Yeremia 51
1 Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama, ninakwenda kuleta upepo wa maangamizi dhidi ya Babeli na dhidi yao waishio ndani ya Leb Kamei.
Thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb, My withstanders, A destroying wind,
2 Nitawatuma Babeli wageni. Watamtawanya na wataifanya ukiwa nchi yake, maana watakuja kinyume chake kutoka pote siku ya madhara.
And I have sent fanners to Babylon, And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, For they have been against her, All around—in the day of evil.
3 Msiwaache wapiga mishale wakapinda pinde zao; msiwache wakavaa silaha zao. Msiwahifadhi vijana wake wa kiume; litengeni jeshi lake lote kwa maangamizi.
Do not let the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have pity on her young men, Devote all her host to destruction.
4 Maana watu waliojeruhiwa wataanguka katika nchi ya Wakaldayo; waliouawa wataanguka katika mitaa yake.
And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
5 Maana Israeli na Yuda hawajaachwa na Mungu wao, na Yahwe wa majeshi, japokuwa nchi yao imejaa na maasi yaliyotendwa kinyume cha Mmoja aliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli.
For Israel and Judah are not forsaken By his God—by YHWH of Hosts, For their land has been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Kimbieni kutoka Babeli; kila mtu na ajiokoe mwenyewe. Msiangamie katika maasi yake. Maana ni wakati wa kisasi cha Yahwe. Atamlipa kwa yote.
Flee from the midst of Babylon, And let each deliver his soul, Do not be cut off in her iniquity, For it [is] a time of vengeance for YHWH—His, He is rendering repayment to her.
7 Babeli alikuwa kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwa Yahwe kilichoinywesha nchi yote; mataifa walikunywa mvinyo wake wakawa wendawazimu.
Babylon [is] a golden cup in the hand of YHWH, Making all the earth drunk, Nations have drunk of her wine, Therefore nations boast themselves.
8 Babeli utaanguka ghafla na kuangamizwa. Mwombolezeeni! mpeni dawa kwa maumivu yake; pengine aweza kupona.
Babylon has suddenly fallen, Indeed, she is broken, howl for her, Take balm for her pain, perhaps she may be healed.
9 Tulinuia kumponya Babeli, lakini hajaponywa, haya na tumwache twende, katika nchi yetu. Maana hatia yake imefika juu mbinguni; imerundikwa kufika mawinguni.
We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For her judgment has come to the heavens, And it has been lifted up to the clouds.
10 Yahwe ametamka kwamba sisi hatuna hatia. Njooni, teseme katika Sayuni matendo ya Yahwe Mungu wetu.'
YHWH has brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of our God YHWH.
11 Noweni mishale na kuchukua ngao. Yahwe anaiimiza roho ya mfalme wa Umedi katika mpango wa kuiangamiza Babeli. Hii ni kwa kisasi cha Yahwe, kisasi kwa maangamizi ya hekalu lake.
Cleanse the arrows, fill the shields, YHWH has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, For His purpose [is] against Babylon to destroy her, For it [is] the vengeance of YHWH, The vengeance of His temple.
12 Inueni bendela juu ya kuta za Babeli; wekeni walinzi. Wekeni waangalizi; wekeni askari waviziao ili kumkamata kila akimbiliaye mjini, maana Yahwe atafanya kile alichokipanga. Atafanya alichokisema juu ya wakaao Babeli.
Lift up an ensign to the walls of Babylon, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For YHWH has both devised and done that which He spoke, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Enyi mwishio kati ya chemchemi nyingi za maji, ninyi mlio na wingi wa hazina, mwisho wenu umefika. upindo wa maisha yenu umepunguzwa.
O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Your end has come—the measure of your dishonest gain.
14 Yahwe wa majeshi ameapa kwa maisha yake, 'nitakujaza na adui zako, kama pigo la nzige; watainua kelele za vita juu yako.'
YHWH of Hosts has sworn by Himself, That, Surely I have filled you [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against you—shouting.
15 Ameifanya dunia kwa nguvu zake; akaiweka dunia mahali kwa hekima yake. Kwa ufahamu wake alizitanda mbingu.
Making [the] earth by His power, Establishing [the] world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
16 Anapovuma, kunakuwa na mvumo wa maji mbinguni, maana huleta umande kutoka miisho ya dunia. Hufanya radi kwa ajili ya mvua na kuituma na kuutuma upepo kutoka katika maghala ya nyumba zake.
At the voice He gives forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causes vapors to come up from the end of the earth, He has made lightnings for rain, And He brings out wind from His treasures.
17 Kila mtu anakuwa kama mnyama asiye na akili; kila mfua chuma ameaibishwa na sanamu zake. Maana mwonekano wake unadanganya; maana hakuna uzima ndani yake.
Every man has been brutish by knowledge, Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved image, For his molten image [is] falsehood, And there is no breath in them.
18 Hazifai, kazi ya wafanya mzaa; wataangamizwa wakati wa kuadhibiwa kwao.
They [are] vanity—a work of errors, They perish in the time of their inspection.
19 Lakini Mungu, urithi wa Yakobo, siyo kama hawa, maana yeye ndiye afanyaye vitu vyote. Israeli ni kabila ya urithi wake; Yahwe wa majeshi ni jina lake.
The Portion of Jacob [is] not like these, For He is forming the whole, And [Israel is] the tribe of His inheritance, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.
20 Wewe ni nyundo ya vita yao, silaha ya vita yangu. Kwa wewe nitawaponda mataifa na kuharibu falme.
You [are] My shatterer—weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces nations by you, And I have destroyed kingdoms by you,
21 Kwa wewe nitaponda farasi na wawapandao; kwa wewe nitaponda vibandawazi na madereva wake.
And I have broken in pieces horse and its rider by you, And I have broken in pieces chariot and its charioteer by you,
22 Kwa wewe nitawafutilia mbali mme na mke; kwa wewe nitafutilia mbali mzee na kijana. Kwa wewe nitafutilia mbali kijana wa kiume na wasichana bikra.
And I have broken in pieces man and woman by you, And I have broken in pieces old and young by you, And I have broken in pieces young man and virgin by you,
23 Kwa wewe nitafutilia mbali wachungaji na makundi yao; kwa wewe nitawafutilia mbali wakulima na jozi zao za kulimia. kwa wewe nitawafutilia mbali watawala na maafsa.
And I have broken in pieces shepherd and his drove by you, And I have broken in pieces farmer and his team by you, And I have broken in pieces governors and prefects by you.
24 Maana mbele yako nitamlipa Babeli na wote wakaao Ukaldayo kwa maovu yote waliyoyafanya huko Sayuni - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
And I have repaid to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes,” a declaration of YHWH.
25 Tazama, mimi ni kinyume chako, ewe mlima, wewe unayewaharibu watu wengine - hili ni tamko la Yahwe - kuiharibu dunia yote. Nitakupiga na mikono yangu na kuvingirisha chini kutoka ukingo wa kilima. Kisha nitakufanya mlima ulioteketezwa kabisa kwa moto.
“Behold, I [am] against you, O destroying mountain,” A declaration of YHWH, “That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against you, And I have rolled you from the rocks, And given you for a burnt mountain.
26 Hivyo hawatachukua kwako jiwe lolote ili kujengea pembe ya nyumba au msingi; kwani utakuwa ukiwa wa milele - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
And they do not take out of you a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For you are continuous desolations,” A declaration of YHWH.
27 Inua bendela ya vita juu ya nchi. Piga tarumbeta katika mataifa. Yaite mataifa yamshambuliye: Ararati, Mini na Ashkenazi. Teua majemedari wa kumshambulia; leta farasi kama nzige warukao.
“Lift up an ensign in the land, Blow a horn among nations, Sanctify nations against it, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint an infant head against it, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
28 Waandae mataifa kumshambulia: wafalme wa Umedi na magavana wao, maafsa wake wote na nchi yake yete.
Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.
29 Maana nchi itatikisika na kudhoofika, kwa kuwa mipango ya Yahwe inaendelea juu ya Babeli, kuifanya nchi ya Babeli kuwa nchi isiyofaa mahali pasipo na mtu.
And the land shakes, and it is pained, For the purposes of YHWH have stood against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
30 Maaskari wameacha kupigana huko Babeli; wamekaa katika ngome zao. Nguvu zao zimeshindwa; wamekuwa wanawake - nyumba zake zipo motoni, makomeo ya malango yake yamevunjika.
The mighty of Babylon have ceased to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Their might has failed, they have become [as] women, They have burned her dwelling places, Her bars have been broken.
31 Mjumbe hukimbia ili amwambie mjumbe mwingine, na mtoa habari humwambia mtoa habari mwingine ili amwambie mfalme wa Babeli kwamba mji wake umetwaliwa kutoka mwisho hata mwisho.
Runner runs to meet runner, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For his city has been captured—at the extremity.
32 Hivyo vivuko katika mito vimekamatwa; adui anaunguza mafunjo ya bwawa, na wapiganaji wa Babeli wamechanganyikiwa.
And the passages have been captured, And they have burned the reeds with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
33 Maana Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi: Binti Babeli ni kama sakafu ya kupuria. Ni muda wa kumkanyaga. Ni kitambo kidogo wakati wa mavuno utakuja juu yake.
For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing—yet a little [while], And the time of her harvest has come.
34 Yerusalemu husema, 'Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli amenirarua. Amenikausha na amenifanya kuwa mtungi mtupu. Amenimeza kama joka. Alijishibisha kwa chakula changu chema. Amenitupa mbali.'
Devoured us, crushed us, has Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, He has set us [as] an empty vessel, He has swallowed us as a dragon, He has filled his belly with my delicacies, He has driven us away.
35 Wenyeji wa Sayuni watasema, 'Gasia nilizofanyiwa na mwili wangu na ziwe kwa Babeli.' Yerusalem atasema, Damu yangu na iwe juu ya wakaao Ukaldayo.'
My wrong, and [that of] my flesh, [is] on Babylon—The inhabitant of Zion says; And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea—Jerusalem says.
36 Kwa hiyo Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama, nikotayari kulitetea shitaka lako na kuleta kisasi kwa ajili yako. Maana nitayakausha maji ya Babeli na kufanya vyanzo vyake kukauka.
Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, And I have avenged your vengeance, And dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.
37 Babeli utakuwa rundo la magofu, pango la mbwea, sehemu itishayo, kitu cha kutoa sauti ya nyoka, pasipo na watu.
And Babylon has been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
38 Wababeli wataunguruma kwa pamoja kama wanasimba. Watanguruma kama watoto wa simba.
They roar together as young lions, They have shaken themselves as lions’ whelps.
39 wanapopashwa moto kwa hasira, nitawafanyia sherehe; nitawalewesha hata wafurahi, na kisha kulala usingizi usio na mwisho hata wasiamke - hili ni tamko la Yahwe -
In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a continuous sleep, And do not awaken,” a declaration of YHWH.
40 nitawapeleka chini kama wanakondoo kwa mchinjaji, kama kondoo dume pamoja na mbuzi majike.
“I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with male goats.
41 Jinsi Babeli ulivyotekwa! Hivyo fahari ya dunia yote imekamatwa. Jinsi Babeli ulivyofanyika sehemu yenye magofu kati ya mataifa.
How Sheshach has been captured, Indeed, the praise of the whole earth is caught, How Babylon has been for an astonishment among nations.
42 Bahari imekuja juu ya Babeli! Amefunikwa na mawimbi yavumayo.
The sea has come up over Babylon, She has been covered with a multitude of its billows.
43 Miji yake imekuwa ukiwa, sehemu kame na nyika, nchi isiyo na watu, na hakuna mtu apitaye hapo.
Her cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land—none dwell in them, Nor does a son of man pass over into them.
44 Hivyo nitamwadhibu Beli huko Babeli; nitakitoa kinywani mwake alichokimeza, na mataifa hawatamminikia tena pamoja na wazao wao. Kuta za Babeli zitaanguka.
And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed—from his mouth, And nations no longer flow to him, Also the wall of Babylon has fallen.
45 Tokeni kati yake, enyi watu wangu. Kila mmoja wenu aokowe maisha yake kutoka katika hasira ya gadhabu yangu.
Go forth from her midst, O My people, And let each deliver his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of YHWH,
46 Msiache mioyo yenu ikaogopa au kuhofu habari iliyosikiwa nchini, maana habari itakuja siku moja. Baada yake mwaka unaofuata kutakuwa na habari, na ghasia zitakuwa nchini. Mtawala atakuwa kinyume cha mtawala.
And lest your heart be tender, And you are afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And the report has come in [one] year, And after it [another] report in [another] year, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against ruler;
47 Kwa hiyo, tazama, siku zinakuja nitakapoadhibu sanamu za Babeli. Nchi yake yote itaaibika, na wote waliochinjwa wataanguka ndani yake.
Therefore, behold, days are coming, And I have seen after the carved images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones fall in its midst.
48 Kisha mbingu na nchi, na vyote vilivyomo ndani yake vitafurahi juu ya Babeli. Maana mwalibifu atamwijia kutoka kaskazini - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
And heavens and earth and all that [is] in them Have cried aloud against Babylon, For the spoilers come to her from the north,” A declaration of YHWH.
49 “Kama Babeli alivyowafanya waliouawa wa Israeli kuanguka, hivyo waliouawa katika nchi yake wataanguka katika Babeli.
“As Babylon [has caused the] pierced of Israel to fall, So they of Babylon have fallen, You pierced of all the earth.
50 Ondokeni!, manusura wa vita, Msikawiye. Mkumbukeni Yahwe tokea mbali; Yerusalemu na ikumbukwe.
You escaped of the sword, go on, do not stand, Remember YHWH from afar, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.
51 Tumeaibika, maana tumesikia matusi; dhihaka imefunika nyuso zetu, maana wageni wameingia mahali patakatifu pa nyumba ya Yahwe.
We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come in against the sanctuaries of the house of YHWH.
52 Kwa hiyo, tazama, siku zinakuja - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe - nitakapoziadhibu sanamu zake, na waliojeruhiwa watanung'unika kwa maumivu katika nchi yake yote.
Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have seen after her carved images, And the wounded groan in all her land.
53 Maana hata kama Babeli angepanda mbinguni au kujenga ngome zake ndefu, aharibuye kutoka kwangu angemwendea - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
Because Babylon goes up to the heavens, And because she fortifies the high place of her strength, Spoilers come into her from Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
54 Kelele ya maangamizi ilitoka Babeli, anguko kubwa kutoka nchi ya Wakaldayo.
“A voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
55 Maana Yahwe anaiharibu Babeli. Anaifanya kelele ya sauti yake kuisha. Adui zake wanaunguruma kama mawimbi ya maji mengi; kelele yao imekuwa na nguvu.
For YHWH is spoiling Babylon, And has destroyed her great voice, And her billows have sounded as many waters, Their voice has given forth a noise.
56 Maana aharibuye amekuja kinyume chake - kinyume cha Babeli! - na shujaa wake wametekwa. Pinde zao zimevunjwa, maana Yahwe ni Mungu wa kisasi; atatekeleza kisasi hiki.
For a spoiler has come in against her—against Babylon, And her mighty ones have been captured, Their bows have been broken, For the God of recompenses—YHWH—certainly repays.
57 Maana nitawafanya wana wafalme wake, wenye hekima wake, maofsa wake, na maaskari wake kulewa, nao watalala usingizi kwa usingizi usioisha na bila kuamka - hili ni tamko la mfalme: Yahwe wa majeshi ndilo jina lake.
And I have caused her princes to drink, And her wise men, her governors, And her prefects, and her mighty ones, And they have slept a continuous sleep, And they do not awaken—an affirmation of the King, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.
58 Yahwe wa majeshi asema hivi: Ukuta mnene wa Babeli utaangushwa kabisa, na malango marefu yataunguzwa. Kisha watu wanaokuja kumsaidia watafanya kazi isiyofaa; kila mataifa wanachojaribu kikifanya kwa ajili yake kitateketezwa kwa moto.”
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: The wall of Babylon—The broad one—is made utterly bare, And her high gates are burned with fire, And peoples labor in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!”
59 Hili ndilo neno Yeremia nabii alilomwamru Seraya mwana wa Neria mwana wa Makseya alipokwenda na Sedekia mfalme wa Yuda huko Babeli katika mwaka wa nne wa kutawala kwake. Basi Seraya alikuwa afsa mwandamizi.
The word that Jeremiah the prophet has commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign—and Seraiah [is] a quiet prince;
60 Maana Yeremia alikuwa ameandika katika gombo kuhusu madhara yote yeliyokuwa yakienda kutendeka juu ya Babeli - maneno haya yote yaliyokuwa yameandikwa juu ya Babeli
and Jeremiah writes all the calamity that comes to Babylon on one scroll—all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
61 Yeremia akamwambia Seraya, “Unapokwenda Babeli, hakikisha unayasoma maneno haya yote.
And Jeremiah says to Seraiah, “When you enter Babylon, then you have seen, and have read all these words,
62 Nawe utasema, 'Yahwe, wewe! - wewe mwenyewe umesema kwamba utapaharibu mahali hapa. Hapatakuwa na wa kukaa, kwamba ni watu au wanyama. Patakuwa nchi isiyofaa daima.'
and have said: YHWH, You have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even to livestock, for it is a continuous desolation.
63 Kisha mtakapomaliza kusoma gombo hili, funga jiwe kubwa juu yake na ulitupe katikati ya Frati.
And it has come to pass, when you finish reading this scroll, you bind a stone to it, and have cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,
64 Sema, 'Babeli utazama kama hivi. Hautainuka kwa sababu ya mabaya ninayoyapeleka juu yake, nao wataanguka.” Maneno ya Yeremia yanaishia hapa.
and said, Thus Babylon sinks, and she does not arise, because of the calamity that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.” Until now [are the] words of Jeremiah.
