Yeremia 43
1 Ilitokea kwamba Yeremia alimaliza kuhubiri kwa watu wote maneno yote ya Yahwe Mungu wao kwamba Yahwe Mungu wao alimwambia kusema.
When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
2 Azaria mwana wa Hoshaia, Yonathani mwana wa Karea, na watu wenye kiburi walisema kwa Yeremia, “Unasema uongo. Yahwe Mungu wetu hajakutuma wewe kusema, 'Usiende Misri kuishi huko.'
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
3 Kwa kuwa Baruku mwana wa Neria anakuchochea dhidi yetu kututoa sisi kwenye mkono wa Wakaldayo, kwa kuwa wewe umesababisha kifo chetu na kutufanya sisi mateka huko Babeli.”
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
4 Basi Yonathani mwana wa Karea, wakuu wa jeshi, na watu wote walikataa kusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe kuishi kwenye nchi ya Yuda.
So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.
5 Yonathani mwana wa Karea na amri jeshi wote waliwachukua mabaki wa Yuda ambao walikuwa wamerudi kutoka mataifa yote ambapo walikuwa wametawanyika kuishi katika nchi ya Yuda.
Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered,
6 Waliwachukua wanaume na wanawake, watoto na mabinti wa mfalme, na kila mtu ambaye Nebuzaradani, nahodha wa walinzi wa mfalme, waliruhusu kubaki pamoja na Gedali mwana wa Ahikam mwana wa Shafan. Pia walimchukua Yeremia nabii na Baruku mwana wa Neria.
the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
7 Walienda nchi ya Misri, kwa Tahpanhesi, kwa sababu hawakusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe.
So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
8 Basi neno la Yahwe lilikuja kwa Yeremia huko Tahpanhesi na kusema,
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
9 “Chukua mawe makubwa mkononi mwako, na, kwenye macho ya watu wa Yuda, yafiche kwenye chokaa kwenye njia ya kuingia katika nyumba ya Farao huko Tahpanhesi.
“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
10 Kisha wakasema nao, “Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, 'Ona, nimekaribia kutuma wajumbe kumchukua Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli kama mtumwa wangu. Nitaweka kiti cha enzi juu ya mawe haya ambayo wewe, Yeremia, umeyazika. Nebukadreza ataweka banda lake juu yao.
Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
11 Kwa kuwa atakuja na kuvamia nchi ya Misri. Yeyote aliyeandikiwa kufa atakufa. Yeyote aliyeandikiwa mateka atachukuliwa mateka. Na yeyote aliyeandikiwa kwa upanga atakufa kwa upanga.
He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
12 Kisha nitawasha moto katika mahekalu ya miungu ya Misri. Nebukadreza atawachoma na kuwashika. Atasafisha nchi ya Misri kama wachungaji wanavyosafisha wanyama waharibio nguo zao. Ataenda nje kutoka eneo hilo kwa ushindi.
I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
13 Atavunja nguzo za mawe huko Heliopolisi kwenye nchi ya Misri. Atachoma mahekalu ya miungu ya Misri.”
He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
