Yeremia 19
1 Bwana akasema hivi, “Nenda ukanunue chupa ya udongo wakati ukiwa na wazee wa watu na makuhani.
Then said the Lord to me, Go and get an earthen bottle, the work of the potter, and you shall bring [some] of the elders of the people, and of the priests;
2 Kisha uende mpaka bonde la Ben Hinomu wakati wa kuingia kwenye mlango uliovunjika wa mfinyanzi, na huko utangaza maneno nitakayokuambia.
and you shall go forth to the burial-place of the sons of their children, which is at the entrance of the gate of Charsith; and do you read there all these words which I shall speak to you:
3 Ukisema, 'Sikilizeni neno la Bwana, wafalme wa Yuda na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu! Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, “Tazameni, na nitaletea msiba juu ya mahali hapa, na masikio ya kila mtu anayesikia yatawaka.
and you shall say to them, Hear you the word of the Lord, you kings of Juda, and men of Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and they that enter in by these gates; thus says the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] bring evil upon this place, so that the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle.
4 Nitafanya hivyo kwa sababu wameniacha na kudharau mahali hapa. Katika mahali hapa wanatoa sadaka kwa miungu mingine ambayo hawakuijua. Wao, baba zao, na wafalme wa Yuda pia wamejaza mahali damu isiyo na hatia.
Because they forsook me, and profaned this place, and burnt incense in it to strange gods, which they and their fathers knew not; and the kings of Juda have filled this place with innocent blood,
5 Walimjengea Baali mahali pa juu na kuwachoma watoto wao kwa moto kama sadaka za kuteketezwa kwake-kitu ambacho sijawaamuru au kutaja, wala hakuingia ndani ya akili yangu.
and built high places for Baal, to burn their children in the fire, which things I commanded not, neither did I design [them] in my heart:
6 Kwa hiyo, tazama, siku zinakuja-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-ambapo mahali hapa hapataitwa tena Tofethi, bonde la Ben Hinomu, kwa kuwa litakuwa bonde la machinjo.
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called, The fall and burial-place of the son of Ennom, but, The burial-place of slaughter.
7 Katika mahali hapa nitatamgua mipango ya Yuda na Yerusalemu. Nitawafanya wapate kuuawa kwa upanga mbele ya adui zao na kwa mkono wa wale wanaotafuta maisha yao. Ndipo nitawapa miili yao kuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na wanyama wa dunia.
And I will destroy the counsel of Juda and the counsel of Jerusalem in this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth.
8 Ndipo nitaifanya mji huu kuwa uharibifu na kitu cha kuzomewa, kila mtu anayepita atashangaa na kuzomea kwa sababu mateso yake yote.
And I will bring this city to desolation and [make it] a hissing; every one that passes by it shall scowl, and hiss because of all her plague.
9 Nitawafanya wale nyama ya wana wao na binti zao; kila mtu atakula mwili wa jirani yake katika dhiki na katika uchungu ambao umeletwa kwao na maadui zao na wale wanaotaka maisha yao.'”
And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbour in the blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them.
10 Kisha utavunja chupa ya udongo mbele ya watu ambao walikwenda pamoja nawe.
And you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men that go forth with you,
11 Uwaambie,'Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi: nitafanya jambo hili kwa watu hawa na mji huu- hii ndiyo ahadi ya Bwana, kama vile Yeremia alivyovunja chupa ya udongo ili isiweze kutengenezwa tena. Watu watazika wafu huko Tofethi hata hapatabaki mahali pa kuzika.
and you shall say, Thus says the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces this people, and this city, even as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces which can’t be mended again.
12 Hivyo ndivyo nitakavyopafanya mahali hapa na wenyeji wake nitakapofanya jiji hili kama Tofethi, hili ndio tamko la Bwana;
Thus will I do, says the Lord, to this place, and to the inhabitants of it, that this city may be given up, as one that is falling to ruin.
13 kwa hiyo nyumba za Yerusalemu na wafalme wa Yuda watakuwa kama Tofethi, nyumba zote zilizo juu ya watu waovu wanaoabudu nyota zote za mbinguni na kumwaga sadaka za kinywaji kwa miungu mingine.'”
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Juda shall be as a ruinous place, because of their uncleannesses in all the houses, wherein they burnt incense upon their roofs to all the host of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to strange gods.
14 Ndipo Yeremia akatoka Tofethi, ambako Bwana amemtuma ahubiri. Akasimama katika ua wa nyumba ya Bwana, akawaambia watu wote,
And Jeremias came from [the place] of the Fall, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord's house: and said to all the people, Thus says the Lord;
15 “Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Tazameni, nitawaletea mji huu na miji yake yote maafa yote niliyonena dhidi yake, kwa kuwa walifanya shingo zao kuwa ngumu na kukataa kusikiliza maneno yangu.'”
Behold I bring upon this city, and upon all the cities belonging to it, and upon the villages of it, all the evils which I have spoken against it, because they have hardened their neck, [that they might not] listen to my commands.
