Yeremia 25
1 Hili ndilo neno ambalo lilimjia Yeremia juu ya watu wote wa Yuda. Ikawa mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu, mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda. Huo ndio mwaka wa kwanza wa Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, which is the first year of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon;
2 Yeremia nabii aliwahubiria watu wote wa Yuda na wenyeji wote wa Yerusalemu.
Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke concerning all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 Akasema, “Kwa miaka ishirini na mitatu, tangu mwaka wa kumi na tatu wa Yosia mwana wa Amoni, mfalme wa Yuda mpaka leo, maneno ya Bwana yamekuja kwangu. Nimewahubiria ninyi. Nilikuwa na nia ya kutangaza, lakini hamkunisikiliza.
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon the king of Judah, even until this day, that is now three and twenty years, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
4 Bwana akawapeleka watumishi wake wote manabii kwako. Walikuwa na nia ya kwenda, lakini hukusikiliza wala kutega masikio.
And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, making [them] rise early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, and have not inclined your ear to hear.
5 Manabaii hawa walisema, 'Kila mtu auache uovu wake na udhalimu wa matendo yake na kurudi kwenye nchi ambayo Yahwe aliitoa wakati wa zamanai kwa ajili ya babu zenu na ninyi, kama zawadi ya kudumu.
They said, O do turn away every one from his evil way, and from the wrongfulness of your doings; and ye shall remain in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers, for from eternity to eternity;
6 Kwa hiyo msiifuate miungu mingine ili kuiabudu au kuiinamia chini, na msimkasirishe kwa kazi ya mikono yenu ili kwamba awaumize.
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not injure you.
7 Lakini hamkunisikiliza-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-kwa hiyo umenikasirisha kwa kazi ya mikono yako ili kujidhuru nafsi zemu.
Yet have ye not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord: in order that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your own hands to your own injury.
8 Basi, Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, 'Kwa kuwa hukusikiliza maneno yangu,
Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Because ye have not hearkened to my words:
9 tazama, nitaagiza amri ya kukusanya watu wote wa kaskazini- asema Bwana- na Nebukadreza, mtumishi wangu, mfalme wa Babeli, na kuwaleta juu ya nchi hii na wenyeji wake, na juu ya mataifa yote yaliyo karibu nawe. Kwa maana nitawaangamiza. Nitawageuza kuwa na hofu, kuwa kitu cha kuzomewa na ukiwa wa daima.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them over this land, and over its inhabitants, and over all these nations round about, and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a derision, and perpetual ruins.
10 Sauti ya furaha na sherehe-sauti ya bwana arusi na bibi arusi, sauti ya mawe ya kusagia na mwanga wa taa-nitafanya mambo yote haya kutoweka kutoka kwa mataifa haya.
And I will banish from them the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the mill, and the light of the lamp.
11 Ndipo nchi hii yote itakuwa ukiwa na hofu, na mataifa haya watamtumikia mfalme wa Babeli kwa miaka sabini.
And this whole land shall become a ruin and an [object of] astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 Kisha miaka sabini itakapokamilika, nitamuadhibu mfalme wa Babeli na taifa hilo, nchi ya Wakaldayo-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-kwa uovu wao na kuifanya kuwa ukiwa milele.
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will visit on the king of Babylon, and on that nation, saith the Lord, their iniquity, and on the land of the Chaldeans, and will change it into perpetual desolations.
13 Nami nitaleta juu ya nchi hiyo maneno yote niliyosema, na kila kitu kilichoandikwa katika kitabu hiki ambacho Yeremia ametabiri juu ya mataifa yote.
And I will bring over that land all my words which I have spoken concerning it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied concerning all the nations.
14 Kwa maana pia mataifa mengi na wafalme wakuu watapata watumwa kutoka mataifa haya. Nitawalipa kwa matendo yao na kazi za mikono yao.'”
For when many nations and great kings shall have made them also serve: I will then recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their own hands.
15 Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, “Chukua kikombe hiki cha divai ya ghadhabu kutoka mkononi mwangu, ukawanyweshe mataifa yote niliyokutuma.
For thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel unto me, Take the cup of the wine of this fury out of my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.
16 Kwa maana watakunywa na kisha watalewa na kufanya wazimu mbele ya upanga ambao nitaupeleka kati yao.”
And they shall drink, and reel about, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Basi, nikakichukua kikombe mkononi mwa Bwana, nikawanywesha mataifa yote ambayo Bwana alinituma:
And I took the cup out of the hand of the Lord, and caused to drink all the nations, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
18 Yerusalemu, miji ya Yuda, na wafalme wake, na wakuu wake, na kuwafanya kuwa ukiwa na kitu cha kutisha, na kuwa kitu cha kuzomewa na laana, kama ilivyo hata leo.
Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a ruin, an astonishment, a derision, and a curse; as it is this day;
19 Mataifa mengine pia walipaswa kunywa: Farao mfalme wa Misri na watumishi wake; maafisa wake na watu wake wote;
Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20 watu wote wa urithi wa mchanganyiko na wafalme wote wa nchi ya Uzi; na wafalme wote wa nchi ya Wafilisti, na Ashkeloni, na Gaza, na Ekroni, na mabaki ya Ashdodi;
And all the confederated nations, and all the kings of the land of 'Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and 'Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
21 Edomu na Moabu na wana wa Amoni.
Edom, and Moab, and the children of 'Ammon;
22 Wafalme wa Tiro na Sidoni, wafalme wa pwani ng'ambo ya pili ya bahari,
And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
23 Dedani, Tema, na Busi pamoja na wale wanyoao nywele zao upande wa pili wa vichwa vyao, pia walipaswa kukinywa.
Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all those that have their hair cut round;
24 Watu hawa pia walitakiwa kukinywa; wafalme wote wa Uarabuni na wafalme wote wa watu wa asili mchanganyiko wanaoishi nyikani;
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the confederated nations that dwell in the wilderness;
25 wafalme wote wa Zimri, wafalme wote wa Elamu, na wafalme wote wa Wamedi;
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of 'Elam, and all the kings of Media;
26 wafalme wote wa kaskazini, wale wa karibu na wale wa mbali—kila mmoja na ndugu zake na falme zote za ulimwengu ambazo ziko chini ya uso wa dunia. Hatimaye mfalme wa Babeli atakunywa baada yao wote.
And all the kings of the north, that are far and that are near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 Bwana akaniambia, “Basi, uwaambie, 'Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi kunywa na kulewa, kisha tapika, uanguke, wala usisimame mbele ya upanga nitakaoutuma kati yenu.'
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and become drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I am sending among you.
28 Kisha itatokea kwamba ikiwa wanakataa kuchukua kikombe mkononi mwako ili kunywa, utawaambia, 'Bwana wa majeshi asema hii lazima mnywe.
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup of thy hand to drink, that thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Ye must certainly drink;
29 Kwa maana, tazama, nitaleta janga juu ya mji ulioitwa kwa jina langu, je ninyi mtaachiliwa msiadhibiwe? Hutakuwa huru, kwa maana nitaita upanga juu ya wenyeji wote wa nchi! - ndilo tamko la Bwana wa majeshi.'
For lo, on the city which is called by my name, I begin to inflict evil, and ye will remain utterly unpunished? Ye shall not remain unpunished; for a sword am I calling up over all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
30 Basi wewe mwenyewe, Yeremia, tabiri kwao maneno haya yote. Uwaambie, 'Bwana atanguruma kutoka juu, naye atapaza sauti yake toka makao yake matakatifu, na radi kutoka mahali pake patakatifu; naye atapiga kelele kama wale wakanyagao zabibu dhidi ya wote wanaoishi duniani.
But thou, do thou prophesy concerning them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord will cry aloud from on high, and from his holy habitation will he send forth his voice; he will cry out very loudly over his habitation; the vintner's call, as they that tread out the grapes, will he lift up against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 Kelele huja mpaka mwisho wa nchi, kwa sababu mgogoro kutoka kwa Bwana utaleta mashtaka dhidi ya mataifa. Ataleta haki kwa wote wenye mwili. Yeye atawatia waovu katika upanga-hili ndi'o tamko la Bwana.'
A tumultuous noise cometh even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he holdeth judgment over all flesh: the wicked, —these he giveth up to the sword, saith the Lord.
32 Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, 'Tazameni, taabu itatokea toka kwa taifa hadi taifa, na dhoruba kubwa itatokea toka pande za mwisho za dunia.
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil goeth forth from nation to nation, and a great storm-wind waketh up from the farthest ends of the earth.
33 Kisha wale waliouawa na Bwana watakuja kutoka upande mmoja wa dunia hadi mwingine; hawataomboleza, kukusanyika, au kuzikwa. Watakuwa kama samadi chini.
And the slain of the Lord shall be on that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, nor gathered up, nor buried; they shall be as dung upon the surface of the ground.
34 Pigeni Yowe, wachungaji, na pigeni kelele ya kuomba msaada! Gaagaa katika ardhi, enyi mlio hodari katika kundi. Kwa kuwa siku yako ya kuuawa na kutawanywa imekuja. Utaanguka kama kondoo waliochaguliwa.
Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and roll yourselves about [in the dust], ye leaders of the flocks; for full are your days for you to be slaughtered, and I will scatter you; and you shall fall like a costly vessel.
35 Wachungaji hawatakuwa na pa kukimbilia. Hakuna kutoroka kwa watu walio hodari katika kundi.
And lost shall be the place of refuge for the shepherds, and the escape for the leaders of the flocks to escape.
36 Kuna mlio wa wasiwasi wa wachungaji na milio ya kulalama kwa watu walio hodari katika kundi, kwa kuwa Yahweh anayaharibu malisho yao.
There is the voice of the cry of anguish of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flocks; for the Lord hath devastated their pasture.
37 Kwa hiyo, malisho ya amani yataharibiwa kwa sababu ya hasira ya Bwana.
And in silent desolation lie the pasture-lands of peace, because of the fierceness of the anger of the Lord.
38 Kama simba, ameacha shimo lake, kwa kuwa ardhi yao itakuwa kitu cha kushangaza kwa sababu ya hasira ya muonevu, kwa sababu ya ghadhabu yake kali'”
He hath forsaken his covert, like the young lion; for their land is become desolate, because of the fierceness of the wasting [sword], and because of the fierceness of his anger.
