Yeremia 9
1 Kama kichwa changu kingetoa maji, na macho yangu kuwa chemichemi ya machozi! kwa kuwa natamani kulia usiku na mchana kwa ajili yao waliokuwa binti za watu wangu ambao wameuawa.
O that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Kama mtu anganipatia mahali pa wasafiri nyikani ili nikae, mahali ambapo ningeenda kuwatelekeza watu wangu. Kama ningewaacha, kwa kuwa wote ni wazinzi, kundi la wenye hiana!
O that I had a traveller's lodge in the wilderness, That I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers; An assembly of revolters.
3 asema BWANA, “Huupinda ulimi wao kana kwamba ni upinde ili wapate kuongea uongo, lakini si kwa uamiinifu wao kwamba wanapata nguvu duniani. Wanatoka uovu mmoja hadi mwiingine. Hawanijui mimi.”
They bend their tongues, like their bows, for lies, And not by truth do they grow mighty in the earth; They proceed from wickedness to wickedness, And have no regard to me, saith Jehovah.
4 Kila mmoja wenu, awe mlinzi wa jirani yake na usimwamini hata ndugu yako yeyote. kwa kuwa kila ndugu ni mwongo,
Be on your guard each one against his neighbor, And trust ye not in any brother; For every brother will supplant, And every neighbor will slander.
5 kila jirani anatembea akilaghai. Kila mwanamume anakejeli jirani yake na haongei ukweli. Ndimi zao hufundisha vitu vya uongo. Hujidhofisha ili kusema uongo.
They deceive every one his neighbor, And do not speak the truth; They have accustomed their tongues to speak lies; They weary themselves in doing iniquity.
6 Makazi yenu yako kati ya udanganyifu; kwa uongo wao wanakataa kunitambua mimi. Asema BWANA.”
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit, [[O prophet!]] Through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
7 Kwa hiyo BWANA wa majeshi asema hivi, “Tazama, Niko tayari kuwajaribu. Nitawajaribu nione. Jinsi gani niwezavyo kufanya kwa binti za watu wangu?
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold I will melt them and try them; For what else can I do on account of the daughter of my people?
8 Ndimi zao ni mishale iliyochongoka; huongea vitu vya uasi. Kwa midomo yao wanatangaza amani pamoja na jirani zao, lakini katika mioyo yao wanadanganya wakati wa kusubri.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; Every one of them speaketh treachery; With their mouth they speak peace to their neighbor, But in their heart they lay snares for him.
9 Kwa nini nisiwaadhibu kwa sababu ya mambo haya - asema BWANA na kwa nini nisijilipizie kisasi kwa taifa ambalo liko kama hili?
Shall I not punish them for these things? saith Jehovah; Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Nitaimba wimbo wa kuomboleza na kulia kwa ajili ya milima, na wimbo wa mazishi utaimbwa nyikani. Kwa kuwa wameteketezwa kwa hiyo hakuna anAyeweza kupita kati kati yao. Hawatasikia sauti ya ng'ombe yeyote. Ndege wa angani na wanyama wote wamekimbia.
For the mountains will I lift up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the plains a lamentation, For they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; No more is heard the voice of the cattle; Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled, and are gone.
11 Kwa hiyo nitaigeuza Yerusalemu kuwa vifusi vya ukiwa, maficho ya mbweha. Nitaifanya miji ya Yuda kuwa miji iliyoharibiwa isiyokaliwa na watu.
I will make Jerusalem heaps of stones, The dwelling-place of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Ni nani mwenye hekima anayeyaelewa haya? Je, kinywa cha BWANA kinatangaza nini kwake ili aweze kuyasema? Kwa nini nchi imepotea? Imeharibiwa kama jangwa, ambapo hakuna apitaye kati kati yake.
Who is the wise man, that he may understand this, And he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is it that the land perisheth, That it is burned up like a desert, which none passeth through?
13 BWANA asema, “Ni kwa sababu wameziacha sheria zake ambazo niliwatengenezea, kwa sababu hawaisikilizi sauti yangu au kuishi kwa kuifuta.
Jehovah himself hath said: It is because they have forsaken my law, Which I set before them, And have not hearkened to my voice, Nor walked according to it;
14 Ni kwa sababu wameishi kwa ushupavu wa mioyo yao na wamewafuata Mabaali kama baba zao walivyowafundisha kufanya.
But have walked after the obstinacy of their own heart, And after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
15 Kwa hiyo BWANA wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, 'Tazama, Ninataka kuwafanya hawa watu wale pakanga na kunywa maji ya sumu.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, And give them water of hemlock to drink.
16 Ndipo nitakapowasambaza kati ya mataifa ambayo hawajayajua, wao wala mababu zao. Nitatuma upanga kwa ajili yao mpaka nimewaangamiza wote kabisa.'”
I will also scatter them among nations Which neither they nor their fathers have known, And I will send after them the sword, Till I have made an end of them.
17 BWANA wa majeshi asema hivi, “Yafikirini haya: Waiteni waliaji; waje. Tumeni wanawake wenye taaluma ya kuomboleza, waje.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, And send to the skilful ones, that they may come;
18 Waje haraka waimbe wimbo wa maombolezo juu yetu, ili macho yetu yatokwe na machozi na kope zetu zibubujikwe na maji.
Let them make haste, and lift up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run down with tears, And our eyelids gush forth with waters.
19 Kwa kuwa sauti ya kilio imesikika Sayuni, 'Jinsi tulivyoharibiwa. Tumeaibishwa sana, kwa kuwa tumeitelekeza nchi tangu walIpoangusha nyumba zetu.'
Behold, a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How are we spoiled! How are we put to shame! We must leave our native land; They have cast down our habitations.”
20 Kwa hiyo ninyi wanawake, sikieni neno la BWANA; zingatieni ujumbe unaokuja toka kinywani mwake. Kisha wafundisheni binti zenu wimbo wa maombolezo, na kila mwanamke wa jirani wimbo wa kilio.
Hear, O ye women, the word of Jehovah! Let your ear receive the word of his mouth! Teach your daughters a lamentation, And every one her companion a mournful dirge!
21 Kwa kuwa vifo vimekuja kupitia dirishani; vinaelekea mahali petu. Vinawaharibu watoto kutoka nje na vijana kwenye viwanja vya miji.
For death cometh in through our windows, It entereth our palaces; It cutteth off the children from the street, And the young men from the public places.
22 Uyatangaze haya, 'Asema BWANA - mizoga ya wanaume itaanguka kama mavi kwenye mashamba na kama mabua baada ya mvunaji, na hapatakuwa na mtu wa kuyakusanya.'”
Declare it, saith Jehovah! The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, And as the handful behind the reaper, Which none gathereth up.
23 BWANA asema hivi, “Usimwache mtu mwenye busara ajivune kwa ajili ya hekima yake, au shujaa kwa sababu ya uwezo wake. Usimwache mtu tajiri ajivunie utajiri wake.
Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty glory in his might, Nor let the rich glory in his riches!
24 Kwa kuwa kama mtu atajivunia chochote kile, acha iwe hivi, yeye awe na busra na kunijua mimi. Kwa kuwa mimi ni BWANA, atendaye katika agano la wema, haki, na hukumu duniani. Ni katika hili kwamba ninafurahia- asema BWANA.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he hath regard to me, and knoweth me, That I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, Justice, and righteousness upon the earth; For in these do I delight, saith Jehovah.
25 Tazama, siku zaja - asema BWANA wakati nitakapowaadhibu wote ambao hawajatahiriwa ambao wako hivyo hivyo katika miili yao.
Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will punish all the circumcised with the uncircumcised,
26 Nitaiadhibu Misri na Yuda, Edomu, watu wa Amoni, Moabu, na watu wote wanaonyoa denge. Kwani mataifa yote haya hayajatahiriwa, na nyumba yote ya Israeli ina moyo ambao haujatahiriwa.”
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, And the sons of Ammon and Moab, And all with shaven cheeks, that dwell in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.
