Yeremia 27
1 Katika mwanzo wa utawala wa Sedekia mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda, neno hil lilimjia Yeremia kutoka kwa Yahwe. (Ingawa nakala nyingi za Kiebrania zinasema “Yehoyakimu, matoleo mengi ya kisasa yanasema “Sedekia”, kwa sababu tukio katika sura hii lilitokea katika kipindi cha utawala wake).
At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
2 Hiki ndicho Yahwe alisema kwangu, “Tengeneza vifungo na nira kwa ajili yako mwenyewe. Ziweke shingoni mwako.
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
3 Kisha akawatuma kwenda kw mfalme wa Edomu, mfalme wa Moabu, mfalme wa watu wa amoni, mfalme wa Tiro, na kwa mfalme wa Sidoni. Watume kwa mkono wa wajumbe hao wa wafalme ambao walikuja Yerusalemu kwa Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda.
Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
4 Toa amri kwao kwa ajili ya mabwana zao na sema, ' Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, anasema hivi: Hivyo ndivyo utakavyosema kwa mabwana zenu,
Give them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters:
5 Mimi mwenyewe niliiumba dunia kwa nguvu zangu kuu na mkono wangu ulioinuka. Pia niliwaumba watu na wanyama juu ya dunia, na nikawatoa kwa yeyote aliyesahihi katika macho yangu.
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
6 Kwa hiyo sasa, Mimi mwenyewe naziweka nchi hizi zote kwenye mkono wa Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, mtumishi wangu. Pia, ninavikabidhi kwake viumbe hai vyote katika mashamba ili vimtumikie.
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
7 Kwa maana mataifa yote watamtumikia yeye, wanaye, na wajukuu zake hadi muda wa nchi yake ufike. Kisha mataifa mengi na wafalme wengi watamtiisha.
All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
8 Kwa hiyo taifa na ufalme ambo haumtumikii Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, na ule usioweka shingo yake chini ya nira ya Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli—nitaliadhibu taifa hilo kwa upanga, njaa, na pigo—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—hadi nitakapokuwa nimewateketeza kwa mkono wake.
As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
9 Kwa hiyo msiwasikilize manabii wenu, wabashiri wenu, waonaji wenu, ndoto zenu, watambuzi wenu, ambao wamekuw wakisema kwenu na kusema, ' Msimtumikie mfalme wa Babeli.'
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
10 Kwa maana wanatabiri uongo kwenu ili kuwapeleka mbali na nchi zenu, kwa maana nitawapeleka mbali, na mtakufa.
For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
11 Lakini taifa ambalo wataweka shingo zao chini ya nira ya mfalme wa Babeli na kumtumikia, nitawaruhusu kupumzika katika nchi yao—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—na watailima na kufanya nyumba zao humo.””
But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
12 Kwa hiyo nilisema kwa Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda na kumpa ujumbe huu, “Ziwekeni shingo zenu chini ya nira ya mfalme wa Babeli na mtumikieni yeye na watu wake, na mtaishi.
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
13 Kwa nini mfe—wewe na watu wako—kwa upanga, njaa, na pigo, kama vile nilivyotangaza kuhusu taifa ambalo watapuuza kumtumikia mfalme wa Babeli?
Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
14 Msisikilize maneno ya manabii wanaozungumza kwenu na kusema, 'Msimtumikie mfalme wa Babeli', kwa maana wanatabiri uongo kwenu.
Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
15 'Kwa maana mimi sikuwatuma—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—kwa maana wanatabiri uongo katika jina langu ili kwamba niwafukeze inje na muangamie, ninyi nyote na manabii wanaotabiri kwenu.”'
For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
16 Nilitangaza hili kwa makuhani na watu wote na kusema, “Yahwe anasema hivi: Msisikilize maneno ya manabii wanaotabiri kwenu na kusema, 'Angalia! Vyombo vya nyumba ya Yahwe vinarudishwa kutoka Babeli sasa hivi!' Wanatabiri uongo kwenu.
Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
17 Msiwasikilize. Mtamtumikia mfalme wa Babeli na mtaishi. Kwa nini mji huu uangamizwe?
Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
18 Kama ni manabii, na kama neno la Mungu limekuja kwao kweli, basi wamwombe Yahwe wa majeshi asivipeleke Babeli vyombo vilivyosalia katika nyumba, nyumba ya mfalme wa Yuda, na Yerusalemu.
If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.
19 Yahwe wa majeshi anasema hivi kuhusu zile nguzo, bahari, na kitako, na vyombo vyote vilivyosalia katika mji huu—
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
20 vyombo ambavyo Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli hakuvichukua wakati alipomchukua Yekonia mwana wa Yehoyakimu, mfalme wa Yuda, katika utumwa kutoka Yerusalemu kwenda Babeli pamoja na wakuu wote wa Yuda na Yerusalemu.
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
21 Yahwe wa majeshsi, Mungu wa Israeli, anasema hivi kuhusu vyombo vilivyosalia katika nyumba ya Yahwe, nyumba ya mfalme wa Yuda, na Yerusalemu,
Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
22 'Vitaletwa Babeli, na vitabaki huko hadi siku niyovipangia kutimia—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—kisha nitavileta na kuvirudisha kataika sehemu hii.”
‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”
