Jeremia 9
1 Naarĩ korwo mũtwe wakwa nĩ itherũkĩro rĩa maaĩ, namo maitho makwa nĩ gĩthima kĩa maithori! Ingĩrĩraga mũthenya na ũtukũ, ngĩrĩrĩra andũ akwa arĩa moragĩtwo.
Who makes my head waters, And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
2 Naarĩ korwo ndĩ na nyũmba ya kũrarĩrĩrwo nĩ agendi kũu werũ-inĩ, nĩgeetha ndige andũ akwa, thiĩ ndĩmeherere; nĩ ũndũ othe nĩ itharia, othe nĩ gĩkundi kĩa andũ matangĩĩhokeka.
Who gives me in a wilderness A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
3 “Mahacaga nĩmĩ ciao magacitua ta ũta wa gũikia ndeto cia maheeni. Ũhootani ũrĩa marĩ naguo bũrũri-inĩ, nduumanĩte na ũhoro wa ma. Moimaga rĩĩhia-inĩ rĩmwe magatoonya rĩĩhia-inĩ rĩrĩa rĩngĩ; na matinjũũĩ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
“And they bend their tongue, Their bow [is] a lie, And they have not been mighty for steadfastness in the land, For they have gone forth from evil to evil, And they have not known Me,” A declaration of YHWH!
4 “Mwĩhũgei arata anyu; mũndũ ndakehoke mũrũ wa nyina. Nĩgũkorwo mũrũ wa nyina na mũndũ nĩ mũheenania, na mũrata wa mũndũ nĩ mũcambania.
“You each beware of his friend, And do not trust any brother, For every brother utterly supplants, For every friend slanderously walks,
5 Mũrata aheenagia mũratawe, na gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe waragia ũhoro wa ma. Maarutĩte nĩmĩ ciao kwaria ndeto cia maheeni; menogagia na mĩhangʼo o ya kwĩhia.
And they each mock at his friend, And they do not speak truth, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, They have labored to commit iniquity.
6 Wee ũtũũraga ũrigiicĩirio nĩ maheeni, nao aheenania acio nĩmaregete kũmenyana na niĩ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
7 Tondũ ũcio Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga ũũ: “Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngamageria, na ndĩmatherie na mwaki, nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, nĩatĩa ũngĩ ingĩĩka nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma andũ akwa?
Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I deal with the daughter of My people?
8 Nĩmĩ ciao itariĩ ta mĩguĩ ya kũũragana; no ndeto cia maheeni ciaragia. O mũndũ aaragĩria ũrĩa ũngĩ ndeto cia thayũ na kanua gake, no ngoro-inĩ yake-rĩ, aikaraga amwambĩire mũtego.”
Their tongue [is] a slaughtering arrow, It has spoken deceit in its mouth, It speaks peace with its neighbor, And in its heart it lays its ambush,
9 Jehova ekũũria atĩrĩ, “Anga ndakĩaga kũmaherithia nĩ ũndũ wa maũndũ macio? Anga ndakĩaga kwĩrĩhĩria harĩ rũrĩrĩ ta rũrũ?”
Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself against a nation such as this?”
10 Nĩngũrĩra na ngirĩke nĩ ũndũ wa irĩma, o na njakaye nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩithio wa werũ. Nĩgũkirĩte ihooru na gũkaaga mũndũ ũngĩtuĩkanĩria kuo, na mwanio wa ngʼombe ndũraiguĩka kuo. Nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ na nyamũ cia gĩthaka nĩciũrĩte, igeethiĩra.
I lift up weeping and wailing for the mountains, And a lamentation for the habitations of the wilderness, For they have been burned up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of livestock, From the bird of the heavens and to the beast—they have fled, They have gone.
11 “Ngaatua itũũra rĩa Jerusalemu hĩba ya mahiga, gũtuĩke kũndũ gwa gũtũũrwo nĩ mbwe; namo matũũra ma Juda nĩngamaharagania, kwage mũndũ o na ũmwe ũngĩtũũra kuo.”
“And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And I make the cities of Judah a desolation, Without inhabitant.”
12 Rĩu-rĩ, nĩ mũndũ ũrĩkũ mũũgĩ ũngĩtaũkĩrwo nĩ ũhoro ũyũ? Nũũ hihi ũtaarĩtwo nĩ Jehova nĩguo atũtaarĩrie? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte bũrũri ũyũ wanangwo na ũgakira ihooru, ũgatuĩka ta werũ mũtheri nginya gũkaaga mũndũ ũngĩtuĩkania kuo?
Who [is] the wise man? And he understands this, And he to whom the mouth of YHWH spoke? And he declares it, For why has the land perished? It has been burned up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.
13 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Gĩtũmi nĩ tondũ nĩmatirikire watho wakwa ũrĩa ndaamaheire; matinjathĩkĩire, o na kana makarũmĩrĩra watho wakwa.
And YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not listened to My voice nor walked in it,
14 Handũ ha ũguo, o maarũmĩrĩire ũremi wa ngoro ciao, na makarũmĩrĩra Mabaali, o ta ũrĩa maithe mao maamonereirie.”
And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Ba‘alim, That their fathers taught them,”
15 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga ũũ: “Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngũtũma andũ aya marĩe irio ndũrũ, na manyue maaĩ marĩ na thumu.
Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing them—this people—to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
16 Nĩngũmahurunja ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ iria o ene matooĩ, o na kana maithe mao, njooke ndĩmaingatithie na rũhiũ rwa njora nginya ndĩmaniine biũ.”
And I have scattered them among nations Which they did not know, they and their fathers, And have sent the sword after them, Until I have consumed them.”
17 Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Mwĩcũraniei rĩu! Ĩtai atumia arĩa marĩraga makĩgirĩkaga moke; tũmanĩrai atumia arĩa oogĩ mũno thĩinĩ wao moke.
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, And they come, And send to the wise women, And they come,
18 Nĩmeerwo moke narua, matũrĩrĩre nginya maitho maitũ maiyũre maithori, nacio imone cia maitho maitũ inyũrũrũkie maithori ta tũrũũĩ.
And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, And waters flow from our eyelids.
19 Mũgambo wa andũ maragirĩka nĩũraiguuo kuuma Zayuni: ‘Hĩ, kaĩ rĩu tũrĩ aanange-ĩ! Kaĩ nĩtũconorithĩtio mũno-ĩ! No nginya tuume bũrũri witũ, tondũ nyũmba ciitũ nĩcimomoretwo.’”
For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we have been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our dwelling places.”
20 No rĩrĩ, inyuĩ atumia aya, ta thikĩrĩriai kiugo kĩa Jehova; hingũrai matũ manyu mũigue ciugo cia kanua gake. Oniai airĩtu anyu kũgirĩka; o mũndũ nĩarute ũrĩa ũngĩ gũcakaya.
But hear, you women, a word of YHWH, And your ear receives a word of His mouth, And teach your daughters wailing, And each her neighbor lamentation.
21 Gĩkuũ kĩambatĩte gĩgaatoonyera ndirica-inĩ ciitũ, na gĩgatoonya nyũmba ciitũ iria ciirigĩirwo na hinya, nĩkĩniinĩte ciana ciitũ kũu barabara-inĩ cia itũũra, o na aanake aitũ makaniinwo kuuma kũu ihaaro-inĩ.
For death has come up into our windows, It has come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from outside, Young men from the broad places.
22 Meere ũũ, “Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “‘Ciimba cia andũ nĩikaragana ta rũrua rũrĩ mũgũnda, na ta itira iria itinĩtio igatigwo na thuutha nĩ mũgethi, itarĩ na mũndũ wa gũcicookanĩrĩria.’”
Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, And the carcass of man has fallen, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.”
23 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Mũndũ ũrĩa mũũgĩ-rĩ, nĩatige kwĩgaatha nĩ ũndũ wa ũũgĩ wake, kana mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩ na hinya egaathe nĩ ũndũ wa hinya ũrĩa arĩ naguo, o na kana gĩtonga kĩĩgathe nĩ ũndũ wa ũtonga wakĩo,
Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Do not let the rich boast himself in his riches,
24 no rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũrĩa ũkwĩgaatha, nĩegaathe nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro ũyũ: atĩ we nĩataũkĩirwo na akamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, ũrĩa wĩkaga maũndũ ma ũtugi, na ngatuanĩra ciira kĩhooto na ngarũmia ũthingu gũkũ thĩ, nĩ ũndũ maũndũ macio nĩmo ngenagio nĩmo,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
But let the boaster boast himself in this, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] YHWH, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For I have delighted in these,” A declaration of YHWH.
25 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Matukũ nĩmagooka rĩrĩa ngaaherithia andũ othe arĩa maruĩte o mĩĩrĩ yao iiki,
“Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
26 nao nĩ andũ a bũrũri wa Misiri, na a Juda, na a Edomu, na a Amoni, na a Moabi, na arĩa othe matũũraga werũ-inĩ kũndũ kũraya. Nĩgũkorwo andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ici ciothe ti aruu kũna, o na andũ a nyũmba yothe ya Isiraeli matiruĩte ngoro.”
On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!”
