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 Jehovah: Lo, 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 to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about — 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.
Let not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.
4 Maana watu waliojeruhiwa wataanguka katika nchi ya Wakaldayo; waliouawa wataanguka katika mitaa yake.
And fallen have the wounded 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, not forsaken is Israel and Judah, By its God — by Jehovah of Hosts, For their land hath 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 ye from the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye each his soul, Be not cut off in its iniquity, For a time of vengeance it [is] to Jehovah, Recompence He is rendering to her.
7 Babeli alikuwa kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwa Yahwe kilichoinywesha nchi yote; mataifa walikunywa mvinyo wake wakawa wendawazimu.
A golden cup [is] Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.
8 Babeli utaanguka ghafla na kuangamizwa. Mwombolezeeni! mpeni dawa kwa maumivu yake; pengine aweza kupona.
Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it 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 come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.
10 Yahwe ametamka kwamba sisi hatuna hatia. Njooni, teseme katika Sayuni matendo ya Yahwe Mungu wetu.'
Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
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 ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device [is] to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it [is], 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.
Unto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For Jehovah hath both devised and done that which He spake, 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, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
14 Yahwe wa majeshi ameapa kwa maisha yake, 'nitakujaza na adui zako, kama pigo la nzige; watainua kelele za vita juu yako.'
Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee — shouting.
15 Ameifanya dunia kwa nguvu zake; akaiweka dunia mahali kwa hekima yake. Kwa ufahamu wake alizitanda mbingu.
The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of 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 giveth forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth 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.
Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image, And there is no breath in them.
18 Hazifai, kazi ya wafanya mzaa; wataangamizwa wakati wa kuadhibiwa kwao.
Vanity [are] they — work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
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.
Not like these [is] the portion of Jacob, For He [is] former of all things, And [Israel is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
20 Wewe ni nyundo ya vita yao, silaha ya vita yangu. Kwa wewe nitawaponda mataifa na kuharibu falme.
An axe [art] thou to me — weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,
21 Kwa wewe nitaponda farasi na wawapandao; kwa wewe nitaponda vibandawazi na madereva wake.
And I have broken in pieces by thee horse and its rider, And I have broken in pieces by thee chariot and its charioteer,
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 by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,
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 by thee shepherd and his drove, And I have broken in pieces by thee husbandman and his team, And I have broken in pieces by thee governors and prefects.
24 Maana mbele yako nitamlipa Babeli na wote wakaao Ukaldayo kwa maovu yote waliyoyafanya huko Sayuni - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
And I have recompensed to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes — an affirmation of Jehovah.
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.
Lo, I [am] against thee, O destroying mount, An affirmation of Jehovah, That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I have rolled thee from the rocks, And given thee 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 take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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 ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, 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 shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, 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.
Ceased have the mighty of Babylon to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Failed hath their might, they have become woman, They have burnt her tabernacles, Broken have been her bars.
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 to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city — 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 the reeds they have burnt 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 Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing — yet a little, And come hath the time of her harvest.
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, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us [as] an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath 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, Say doth the inhabitant of Zion, And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea, Say doth Jerusalem.
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 Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.
37 Babeli utakuwa rundo la magofu, pango la mbwea, sehemu itishayo, kitu cha kutoa sauti ya nyoka, pasipo na watu.
And Babylon hath 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.
Together as young lions they roar, 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 sleep age-during, And awake not — an affirmation of Jehovah.
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 he-goats.
41 Jinsi Babeli ulivyotekwa! Hivyo fahari ya dunia yote imekamatwa. Jinsi Babeli ulivyofanyika sehemu yenye magofu kati ya mataifa.
How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
42 Bahari imekuja juu ya Babeli! Amefunikwa na mawimbi yavumayo.
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
43 Miji yake imekuwa ukiwa, sehemu kame na nyika, nchi isiyo na watu, na hakuna mtu apitaye hapo.
Its cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land — none doth dwell in them, Nor pass over into them doth a son of man.
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 flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.
45 Tokeni kati yake, enyi watu wangu. Kila mmoja wenu aokowe maisha yake kutoka katika hasira ya gadhabu yangu.
Go forth from its midst, O My people, And deliver ye, each his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah,
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 ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, 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, lo, days are coming, And I have seen after the graven images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones do 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 cried aloud against Babylon Have heavens and earth, and all that [is] in them, For, from the north come to it do the spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.
49 “Kama Babeli alivyowafanya waliouawa wa Israeli kuanguka, hivyo waliouawa katika nchi yake wataanguka katika Babeli.
Even Babylon [is] to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.
50 Ondokeni!, manusura wa vita, Msikawiye. Mkumbukeni Yahwe tokea mbali; Yerusalemu na ikumbukwe.
Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar Jehovah, 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, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of Jehovah.
52 Kwa hiyo, tazama, siku zinakuja - hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe - nitakapoziadhibu sanamu zake, na waliojeruhiwa watanung'unika kwa maumivu katika nchi yake yote.
Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have seen after its graven images, And in all its land groan doth the wounded.
53 Maana hata kama Babeli angepanda mbinguni au kujenga ngome zake ndefu, aharibuye kutoka kwangu angemwendea - hili ni tamko la Yahwe.
Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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 Jehovah is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.
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 come in against it — against Babylon — hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences — Jehovah — doth certainly repay.
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 its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not — an affirmation of the king, Jehovah 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 Jehovah of Hosts, the wall of Babylon — The broad one — is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour 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 hath 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 writeth all the evil that cometh unto Babylon on one book — all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
61 Yeremia akamwambia Seraya, “Unapokwenda Babeli, hakikisha unayasoma maneno haya yote.
And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, 'When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast 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 hast said: Jehovah, Thou, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even unto cattle, for it is a desolation age-during.
63 Kisha mtakapomaliza kusoma gombo hili, funga jiwe kubwa juu yake na ulitupe katikati ya Frati.
And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,
64 Sema, 'Babeli utazama kama hivi. Hautainuka kwa sababu ya mabaya ninayoyapeleka juu yake, nao wataanguka.” Maneno ya Yeremia yanaishia hapa.
and said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.' Hitherto [are] words of Jeremiah.
