Yeremia 32

1 Neno likaja kwa Yeremia kutoka kwa Yahwe katika mwaka wa kumi wa Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda, katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa Nebukadreza.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah, the king of Judah. The same is the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

2 Katika wakati huo, jeshsi la mfalme wa Babeli lilikuwa limeuzunguka Yerusalemu, na Nehemia nabii alikuwwa amefungwa katika uwanja wa walinzi katika nyumba ya mfalme wa Yuda.

It was then that the army of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem. And Jeremiah, the prophet, was confined to the atrium of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

3 Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda alikuwa amemfunga na kusema, “Kwa nini unatabiri na kusema, 'Yahwe anasema hivi: Angalia, niko karibu kuweka mji huu katika mikono ya mfalme wa Babeli, na atauteka.

For Zedekiah, the king of Judah, had confined him, saying: “Why do you make predictions, saying: ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it?

4 Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda hatapona kutoka kwenye mikono ya Wakaldayo, kwa maana hakika atatiwa katika mkono wa mfalme wa Babeli. Mdomo wake utazumzia kwenye mdomo wa mfalme, na macho yake yatayaona macho ya mfalme.

And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans. Instead, he will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon. And he will speak to him, mouth to mouth, and he will see him, eye to eye.

5 Atampeleka Sedekia Babeli, na atabaki huko hadi nimuadhibu—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe. Ingawa unapigana dhidi ya Wakaldayo, hautafanikiwa.”

And he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon. And he will be there until I visit him, says the Lord. So then, if you contend against the Chaldeans, you will have no success.’”

6 Yeremia akasema, “Neno la Yahwe likaja kwangu, likisema, Angalia, Hanameli mwana wa Shalumu mjomba wako anakuja kwako na atasema,

And Jeremiah said: “The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

7 “Linunue shamba langu ambalo liko katika Anathothi kwa ajili yako, kwa maana haki ya kununua ni yako.””

Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your cousin, will come to you, saying: ‘Buy for yourself my field, which is in Anathoth. For it is your right, as next of kin, to buy it.’

8 Kisha, kama Yahwe alivyotangaza, Hanameli, mwana wa mjomba wangu, akaja kwangu katika uwanja wa walinzi, na akasema kwangu, 'Linunue shamba langu kwa ajili yako ambalo liko Anathothi katika nchi ya Benyamini, kwa maana haki ya urithi ni ya kwako, na haki ya kulinunua ni yako. Linunue kwa ajili yako.' Kisha nilijua kuwa hili lilikuwa neno la Yahwe.

And in accord with the word of the Lord, Hanamel, the son of my uncle, came to me, to the entrance of the prison, and he said to me: ‘Take possession of my field, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. For the right of inheritance is yours, and as the next of kin you may possess it.’ Then I understood that this was the word of the Lord.

9 Kwa hiyo nililinua shamba katika Anathothi kutoka kwa Hanameli, mwana wa mjomba wangu, na nilipima fedha kwa ajili yake, shekeli kumi na saba katika uzito.

And I bought the field, which is in Anathoth, from Hanamel, the son of my uncle. And I weighed out the money to him, seven small coins and ten pieces of silver.

10 Kisha niliandika katika barua na kuitia muhuri, na kulikuwa na mashadi wakaishuhudia. Kisha nikampa fedha katika mizani.

And I wrote it in a book and signed it, and I summoned witnesses. And I weighed out the silver on a scale.

11 Kisha nikaichukua hati ya manunuzi ambayo ilikuwa imepigwa muhuri, kwa kuifuata amri na taratibu, na kama ilivyo ada.

And I received the signed deed of possession, and the stipulations, and the ratifications, with the exterior seals.

12 Ile barua nikampa Baruku mwana wa Neria wa Maaseya mbele ya Hanameli, mwana wa mjomba wangu, na mashahidi waliotia sahihi kwenye barua iliyopigwa muhuri, na mbele ya Wayahudi wote waliokaa katika uwanja wa walinzi.

And I gave the deed of possession to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel, the son of my uncle, in the sight of the witnesses who had been recorded in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the atrium of the prison.

13 Kwa hiyo nikampa amri Baruku mbele yao. Nilisema,

And I instructed Baruch, in their sight, saying:

14 Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, anasema hivi: Chukua nyaraka hizi, vyote hati hii ya manunuzi iliyopigwa muhuri na nakala zisizopigwa muhuri za manunuzi, na uziweke katika chungu cha udongo ili vidumu kwa muda mrefu.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Take these writings, this sealed deed of purchase, and this deed which is open, and place them in an earthen vessel, so that they will be preserved for many days.’

15 Kwa maana Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, anasema hivi: Nyumba, mashamba, na mashamba ya mizabibu vitanunuliwa tena katika nchi hii.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Houses, and fields, and vineyards will be possessed still, in this land.’

16 Baada ya kumpa Baruki mwana wa Neria ile hati ya manunuzi, nikaomba kwa Yahwe nikasema,

And after I had delivered the deed of possession to Baruch, the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord, saying:

17 Ole, Bwana Yahwe! Angalia! Wewe peke yako umezitengeneza mbingu na dunia kwa nguvu zako kuu na kwa mkono wako ulioinuka. Hakuna kitu ambacho ukisema kwako ni kigumu sana kukifanya.

Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Behold, you have made heaven and earth, by your great strength and by your outstretched arm. No word is difficult for you.

18 Wewe huonesha agano la uaminifu kwa maelfu na kumimina makosa ya wanadamu katika mapaja ya watoto wao baada yao. Wewe ni Mungu mkuu na mwenye nguvu.

You act with mercy a thousand-fold, but you repay the iniquity of the fathers into the sinews of their sons after them. The Lord of hosts is your name: most strong, great, and powerful!

19 Wewe ni mkuu katika hekima na una nguvu katika matendo, kwa maana macho yako yanaona njia zote za watu, ili kumlipa kila mtu stahiki ya matendo yake.

You are great in counsel and incomprehensible in thought. Your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of Adam, so that you may repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his intentions.

20 Ulifanya ishara na maajabu katika nchi ya Misiri. Hata leo hapa Israeli na kati ya wanadamu wengine wote, umelifanya jina lako kuwa maarufu.

You caused signs and portents in the land of Egypt, and in Israel, and among men, even until this day. And you have made a name for yourself, just as in this day.

21 Kwa maana uliwanunua watu wako Israeli kwa ishira na maajabu, kwa mkono hodari, kwa mkono ulioinuka, na kwa hofu kuu.

And you have led your people Israel away from the land of Egypt, with signs and portents, and with a robust hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

22 Kisha uliwapa nchi hii—ambayo uliapa kwa babu zao kwamba utawapa—nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali.

And you have given them this land, which you swore, to their fathers, that you would give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

23 Hivyo walingia na kuimiliki. Lakini hawakuitii sauti yako wala kuishi kwa kuitii sheria yako. Hawakufanya chochote ulichowaamuru kufanya, kwa hiyo umeleta juu yao majanga haya yote.

And they entered it and possessed it. But they did not obey your voice, and they did not walk in your law. And they did not do all of the things that you commanded them to do. And so, all of these evils have happened to them.

24 Angalia! Urefu wa maboma haya umefika hadi kwenye mji ili kuuteka. Kwa sababu ya upanga, njaa, na tauni, mji umetiwa kwenye mikono ya Wakaldayo wanaopigana dhidi yake. Kwa maana ulichosema kitatokea sasa kinatokea, na ona, unatazama.

Behold, fortifications were built against the city, so as to capture it. And the city was given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, before the face of the sword, and of famine, and of pestilence. And what you have spoken has occurred, just as you yourself discern.

25 Kisha wewe mwenyewe uliniambia, “Nunua shamba kwa fedha kwa ajili yako na mashahidi wameshuhudia, ingawa mji huu unatiwa mikononi mwa Wakaldayo.””

So why, O Lord God, are you saying to me: ‘Buy a field with money, and summon witnesses,’ while the city is being given into the hands of the Chaldeans?”

26 Neno la Mungu likaja kwa Yeremia, likisema,

And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

27 “Angalia! Mimi ni Yahwe, Mungu wa wanadamu wote. Kuna kitu cho chote kigumu sana kwangu kukifanya?

“Behold, I am the Lord God; I am above all flesh. Can any word be difficult for me?

28 Kwa hiyo Yahwe anasema hivi, 'Ona, niko karibu kuutia mji huu kwenye mikono ya Wakaldayo na Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli. Atauteka.

Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans, and into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they will capture it.

29 Wakaldayo wanaopigana dhidi ya mji huu watakuja na kuwasha moto kwenye mji huu na kuunguza, pamoja na nyumba juu ya paa la watu waliomwabudu Baali na kumimina dhabihu kwa miungu wengine ili kunikasirisha.

And the Chaldeans fighting against this city will advance, and set fire to it, and burn it, along with the houses on whose roofs they were offering sacrifice to Baal and were pouring out libations to strange gods, so that they provoked me to wrath.

30 Kwa maana watu wa Israeli na Yuda hakika wamekuwa watu wanaofanya maovu mbele ya macho yangu tangu ujana wao. Watu wa Israeli hakika wameniudhi kwa matendo ya mikono yao—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe.

For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, from their youth, have continually done evil in my eyes. The sons of Israel, even until now, have been provoking me with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

31 Yahwe anatangaza kwamba mji huu umekuwa sababu ya hasira yangu na ghadhabu yangu tangu siku walipoujenga. Umekuwa hivyo hata leo. Kwa hiyo nitaundoa mbele ya uso wangu

For this city has been a cause of fury and indignation to me, from the day when they built it, until this day, in which it will be taken away from my sight,

32 kwa sababu ya uovu wote wa watu wa Israeli na Yuda, mambo waliyofanya ili kunichukiza—wao, wafalme wao, wana wa wafalme, makuhani, manabii, na kila mtu katika Yuda na wakaaji wa Yerusalemu.

because of all the wickedness of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, which they have done, provoking me to wrath, they and their kings, their leaders and their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

33 Wamenigeuzia migongo yao badala ya nyuso zao, ingawa niliwafundisha kwa furaha. Nilijitahidi kuwafundisha, lakini hakuna hata mmoja wao aliyenisikiliza ili kupokea marekebisho.

And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. And though I taught them and instructed them, rising at first light, they were not willing to listen, so that they would receive discipline.

34 Walisimamisha sanamu zao za ajabu katika nyumba inayoitwa kwa jina langu, ili kunitia unajisi.

And they have placed their idols in the house where my name is invoked, so that they defiled it.

35 Wakazijenga sehemu za juu katika Bonde la Beni Hinomu ili kuwatia katika moto wana wao na binti zao kwa ajili ya Moleki. Mimi sikuwaagiza. Sikuweka akilini mwangu kamwe kwamba watafanya mambo maovu na kwa hiyo kuwasabisha Yuda watende dhambi.

And they have built the exalted places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that they may initiate their sons and their daughters into Molech, though I did not command, nor did it enter into my heart, that they should do this abomination, and so lead Judah into sin.

36 Kwa hiyo sasa, Mimi, Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, kuhusu mji huu ninasema hivi, 'mji ambao mnasema, 'Umetiwa mikononi mwa mfalme wa Babeli kwa upanga, njaa, na pigo.'

And now, because of these things, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to this city, about which you say that it will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence:

37 Ona, niko karibu kuwakusanya kutoka kila nchi nilikowapeleka katika hasira yangu, ghadhabu, hasira kuu. Niko karibu kuwarudisha kwenye sehemu hii na kuwawezesha kuishi katika usalama.

Behold, I will gather them together from all the lands to which I have cast them out in my fury, and in my wrath, and in my great indignation. And I will lead them back to this place, and I will cause them to live in confidence.

38 Kisha watakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wao.

And they will be my people, and I will be their God.

39 Nitawapa moyo mmjoa na na njia moja ya kuniheshimu kila siku ili kwamba yawepo mema kwa ajili yao na uzao wao baada yao.

And I will give to them one heart and one way, so that they may fear me all their days, and so that it may be well with them, and with their sons after them.

40 Kisha nitafanya pamoja nao agano la milele, ili nisiache kufanya mema kwa ajili yao. nitajiwekea heshima katika mioyo yao, ili kwamba wasiniache.

And I will form an everlasting covenant with them, and I will not cease to do good for them. And I will put my fear into their heart, so that they do not withdraw from me.

41 Kisha nitajifurahisha katika kufanya mema kwao. Kwa uaminifu nitawapanda katika anchi hii kwa moyo wangu wote na maisha yangu yoye.

And I will rejoice over them, while I do good for them. And I will plant them in this land, in truth, with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

42 Kwa amaana Yahwe anasema hivi, 'Kama tu nilivyoyaleta majanga haya makubwa yote juu ya watu hawa, hivyo hivyo nitaleta juu yao mambo mema niliyosema kwamba nitafanya kwa ajili yao.

For thus says the Lord: Just as I have led over this people all this great evil, so will I lead over them all the good that I am speaking to them now.

43 Basi mashamba yatanunuliwa katika nchi hii, ambayo mnaisema, “Hii ni nchi iliyoharibiwa, isiyo na mwanadamu wala mnyama. Imetiwa mikononi mwa Wakaldayo”

And fields will be possessed in this land, about which you say that it is desolate because there remains neither man nor beast, and because it has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans.

44 Watanunua mashamba kwa fedha na kuandika katika barua zilizopigwa muhuri. Watawakusanya mashahidi katika nchi ya Benyamini, wote kuzunguka Yerusalemu na miji ya Yuda katika miji ya nchi yenye vilima, na katika nchi tambarare, na katika miji ya Negebu. Kwa maana nitawarejesha wafungwa wao—hili ni tangazo la Yahwe.”'

Fields will be bought for money, and deeds will be written and signed, and witnesses will be summoned, in the land of Benjamin and all around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, and in the cities on the mountains, and in the cities on the plains, and in the cities that are toward the south. For I will convert their captivity, says the Lord.”