Parable of the Figs
1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Bwana akanionyesha, na tazama, vikapu viwili vya tini, vimewekwa mbele ya hekalu la Bwana, baada ya Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, kumchukua mateka Yekonia, mwana wa Yehoyakimu, mfalme wa Yuda, na wakuu wa Yuda, pamoja na mafundi na wafua chuma, kutoka Yerusalemu, kuwaleta Babeli.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
Kikapu kimoja kilikuwa na tini nzuri sana, kama tini zilizotangulia kuiva; na kikapu cha pili kilikuwa na tini mbovu sana zisizoweza kuliwa, kwa kuwa zilikuwa mbovu sana.
3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Ndipo Bwana akaniambia, Unaona nini Yeremia? Nikasema, Naona tini; tini nzuri zilizo nzuri sana; na tini mbovu zilizo mbovu sana, zisizoweza kuliwa, kwa kuwa ni mbovu sana.
4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Kisha neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Kama zilivyo tini hizi nzuri, ndivyo nitakavyowaangalia mateka wa Yuda, niliowatoa katika mahali hapa, waende mpaka nchi ya Wakaldayo, wapate mema.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Kwa maana nitawatulizia macho yangu, wapate mema, nami nitawaingiza katika nchi hii tena; nami nitawajenga, wala sitawabomoa; nitawapanda wala sitawang'oa.
7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Nami nitawapa moyo, wanijue ya kuwa mimi ni Bwana; nao watakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wao; kwa maana watanirudia kwa moyo wao wote.
8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
Na habari za tini zile mbovu, zisizoweza kuliwa, kwa kuwa ni mbovu sana; hakika, asema, Bwana, ndivyo nitakavyomtoa Sedekia, mfalme wa Yuda, na wakuu wake, na mabaki ya Yerusalemu, waliosalia katika nchi hii, na hao wanaokaa katika nchi ya Misri.
9 and I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Naam, nitawatoa watupwe huko na huko katika falme zote za dunia, wapate mabaya; wawe kitu cha kulaumiwa, na mithali, na dhihaka, na laana, katika mahali pote nitakapowafukuza.
10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Nami nitatuma upanga, na njaa, na tauni, kati yao, hata watakapopotelea mbali katika nchi niliyowapa, wao na baba zao.
