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?
Of the children of Ammon. The LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its 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,” says the LORD, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and it will become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burnt with fire; then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says 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.
“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. Lament, and run back and forth amongst the fences; for Malcam will go 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 do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? You trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will 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 terror on you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies, “from all who are around you. All of you will be driven completely out, and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives.
6 Lakini baada ya haya nitarejesha mema ya watu wa Amoni - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.”
“But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,” says 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?
Of Edom, the LORD of Armies says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
8 Kimbieni! Rudini nyuma! Bakini katika mashimo katika ardhi, wenyeji wa Dedani. Maana naleta maafa ya Esau juu yake wakati ninaomwadhibu.
Flee! Turn back! Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him.
9 Ikiwa wavunaji wa zabibu walikuja kwako, je wasinge acha kidogo? Ikiwa wezi walikuja usiku, je wasingeiba kiasi walichotaka?
If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves came by night, wouldn’t they steal until they had enough?
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 uncovered his secret places, and he will not be able to hide himself. His offspring is destroyed, with his brothers and his neighbours; and he is no more.
11 Acha nyuma yatima wako. Nitachukua uhai wao, na wajane wako wanaweza kuniamini.”
Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust 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 the LORD says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished, but you will surely 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,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.”
14 Nimesikia habari kutoka kwa Yahwe, na mjumbe ametumwa katika mataifa, 'Kusanyikeni na kumpiga. Jiandaeni kwa vita.'
I have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent amongst the nations, saying, “Gather yourselves together! Come against her! Rise up to the battle!”
15 “Maana tazama, nimekufanya kuwa mdogo kulinganisha na mataifa mengine, yenye kudharauliwa na watu.
“For, behold, I have made you small amongst the nations, and despised amongst 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.
As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill, though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.
17 Edomu atakuwa kitisho kwa kila aipitaye. Kila mtu atatetemeka na kutoa sauti kwa sababu ya maafa yake.
“Edom will become an astonishment. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and will 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 in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour cities,” says the LORD, “no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
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, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it. For who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who will stand before me?”
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 the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom, and his purposes that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they will drag them away, the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
21 Kwa kishindo cha kuanguka kwao nchi hutikisika. Sauti ya milio ya kukata tamaa inasikika katika Bahari ya Shamu.
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which 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 will come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah. The heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 Juu ya Dameski: “Hamathi na Arpadi zitaaibika, maana wamesikia habari ya madhara. Wanayeyuka! Wamesumbuka kama bahari, isiyotulia.
Of Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard evil news. They have melted away. There is sorrow on the sea. It can’t be quiet.
24 Dameski umekuwa dhaifu sana. Unageuka kukimbia; hofu imeushika, Maangaiko na maumivu yameupata, kama uchungu wa mwanamke ajifunguaye.
Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
25 Watu wake wanasema, “Umekuwaje mji maarufu, mji ambao nimeufurahia, kabla haujaachwa?
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my 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 will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD of Armies.
27 “Maana nitawasha moto katika kuta za Dameski, nami nitazivunja ngome za Beni Hadadi.”
“I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”
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.
Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, The LORD says: “Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy 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 will take their tents and their flocks. they will carry away for themselves their curtains, all their vessels, and their camels; and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’
30 Kimbia, Tangatanga mbali! Kaa katika maandaki ardhini, mkaao Hazori - asema Yahwe - maana Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli amepanga mpango kinyume chenu. Kimbieni! Geukeni!
Flee! Wander far off! Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says the LORD; “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
31 Simama! lishambulie taifa lililokatika amani, waishio salama,” asema Yahwe. Hawana malango wala nguzo ndani yao, na watu wake wanakaa wenyewe.
Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care,” says the LORD; “that has neither gates nor bars, that dwells 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.
Their camels will be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a plunder. I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,” says the LORD.
33 Hazori utakuwa makao ya mbwea, nchi isiyofaa daima. Hakuna atakayeishi huko; hakuna mwanadamu atakayekaa huko.”
Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever. No man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.”
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 LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 “Yahwe wa majeshi asema hivi: Tazama, ninakaribia kumvunja mpiga upinde wa Elamu, sehemu kuu ya nguvu zao.
“The LORD of Armies says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
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.
I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them towards all those winds. There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will 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.
I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life. I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
38 Kisha nitaweka kiti changu cha enzi huko Elamu na kumwangamiza mfalme na viongozi wao kutoka huko - asema Yahwe -
I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says the LORD.
39 na itakuwa siku zijazo kwamba nitarejesha mema ya Elamu - asema Yahwe.”
‘But it will happen in the latter days that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says the LORD.”
