Yeremia 45

1 Hili ni neno ambalo Yeremia nabii alimwambia Baruku mwana wa Neria. Hii ilitokea wakati alipoandika kwenye kitabu maneno haya kwa imla ya Yeremia - hii ilikuwa katika mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda, na alisema,

This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

2 “Yahwe, Mungu wa Israel, asema hivi kwako, Baruku:

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

3 Umesema, Ole mimi, kwa kuwa Yahwe ameongeza uchungu wa maumivu. Kuugua kwangu kumenichosha; sipati pumziko.'

You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

4 Hivi ndivyo unapaswa kusema kwake: “Yahwe asema hivi: Ona, nilichojenga, sasa ninararua chini. Nilichopanda, sasa ninangoa. Hii ni kweli juu ya dunia.

Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

5 Lakini unategema mambo makubwa kwa ajili yako? Usitegemee hayo. Uone, maafa yanakuja kwa binadamu wote - hii ni tamko la Yahwe - lakini ninakupa maisha yangu kama nyara popote utakakoenda.”

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”