Yeremia 44
1 Hili lilikuwa neno ambalo lilikuja kwa Yeremia kuhusu Wayahudi wote walioishi katika nchi ya Misri, wale wanaoishi Migdoli, Tahpanhesi, Memphis, na katika nchi ya Patrosi.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
2 “Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi: Wewe mwenyewe umeyaona maafa yote niliyoleta juu ya Yerusalemu na miji yote ya Yuda. Ona, ni ukiwa leo. Hakuna yeyote anaishi mwao.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they [are] a desolation, and no man dwelleth in them.
3 Hii ni kwa sababu ya mambo maovu waliyofanya kunikosea mimi kwa kwenda kuchoma ubani na kuabudu miungu mengine. Hawa walikuwa miungu ambao wala wao wenyewe, wala ninyi, wala mababu zenu walijua.
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, whom they knew not, [neither] they, ye, nor your fathers.
4 Basi nirudie kuwatuma watumwa wangu wote manabii kwao. Niliwatuma wao kusema, 'Acha kufanya vitu hivi machukizo ambayo nachukia.
Yet I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them], saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
5 Lakini hawakunisikiliza. Walikataa kuwa makini au kuyaacha maovu kwa kuchoma ubani kwa miungu mingine.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.
6 Basi hasira yangu na gadhabu yangu zilimwanga na kuwasha moto kwenye miji ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalemu. Basi waliharibiwa na kuteketezwa, kama katika siku ya leo.”
Wherefore my fury and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted [and] desolate, as at this day.
7 Basi sasa Yahwe, Mungu wa majeshi na Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, “Kwanini unafanya maovu makubwa dhidi yenu? Kwanini mnasababisha ninyi wenyewe kujitenga kutoka miongoni mwa Yuda - wanaume na wanawake, watoto na wanyonyao? Hakuna mabaki yenu yatabaki.
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Why do ye commit [this] great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
8 Kwa maovu yenu mmenikosea pamoja na matendo ya mikono yenu, kwa kuchoma ubani kwa miungu mingine kwenye nchi ya Misri, ambapo mmekwenda kuishi. Mmeenda huko ili kwamba mtaangamizwa, ili kwamba mtalaaniwa na mashutumu miongoni mwa mataifa yote ya duniani.
In that ye provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to dwell, that ye may cut yourselves off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9 Mmesahau maovu yaliyofanywa na mababu zenu na maouvu yaliyofanywa na wafalme wa Yuda na wake zao? Mmesahau uovu uliofanywa na ninyi na wake zenu katika nchi ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalemu?
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Kwa siku hii, hawajanyenyekea bado. Hawashimu sheria yangu au maagizo niliyoweka mbele yao na mababu zao, wala hawatembei nazo.”
They are not humbled [even] to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
11 Kwa hiyo sasa Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, “Ona, Nimekaribia kuweka uso wangu dhidi yenu kuleta maafa kwenu na kuiharibu Yuda yote.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
12 Kwa kuwa nitachukua mabaki wa Yuda ambaye ameanza safari kwenda nchi ya Misri kuishi huko. Nitafanya hivi ili kwamba wataangamia wote katika nchi ya Misri. Wataanguka kwa upanga na njaa. Kutoka wadogo kwa wakubwa wataangamia kwa upanga na njaa. Watakufa na watakuwa sababu ya kuaapa, kulaani, mashutumu, na kitu kibaya.
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, [and] fall in the land of Egypt; they shall [even] be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
13 Kwa kuwa nitawaadhibu watu wakazi wa nchi ya Misri kama nilivyoadhibu Yerusalem kwa upanga, njaa, na pigo.
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
14 Hakuna mkimbizi au mwathirika wa mabaki ya Yuda ambaye wataenda kuishi huko kwenye nchi ya Misri watarudi kwenye nchi ya Yuda, hata kama wanataka kurudi na kuishi huko. Hakuna kati yao atarudi, ijapokuwa wachache ambayo watatoroka kutoka huko.”
So that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt, to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
15 Kisha watu wote ambao walijua kwamba wake zao walikuwa wakichoma ubani kwa miungu mingine, na wanawake wote waliokuwa katika kusanyiko kuu, na watu wote ambao walikuwa wakiishi kwenye nchi ya Misri katika Pathrosi walimjibu Yeremia.
Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16 Walisema, “Kuhusu neno ambalo mmetuambia sisi kwa jina la Yahwe: Hatutakusikiliza.
[As for] the word that thou hast spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken to thee.
17 Kwa hakika tutafanya mambo yote ambayo tulisema tungefanya: kuchoma ubani kwa malkia wa Mbingu na kumwaga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake kama sisi, mababu zetu, wafalme wetu, na viongozi wetu walivyofanya kwenye miji ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalemu. Kisha tutajazwa pamoja na chakula na tutafanikiwa, pasipo kupata maafa yoyote.
But we will certainly do whatever thing proceedeth from our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] we had plenty of provisions, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 Wakati tunajiepusha kutofanya mambo haya, si kutoa sadaka ya ubani kwa Malkia wa Mbinguni na si kumwanga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake, tulikuwa wote tunaumwa umaskini na tulikuwa tunakufa kwa upanga na njaa.”
But since we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all [things], and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 Wanawake walisema, “Wakati tulipokuwa tunatengeneza ubani wa sadaka mbele ya Malkia wa Mbinguni na kumwaga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake, tulifanya hivi vitu pasipo waume wetu kujua.”
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our men?
20 Kisha Yeremia alisema kwa watu wote - kwa wanaume na wanawake, na watu wote waliomjibu yeye - alihubiri na kusema,
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him [that] answer, saying,
21 “Je Yahwe hakukumbuka ubani ambao mliuchoma kwenye miji ya Yuda na mitaa ya Yerusalem - wewe na mababu zenu, wafalme wenu na viongozi, na watu wa nchi? Kwa kuwa Yahwe anakumbuka hili kwenye akili; inakuja kwenye mawazo yake.
The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it [not] into his mind?
22 Basi hawakuweza tena kuvumilia kwa sababu ya matendo yenu maovu, kwa sababu machukizo ambayo mlifanya. Basi nchi yenu imekuwa ukiwa, kutisha, na laana basi hapakuwa na mkazi tena kwa siku hii.
So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
23 Kwa sababu mlichoma ubani na kufanya dhambi dhidi ya Yahwe, na kwa sababu msingesikiliza sauti yake, sheria yake, amri zake, au maagizo ya agano lake, maafa haya dhidi yenu yemetokea kama kwa siku hii. “
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath happened to you, as at this day.
24 Kisha Yeremia alisema kwa watu wote na wanawake wote, “Sikia neno la Yahwe, Yuda yote ambao wamo katika nchi ya Misri.
Moreover, Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that [are] in the land of Egypt:
25 Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi, Wewe na wake zako wote mmesema kwa vinywa vyenu na kubeba kwa mikono yenu kile mlichosema, “Hakika tutabeba viapo ambavyo tulifanya kumwabudu Malkia wa Mbinguni, kwanga kinywaji cha sadaka kwake.” Sasa timiza viapo vyenu, vibebe.”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
26 Basi, sikiliza neno la Yahwe, Yuda yote ambao mnaishi katika nchi ya Misri, 'Ona, Nimeapa kwa jina langu kuu-asema Yahwe. Jina langu halitaitwa kwa vinywa vya wanaume wowote wa Yuda kwenye nchi ya Misri, wewe ambaye sasa unasema, “Kama Bwana Yahwe aishivyo.”
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
27 Ona, Ninakutazama juu yako kwa ajili ya maafa na si kwa uzuri. Kila mtu wa Yuda katika nchi ya Misri ataangamia kwa upanga na njaa mpaka wote wameishia.
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that [are] in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there shall be an end of them.
28 Kisha waathirika wa upanga watarudi kutoka nchi ya Misri kwa nchi ya Yuda, peke idadi ndogo yao. Basi mabaki yote ya Yuda walioenda kwenye nchi ya Misri kuishi huko watajua ambao neno litakuwa kweli: yangu au yao.
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
29 Hii itakuwa ishara kwa ajili yako - hili ni tamko la Yahwe - kwamba ninaweka dhidi yenu katika eneo hili, ili kwamba mtajua kwamba maneno yangu hakika yatawavamia pamoja na maafa.
And this [shall be] a sign to you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
30 Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama, ninakaribia kumtoa Farao Hofra mfalme wa Misri kwenye mkono wa adui zake na kwenye mkono wa wale wanaotafuta kumuua. Itakuwa sawa kama wakati nilimpa Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda kwenye mkono wa Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli, adui wake aliyetafuta maisha yake.
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
