The Temple Proclamation
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Neno hili ndilo lililomjia Yeremia, kutoka kwa Bwana, kusema,
2 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
Simama langoni pa nyumba ya Bwana, ukatangaze hapo neno hili, ukisema, Sikilizeni neno la Bwana, ninyi nyote wa Yuda, mnaoingia katika malango haya ili kumwabudu Bwana.
3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Tengenezeni njia zenu, na matendo yenu, nami nitawakalisha ninyi mahali hapa.
4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
Msitumainie maneno ya uongo, mkisema, Hekalu la Bwana, Hekalu la Bwana, Hekalu la Bwana ndiyo haya.
5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Maana kama mkitengeneza kabisa njia zenu na matendo yenu; kama mkihukumu hukumu ya haki kati ya mtu na jirani yake;
6 if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
kama hamwonei mgeni, wala yatima, wala mjane, wala kumwaga damu isiyo na hatia mahali hapa, wala kuifuata miungu mingine kwa hasara yenu wenyewe;
7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
ndipo nitakapowakalisha mahali hapa, katika nchi hii niliyowapa baba zenu, tokea zamani hata milele.
8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Angalieni, mnatumainia maneno ya uongo, yasiyoweza kufaidia.
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Je! Mtaiba, na kuua, na kuzini, na kuapa kwa uongo, na kumfukizia Baali uvumba, na kuifuata miungu mingine ambayo hamkuijua;
10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
kisha mtakuja na kusimama mbele zangu katika nyumba hii, iitwayo kwa jina langu, na kusema, Tumepona; ili mpate kufanya machukizo hayo yote?
11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it , saith the LORD.
Je! Nyumba hii, iitwayo kwa jina langu, imekuwa pango la wanyang'anyi machoni penu? Angalieni, mimi, naam, mimi, nimeliona jambo hili, asema Bwana.
12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Lakini enendeni sasa hata mahali pangu palipokuwapo katika Shilo, nilipolikalisha jina langu hapo kwanza, mkaone nilivyopatenda kwa sababu ya uovu wa watu wangu Israeli.
13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
Na sasa, kwa sababu mmezifanya kazi hizi zote asema Bwana, nami nikasema nanyi, nikiamka mapema na kunena, lakini hamkusikia; nami nikawaita wala hamkuniitikia;
14 therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
basi, nitaitenda nyumba hii, iitwayo kwa jina langu, mnayoitumainia, na mahali hapa nilipowapa ninyi na baba zenu, kama nilivyopatenda Shilo.
15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Nami nitawatupa ninyi mbali na macho yangu, kama nilivyowatupa ndugu zenu wote, yaani, wazao wote wa Efraimu.
16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
Basi, wewe usiwaombee watu hawa, wala usiwapazie sauti yako, wala kuwaombea dua, wala usinisihi kwa ajili yao; kwa maana sitakusikiliza.
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Je! Huoni wanavyotenda katika miji ya Yuda, na katika njia kuu za Yerusalemu?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Watoto huokota kuni, na baba zao huwasha moto, na wanawake hukanda unga, ili kumfanyizia mikate malkia wa mbinguni, na kuwamiminia miungu mingine sadaka za kinywaji, wapate kunikasirisha mimi.
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Je! Watu hawa wanikasirisha mimi? Asema Bwana; hawajikasirishi nafsi zao, na kuzitia haya nyuso zao wenyewe?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Kwa hiyo, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi, Tazama, hasira yangu na ghadhabu yangu zitamwagwa juu ya mahali hapa, juu ya wanadamu, na juu ya wanyama, na juu ya miti ya mashamba, na juu ya mazao ya nchi; nayo itateketea, isizimike.
21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Tieni sadaka zenu za kuteketezwa pamoja na dhabihu zenu, mkale nyama.
22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Maana sikusema na baba zenu, wala sikuwaamuru kwa habari za sadaka za kuteketezwa na dhabihu, siku ile nilipowatoa katika nchi ya Misri;
23 but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
lakini naliwaamuru neno hili, nikisema, Sikilizeni sauti yangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wenu nanyi mtakuwa watu wangu; mkaende katika njia ile yote nitakayowaamuru mpate kufanikiwa.
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Lakini hawakusikiliza, wala kutega sikio lao, bali walikwenda kwa mashauri yao wenyewe, na kwa ushupavu wa mioyo yao mibaya, wakaenda nyuma wala si mbele.
25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Tokea siku ile baba zenu walipotoka katika nchi ya Misri hata leo, nimewatuma watumishi wangu wote manabii kwenu ninyi, nikiamka mapema kila siku, na kuwatuma.
26 yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Lakini hawakunisikiliza, wala kutega sikio lao; bali walifanya shingo yao kuwa ngumu; walitenda mabaya kuliko baba zao.
27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Nawe utawaambia maneno hayo yote; lakini hawatakusikiliza, nawe utawaita; lakini hawatakuitikia.
28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Nawe utawaambia, Taifa hili ndilo lisilosikiliza sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wao, wala kupokea mafundisho; uaminifu umepotea, umekatiliwa mbali na vinywa vyao.
Let Jerusalem Mourn
29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem , and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Zikate nywele zako, Ee Yerusalemu, uzitupe, Ukafanye maombolezo juu ya vilele vya milima; Kwa maana Bwana amekikataa na kukitupa Kizazi cha ghadhabu yake.
30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
Maana wana wa Yuda wametenda yaliyo maovu machoni pangu, asema Bwana; wameweka machukizo yao ndani ya nyumba hiyo, iitwayo kwa jina langu, hata kuitia unajisi.
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Nao wamepajenga mahali palipoinuka pa Tofethi, palipo katika bonde la mwana wa Hinomu, ili kuwateketeza wana wao na binti zao motoni; jambo ambalo mimi sikuliagiza, wala halikuingia moyoni mwangu.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
Basi angalieni, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, ambazo katika siku hizo halitaitwa tena Tofethi, wala Bonde la mwana wa Hinomu bali litaitwa, Bonde la Machinjo; maana watazika watu katika Tofethi, hata hapatakuwapo mahali pa kuzika tena.
33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
Na mizoga ya watu hawa itakuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani, na cha wanyama wa nchi; wala hapana mtu atakayewafukuza.
34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Ndipo katika miji ya Yuda, na katika njia kuu za Yerusalemu, nitaikomesha sauti ya kicheko na sauti ya furaha, sauti ya bwana arusi na sauti ya bibi arusi; kwa maana nchi hiyo itakuwa ukiwa.
