Yeremia 36
1 Katika mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia mfalme wa Yuda, neno hili lilimjia nabii Yeremia kutoka kwa Bwana, kusema:
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 “Chukua kitabu uandike ndani yake maneno yote niliyonena nawe kuhusu Israeli, Yuda na mataifa mengine yote, tangu nilipoanza kunena nawe wakati wa utawala wa Yosia hadi sasa.
“Take a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day.
3 Labda watu wa Yuda watakaposikia juu ya kila maafa ninayokusudia kuwapiga nayo, kila mmoja wao atageuka kutoka njia zake mbaya, kisha nitasamehe uovu wao na dhambi yao.”
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I intend to do to them, that they may each return from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
4 Hivyo Yeremia akamwita Baruku mwana wa Neria, naye Yeremia alipokuwa akiyakariri maneno yote aliyoyasema Bwana, Baruku akayaandika katika kitabu.
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the LORD’s words, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
5 Kisha Yeremia akamwambia Baruku, “Nimezuiliwa, mimi siwezi kuingia katika Hekalu la Bwana.
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted. I can’t go into the LORD’s house.
6 Basi wewe nenda katika nyumba ya Bwana siku ya kufunga, uwasomee watu maneno ya Bwana kutoka kitabu hiki yale uliyoyaandika kutoka kinywani mwangu. Wasomee watu wote wa Yuda waliofika kutoka miji yao.
Therefore you go, and read from the scroll which you have written from my mouth, the LORD’s words, in the ears of the people in the LORD’s house on the fast day. Also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.
7 Labda wataomba na kusihi mbele za Bwana na kila mmoja akageuka kutoka njia zake mbaya, kwa sababu hasira na ghadhabu zilizotamkwa dhidi ya watu hawa na Bwana ni kubwa.”
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will each return from his evil way; for the LORD has pronounced great anger and wrath against this people.”
8 Baruku mwana wa Neria akafanya kila kitu nabii Yeremia alichomwambia kufanya. Alisoma maneno ya Bwana katika Hekalu la Bwana kutoka kile kitabu.
Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the LORD’s words in the LORD’s house.
9 Katika mwezi wa tisa, mnamo mwaka wa tano wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia mfalme wa Yuda, wakati wa kufunga mbele za Bwana, ilitangazwa kwa watu wote walioko Yerusalemu, na wale wote waliokuwa wamekuja kutoka miji ya Yuda.
Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before the LORD.
10 Kutoka chumba cha Gemaria mwana wa Shafani mwandishi, kilichokuwa katika ua wa juu kwenye ingilio la Lango Jipya la Hekalu, Baruku akawasomea watu wote waliokuwa katika Hekalu la Bwana maneno ya Yeremia kutoka kwenye kile kitabu.
Then Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the book in the LORD’s house, in the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house, in the ears of all the people.
11 Basi Mikaya mwana wa Gemaria, mwana wa Shafani, aliposikia maneno yote ya Bwana kutoka kwenye kile kitabu,
When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the LORD’s words,
12 alishuka hadi kwenye chumba cha mwandishi kwenye jumba la kifalme, mahali walipokuwa wameketi maafisa wote: yaani Elishama mwandishi, Delaya mwana wa Shemaya, Elnathani mwana wa Akbori, Gemaria mwana wa Shafani, Sedekia mwana wa Hanania, na maafisa wengine wote.
he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s room; and behold, all the princes were sitting there, Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
13 Baada ya Mikaya kuwaambia kila kitu ambacho alikuwa amesikia Baruku akiwasomea watu kutoka kwenye kile kitabu,
Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
14 maafisa wote wakamtuma Yehudi mwana wa Nethania, mwana wa Shelemia, mwana wa Kushi, kumwambia Baruku, “Leta hicho kitabu ambacho umewasomea watu, nawe mwenyewe uje.” Ndipo Baruku mwana wa Neria akawaendea akiwa na hicho kitabu mkononi mwake.
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.
15 Wakamwambia, “Tafadhali, keti na utusomee hicho kitabu.” Ndipo Baruku akawasomea kile kitabu.
They said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
16 Walipoyasikia maneno hayo yote, wakatazamana wao kwa wao kwa woga na kumwambia Baruku, “Lazima tutoe taarifa ya maneno haya yote kwa mfalme.”
Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one towards another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”
17 Kisha wakamuuliza Baruku, “Tuambie, uliandikaje haya yote? Je, yalitoka kinywani mwa Yeremia?”
They asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words at his mouth?”
18 Baruku akajibu, “Ndiyo, maneno haya yote yalitoka kinywani mwa Yeremia, nami nikayaandika kwa wino katika hiki kitabu.”
Then Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”
19 Ndipo wale maafisa wakamwambia Baruku, “Wewe na Yeremia nendeni mkajifiche. Mtu yeyote asijue mahali mlipo.”
Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
20 Baada ya kuhifadhi kile kitabu ndani ya chumba cha Elishama mwandishi, wakamwendea mfalme katika ua wa nje na kumwarifu kila kitu.
They went in to the king into the court, but they had laid up the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe. Then they told all the words in the hearing of the king.
21 Mfalme akamtuma Yehudi akachukue kile kitabu. Yehudi akakileta hicho kitabu kutoka kwenye chumba cha Elishama mwandishi, na akakisoma mbele ya mfalme na maafisa wakiwa wamesimama kando ya mfalme.
So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it out of the room of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king, and in the hearing of all the princes who stood beside the king.
22 Ulikuwa mwezi wa tisa, na mfalme alikuwa ameketi chumba cha wakati wa baridi akiota moto.
Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
23 Hata ikawa kila wakati Yehudi alipomaliza kusoma kurasa tatu au nne za hicho kitabu, mfalme alizikata kwa kisu cha mwandishi na kuzitupia motoni, hadi kitabu chote kikateketea.
When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
24 Mfalme na watumishi wake wote waliosikia yote yaliyosomwa hawakuonyesha hofu yoyote, wala hawakuyararua mavazi yao.
The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.
25 Hata ingawa Elnathani, Delaya na Gemaria walimsihi mfalme asikichome kile kitabu, yeye hakuwasikiliza.
Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.
26 Badala yake, mfalme akamwamuru Yerameeli, mwana wa mfalme, Seraya mwana wa Azrieli, na Shelemia mwana wa Abdeeli kuwakamata mwandishi Baruku na nabii Yeremia. Lakini Bwana alikuwa amewaficha.
The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but the LORD hid them.
27 Baada ya mfalme kuchoma kile kitabu kilichokuwa na yale maneno Baruku aliyokuwa ameyaandika kutoka kinywani mwa Yeremia, neno la Bwana lilimjia Yeremia likisema:
Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, after the king had burnt the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
28 “Chukua kitabu kingine na uandike juu yake maneno yote yaliyokuwa katika kile kitabu cha kwanza, ambacho Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda amekiteketeza kwa moto.
“Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burnt.
29 Mwambie pia Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda, ‘Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: Ulikiteketeza kile kitabu ukasema, “Kwa nini uliandika kwenye kitabu kwamba kwa hakika mfalme wa Babeli angekuja na kuangamiza nchi hii, na kuwakatilia mbali watu na wanyama kutoka humo?”
Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘The LORD says: “You have burnt this scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written therein, saying, “The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cause to cease from there man and animal”?’”
30 Kwa hiyo, hili ndilo asemalo Bwana kuhusu Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda: Hatakuwa na mtu yeyote atakayekalia kiti cha enzi cha Daudi; maiti yake itatupwa nje kwenye joto wakati wa mchana na kupigwa na baridi wakati wa usiku.
Therefore the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne. His dead body will be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 Nitamwadhibu yeye, watoto wake na watumishi wake kwa ajili ya uovu wao. Nitaleta juu yao na wote waishio Yerusalemu na watu wa Yuda kila maafa niliyoyasema dhidi yao, kwa sababu hawajasikiliza.’”
I will punish him, his offspring, and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they didn’t listen.”’”
32 Kisha Yeremia akachukua kitabu kingine na kumpa mwandishi Baruku mwana wa Neria, naye kama Yeremia alivyosema, Baruku akaandika juu yake maneno yote ya kile kitabu ambacho Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda alikuwa amekichoma moto, na maneno mengine mengi yaliyofanana na hayo yaliyoongezewa humo.
Then Jeremiah took another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burnt in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.
