Yeremia 4
1 “Kama utarudi, Israeli- asema BWANA - ikawa kwangu kwamba umerudi. Kama utaondoa hayo mambo yachukizayo mbele yangu na ukaacha kunikimbia mimi tena,
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, unto me must thou return; and if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not wander about [any more].
2 na ukaapa hivi, 'kama BWANA aishivyo katika kweli, na haki, na katika hukumu.' mataifa yataniomba baraka, na yatanisifu mimi.
And if thou wilt swear, As the Lord liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness: then shall nations bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glorify themselves.
3 Kwa kuwa BWANA asema hivi kwa kila mmoja katika Yuda na Yerusalemu; 'Limeni shamba zenu na msipande katika miiba.
For thus hath said the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Plough up your fallow ground, that ye may not sow among thorns.
4 Mtahiriwe kwa BWANA na kuondoa govi za mioyo yenu, ninyi wanaume wa Yuda na wakazi wa Yerusalemu, vinginevyo hasira yangu itawaka kama moto na kuteketeteza, na hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuizima. Hii itatokea kwa sababu ya uovu wa matendo yenu.
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and remove the obduracy of your heart, O ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
5 Waambie Yuda na Yerusalemu isikie. Waambie, “pigeni baragumu katika nchi.” Tangazeni, “Kusanyeni pamoja. Twendeni kwenye miji ya Maboma.”
Tell ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say, Blow ye the cornet in the land: call out, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
6 Inueni ishara za bendera na zielekezeni Sayuni, na kimbilieni usalama! Msibaki, kwa kuwa ninaleta majanga kutokea kaskazini na anguko kubwa.
Set up the standard toward Zion; save yourselves by flight, stay not; for evil do I bring from the north, and a great destruction.
7 Simba anakuja kutokea kwenye kichaka chake na yeye atakayeyaharaibu mataifa ameanza kuja. Anaondoka kwenye eneo lake ili aache hofu katika nchi yenu, kuibadili miji yenu kuwa uharibifu, ambapo hakuna hata mmoja atakayeishi. Kwa sababu hii vaeni magunia, lieni na kuomboleza.
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of nations hath commenced his march, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, left without an inhabitant.
8 Kwa kuwa nguvu ya hasira ya BWANA haijaondoka kwetu.
For this gird yourselves with sackcloths, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us.
9 Ndipo itakapotokea katika siku hiyo - asema BWANA - mioyo ya mfalme na wakuu itakufa. Makuhani watasitaajabu na manabii watashangaa.'”
And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes shall fail; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
10 Kwa hiyo nikasema, “Ahaa! BWANA. Kwa hakika umewadanganya watu hawa na Yerusalemu kwa kuwaambia, 'Kutakuwa na amani kwenu.'Wakati upanga unawaangukia dhidi ya maisha yao.”
Then said I, Ah, Lord Eternal! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
11 Wakati huo itasemwa juu ya mji huu na Yerusalemu kuwa, “Upepo uwakao kutoka katika nyanda za jangwani utachukua njia yake kuelekea kwa binti ya watu wangu. Hautapepetwa wala kuwatakasa.
At that time shall be announced to this people and to Jerusalem a dry wind from the mountain-peaks in the wilderness, [coming] on the road to the daughter of my people; not to winnow, nor to cleanse [the corn],
12 Upepo ulio na nguvu sana utakaokuja kwa amri yangu, na sasa nitapitisha hukumu dhidi yao.
A strong wind from these places shall come unto me: now also will I myself pronounce judgment against them.
13 Tazama anavamia kama wingu, na magari yake ni kama dhoruba. Farasi wake wana mbio kuliko tai. Ole wetu kwa kuwa tutaharibiwa!
Behold, like clouds shall he come up, and like a whirlwind shall be his chariots: swifter than eagles are his horses. “Woe unto us! for we are wasted.”
14 Itakaseni mioyo yenu kutoka uovu wenu, Yerusalemu, ili kwamba muokolewe. Mawazo yako mabaya yatafikiri juu ya kutenda dhambi mpaka lini?
Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?
15 Kwa kuwa kuna sauti iletayo habari kutoka Dani, na janga lijalo linasikika kutoka vilele vya milima ya Efraimu.
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth unhappiness from the mountain of Ephraim.
16 Yafanyeni mataifa kulifikiria hili: Tazama, na uwatangazie Yerusalemu kuwa wale watekaji wanakuja kutoka katika nchi ya mbali ili kupiga kelel za vita juu ya miji ya Yuda.
Make ye mention of it to the nations; behold, let it be heard against Jerusalem, that beleaguerers come from a far-off country, and send forth their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 Watakuwa kama walinzi wa shamba liliolimwa dhidi yake pande zote, kwa kuwa amekuwa mpinzani wangu - asema BWANA -
As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because against me hath she been rebellious, saith the Lord.
18 tabia na matendo yako yamesababisha haya yatokee kwako. Hii itakuwa adhabu yako. Jinsi itakavyokuwa vibaya kwako! itakupiga moyo wako.
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee: this is thy wickedness, which is so bitter, which so reacheth unto thy heart.
19 Moyo wangu! Moyo wangu! Niko katika maumivu ya moyo. Moyo wangu umefadhaika ndani yangu. Siwezi kunyamaza kwa kuwa nasikia sauti za pembe, sauti za vita.
My bowels, my bowels! I am shaken, at the very chambers of my heart; my heart beateth tumultuously in me; I cannot remain silent; because the sound of the cornet hast thou heard, O my soul, the alarm of war.
20 Anguko baada ya anguko limetangazwa, kwa nchi yote imeharibika mara. Wanaharibu masikani yangu na hema yangu ghafula.
Ruin upon ruin is called out; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents wasted, and in a moment, my curtains.
21 Vita hivi vitaendelea mpaka lini? Ni mpaka lini nitasikiliza sauti za pembe?
How long shall I see the standard, hear the sound of the cornet?
22 Kwa kuwa upumbavu wa watu wangu - hawanijui mimi. Ni watu wajinga wasio na ufahamu. Wanaufahamu wa mambo maovu, tena hawajui kutenda mema.
“Because my people is foolish, me have they not known; sottish children are they, and they have not any understanding: wise are they to do evil, but how to do good they do not know.”
23 Niliiona nchi, na kuiona! ilikuwa ukiwa na utupu. Kwa kuwa hapakuwa na taa za mbinguni.
I look at the earth, and, lo, it is without form and void; and toward the heavens, and their light is gone.
24 Nilitazama katka miliima. Tazama, ilikuwa inatetemeka, na vilima vyote vilikuwa vinatikisika.
I look at the mountains, and, lo, they tremble, and all the hills are moved.
25 Nilitazama. Tazama, hapakuwa na mtu, na ndege wote wa angani walikuwa wamekimbia.
I look, and, lo, there is no man, and all the birds of the heavens are fled.
26 Nikaangalia. Tazama, mashamba yalikuwa jangwa na miji imeangushwa mbele za BWANA, mbele ya hasira yake.”
I look, and, lo, the fruitful country is a wilderness, and all its cities are laid waste at the presence of the Lord, because of the fierceness of his anger.
27 Hiki ndicho BWANA asemacho, “Nchi yote itakuwa uharibifu, lakini sitawaharibu wote kabisa.
For thus hath said the Lord, Desolate shall be the whole land; yet a full end will I not make.
28 Kwa sababu hii nchi itaomboleza, na mbingu juu zitatiwa giza. Kwa kuwa nimesema haya na kuyakusudia; sitarudi nyuma; Sitaacha kuyatekeleza.
For this shall mourn the earth, and black shall be the heavens above; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I will not repent, and I will not turn back from it.
29 Kila mji utakimbia kutoka katka kelele za wapandafarasi na wenye pinde; Watakimbilia msituni, Kila mji utapanda hadi mahali pa miamba. Miji itatelekezwa, kwa kuwa hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuishi katika miji hiyo.
From the noise of horsemen and those that shoot with the bow fleeth the whole city; they go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.
30 Sasa umeharibiwa, utafanya nini? Japokuwa unavaa mavazi mekundu, unajipamba na mapambo ya dhahabu, na kuyafanya macho yako yaonekane makubwa na kupakwa wanja, wale wanaume waliokutamani sasa wanakukataa. Badala yake wanajaribu kukuua.
And thou, O wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, though thou adorn thyself with ornaments of gold, though thou encircle with paint thy eyes: in vain shalt thou make thyself beautiful; the adulterers will despise thee, thy life will they seek.
31 Kwa hiyo nasikia sauti ya maumivu, yenye utungu kama ya mwanamke azaaye mtoto wake wa kwanza, sauti ya binti wa Sayuni. Atwetaye kupata pumzi. Ananyosha mikono yake na kusema, 'Ole wangu mimi! ninazimia kwa sababu ya wauaji hawa.'”
For a voice as of a woman in travail have I heard, the anguish as of one that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that groaneth, that spreadeth out her hands, [saying, ] “Woe is me now! for my soul succumbeth to the murderers.”
