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.
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain 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.
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way-faring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [are] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
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 tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
4 “Mwĩhũgei arata anyu; mũndũ ndakehoke mũrũ wa nyina. Nĩgũkorwo mũrũ wa nyina na mũndũ nĩ mũheenania, na mũrata wa mũndũ nĩ mũcambania.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
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 will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Wee ũtũũraga ũrigiicĩirio nĩ maheeni, nao aheenania acio nĩmaregete kũmenyana na niĩ,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
Thy habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
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 saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for 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 as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
9 Jehova ekũũria atĩrĩ, “Anga ndakĩaga kũmaherithia nĩ ũndũ wa maũndũ macio? Anga ndakĩaga kwĩrĩhĩria harĩ rũrĩrĩ ta rũrũ?”
Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation 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.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through [them]; neither can [men] hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are 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 will make Jerusalem heaps, [and] a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an 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 that may understand this? and [who is he] to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth [and] is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
13 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Gĩtũmi nĩ tondũ nĩmatirikire watho wakwa ũrĩa ndaamaheire; matinjathĩkĩire, o na kana makarũmĩrĩra watho wakwa.
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
14 Handũ ha ũguo, o maarũmĩrĩire ũremi wa ngoro ciao, na makarũmĩrĩra Mabaali, o ta ũrĩa maithe mao maamonereirie.”
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which 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 saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16 Nĩngũmahurunja ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ iria o ene matooĩ, o na kana maithe mao, njooke ndĩmaingatithie na rũhiũ rwa njora nginya ndĩmaniine biũ.”
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till 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 saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for skillful [women], that they may come:
18 Nĩmeerwo moke narua, matũrĩrĩre nginya maitho maitũ maiyũre maithori, nacio imone cia maitho maitũ inyũrũrũkie maithori ta tũrũũĩ.
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
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 out of Zion, How are we laid waste! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast [us] out.
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.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one 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 hath come up into our windows, [and] hath entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.
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 saith the LORD, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvest-man, and none shall gather [them].
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 saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory 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 him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.
25 Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Matukũ nĩmagooka rĩrĩa ngaaherithia andũ othe arĩa maruĩte o mĩĩrĩ yao iiki,
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them who are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;
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.”
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all [that are] in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all [these] nations [are] uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in the heart.
