Yeremia 20
1 Pashuri, mwana wa Imeri, kuhani, alikuwa msimamizi mkuu, akamsikia Yeremia akihubiri maneno haya mbele ya nyumba ya Bwana.
Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
2 Basi Pashuri akampiga nabii Yeremia, akamtia katika masanduku yaliyokuwa kwenye lango la juu la Benyamini ndani ya nyumba ya Bwana.
Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.
3 Ikawa siku ya pili Pashuri akamtoa Yeremia nje ya makabati. Yeremia akamwambia, “Bwana hakukuita Pashuri, lakini wewe ni Magor-Misabibu.
It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name 'Pashhur,' but 'Magor-Missabib.'
4 Kwa maana Bwana asema hivi, 'Tazama, nitakufanya kuwa kitu cha kutisha, wewe na wapendwa wako wote; kwa maana wataanguka kwa upanga wa adui zao, na macho yako yataona. Nitawatia Yuda mkononi mwa mfalme wa Babeli. Atawafanya kuwa mateka huko Babeli au kuwaangamiza kwa upanga.
For thus says the LORD, 'Look, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.
5 Nitampa mali zote za jiji hili na utajiri wake wote, vitu vyote vya thamani na hazina zote za wafalme wa Yuda. Nitaweka vitu hivi mikononi mwa adui zako, nao watawakamata. Nao watawachukua na kuwaleta Babeli.
Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all its gains, and all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
6 Lakini wewe Pashuri, na wenyeji wote wa nyumba yako watakwenda mateka. Utakwenda Babeli na kufa huko. Wewe na wapendwa wako wote ambao uliwatabiria maneno ya uongo mtazikwa huko.'”
You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.'"
7 “Umenidanganya, Bwana. Kwa hakika nimedanganyika. Wewe ulinikamata na kunishinda. Nimekuwa kitu cha kuchekesha. Watu wananidharau kila siku, siku zote.
LORD, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I am, and have prevailed. I have become a laughing-stock all day long; everyone mocks me.
8 Kwa maana wakati wowote nimenena, nimeita na kutangaza, 'Vurugu na uharibifu.' Na neno la Bwana limefanywa shutumu na dhihaka kwangu kila siku.
For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, "Violence and destruction." because the word of the LORD is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
9 Nami nikisema, 'Sitafikiria juu ya Bwana tena. Sitatangaza tena jina lake.' Ni kama moto moyoni mwangu, uliofanyika ndani ya mifupa yangu. Kwa hiyo ninajitahidi kustahimili lakini siwezi.
If I say, "I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name," then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain it.
10 Nimesikia habari za ugaidi kutoka kwa watu wengi pande zote. 'Mshitaki! Lazima tumshitaki' Wale walio karibu nami kuangalia kama nitaanguka. 'Labda anaweza kudanganywa. Ikiwa ndivyo, tunaweza kumshinda na kujilipiza kisasi kwake.'
For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. "Denounce, and we will denounce him," say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; "perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him."
11 Lakini Bwana yu pamoja nami kama mpiganaji mwenye nguvu, hivyo wale wanaonifuata watajikwaa. Hawatanishinda. Watakuwa na aibu sana, kwa sababu hawatafanikiwa. Watakuwa na aibu ya kudumu, haitasahauliwa kamwe.
But the LORD is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
12 Lakini wewe, Bwana wa majeshi, wewe unayemtazama wenye haki na ambaye huona akili na moyo. Hebu nipate kuona kisasi chako juu yao kwa maana nimekuletea shitaka langu kwako.
But, the LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
13 Mwimbieni Bwana! Msifuni Bwana! Kwa kuwa ameokoa maisha ya wale waliokandamizwa kutoka kwenye mikono ya waovu.
Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
14 Na ilaaniwe siku niliyozaliwa. Usiruhusu siku ambayo mama yangu alinizaa ibarikiwe.
Cursed is the day in which I was born: do not let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
15 Na alaaniwe mtu aliyemwambia baba yangu akisema, 'Amezaliwa mtoto wa kiume,' na kusababisha furaha kubwa.
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
16 Mtu huyo atakuwa kama miji ambayo Bwana aliiangamiza bila huruma. Na asikie wito wa msaada asubuhi na sauti ya vita wakati wa mchana.
Let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and did not repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
17 Hiyo itatokea, kwa kuwa Bwana hakuniua tumboni au kumfanya mama yangu kaburi langu, tumbo la ujauzito milele.
because he did not kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
18 Kwa nini nilitoka tumboni ili kuona matatizo na uchungu, ili siku zangu zijazwe na aibu?”
Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
