Yeremia 49
1 Juu ya watu wa Amoni, Yahwe asema hivi, “Je Israeli hana watoto? Je hakuna mtu wa kurithi chochote katika Israeli? Kwa nini Moleki aikalie Gadi, na watu wake kukaa katika miji yake?
Against the children of Ammon. Thus saith the Lord: Hath Israel no sons? or hath he no heir? Why then hath Melchom inherited Gad: and his people dwelt in his cities?
2 Hivyo angalia, siku zinakuja - asema Yahwe - nitakapo sikizisha ishara ya vita juu ya Raba miongoni mwa watu wa Amoni, hivyo itakuwa rundo lililoachwa na binti zake watawasha moto. Maana Israeli atawamiliki wanaommiliki,” asema Yahwe.
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will cause the noise of war to be heard in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and it shall be destroyed into a heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire, and Israel shall possess them that have possessed him, saith the Lord.
3 Piga kelele kwa maombolezo, Heshboni, maana Ai utaangamizwa! Piga kelele, Binti za Raba! Vaeni nguo za magunia. Ombolezeni na kukimbia kwa kuchanganyikiwa, maana Moleki anakwenda matekani, pamoja na makuhani na viongozi wake.
Howl, O Hesebon, for Hai is wasted. Cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with haircloth: mourn and go about by the hedges: for Melchom shall be carried into captivity, his priests, and his princes together.
4 Kwa nini mnajivunia nguvu zenu? Nguvu zenu zitakwisha, binti wasioamini, ninyi mnaotumaini utajiri wenu. Mwasema, “Nani atakayekuja kinyume changu?'
Why gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that hast trusted in thy treasures, and hast said: Who shall come to me?
5 Tazama, nitaleta kitisho juu yenu - hili ni tamko la Yahwe, Bwana wa majeshi - kitisho hiki kitatoka kwao wote wanaowazunguka. Kila mmoja wenu atatawanyika mbele yake. Hakutakuwa na wa kuwakusanya wanaotawanyika.
Behold I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all that are round about thee: and you shall be scattered every one out of one another’s sight, neither shall there be any to gather together them that flee.
6 Lakini baada ya haya nitarejesha mema ya watu wa Amoni - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.”
And afterwards I will cause the captives of the children of Ammon to return, saith the Lord.
7 Juu ya Edomu, Yahwe wa majeshi asema hivi, Je hakuna tena hekima katika Temani? Je ushauri mwema umepotea kutoka kwa wenye ufahamu? Je hekima yao imeharibika?
Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Theman? counsel is perished from her children: their wisdom is become unprofitable.
8 Kimbieni! Rudini nyuma! Bakini katika mashimo katika ardhi, wenyeji wa Dedani. Maana naleta maafa ya Esau juu yake wakati ninaomwadhibu.
Flee and turn your backs, go down into the deep hole, ye inhabitants of Dedan: for I have brought the destruction of Esau upon him, the time of his visitation.
9 Ikiwa wavunaji wa zabibu walikuja kwako, je wasinge acha kidogo? Ikiwa wezi walikuja usiku, je wasingeiba kiasi walichotaka?
If grapegatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a bunch? if thieves in the night, they would have taken what was enough for them.
10 Lakini nimempiga Esau kwa ukiwa. Nimefunua maficho yao. Hivyo hataweza kujificha mwenyewe. Watoto wake, ndugu zake, na jirani zake wameharibiwa, wamepotea.
But I have made Esau bare, I have revealed his secrets, and he cannot be hid: his seed is laid waste, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he shall not be.
11 Acha nyuma yatima wako. Nitachukua uhai wao, na wajane wako wanaweza kuniamini.”
Leave thy fatherless children: I will make them live: and thy widows shall hope in me.
12 Maana Yahwe asema hivi, “Tazama, wasiostahili ni lazima wanywe sehemu ya kikombe. Je mnadhani mtaachwa bila kuhadhibiwa? Hapana, maana hakika mtakunywa.
For thus saith the Lord: Behold they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, shall certainly drink: and shalt thou come off as innocent? thou shalt not come off as innocent, but drinking thou shalt drink.
13 Maana nimekwisha apa kwangu mimi mwenyewe - asema Yahwe - Hiyo Bozra itakuwa hofu, aibu, magofu, na kitu cha laana. Miji yake yote itakuwa magofu daima.
For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.
14 Nimesikia habari kutoka kwa Yahwe, na mjumbe ametumwa katika mataifa, 'Kusanyikeni na kumpiga. Jiandaeni kwa vita.'
I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle.
15 “Maana tazama, nimekufanya kuwa mdogo kulinganisha na mataifa mengine, yenye kudharauliwa na watu.
For behold I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men.
16 Na kwa hofu yenu, kiburi cha moyo wako kimekudanganya, wakaaji wa maeneo ya mwinuko, ninyi mliomiliki vilele vya vilima ili mfanye viota vyenu kama tai. Nitawashusha kutoka huko - asema Yahwe.
Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
17 Edomu atakuwa kitisho kwa kila aipitaye. Kila mtu atatetemeka na kutoa sauti kwa sababu ya maafa yake.
And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
18 Kama maangamizi ya Sodoma na Gomora na jirani zake,” asema Yahwe, “hakuna atakayeishi pale; hakuna mtu atakayekaa huko.
As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha, and the neighbours thereof, saith the Lord: there shall not a man dwell there, and there shall no son of man inhabit it.
19 Tazama, nitapanda kama simba kutoka katika misitu ya Yordani hata eneo la malisho mabichi. Maana nitaharakisha kumfanya Edomu kumkimbia, nami nitamweka mwingine atakayekuwa amechaguliwa kwa usimamizi huo. Maana ni nani aliyekama mimi, ni nani atakayeniagiza kuja? Mchungaji gani awezaye kunizuia?
Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance?
20 Hivyo sikiliza mipango ambayo Yahwe ameamua dhidi ya Edom, mipango aliyoifanya kinyume cha wakaao Temani. Bila shaka wataondolewa, hata kundi dogo kuliko yote. Nchi yao yenye malisho yao mabichi itageuzwa kuwa sehemu zenye magofu.
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation.
21 Kwa kishindo cha kuanguka kwao nchi hutikisika. Sauti ya milio ya kukata tamaa inasikika katika Bahari ya Shamu.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall: the cry of their voice is heard in the Red Sea.
22 Tazama, mtu fulani atapiga kama tai, na kushuka chini kwa kasi na kueneza mabawa yake juu ya Bozra. Kisha katika siku hiyo, mioyo ya askari wa Edomu itakuwa kama moyo wa mwanamke katika kuzaa.”
Behold he shall come up as an eagle, and fly: and he shall spread his wings over Bosra: and in that day the heart of the valiant ones of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.
23 Juu ya Dameski: “Hamathi na Arpadi zitaaibika, maana wamesikia habari ya madhara. Wanayeyuka! Wamesumbuka kama bahari, isiyotulia.
Against Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: for they have heard very bad tidings, they are troubled as in the sea: through care they could not rest.
24 Dameski umekuwa dhaifu sana. Unageuka kukimbia; hofu imeushika, Maangaiko na maumivu yameupata, kama uchungu wa mwanamke ajifunguaye.
Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.
25 Watu wake wanasema, “Umekuwaje mji maarufu, mji ambao nimeufurahia, kabla haujaachwa?
How have they forsaken the city of renown, the city of joy!
26 Kwa hiyo vijana wake wataanguka katika mitaa yake na askari wake wote watateketea siku hiyo - hili ni tamko la Yahwe wa majeshi.”
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets: and all the men of war shall be silent in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
27 “Maana nitawasha moto katika kuta za Dameski, nami nitazivunja ngome za Beni Hadadi.”
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, rind it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad.
28 Juu ya Kedari na falme za Hazori, Yahwe amwambia hivi Nebukadneza (Basi Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli alikuwa akienda kuyashambulia maeneo haya): “Inuka na uipige Kedari na kuwaharibu wale watu wa mashariki.
Against Cedar and against the kingdoms of Asor, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon destroyed. Thus saith the Lord: Arise, and go ye up to Cedar, and waste the children of the east.
29 Jeshi lake litachukua hema zao na makundi yao, nguzo za hema yao, na vitu vyao vyote. Watachukua ngamia wao kutoka kwa watu wa Kedari na kuwambia, 'Hofu ipo pande zote!”
They shall take their tents, and their flocks: and shall carry off for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall call fear upon them round about.
30 Kimbia, Tangatanga mbali! Kaa katika maandaki ardhini, mkaao Hazori - asema Yahwe - maana Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli amepanga mpango kinyume chenu. Kimbieni! Geukeni!
Flee ye, get away speedily, sit in deep holes, you that inhabit Asur, saith the Lord: for Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived designs against you.
31 Simama! lishambulie taifa lililokatika amani, waishio salama,” asema Yahwe. Hawana malango wala nguzo ndani yao, na watu wake wanakaa wenyewe.
Arise, and so up to a nation that is at ease, and that dwelleth securely, saith the Lord: they have neither gates, nor bars: they dwell alone.
32 Maana farasi wao watakuwa mateka, na wingi wa mali zao utakuwa mateka wa vita. Kisha nitawatawanya katika kila upepo wanaonyoa pembe za nywele zao, nami nitaleta madhara juu yao kutoka kila upande - hili ni tamko ya Yahwe.
And their camels shall be for a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle for a booty, and I will scatter into every wind them that have their hair cut round, and I will bring destruction upon them from I all their confines, saith the Lord.
33 Hazori utakuwa makao ya mbwea, nchi isiyofaa daima. Hakuna atakayeishi huko; hakuna mwanadamu atakayekaa huko.”
And Asor shall be a habitation for dragons, desolate for ever: no man shall abide there, nor son of man inhabit it.
34 Hili ni neno la Yahwe lililomwijia Yeremia nabii kuhusu Elamu. Ilikuwa wakati wa mwanzo wa kutawala kwake Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda, naye akasema,
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Sedecias king of Juda, saying:
35 “Yahwe wa majeshi asema hivi: Tazama, ninakaribia kumvunja mpiga upinde wa Elamu, sehemu kuu ya nguvu zao.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.
36 Maana nitaleta pepo nne kutoka katika pande nne za mbingu, nami nitawatawanya watu wa Elamu katika pepo hizo zote. Hakuta kuwa na taifa ambalo kwalo waliotawanywa kutoka Elamu hawatakwenda.
And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the fear quarters of heaven: and I will scatter them into all these winds: and there shall be no nation, to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come.
37 Hivyo nitawavunjavunja Elamu mbele ya adui zao na mbele ya watafutao uhai wao. Maana nitaleta maangamizo dhidi yao, hasira ya gadhabu yangu - hili ni tamko la Yahwe - nami nitapeleka upanga nyuma yao hata nitakapowafuta wote.
And I will cause Elam to be afraid before their enemies, and in the sight of them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce wrath, saith the Lord: and will send the sword after them, till I consume them.
38 Kisha nitaweka kiti changu cha enzi huko Elamu na kumwangamiza mfalme na viongozi wao kutoka huko - asema Yahwe -
And I will set my throne in Elam, and destroy kings and princes from thence, saith the Lord.
39 na itakuwa siku zijazo kwamba nitarejesha mema ya Elamu - asema Yahwe.”
But in the latter days I will cause the captives of Elam, to return, saith the Lord.
