Yeremia 39
1 Hivi ndivyo Yerusalemu ilivyotwaliwa: Katika mwaka wa tisa wa utawala wa Mfalme Sedekia wa Yuda, katika mwezi wa kumi, Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli akiwa na jeshi lake lote alifanya vita dhidi ya Yerusalemu na akauzunguka mji.
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force have come to Jerusalem, and they lay siege against it;
2 Katika siku ya tisa ya mwezi wa nne wa mwaka wa kumi na moja wa utawala wa Sedekia, ukuta wa mji ulibomolewa.
in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city has been broken up;
3 Kisha maafisa wote wa mfalme wa Babeli wakaja na kuketi kwenye Lango la Kati, nao ni: Nergal-Shareza wa Samgari, Nebo-Sarsekimu afisa mkuu, Nergal-Shareza afisa mwenye cheo cha juu, na maafisa wengine wote wa mfalme wa Babeli.
and all the heads of the king of Babylon come in, and they sit at the middle gate, Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-Saris, Nergal-Sharezer, chief magus, and all the rest of the heads of the king of Babylon.
4 Mfalme Sedekia wa Yuda na askari wote walipowaona, wakakimbia na kuondoka mjini usiku kwa njia ya bustani ya mfalme, kupitia lango lililokuwa kati ya kuta mbili, wakaelekea Araba.
And it comes to pass, when Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war have seen them, that they flee and go forth by night from the city, the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he goes forth the way of the plain.
5 Lakini jeshi la Wakaldayo likawafuatia na kumpata Sedekia katika sehemu tambarare za Yeriko. Wakamkamata na kumpeleka kwa Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli huko Ribla, katika nchi ya Hamathi, mahali ambapo alimtangazia hukumu.
And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after them, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and they take him, and bring him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaks with him—judgments.
6 Huko Ribla, mfalme wa Babeli aliwachinja wana wa Sedekia mbele ya macho yake, na pia akawaua wakuu wote wa Yuda.
And the king of Babylon slaughters the sons of Zedekiah, in Riblah, before his eyes, indeed, the king of Babylon has slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.
7 Kisha akayangʼoa macho ya Sedekia na kumfunga kwa pingu za shaba na kumpeleka Babeli.
And he has blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and he binds him with bronze chains to bring him to Babylon.
8 Jeshi la Wakaldayo likachoma moto jumba la kifalme na nyumba za watu, na kuzibomoa kuta za Yerusalemu.
And the house of the king, and the house of the people, the Chaldeans have burned with fire, and they have broken down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Nebuzaradani kiongozi wa walinzi wa mfalme akawachukua na kuwapeleka uhamishoni Babeli watu waliokuwa wamebaki ndani ya mji, pamoja na wale waliokuwa wamejisalimisha kwake, na watu wengine wote.
And the remnant of the people who are left in the city, and those defecting who have defected to him, and the remnant of the people who are left, Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, has removed [to] Babylon.
10 Lakini Nebuzaradani kiongozi wa walinzi aliwabakiza baadhi ya watu maskini katika nchi ya Yuda, ambao hawakuwa na kitu. Naye wakati huo akawapa mashamba ya mizabibu na mashamba mengine.
And Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, has left in the land of Judah the poor people who have nothing, and he gives vineyards and fields to them in that day.
11 Basi, Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli alikuwa ametoa maagizo kuhusu Yeremia kupitia Nebuzaradani kiongozi wa walinzi wa mfalme akisema:
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gives a charge concerning Jeremiah, by the hand of Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, saying,
12 “Mchukue umtunze. Usimdhuru, lakini umfanyie chochote anachotaka.”
“Take him, and place your eyes on him, and do no evil thing to him, but as he speaks to you, so do with him.”
13 Basi Nebuzaradani kiongozi wa walinzi, Nebushazbani afisa mkuu, Nergal-Shareza afisa wa cheo cha juu, na maafisa wengine wote wa mfalme wa Babeli
And Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, sends, and Nebushazban, chief of the eunuchs, and Nergal-Sharezer, chief magus, and all the chiefs of the king of Babylon,
14 wakatuma watu kumwondoa Yeremia kutoka ua wa walinzi. Wakamkabidhi kwa Gedalia mwana wa Ahikamu mwana wa Shafani, ili amrudishe nyumbani kwake. Kwa hiyo akabaki miongoni mwa watu wake mwenyewe.
indeed, they send and take Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and give him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to carry him home, and he dwells in the midst of the people.
15 Wakati Yeremia alipokuwa amezuiliwa katika ua wa walinzi, neno la Bwana lilimjia kusema:
And a word of YHWH has been to Jeremiah—in his being detained in the court of the prison—saying:
16 “Nenda ukamwambie Ebed-Meleki Mkushi, ‘Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mungu wa Israeli, asemalo: Ninakaribia kutimiza maneno yangu dhidi ya mji huu kwa njia ya maafa, wala si kwa kuwafanikisha. Wakati huo hayo yatatimizwa mbele ya macho yako.
“Go, and you have spoken to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing in My words to this city for calamity, and not for good, and they have been before you in that day.
17 Lakini siku hiyo nitakuokoa, asema Bwana; hutatiwa mikononi mwa wale unaowaogopa.
And I have delivered you in that day—a declaration of YHWH—and you are not given into the hand of the men of whose face you are afraid,
18 Nitakuokoa; hutaanguka kwa upanga, lakini maisha yako yatakuwa salama, kwa sababu unanitumaini, asema Bwana.’”
for I certainly deliver you, and you do not fall by sword, and your life has been to you for a spoil, for you have trusted in Me—a declaration of YHWH.”
