1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
Tena neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
Wewe hutaoa mke, wala hutakuwa na wana wala binti mahali hapa.
3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
Maana Bwana asema hivi, katika habari za wana, na katika habari za binti, wazaliwao mahali hapa, na katika habari za mama zao waliowazaa, na katika habari za baba zao waliowazaa, katika nchi hii;
4 they shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
watakufa kwa maradhi mabaya; hawataliliwa, wala hawatazikwa; watakuwa kama samadi juu ya uso wa nchi; nao wataangamizwa kwa upanga, na kwa njaa; na mizoga yao itakuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani, na cha wanyama wa nchi.
5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
Maana Bwana asema hivi, Usiingie ndani ya nyumba yenye matanga, wala usiende kuwaombolezea, wala kuwalilia; maana nimewaondolea watu hawa amani yangu, asema Bwana, hata fadhili zangu na rehema zangu.
6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Wakubwa kwa wadogo wote pia watakufa katika nchi hii; hawatazikwa, wala watu hawatawalilia, wala kujikata-kata kwa ajili yao, wala kujinyoa kwa ajili yao;
7 neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
wala watu hawatamega mkate kwa ajili yao, wakati wa kuomboleza, ili kuwafariji kwa ajili yao waliokufa; wala watu hawatawapa kikombe cha faraja, wanywe kwa ajili ya baba yao au mama yao.
8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Wala usiingie ndani katika nyumba yenye karamu, kuketi pamoja nao, na kula na kunywa.
9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Maana Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Mimi, mbele ya macho yenu, na katika siku zenu, nitaikomesha sauti ya furaha, na sauti ya kicheko, mahali hapa; sauti ya bwana arusi, na sauti ya bibi arusi.
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
Tena itakuwa, utakapowaonyesha watu hawa maneno haya yote, nao wakakuambia, Mbona Bwana amenena juu yetu mabaya haya makuu? Uovu wetu ni uovu gani? Na dhambi yetu, tuliyomtenda Bwana, Mungu wetu, ni nini?
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Ndipo utakapowaambia, Ni kwa sababu baba zenu wameniacha mimi, asema Bwana, na kuwafuata miungu mingine, na kuwatumikia, na kuwaabudu, wakaniacha mimi, wasiishike torati yangu;
12 and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me.
na ninyi mmetenda mabaya kupita baba zenu; maana angalieni, mnaenenda kila mmoja wenu kwa ushupavu wa moyo wake mbaya, msinisikilize mimi;
13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
basi, kwa sababu hiyo, nitawatoeni katika nchi hii, na kuwaingiza katika nchi ambayo hamkuijua, wala ninyi wala baba zenu; na huko mtawatumikia miungu mingine mchana na usiku; kwa maana mimi sitawapa fadhili zangu hata kidogo.
14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Kwa hiyo, angalia, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, ambapo hawatasema tena, Aishivyo Bwana, aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli toka nchi ya Misri;
15 but, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
lakini, Aishivyo Bwana, aliyewaleta wana wa Israeli toka nchi ya kaskazini, na toka nchi zote alikowafukuza; nami nitawarudisha katika nchi yao wenyewe niliyowapa baba zao.
16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Tazama, asema Bwana, Nitatuma watu kuwaita wavuvi wengi, nao watawavua; na baada ya hayo nitatuma watu kuwaita wawindaji wengi, nao watawawinda, watoke katika kila mlima, na kila kilima, na pango za majabali.
17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Maana macho yangu yaziangalia njia zao zote, hawakufichwa uso wangu usiwaone, wala haukusitirika uovu wao macho yangu yasiuone.
18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Nami kwanza nitawalipa uovu wao na dhambi zao maradufu, kwa kuwa wameitia unajisi nchi yangu, kwa mizoga ya vitu vyao vichukizavyo, na kuujaza urithi wangu kwa machukizo yao.
19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Ee Bwana, nguvu zangu, ngome yangu, na kimbilio langu siku ya taabu, kwako wewe watakuja mataifa yote toka ncha za dunia, wakisema, Baba zenu hawakurithi kitu ila uongo, naam, ubatili na vitu visivyofaa.
20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Je! Mwanadamu ajifanyie miungu, wasio miungu?
21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
Basi, tazama, nitawajulisha, mara moja hii nitawajulisha, mkono wangu, na nguvu zangu; nao watajua ya kuwa, jina langu ni YEHOVA.
