Yeremia 43

1 Ilitokea kwamba Yeremia alimaliza kuhubiri kwa watu wote maneno yote ya Yahwe Mungu wao kwamba Yahwe Mungu wao alimwambia kusema.

And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, for which Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

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.'

then spake Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, “Thou speakest falsely; Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn 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.”

but Baruch, the son of Neriah, setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldaeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive 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, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to remain 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.

But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, who were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah,

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, and the women, and the children, and the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch, the son of Neriah;

7 Walienda nchi ya Misri, kwa Tahpanhesi, kwa sababu hawakusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe.

and they went into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah; and they came to Tahpanhes.

8 Basi neno la Yahwe lilikuja kwa Yeremia huko Tahpanhesi na kusema,

Then came the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:

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.

Take in thy hand great stones, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln which is at the entrance of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,

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.

and say to them: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send, and take Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne upon these stones which I have hidden, and he shall spread his royal canopy 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.

And he shall come and smite the land of Egypt, and deliver those that are for death to death, and those that are for captivity to captivity, and those that are for the sword to 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.

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive; and he shall wrap himself in the land of Egypt, as a shepherd wrappeth himself in his garment, and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

13 Atavunja nguzo za mawe huko Heliopolisi kwenye nchi ya Misri. Atachoma mahekalu ya miungu ya Misri.”

And he shall break in pieces the images of Bethshemesh in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.