ‘Rũgamai harĩa hamwagĩrĩire na mwĩhaarĩrie, nĩgũkorwo rũhiũ rwa njora nĩrũrarĩa arĩa mamũthiũrũrũkĩirie.’
Declare ye in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, and announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes; say ye: 'Stand forth, and prepare thee, for the sword hath devoured round about thee.'
15 Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma njamba cianyu cia ita ciaraganio thĩ? Itingĩhota gwĩtiiria, nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩwe ũgaacitindĩka acigũithie thĩ.
Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.
16 Nĩikahĩngwo rĩngĩ na rĩngĩ; ikaagũanĩra o mũndũ igũrũ rĩa ũrĩa ũngĩ. Ikoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Ũkĩrai, nĩtũcookei kũrĩ andũ aitũ, kũrĩa twaciarĩirwo, tweherere rũhiũ rũrũ rwa njora rwa mũtũhatĩrĩria.’
He made many to stumble; yea, they fell one upon another, and said: 'Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.'
17 Marĩ kũu makaanagĩrĩra, makoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Firaũni mũthamaki wa bũrũri wa Misiri, nĩ inegene rĩa tũhũ; nĩorirwo nĩ mweke wake.’”
They cried there: 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.'
18 Mũthamaki, o we ũrĩa wĩtagwo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, nĩ kũrĩ mũndũ ũroka, ũgaakorwo ahaana ta Kĩrĩma gĩa Taboru kĩrĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka irĩma iria ingĩ, o na ta ũrĩa Kĩrĩma gĩa Karimeli kĩhaana kĩrĩ hakuhĩ na iria.
As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
19 Oha mĩrigo yaku ya gũthiĩ nayo kũrĩa ũgaatahwo, ũtwarwo, wee ũtũũraga bũrũri wa Misiri, nĩgũkorwo Nofu gũkaanangwo, kwage kĩndũ, o na gũkire ihooru, gũtarĩ mũndũ wa gũgũtũũra.
O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Noph shall become a desolation, and shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.
20 “Bũrũri wa Misiri ũhaana moori njega mũno, no rĩrĩ, nĩ harĩ mbogo kanyarare ĩrooka kũmĩũkĩrĩra, yumĩte mwena wa gathigathini.
Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.
21 Thigari cia mũcaara iria irĩ kuo ihaana ta njaũ cia gĩcegũ. O nao nĩmakagarũrũka more marĩ hamwe, matikahota gwĩtiiria, nĩgũkorwo mũthenya wa mwanangĩko nĩũkamakorerera, na nĩrĩo ihinda rĩao rĩa kũherithio.
Also her mercenaries in the midst of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.
22 Mũrurumo wa andũ a Misiri ũgaatuĩka ta wa nyoka rĩrĩa ĩrethara, rĩrĩa thũ ĩgooka ĩrĩ na hinya; magaagũũkĩrĩra na mathanwa, o ta andũ maratema mĩtĩ.”
The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
23 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩmagatema mũtitũ wakuo, o na ũrĩ mũtumanu ũguo. Tondũ nĩ andũ aingĩ mũno gũkĩra ngigĩ, na matingĩtarĩka.
They cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
24 Mwarĩ ũcio wa bũrũri wa Misiri nĩagaconorithio, akaanenganĩrwo kũrĩ andũ a mwena wa gathigathini.”
The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
25 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ndĩ hakuhĩ kũherithia Amoni ngai ya Thebesi, na Firaũni, na bũrũri wa Misiri na ngai ciakuo, na athamaki akuo, na arĩa othe mehokaga Firaũni.
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him;
26 Nĩngamaneana kũrĩ andũ arĩa mendaga kũmaruta muoyo, ndĩmaneane kũrĩ Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni na anene ake. No rĩrĩ, thuutha-inĩ bũrũri wa Misiri nĩgũgatũũrwo nĩ andũ rĩngĩ o ta tene,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
27 “Tiga gwĩtigĩra, wee Jakubu ndungata yakwa: o nawe Isiraeli-rĩ, ndũkamake. Ti-itherũ nĩngakũhonokia ngũrutĩte kũndũ kũraya, njiaro ciaku ciume bũrũri ũrĩa ciatahirwo igĩtwarwo. Jakubu nĩagakorwo na thayũ na ũgitĩri rĩngĩ, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaatũma acooke gwĩtigĩra.”
But fear not thou, O Jacob My servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall again be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
28 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ “Tiga gwĩtigĩra, wee Jakubu ndungata yakwa, nĩgũkorwo ndĩ hamwe nawe. o na ingĩkaniinũkia ndũrĩrĩ ciothe kũrĩa ndarekire mũtwarwo mũrĩ atahe-rĩ, wee ndigakũniina biũ, no rĩrĩ, nĩngakũherithia na kĩhooto; ndigakũreka ũthiĩ o ũguo ũtaherithĩtio.”
Fear not thou, O Jacob My servant, saith the LORD, for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; and I will correct thee in measure, but will not utterly destroy thee.

< Jeremia 46 >