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 king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

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.

For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

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 king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore do you prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take 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 king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

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

And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, says the LORD: though all of you fight with the Chaldeans, all of you shall not prosper.

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 unto me, saying,

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

Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come unto you saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is your 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.

So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray you, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew 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 of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

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

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

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

So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

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 evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

13 Kwa hiyo nikampa amri Baruku mbele yao. Nilisema,

And I charged Baruch before them, 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 evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue 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 shall be possessed again in this land.

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

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto 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.

Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard 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 show loving kindness unto thousands, and recompence the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

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.

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

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

Which have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and have made you a name, as at this day;

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

And have brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;

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

And have given them this land, which you did swear to their fathers to give 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 came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commandedst them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon 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 the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what you have spoken has come to pass; and, behold, you see it.

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

And you have said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy you the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 Neno la Mungu likaja kwa Yeremia, likisema,

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

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

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard 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 give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take 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, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

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 children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger 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 to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

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 evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and 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 unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

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

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile 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 built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to 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 therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof all of you say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the 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 out of all countries, where I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

38 Kisha watakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wao.

And they shall 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 them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children 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 make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

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

Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly 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; Like I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

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

And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof all of you say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand 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.”'

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, says the LORD.