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,
When Jehoiakim had been the king of Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave this message to me:
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.
“Get a scroll, and write on it the messages that I have given to you regarding Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Write all of the messages, starting from the time that I gave you the first message, when Josiah was the king, up until now.
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.”
When the people of Judah hear [again] about all the disasters that I plan to cause them to experience, perhaps each one of them will repent. If they do that, I will be able to forgive them for the wrong/evil things that they have done.”
4 Kisha Yeremia alimwita Baruku mwana wa Neria, na Baruku aliandika kwenye kitabu, kwa imla ya Yeremia, maneno yote ya Yahwe yalizunguzwa kwake.
[So] I summoned Baruch, the son of Neraiah. Then, as I dictated to him all the messages that Yahweh had spoken to me, he wrote them on a scroll.
5 Kisha Yeremia alitoa amri kwa Baruku. Alisema, “Niko gerezani na siwezi kwenda kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
Then I said to him, “I am not allowed to [leave here and] go to the temple.
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.
So, you go [to the temple] on the [next] day when the people are (fasting/abstaining from food), and read to them the messages from Yahweh that you wrote while I dictated them to you. Read them [aloud] to all the people [who are there, including] the people of Judah who come [there] from their towns.
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 they will turn from their evil behavior and request Yahweh [to act mercifully toward them]. [They must do that, ] because Yahweh is very angry with them and has threatened to punish them severely.”
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.
Baruch did what I told him to do. He [went to the temple and] read [to the people] all those messages from Yahweh.
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.
He did it in December on a day when their leaders had proclaimed that all the people in Jerusalem and the people who had come there from [other] towns in Judah should fast to [please/honor] Yahweh. [It was when] Jehoiakim had been king for almost five years.
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.
Baruch read to all the people the messages [that he had written] on the scroll. [He read them while he was] in the temple, in the room where Gemariah stayed. He was the son of Shaphan, [who had previously been the king’s] secretary. That room was close to the upper courtyard [of the temple], near the entrance to the temple that is [called] the New Gate.
11 Basi Mikaya mwana wa Gemaria alisikia maneno yote ya Yahwe kwenye kitabu.
When Micaiah, who was the son of Gemariah and grandson of Shaphan, heard those messages from Yahweh,
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.
he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace, where all the king’s officials were meeting. Elishama the [king’s] secretary [was there]. Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Acbor, Gemariah, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the [other] officials [of the king were also there].
13 Kisha Mikaya alitoa taarifa ya maneno yote kwao ambayo alikuwa amesikia ambayo Baruku alisoma kwa sauti kwenye masikio ya watu.
When Micaiah told them about the messages that Baruch had been reading to 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.
the officials sent Jehudi, who was the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to tell Baruch to come [and read the messages to them, also]. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them.
15 Kisha walisema naye,”Kaa chini na usome haya katika masikio yetu.” Kwa hiyo Baruku akasoma kitabu.
They said to him, “Please sit down and read it [to us].” So Baruch did what they requested.
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.”
After they had heard all the messages, they were afraid. They looked at each other and [then] they said, “We must tell these messages to the king!”
17 Kisha walimuuliza Baruku, “Tuambie, ulipataje kuandika maneno yote haya kwa imla ya Yeremia?”
Then they asked Baruch, “How did you get this scroll? Did Jeremiah dictate to you all the messages on this scroll?”
18 Baruku aliwaambia, “Alitoa imla ya maneno haya yote kwangu, na nikayaandika kwa wino kwenye kitabu hiki.”
Baruch replied, “[Yes], Jeremiah dictated them to me, and I wrote them with ink on this scroll.”
19 Kisha maafisa walisema kwa Baruku, “Nenda, jifiche mwenyewe, na Yeremiah, pia. Usipatikane mtu yeyote kujua uko wapi.”
Then the officials told Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must both hide. Do not tell anyone 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.
They put the scroll in the room of Elishama, the king’s secretary. Then they went to the king, who was in the courtyard, and reported to him everything [that Baruch had read to them].
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.
Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama’s room and read it to the king, while all the [king’s] officials were standing there.
22 Sasa mfalme alikuwa amesimama kwenye nyumba ya majira ya baridi katika mwezi wa tisa, na mkaa ulikuwa unawaka mbele yake.
It was in the cold season, and the king was in a part of the palace where he stayed when it was cold. He was sitting in front of a fire [to keep/be warm].
23 Ilitokea wakati Yehudi aliposoma kurusa tatu au nne, mfalme angeweza kuikata kwa kisu na kuitupa kwenye moto katika mkaa mpaka kitabu chote kiliteketea.
Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king cut off that section of the scroll with a knife and threw it into the fire. He did that, section by section, until the entire scroll was burned up.
24 Lakini wala mfalme wala yeyote wa mjakazi wake aliyesikia haya maneno yote aliogopa, wala hawakuchana nguo zao.
Neither the king nor his officials showed that they were afraid [that God would punish them]. They did not tear their clothes [to show that they were sorry for what they had done].
25 Elnathani, Delaya, na Gemaria walikuwa wamemuomba mfalme asikichome kitabu, lakini hakuwasikiliza.
Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, but he did not pay any attention.
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.
Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and me. But [they were unable to do that because] Yahweh had hidden us.
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,
After the king had burned the scroll on which were written the messages that I had dictated to Baruch, Yahweh said this to me:
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.
“Get another scroll, and [tell Baruch to] write everything again, the same messages that he had written on the scroll that the king 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?”
[Then go to] the king and say to him, ‘Yahweh says this: “You burned the scroll [because you did not like] what was written on it, that the king of Babylon would surely [RHQ] come [with his army] and destroy this land and get rid of all the people and the animals.
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.
Now this is what [I], Yahweh, say about [you], Jehoiakim: 'None of your descendants will rule this kingdom [MTY]. Your corpse will be thrown out [on the ground and not be buried]; it will be under the hot [sun] during the days and [struck by] frost during the nights.
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.”
I will punish you and your family and your officials for their sins. And I will cause the people of Jerusalem and the people of the [other] towns in Judah to experience all the disasters that I promised, because you all would not pay attention [to what I said]!'” '”
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.
So I took another scroll, and again I dictated the messages to Baruch. He wrote everything that had been written on the [other] scroll, the one that King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. [But this time, I] added more messages.
