1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Neno hili ndilo lililomjia Yeremia, kutoka kwa Bwana, kusema,
2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Bwana Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, ya kwamba, Uyaandike kitabuni maneno hayo yote niliyokuambia.
3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
Kwa maana, tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapowarejeza watu wangu wa Israeli na Yuda waliofungwa, asema Bwana; nami nitawarudisha hata nchi niliyowapa baba zao, nao wataimiliki.
4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
Na haya ndiyo maneno aliyosema Bwana, katika habari za Israeli, na katika habari za Yuda.
5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Maana Bwana asema hivi, Tumesikia sauti ya tetemeko, na ya hofu, wala si ya amani.
6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Ulizeni sasa, mkaone kwamba mwanamume aona utungu wa uzazi; mbona, basi, ninaona kila mtu anaweka mikono yake viunoni, kama mwanamke aliye na utungu, na nyuso zote zimegeuka rangi.
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Ole! Maana siku ile ni kuu, hata hapana inayofanana nayo, maana ni wakati wa taabu yake Yakobo; lakini ataokolewa nayo.
8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
Na itakuwa katika siku ile, asema Bwana wa majeshi, nitaivunja nira yake itoke shingoni mwako, nami nitavipasua vifungo vyako; wala wageni hawatamtumikisha tena;
9 but they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
bali watamtumikia Bwana, Mungu wao, na Daudi, mfalme wao, nitakayemwinua kwa ajili yao.
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Kwa sababu hiyo usiogope, Ee Yakobo, mtumishi wangu, asema Bwana; wala usifadhaike, Ee Israeli; kwa maana, tazama, nitakuokoa toka mbali, na wazao wako toka nchi ya uhamisho wao; na Yakobo atarudi, naye atatulia na kustarehe, wala hapana mtu atakayemtia hofu.
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Maana mimi ni pamoja nawe, asema Bwana, nikuokoe; maana nitawakomesha kabisa mataifa yote huko nilikokutawanya, bali sitakukomesha wewe kabisa; lakini nitakurudi kwa hukumu, wala sitakuacha bila adhabu.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Maana Bwana asema hivi, Maumivu yako hayaponyekani, na jeraha yako ni kubwa.
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
Hapana mtu wa kukutetea; kwa jeraha yako huna dawa ziponyazo.
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Wote wakupendao wamekusahau; hawakutafuti; maana nimekujeruhi kwa jeraha ya adui, kwa adhabu ya mtu mkatili; kwa sababu ya ukubwa wa uovu wako, kwa sababu dhambi zako zilikuwa zimeongezeka.
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Mbona unalilia maumivu yako? Hayaponyeki maumivu yako; kwa sababu ya ukubwa wa uovu wako, kwa sababu dhambi zako zimeongezeka, nimekutenda haya.
16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
Basi, watu wote wakulao wataliwa; na adui zako wote watakwenda kufungwa; kila mmoja wao; na hao waliokuteka nyara watatekwa; na wote waliokuwinda nitawafanya kuwa mawindo.
17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying , This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Maana nitakurudishia afya, nami nitakuponya jeraha zako, asema Bwana, kwa sababu wamekuita, mwenye kutupwa, wakisema, Ni Sayuni, ambao hapana mtu autakaye.
18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
Bwana asema hivi, Tazama, nitarudisha tena hema za Yakobo zilizohamishwa, na kuyahurumia makao yake; nao mji huo utajengwa juu ya magofu yake wenyewe, nalo jumba litakaliwa, kama ilivyokuwa desturi yake.
19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Tena kwao itasikiwa shukrani, na sauti yao wachangamkao; nami nitawazidisha, wala hawatakuwa wachache; tena nitawatukuza, wala hawatakuwa wanyonge.
20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
Watoto wao nao watakuwa kama zamani, na kusanyiko lao litathibitika mbele zangu, nami nitawaadhibu wote wawaoneao.
21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
Na mkuu wao atakuwa mtu wa kwao wenyewe, naye mwenye kuwatawala atakuwa mtu wa jamaa yao; nami nitamkaribisha, naye atanikaribia; maana ni nani aliye na moyo wa kuthubutu kunikaribia? Asema Bwana.
22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Nanyi mtakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wenu.
23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
Tazama, tufani ya Bwana, yaani, ghadhabu yake, imetokea tufani ya kudumu; itawaangukia waovu vichwani.
24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it , and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Hasira kali ya Bwana haitarudi, hata atakapokwisha kutenda, hata atakapokwisha kuyatimiza makusudi ya moyo wake; katika siku za mwisho mtayafahamu haya.
