1 Oh 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!
Laiti kichwa changu kingekuwa maji, na macho yangu kuwa chemchemi ya machozi, ili nipate kulia mchana na usiku kwa ajili yao waliouawa wa binti ya watu wangu!
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Laiti ningekuwa na mahali pa kukaa jangwani, kibanda cha wasafiri; nipate kuwaacha watu wangu, na kuondoka kwao! Maana wao ni wazinzi, wote pia, mkutano wa watu wenye hiana.
3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Huupinda ulimi wao, kana kwamba ni upinde, ili kusema uongo; nao wamepata nguvu katika nchi, lakini si katika uaminifu; maana huendelea toka ubaya hata ubaya, wala hawanijui mimi, asema Bwana.
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Jihadharini, kila mtu na jirani yake, wala msimtumaini ndugu awaye yote; maana kila ndugu atachongea, na kila jirani atakwenda huko na huko na kusingizia.
5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Nao watadanganya kila mtu jirani yake, wala hawatasema kweli; wameuzoeza ulimi wao kusema uongo; hujidhoofisha ili kutenda uovu.
6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Makao yako ya katikati ya hadaa; kwa hadaa wanakataa kunijua mimi, asema Bwana.
7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Basi, kwa hiyo Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Tazama, nitawayeyusha na kuwajaribu; maana nisipotenda hivi, nitende nini kwa ajili ya binti ya watu wangu?
8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Ulimi wao ni mshale ufishao; husema maneno ya hadaa; mtu mmoja husema maneno ya amani na mwenzake kwa kinywa chake, lakini moyoni mwake humwotea.
9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Je! Nisiwapatilize kwa mambo hayo? Asema Bwana; na nafsi yangu je! Nisijilipize kisasi juu ya taifa la namna hii?
10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them ; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Kwa milima nitalia na kulalama, Na kwa malisho ya nyikani nitafanya maombolezo; Kwa sababu yameteketea, hata hapana apitaye, Wala hapana awezaye kusikia sauti ya ng'ombe; Ndege wa angani, na wanyama wa mwituni, Wamekimbia, wamekwenda zao.
11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Nami nitafanya Yerusalemu kuwa magofu, Makao ya mbweha; Nami nitaifanya miji ya Yuda kuwa ukiwa, Isikaliwe na mtu awaye yote.
12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
Ni nani aliye na hekima, apate kuelewa na haya? Tena ni nani ambaye kinywa cha Bwana kimesema naye, apate kuyatangaza? Nayo ni nini maana yake nchi hii kuharibika, na kuteketea kama nyika, asipite mtu?
13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
Naye Bwana asema, Ni kwa sababu wameiacha sheria yangu niliyoweka mbele yao, wala hawakuitii sauti yangu, wala kuenenda katika hiyo;
14 but have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
bali wameenenda katika ushupavu wa mioyo yao wenyewe, na kuandamana na Mabaali, kama walivyofundishwa na baba zao.
15 therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Basi, Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Tazama, nitawalisha pakanga, naam, watu hawa, nami nitawapa maji ya uchungu wayanywe.
16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Nami nitawatawanya kati ya mataifa, ambao wao hawakuwajua; wala baba zao, nami nitatuma upanga nyuma yao, hata nitakapowaangamiza kabisa.
17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women , that they may come:
Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Fikirini ninyi, mkawaite wanawake waombolezao, ili waje; mkatume na kuwaita wanawake wenye ustadi, ili waje;
18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
na wafanye haraka na kutuombolezea, ili macho yetu yachuruzike machozi, na kope zetu zibubujike maji.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Maana sauti ya maombolezo imesikiwa toka Sayuni, Jinsi tulivyotekwa! tulivyofadhaika sana! Kwa sababu tumeiacha nchi, kwa kuwa wameangusha makao yetu.
20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Lakini lisikieni neno la Bwana, enyi wanawake, Na masikio yenu yapokee neno la kinywa chake; Mkawafundishe binti zenu kuomboleza, Na kila mmoja jirani yake kulia.
21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Kwa maana mauti imepandia madirishani mwetu, imeingia majumbani mwetu; Ipate kuwakatilia mbali watoto walio nje, na vijana katika njia kuu.
22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them .
Nena, Bwana asema hivi, Mizoga ya watu itaanguka kama samadi juu ya mashamba, Na kama konzi ya ngano nyuma yake avunaye, wala hapana mtu atakayeikusanya.
23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Bwana asema hivi, Mwenye hekima asijisifu kwa sababu ya hekima yake, wala mwenye nguvu asijisifu kwa sababu ya nguvu zake, wala tajiri asijisifu kwa sababu ya utajiri wake;
24 but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
bali ajisifuye na ajisifu kwa sababu hii, ya kwamba ananifahamu mimi, na kunijua, ya kuwa mimi ni Bwana, nitendaye wema, na hukumu, na haki, katika nchi; maana mimi napendezwa na mambo hayo, asema Bwana,
25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapowaadhibu wote waliotahiriwa katika hali yao ya kutokutahiriwa;
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
Misri, na Yuda, na Edomu, na wana wa Amoni, na Moabu, na wote wenye kunyoa denge, wakaao nyikani; maana mataifa hayo yote hawana tohara, wala nyumba yote ya Israeli hawakutahiriwa mioyo yao.
