Yeremia 31

1 “Katika wakati huo—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—Nitakuwa Mungu wa familia zote za Israel, na watakuwa watu wangu.”

At that time, says Jehovah, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2 Yahwe anasema hivi, “Watu ambao wamenusurika na upanga wamepata kibali katika nyika; nitatoka nje kuwapa pumziko Israeli.”

Thus says Jehovah: The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

3 Yahwe alionitokea zamani na kusema, “Nimekupenda wewe, Israeli, kwa upendo wa milele. Kwa hiyo nimekuvuta kwang kwa agano la uaminifu.

Jehovah appeared of old to me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn thee.

4 Nitakujenga tena kwa hiyo utakuwa umejengwa, bikra wa Israeli..... na kwenda nje michezo ya furaha.

Again I will build thee, and thou shall be built, O virgin of Israel. Again thou shall be adorned with thy tambourine, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.

5 Utapanda mizabibu tena juu ya milima Samaria; wakulima watatapanda na kuweka matunda kwa ajili ya matumizi mazuri.

Again thou shall plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria. The planters shall plant, and shall enjoy it.

6 Kwa maana siku itakuja wakati walizi watakapotangaza katika milima ya Efraimu, 'Inuka, twndeni juu kwenye mlimaa wa Yahwe Mungu wetu.'

For there shall be a day that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion to Jehovah our God.

7 Kwa maana Yahwe anasema hivi, Piga kelele za shangwe juu ya Yakobo! Pigeni za furaha kwa ajili ya watu wakuu wa mataifa! Sifa zisikike. Sema, ''Yahwe amewaokoa watu wake, masalia wa Israeli.'

For thus says Jehovah: Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations. Publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

8 Ona, niko karibu kuwaletaa kutoka nchi za kusini. Nitawakusanya kutoka sehemu zaa mbali za dunia. Vipofu na wenye ulemavu watakuwa kati kati yao; wanawake wajawazito na wale waliokaribu kujifungua wataakuwa pamoja nao. Kusanyiko kubwa litarudi hapa.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the outermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind man and the lame man, the woman with child, and she who travails with child together. They shall return here a great company.

9 Watakuja kwa kuomboleza; nitawaongoza huku wakifanya maoambi yao. Nitawafanya wasafiri kataika mikondo ya maji katika bara bara ilinyoka. Hawatajikwaa juu yake, kwa maana nitakuwa baba kwa Israeli, na Afraimu atakuwa mzaliwa wanagau wwa kwanza

They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

10 Sikia neno la Yahwe, mataifa. Litangazeni pembezoni mwa visiwa mbali. Enyi mataifa lazima museme, 'Yule aliyemtawanya Israeli anamkusanya tena na kuwalinda kama mchungaji alindavyo kondoo.'

Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.

11 Kwa maana Yahwe amemfidia Yakobo na kumkomboa kutoka mkono ambao ulikuwa na nguvu sana kwake.

For Jehovah has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

12 Kisha watakuja na kufurahia katika vilele vya Sayuni. Nyuso zao zitamelemeta kwa sababu ya wema wa Yahwe, juu ya nafaka na divai mpya, juu ya mafuta na malimbuko ya kwanza ya makundi na ng'ombe. Kwa maana maisha yao yatakuwa kama busitani iliyomwagiliwa, na hatatajisikia huzuni tena.

And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. And their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

13 Kisha wanawali watafurahia kwa kucheza, na vijana na wanaume wazee watakuwa pamaoja. Kwa maana nitayageuza maombolezo yao kuwa sherehe. Nitakuwa na huruma juu yao na kuwafanya kufurahi badala ya kuhuzunika.

Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

14 Kisha nitayaloanaisha sana maisha ya makuhani. Watu wangu watajijaza wenyewe kwa wema—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe.”

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Jehovah.

15 Yahwe anasema hivi: “Sauti imesikika katika Rama, kilio na maombolezo mengi. Ni Raheli akiomboleza kwa ajili watoto wake. Hataki kufarijiwa tena juu yao, kwa maana hawako hai tena.”

Thus says Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping. Rachel weeping for her children, she refused to be comforted for her children, because they are not.

16 Yahwe anasema hivi, Zuia sauti yako usilie na macho yako yasitoe machizi; kwa maana kuna fidia kwa ajili ya mateso yako—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—watoto wako watarudi kutoka nchi ya adui.

Thus says Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, for thy work shall be rewarded, says Jehovah, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

17 Kuna matumaini kwa ajili ya siku zenu za baadaye—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—uzao wako watarudi ndani ya mipaka yao.”

And there is hope for thy latter end, says Jehovah, and thy sons shall come again to their own border.

18 Kwa hakika nimemsikia Efraimu akilia, 'Uliniadhibu, nami nieadhibika kama ndama assiye na mafunzo. Nirudisha na nitarudishwa, kwa maana wewe ni Yahwe Mungu wangu.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself saying, Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are Jehovah my God.

19 Kwa maana baada ya kurudi kwako, nilikuwa na huzuni; baada ya kufundiswa, nilijipiga kofi sshavu langu. Niliaibika ana dharirika, kwa maana nilizaliwa na hataia ya ujana wangu.'

Surely after that I was turned back. I repented, and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.

20 Efraimu siyo mtoto wangu wa thamani? Yeye si mpendwa wangu, mwanangu anipendezaye? Kwa maana kila ninaponena juu yake, bado nina mwita kipenzi cha akili yangu. Kwa namna hii moyo wangu unamtamani. Kwa hakika nitaakuwa na huruma ajuu yake—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe.”

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says Jehovah.

21 Jiwekee alama za bara bara kwa ajili yako mwenyewe. Weka matangaazo ya maelekezo kwa ajili yako mwenyewe. Iweke akili yako juu ya njia sahihi, njia unayopaswa kufuata. Rudii, bikra Israeli! Rudi kwenye hii miji yako.

Set thee up road marks. Make thee guideposts. Set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou went. Turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

22 Utatanga tanga hadi lini, binti usiye mwaminifu? Kwa maana Yahwe ameumba kitu fulani kipya juu ya dunia—mwanamke anamzunguka mwanaume.

How long will thou go here and there, O thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

23 Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, anasema hivi, '“Nitakapowarudisha watu katika nchi yao, watasema hivi katika anchi ya Yuda na miji yake, “Yahwe akubariki, wewe sehemu takatifu ambapo anaishi, ewe mlima mtakatifu.'

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.

24 Kwa maana Yuda na miji yake yote wataishi pamoja humo, kama vile watakavyoishi wakulima na wachungaji pamaoja na makundi yao.

And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell in there together, the husbandmen, and those who go about with flocks.

25 Kwa maana nitawapa majai ya kunywa waliochoaka, na nitamjaza kila anayeteseka na kiu.”

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul I have replenished.

26 Baada ya haya niliamka, na nikagundua kwamba usingizi wangu ulikuwa unaburudisha.

Upon this I awoke, and beheld, and my sleep was sweet to me.

27 Angalia, siku zinakuja—hili ni tangazo la Yaahwe—nitakapoipanda nyumba ua Israeli na Yuda pamoja na wazawa wa wanadamaau na wanyama.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

28 Zamani, niliwaweka katika uangalizi ili kuwang'oa na kuwabomoa, kuwaangusha, kuwaharibu, na kuwaletea madhara. Lakini katika siku zijazo, nitawaangalia, ili niwajenge na kuwapanda—hili ji tangazo la Yahwe.

And it shall come to pass that, just as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says Jehovah.

29 Katika siku hizo hakuna atakayesema tena, “Baba za watu wamekula zabibu kali, bali meno ya watoto ni butu.'

In those days they shall no more say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge.

30 Kwa maana kila mtu atakuwa katika uovu wake mwenyewe; kila alaye zabibu kalai, meno yake yataakuwa butu.

But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

31 Angalia, siku zinakuja—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—nitakapoanzisha aganao jipya pamaoja na nyumba aya Israeli na nyumba ya Yuda.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah,

32 Halitakuwa kama agano ambalo nilianzisha na baba zao nilipowatoa kwa mkono wao nje ya nchi ya Missiri. Hizo zzilikuwa siku ambapo walilivunja aaganao lanaahu, ingawa nilikuwa mme kwao—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe.

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says Jehovah.

33 Lakaini hili ni agano nitakaloanzisha na nyumba ya Israeli baada ya siku hizi—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe: Nitaiweka sheria yangu ndani yao na nitaiandika juu ya mioyo yao, kwa maana nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watau wangu.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Jehovah: I will give my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34 Kisha kila mtu hatamfundisha jiranai yake, wala mtu hatamfundisha ngugu yake akisema, 'Mjue Yahwe!' Kwa maana wao wote, kuanzia mdogo wao hata mkubwa, watanijua—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe—kwa maana nitawasamehe uovu wao na sitazikumbuka tena dhambi zao.”'

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Jehovah. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

35 Yahwe anasema hivi—Yahwe, yeye afanyaye jua kuangaza mchana na kuzipanga mwezi na nyota kuangaza usiku. Yeye ndiye aiwekaye bahari katika mwendo ili mawimbi yake yaungurume. Yahwe wa majeshi katika ajina lake.

Thus says Jehovah, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. Jehovah of hosts is his name.

36 Anasema hivi, ikiwa tu mambo haya ya akudumu yakitoweka machoni panaagu—hili ni agizo la Yahwe—uzao wa Israeli hawatasimama mbaalai nami wasiwe taiafa.”

If these ordinances depart from before me, says Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

37 Yahwe anasema hivi, “Kama tu urefu wa mbingu unaweza kupimwa, na kama tu misingi ya dunia chini inaweza kugunduliwa, nitawakataa uzao wote wa Israeli kwa sababu ya yote waliyofanya—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe.”

Thus says Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Jehovah.

38 “Angalia, siku zinakuja—hili ni tanagazo la Yahwe—ambapo mji utajengwa tena kwa ajili yanagu, kutoka Mnara wa Hananeli hadi kwenye Lango la Pembeni.

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

39 Kisha mistari ya kupimia itaenda nje hadi mbali, hadi kwenye kilima cha Garebu na kuzunguka Goa.

And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.

40 Bonde lote la miili iliyokufa na majivu, na shamaba lenye matuta linalofika hadi Bonde la Kidroni mbali hadi kwenye kona ya Lango la Farasi upande wa mashariki, litateuliwa kwa ajili ya Yahwe. Mji hautang'olewa wala kupinduliwa tena, milele.”

And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields, to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Jehovah. It shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.