Yeremia 16

1 Ndipo neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2 “Usiwe na mke, wala usiwe na wana au binti hapa.

“Do not take a wife for yourself, and do not have sons or daughters for yourself in this place.

3 Kwa kuwa Bwana asema hivi kwa wana na binti ambao wamezaliwa hapa, kwa mama waliowabeba, na kwa baba waliowafanya wazaliwe katika nchi hii,

For Yahweh says this to the sons and daughters who are born in this place, to the mothers who bear them, and to the fathers who caused them to be born in this land,

4 'Watakufa vifo vya magonjwa. Hawataliliwa wala kuzikwa. Watakuwa kama samadi juu ya nchi. Kwa maana wataangamizwa kwa upanga na njaa, na miili yao itakuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na wanyama wa dunia.'

'They will die diseased deaths. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be like dung on the ground. For they will come to an end by sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth.'

5 Maana Bwana asema hivi, 'Usiingie nyumba yoyote yenye kuomboleza. Usiende kuwaombolezea, wala usihuzunike kwa ajili ya watu hawa. Kwa maana nimeondoa amani yangu, uaminifu wa agano, na huruma, kutoka kwa watu hawa! Ndivyo asemavyo Bwana;

For the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'Do not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not go to mourn or to show sympathy for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my steadfast love and mercy.

6 kwa hiyo wakuu na wadogo watakufa katika nchi hii. Wala hawatazikwa, wala hakuna yeyote atakayeomboleza kwa ajili yao. Hakuna mtu atakayejikata-kata au kunyoa vichwa vyao kwa ajili yao.

Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and no one will mourn for them or cut themselves or shave their heads for them.

7 Hakuna mtu anayepaswa kugawa chakula chochote wakati wa kuomboleza ili kuwafariji kwa sababu ya vifo, na hawatawapa kikombe cha faraja kwa baba yake au mama yake ili kuwafariji.

No one must share any food in mourning to comfort them because of the deaths, and none must give a comforting cup to his father or his mother in order to comfort them.

8 Usiende kwenye nyumba ya karamu ili ukae pamoja nao ili kula au kunywa.

You must not go to a banquet house to sit with them in order to eat or drink.'

9 Kwa maana Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, 'Tazama, mbele yako, siku zako na mahali hapa, nitakomesha sauti ya furaha na sherehe, sauti ya bwana na bibi arusi. '

For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride.'

10 Kisha itatokea kwamba utawaambia watu hawa maneno haya yote, na watakuambia, 'Mbona Bwana amesema maafa yote haya juu yetu? Uovu wetu ni uovu gani na dhambi yetu tuliyomtendea Bwana, Mungu wetu?'

Then it will happen that you will report all these words to this people, and they will say to you, 'Why has Yahweh decreed all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity and sin that we sinned against Yahweh our God?'

11 Basi uwaambie, 'hii ndiyo ahadi ya Bwana; Kwa sababu baba zenu waliniacha, nao wakafuata miungu mingine, wakaiabudu na kuisujudia. Waliniacha na hawakuishika sheria yangu.

So say to them, 'Because your ancestors abandoned me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and they went after other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them. They abandoned me and have not kept my law.

12 Lakini ninyi wenyewe mmeleta uovu zaidi kuliko baba zenu, kwa maana, kila mtu anaenda kwa ukaidi wa moyo wake mbaya; hakuna mtu anayenisikiliza.

But you yourselves have brought about more wickedness than your ancestors, for see, each person is walking by the stubbornness of his wicked heart; there is no one who listens to me.

13 Kwa hiyo nitawafukuza kutoka nchi hii mpaka nchi msiyoijua, wewe wala baba zako, nanyi mtaiabudu miungu mingine huko mchana na usiku, kwa maana mimi sitawapa fadhili zangu.'

So I will throw you from this land to a land that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors, and you will worship other gods there by day and night, for I will not give any favor to you.'

14 Kwa hiyo tazama! Siku zinakuja-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-ambapo hawatasema tena, 'Kama Bwana aishivyo, yeye aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli kutoka nchi ya Misri.'

Therefore, behold, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be said, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'

15 Kwa maana, kama Bwana aishivyo, yeye aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli kutoka nchi ya kaskazini, na kutoka nchi aliyowaangamiza, nitawarudisha katika nchi niliyowapa baba zao.

but, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of the north and from the lands where he had scattered them.' For I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors.

16 Angalia! hili ni tamko la Bwana-Nitatuma wavuvi wengi-kwa hiyo watawavua watu. Baada ya hayo nitatuma wawindaji wengi ili waweze kuwinda kati ya milima na vilima vyote, na katika miamba ya mwamba.

Behold! I will send for many fishermen—this is Yahweh's declaration—so they will fish the people out. After this I will send for many hunters so they will hunt for them among all the mountains and hills, and in rock crevices.

17 Kwa kuwa macho yangu yapo juu ya njia zao zote; hawawezi kujificha mbele yangu. Uovu wao hauwezi kufichika mbele ya macho yangu.

For my eye is on all their ways; they cannot be hidden from before me. Their iniquity cannot be concealed from before my eyes.

18 Nami kwanza nitawalipa mara mbili uovu na dhambi zao kwa kuwa wameichafua nchi yangu sanamu za machukizo, na kwa kujaza urithi wangu na sanamu zao za machukizo.

I will first pay back double for their iniquity and sin for their polluting of my land with their disgusting idol figures, and for their filling my inheritance with their disgusting idols.”

19 Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe ngome yangu, na kimbilio langu, na mahali pa usalama wangu siku ya shida. Mataifa yatakujia kwako kutoka mwisho wa dunia na kusema, 'Hakika baba zetu walirithi udanganyifu. Ubatili mtupu; hakuna faida ndani yao. Je!

Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress. The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our ancestors inherited deceit. They are empty; there is no profit in them.

20 Watu hufanya miungu kwa ajili yao wenyewe? Lakini wao sio miungu.

Do people make gods for themselves? But they are not gods.”

21 Kwa hiyo tazama! Nitawafanya wajue wakati huu, nitawafanya watambue mkono wangu na nguvu zangu, kwa hiyo watajua kwamba Yahweh ni jina langu.”

Therefore see! I will cause them to know in this time, I will cause them to know my hand and my power, so they will know that Yahweh is my name.