Yeremia 36
1 Ilikuja tokea katika mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosiah mfalme wa Yuda, kwamba neno hili lilikuja kwa Yeremiah kutoka kwa Yahwe, na alisema,
And it comes to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,
2 “Chukua kitabu kwa ajili yako na uandike juu yake maneno yote ambayo nimekwisha kukuambia kuhusiana na Israel na Yuda, na kila taifa. Fanya hivi kwa kila kitu nilichokuambia tokea siku za Yosia mpaka siku ile.
“Take a roll of a scroll to yourself, and you have written on it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day;
3 Huenda watu wa Yuda watasikiliza majanga yote ambayo ninakusudia kuleta juu yao. Huenda kila mmoja ataacha njia zake mbaya, ili kwamba niweze kuwasamehe maovu yao na dhambi zao.”
perhaps the house of Israel so hears all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they each turn back from his evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.”
4 Kisha Yeremia alimwita Baruku mwana wa Neria, na Baruku aliandika kwenye kitabu, kwa imla ya Yeremia, maneno yote ya Yahwe yalizunguzwa kwake.
And Jeremiah calls Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writes from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of YHWH, that He has spoken to him, on a roll of a scroll.
5 Kisha Yeremia alitoa amri kwa Baruku. Alisema, “Niko gerezani na siwezi kwenda kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
And Jeremiah commands Baruch, saying, “I am restrained, I am not able to enter the house of YHWH;
6 Kwa hiyo unapaswa uende na kusoma kutoka kwenye kitabu ulichoandika kwa imla yangu. Kwa siku ya kufunga, unapaswa usome maneno ya Yahwe kwenye masikio ya watu katika nyumba yake, na pia kwenye masikio ya Yuda yote waliokuja kutoka katika miji yao. Tangaza maneno haya kwao.
but you have entered—and you have read in the scroll that you have written from my mouth, the words of YHWH, in the ears of the people, in the house of YHWH, in the day of the fast, and you also read them in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities;
7 Huenda maombi yao ya rehema yatakuja mbele ya Yahwe. Huenda kila mtu ataacha njia mbaya, kwani gathabu na hasira ya Yahwe imetangazwa dhidi ya watu kwa ukali.”
perhaps their supplication so falls before YHWH, and they each turn back from his evil way, for the anger and the fury that YHWH has spoken concerning this people [is] great.”
8 Kwa hiyo Baruku mwana wa Neria alifanya kila kitu ambacho Yeremia nabii alimwamuru yeye kufanya. Alisoma kwa sauti maneno ya Yahwe ndani mwa nyumba ya Yahwe.
And Baruch son of Neriah does according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read in the scroll the words of YHWH in the house of YHWH.
9 Ilikuja tokea katika mwaka wa tano na mwezi wa tisa kwa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda, kwamba watu wote Yerusalemu na watu waliotoka Yerusalemu toka miji ya Yuda walitangaza kufunga kwa kumheshimu Yahwe.
And it comes to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast before YHWH to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem;
10 Baruku alisoma kwa sauti maneno ya Yeremia katika nyumba ya Yahwe, kutoka kwenye chumba cha Gamaria mwana wa Shafani mwandishi, katika ua wa juu, kwa mlango wa kuingilia wa nyumba ya Yahwe. Alifanya hivi kwa masikio ya watu wote.
and Baruch reads in the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the New Gate of the house of YHWH, in the ears of all the people.
11 Basi Mikaya mwana wa Gemaria alisikia maneno yote ya Yahwe kwenye kitabu.
And Michaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, hears all the words of YHWH from off the scroll,
12 Alienda chini kwenye nyumba ya mfalme, kwenye chumba cha katibu. Tazama, maafisa wote walikuwa wamekaa hapo: Elishama mwandishi, Delaiah mwana wa Shemaiah, Elnathan mwana wa Achbor, Gemaria mwana wa Shefani, na Sedekia mwana wa Hananiah, na maafisa wote.
and he goes down [to] the house of the king, to the chamber of the scribe, and behold, there all the heads are sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads.
13 Kisha Mikaya alitoa taarifa ya maneno yote kwao ambayo alikuwa amesikia ambayo Baruku alisoma kwa sauti kwenye masikio ya watu.
And Micaiah declares to them all the words that he has heard when Baruch reads in the scroll in the ears of the people;
14 Kwa hiyo maafisa wote walimtuma Jehudi mwana wa Nethania mwana wa Shelemiah mwana wa Kushi, kwa Baruku. Jehudi alisema kwa Baruku, “Chukua kitabu katika mkono wako, kitabu ambacho ulikuwa unakisoma kwa masikio ya watu and kuja.” Kwa hiyo Baruku mwana wa Neria alichukua kitabu katika mkono wake na alienda kwa maafisa.
and all the heads send to Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll, which you have read in the ears of the people, and come.” And Baruch son of Neriah takes the scroll in his hand and comes to them,
15 Kisha walisema naye,”Kaa chini na usome haya katika masikio yetu.” Kwa hiyo Baruku akasoma kitabu.
and they say to him, “Please sit down and read it in our ears,” and Baruch reads [it] in their ears,
16 Ilitokea wakati waliposikia haya maneno yote, kila mtu alipatwa na hofu kwa mtu aliye karibu naye na kusema kwa Baruku, “Kwa hakika tunapaswa kutoa taarifa ya maneno haya yote kwa mfalme.”
and it comes to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid—one to another—and say to Baruch, “We surely declare all these words to the king.”
17 Kisha walimuuliza Baruku, “Tuambie, ulipataje kuandika maneno yote haya kwa imla ya Yeremia?”
And they asked Baruch, saying, “Please declare to us, how did you write all these words from his mouth?”
18 Baruku aliwaambia, “Alitoa imla ya maneno haya yote kwangu, na nikayaandika kwa wino kwenye kitabu hiki.”
And Baruch says to them, “He pronounces from his mouth all these words to me, and I am writing on the scroll with ink.”
19 Kisha maafisa walisema kwa Baruku, “Nenda, jifiche mwenyewe, na Yeremiah, pia. Usipatikane mtu yeyote kujua uko wapi.”
And the heads say to Baruch, “Go, be hidden, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you [are].”
20 Kisha walienda kwa uwanja wa mfalme na wakatoa taarifa ya maneno haya kwake. Lakini kwanza walikihifadhi kitabu kwenye chumba cha katibu Elishama.
And they go to the king, to the court, and they have laid up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare all the words in the ears of the king.
21 Basi mfalme alimtuma Yehudi kuchukua kitabu. Yehudi alikichukua toka chumba cha Elishama katibu. Kisha alikisoma kwa sauti kwa mfalme na wote maafisa walikuwa wamesimama karibu naye.
And the king sends Jehudi to take the scroll, and he takes it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi reads it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;
22 Sasa mfalme alikuwa amesimama kwenye nyumba ya majira ya baridi katika mwezi wa tisa, na mkaa ulikuwa unawaka mbele yake.
and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove is burning before him,
23 Ilitokea wakati Yehudi aliposoma kurusa tatu au nne, mfalme angeweza kuikata kwa kisu na kuitupa kwenye moto katika mkaa mpaka kitabu chote kiliteketea.
and it comes to pass, when Jehudi reads three or four leaves, he cuts it out with the scribe’s knife, and has cast [it] into the fire that [is] on the stove, until the consumption of all the scroll by the fire that [is] on the stove.
24 Lakini wala mfalme wala yeyote wa mjakazi wake aliyesikia haya maneno yote aliogopa, wala hawakuchana nguo zao.
And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor torn their garments.
25 Elnathani, Delaya, na Gemaria walikuwa wamemuomba mfalme asikichome kitabu, lakini hakuwasikiliza.
And also Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah have interceded with the king not to burn the scroll, and he has not listened to them.
26 Basi mfalme alimwamuru Yerameeli, ndugu, Seraya mwana wa Azrieli, na Shelemia mwana wa Abdeeli kumfunga Baruku mwandishi na Yeremia nabii, lakini Yahwe alikuwa amewaficha.
And the king commands Jerahmeel son of Hammelek, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, and YHWH hides them.
27 Kisha neno la Yahwe lilikuja kwa Yeremia baada ya mfalme kuwa amechoma kitabu na maneno ya Baruku yaliyokuwa yameandikwa kwa imla ya Yeremia, na alisema,
And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah—after the king’s burning the scroll, even the words that Baruch has written from the mouth of Jeremiah—saying:
28 “Rudi, chukua kitabu kingine kwa ajili yako, na uandike maneno haya yote ambayo yalikuwa kwenye kitabu cha kwanza, ambacho Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda alikichoma.
“Turn, take another scroll to yourself, and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned,
29 Kisha unapaswa kusema hivi kwa mfalme Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda: 'Ulichoma hicho kitabu! Na ulisema: Kwanini umeandika juu yake, “Mfalme wa Babeli hakika atakuja na kuharibu nchi hii, kwa kuwa atawaangamiza wanaume wote na wanyama ndani yake?”
and say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus said YHWH: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written on it, saying, The king of Babylon surely comes in, and has destroyed this land, and caused man and beast to cease from it?
30 Kwa hiyo Yahwe anasema hivi kuhusu wewe, Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda: “Hakuna mzao wako atawahi kukaa kwenye kiti cha Daudi. Kama wewe, maiti yako itatupwa kwenye siku ya joto na usiku wa baridi.
Therefore, thus said YHWH concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He has none sitting on the throne of David, and his carcass is cast out to heat by day, and to cold by night;
31 Kwa kuwa nitakuadhibu, wazao wako, na wajakazi wako kwa maovu yenu yote. Nitaleta kwenu, kwa wakazi wote wa Yerusalemu, na kwa kila mtu Yuda majanga ambayo nimewatishia ninyi, lakini kwa hamkuwa makini.”
and I have charged on him, and on his seed, and on his servants, their iniquity; and I have brought in on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the men of Judah, all the evil that I have spoken to them, and they did not listen.”
32 Kwa hiyo Yeremia alichukua kitabu kingine na akampa Baruku mwana wa Neria mwandishi. Baruku aliandika juu yake kwa imla ya Yeremia maneno yote ambayo yalikuwa katika kitabu kilichochomwa moto na mfalme Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda. Zaidi, maneno mengi ya kufanana yaliongezwa kwenye kitabu hiki.
And Jeremiah has taken another scroll, and gives it to Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writes on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned in the fire; and again there were added to them many words like these.
