Yeremia 15
1 Kisha Bwana akaniambia: “Hata kama Mose na Samweli wangesimama mbele zangu, moyo wangu usingewaelekea watu hawa. Waondoe mbele za macho yangu! Waache waende!
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
2 Nao kama wakikuuliza, ‘Twende wapi?’ Waambie, ‘Hili ndilo Bwana asemalo: “‘Wale waliowekwa kwa ajili ya kufa, wakafe; waliowekwa kwa ajili ya upanga, kwa upanga; waliowekwa kwa ajili ya njaa, kwa njaa: waliowekwa kwa ajili ya kutekwa, watekwe.’”
And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
3 Bwana asema, “Nitatuma aina nne za waharabu dhidi yao: nazo ni upanga ili kuua na mbwa ili wakokote mbali, ndege wa angani na wanyama wa nchi ili kula na kuangamiza.
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 Nitawafanya wawe machukizo kwa falme zote za dunia kwa sababu ya kile alichofanya Manase mwana wa Hezekia mfalme wa Yuda huko Yerusalemu.
And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 “Ni nani atakayekuhurumia, ee Yerusalemu? Ni nani atakayeomboleza kwa ajili yako? Ni nani atakayesimama ili kuuliza kuhusu hali yako?
For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?
6 Umenikataa mimi,” asema Bwana. “Unazidi kukengeuka. Hivyo nitanyoosha mkono wangu juu yako na kukuangamiza, siwezi kuendelea kukuonea huruma.
Thou hast rejected me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.
7 Nitawapepeta kwa uma wa kupepetea kwenye malango ya miji katika nchi. Nitaleta msiba na maangamizi juu ya watu wangu, kwa maana hawajabadili njia zao.
And I have fanned them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved [them] of children, I have destroyed my people; they have not returned from their ways.
8 Nitawafanya wajane wao kuwa wengi kuliko mchanga wa bahari. Wakati wa adhuhuri nitamleta mharabu dhidi ya mama wa vijana wao waume; kwa ghafula nitaleta juu yao maumivu makuu na hofu kuu.
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.
9 Mama mwenye watoto saba atazimia na kupumua pumzi yake ya mwisho. Jua lake litatua kungali bado mchana, atatahayarika na kufedheheka. Wale wote waliobaki nitawaua kwa upanga mbele ya adui zao,” asema Bwana.
She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
10 Ole wangu, mama yangu, kwamba ulinizaa, mtu ambaye ulimwengu wote unashindana na kugombana naye! Sikukopa wala sikukopesha, lakini kila mmoja ananilaani.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent on usury, neither have men lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
11 Bwana akasema, “Hakika nitakuokoa kwa kusudi jema, hakika nitawafanya adui zako wakuombe msaada nyakati za maafa na nyakati za dhiki.
The LORD said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 “Je, mtu aweza kuvunja chuma, chuma kitokacho kaskazini, au shaba?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
13 Utajiri wako na hazina zako nitavitoa kuwa nyara, bila gharama, kwa sababu ya dhambi zako zote katika nchi yako yote.
Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
14 Nitakufanya uwe mtumwa wa adui zako katika nchi usiyoijua, kwa kuwa katika hasira yangu moto umewashwa utakaowaka juu yako daima.”
And I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
15 Wewe unafahamu, Ee Bwana, unikumbuke na unitunze mimi. Lipiza kisasi juu ya watesi wangu. Kwa uvumilivu wako usiniondolee mbali; kumbuka jinsi ninavyoshutumiwa.
O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.
16 Maneno yako yalipokuja, niliyala; yakawa shangwe yangu na furaha ya moyo wangu, kwa kuwa nimeitwa kwa jina lako, Ee Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
17 Kamwe sikuketi katika kundi la wafanyao sherehe, wala kamwe sikujifurahisha pamoja nao; niliketi peke yangu kwa sababu mkono wako ulikuwa juu yangu, na wewe ulikuwa umenijaza hasira.
I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced: I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
18 Kwa nini maumivu yangu hayakomi, na jeraha langu ni la kuhuzunisha, wala haliponyeki? Je, utakuwa kwangu kama kijito cha udanganyifu, kama chemchemi iliyokauka?
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
19 Kwa hiyo hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: “Kama ukitubu, nitakurejeza ili uweze kunitumikia; kama ukinena maneno yenye maana, wala si ya upuzi, utakuwa mnenaji wangu. Watu hawa ndio watakaokugeukia, wala si wewe utakayewageukia wao.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.
20 Nitakufanya wewe uwe ukuta kwa watu hawa, ngome ya ukuta wa shaba; watapigana nawe lakini hawatakushinda, kwa maana mimi niko pamoja nawe kukuponya na kukuokoa,” asema Bwana.
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
21 “Nitakuokoa kutoka mikono ya waovu, na kukukomboa kutoka makucha ya watu wakatili.”
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
