Yeremia 10
1 “Sikilizeni neno ambalo BWANA anawaambieni, enyi nyumba ya Israeli.
Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
2 BWANA asema hivi, 'msijifunze njia za mataifa, na msishangazwe na ishara za mbinguni, kwa kuwa mataifa hushangazwa na haya.
Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
3 Kwa kuwa desturi za watu ni ubatili. Kwa kuwa mtu mmoja hukata mti msituni; kazi ya mikono ya mtu na shoka.
For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,
4 Kisha huzipamba kwa fedha na dhahabu. Huikaza kwa misumari na nyundo ili isitikisike.
With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
5 Sanamu hizi ni mfano wa sanamu za kutishia ndege katika shamba la matango, kwa kuwa haziwezi kusema chochote. Hubebwa, kwa kuwa haziwezi hata kusogea hatua moja. Usiwaogope, Kwani hawawezi kutenda maovu wala mema.”
As a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
6 Hakuna aliye kama wewe, BWANA. Wewe ni mkuu, na jina lako lina nguvu.
Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great [art] Thou, and great Thy name in might.
7 Ni nani asiyekuwa na hofu juu yako, wafalme wa mataifa? Kwa kuwa hiki ndicho unachostahili, kwa kuwa hakuna wa kuwa kama wewe kati ya wote wenye hekima katika mataifa yote au katika hali yao ya enzi.
Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
8 Wote wako sawa, ni kama wanyama na wapumbavu, wanafunzi wa samamu ambazo si chochote isipokuwa miti tu.
And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
9 Wanaleta fedha iliyofuliwa kutoka Tarshishi, na dhahabu kutoka Ufazi iliyotengenezwa na sonara, ni kazi ya ustadi. Mavazi yao ni ya rangi ya samawi na urujuani. Watu wao stadi waliyafanya haya yote.
Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple [is] their clothing, Work of the skilful — all of them.
10 Lakini BWANA ni Mungu wa kweli. Yeye ni Mungu aliye hai na mfalme wa milele. Matetemeko yako katika hasira yake, na mataifa hayawezi kuvumilia hasira yake.
And Jehovah [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation.
11 Utawaambia hivi, “Miungu ambayo haikuumba mbingu na nchi itaangamia katika dunia hii na chini ya mbingu.”
Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
12 Aliyeiumba dunia kwa nguvu zake aliumba nchi kavu kwa hekima zake na kuzitandaza mbingu kwa fahamu zake.
The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
13 Sauti yake ndiyo itengenezayo muungurumo wa maji mbinguni, naye huzileta mbingu katika mwisho wa dunia. Hutengeneza radi kwa ajili ya mvua na kutuma upepo kutoka katika hazina yake.
At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
14 Kila mtu amekuwa mjinga, hawana maarifa. Kila mfua chuma ameaibishwa kwa sanamu zake. Maana sanamu yake ya kuyeyushwa ni uongo; hakuna pumzi ndani yake.
Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
15 Ni ubatili tu, ni kazi ya udanganyifu; zitapotea wakati wa hukumu.
Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
16 Lakini Mungu ni fungu la Yakobo, si kama hawa, kwa kuwa yeye ndiye aliyeviumba vitu vyote. Israeli ni kabila ya urithi wake; BWANA wa majeshi ndiye jina lake.
Not like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
17 Kusanya vitu vyako na uiache nchi, wewe ambaye umekuwa ukiishi katika mazingiwa haya.
Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
18 Kwa kuwa BWANA asema hivi, “Tazama, Ni tayari kuwatupa wakazi wa nchi nje wakati huu. Nitawasababishia huzuni, na itakuwa hivyo.”
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.
19 Ole wangu! Kwa sababu ya mifupa yangu iliyovunjika, Jeraha zangu zimeumia. Kwa hiyo nilisema. “Hakika haya ni maumivu, lakini lazima nivumilie.”
Woe to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.
20 Hema yangu imeharibiwa, na kamba za hema yangu zote zimekatwa. Wamewachukua watoto wangu wote, Kwa hiyo hawaishi tena. Hakuna tena mtu wa kuitandaza hema yangu au wa kuziinua pazia za hema yangu.
My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.
21 Kwa kuwa wachungaji wamekuwa wapumbavu. Hawamtafuti BWANA. Kwa hiyo hawana mafanikio; Kondoo wao wote wamesambaa.
For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
22 Taarifa imewadia, “Tazama! inakuja, tetemeko kubwa linakuja kutoka katika nchi ya kaskazini kuifanya miji ya Yuda kuwa ukiwa, na maficho ya mbweha.
A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.
23 Ninajua, BWANA, kwamba njia ya mtu haiji kutoka kwake. Wala hakuna mtu atembeaye anayeongoza hatua zake mwenyewe.
I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
24 Ee BWANA, unirudi, kwa hukumu za haki, si kwa hasira zako vinginevyo utaniangamiza.
Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
25 Mwaga hasira zako kwa mataifa ambao hawakujui na katika familia ambazo hawakuiti kwa jina lako. Kwa kuwa wamemla Yakobo na kumwangamiza kabisa na kuyafanya makao yake kuwa ukiwa.
Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!
