Their Glory is Spoiled
1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Ifungue milango yako, Ee Lebanoni, Ili moto uiteketeze mierezi yako.
2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Piga yowe, msunobari, maana mwerezi umeanguka, Kwa sababu miti iliyo mizuri imeharibika; Pigeni yowe, enyi mialoni ya Bashani, Kwa maana msitu wenye nguvu umeangamia.
3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Sauti ya wachungaji, ya uchungu mwingi! Kwa maana utukufu wao umeharibika; Sauti ya ngurumo ya wana-simba! Kwa maana kiburi cha Yordani kimeharibika.
4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Bwana, Mungu wangu, alisema hivi, Lilishe kundi la machinjo,
5 whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
ambalo wenye kundi hilo huwachinja, kisha hujiona kuwa hawana hatia; na hao wawauzao husema, Na ahimidiwe Bwana, kwa maana mimi ni tajiri; na wachungaji wao wenyewe hawawahurumii.
6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them .
Maana mimi sitawahurumia tena wenyeji wa nchi hii, asema Bwana; bali, tazama, nitawatia, kila mmoja wao, mikononi mwa mwenzake, na mikononi mwa mfalme; nao wataipiga hiyo nchi, wala mimi sitawaokoa mikononi mwao.
7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Basi nikalilisha kundi la machinjo, kweli kondoo waliokuwa wanyonge kabisa.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Nami nikawakatilia mbali wachungaji watatu katika mwezi mmoja; maana nafsi yangu ilikuwa imechoka kwa ajili yao, na nafsi zao pia walinichukia.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
Ndipo nikasema, Sitawalisheni; afaye na afe; atakayekatiliwa mbali na akatiliwe mbali; nao waliosalia, kila mmoja na ale nyama ya mwili wa mwenziwe.
10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Nikaitwaa hiyo fimbo yangu, iitwayo Neema, nikaikata vipande viwili, ili nipate kulivunja agano langu nililolifanya na watu wa kabila zote.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Nayo ikavunjwa siku ile; na hivyo wale kondoo wanyonge walionisikiliza wakajua ya kuwa neno hili ndilo neno la Bwana.
12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Nikawaambia, Mkiona vema, nipeni ujira wangu; kama sivyo, msinipe. Basi wakanipimia vipande thelathini vya fedha, kuwa ndio ujira wangu.
13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Kisha Bwana akaniambia, Mtupie mfinyanzi kima kizuri, hicho nilichotiwa kima na watu hao. Basi nikavitwaa vile vipande thelathini vya fedha, nikamtupia huyo mfinyanzi ndani ya nyumba ya Bwana.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Ndipo nikaikata vipande viwili fimbo yangu ya pili, iitwayo Vifungo, ili nipate kuuvunja udugu uliokuwa kati ya Yuda na Israeli.
15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Bwana akaniambia, Jitwalie tena vyombo vya mchungaji mpumbavu.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Kwa maana, tazama, mimi nitainua katika nchi hii mchungaji, ambaye hatawaangalia waliopotea, wala hatawatafuta waliotawanyika, wala hatamganga aliyevunjika, wala hatamlisha aliye mzima; bali atakula nyama ya wanono, na kuzirarua-rarua kwato zao.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Ole wake mchungaji asiyefaa, aliachaye kundi! Upanga utakuwa juu ya mkono wake, na juu ya jicho lake la kuume; mkono wake utakuwa umekauka kabisa, na jicho lake la kuume litakuwa limepofuka.
