1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Wakati huo, asema Bwana, nitakuwa Mungu wa jamaa zote za Israeli, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Bwana asema hivi, Watu wale walioachwa na upanga walipata neema jangwani; yaani, Israeli, hapo nilipokwenda kumstarehesha.
3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Bwana alinitokea zamani, akisema, Naam nimekupenda kwa upendo wa milele, ndiyo maana nimekuvuta kwa fadhili zangu.
4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Mara ya pili nitakujenga, nawe utajengwa, Ee bikira wa Israeli mara ya pili utapambwa kwa matari yako, nawe utatokea katika michezo yao wanaofurahi.
5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
Mara ya pili utapanda mizabibu juu ya milima ya Samaria; wapanzi watapanda, nao watayafurahia matunda yake.
6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
Maana kutakuwa siku moja, ambayo walinzi watalia juu ya vilima vya Efraimu, Inukeni, tukaende Sayuni, kwa Bwana, Mungu wetu.
7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Maana Bwana asema hivi, Mwimbieni Yakobo kwa furaha, mkampigie kelele mkuu wa mataifa, tangazeni, sifuni, mkaseme, Ee Bwana, uwaokoe watu wako, mabaki ya Israeli.
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
Tazama, nitawaleta toka nchi ya kaskazini, na kuwakusanya katika miisho ya dunia, na pamoja nao watakuja walio vipofu, na hao wachechemeao, mwanamke mwenye mimba, na yeye pia aliye na utungu wa kuzaa; watarudi huko, jeshi kubwa.
9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Watakuja kwa kulia, na kwa maombi nitawaongoza; nitawaendesha penye mito ya maji, katika njia iliyonyoka; katika njia hiyo hawatajikwaa; maana mimi ni baba wa Israeli, na Efraimu ni mzaliwa wa kwanza wangu.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Lisikieni neno la Bwana, enyi mataifa, litangazeni visiwani mbali; mkaseme, Aliyemtawanya Israeli atamkusanya, na kumlinda, kama mchungaji alindavyo kundi lake.
11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Kwa maana Bwana amemweka huru Yakobo, amemkomboa mkononi mwake aliyekuwa hodari kuliko yeye.
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Nao watakuja, na kuimba katika mlima Sayuni, wataukimbilia wema wa Bwana, nafaka, na divai, na mafuta, na wachanga wa kondoo na wa ng'ombe; na roho zao zitakuwa kama bustani iliyotiwa maji; wala hawatahuzunika tena kabisa.
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Ndipo bikira atafurahi katika kucheza, na vijana na wazee pamoja; maana nitageuza masikitiko yao kuwa furaha, nami nitawafariji, na kuwafurahisha waache huzuni zao.
14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
Nami nitaishibisha roho ya makuhani kwa unono, na watu wangu watashiba kwa wema wangu, asema Bwana
15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Bwana asema hivi, Sauti imesikiwa Rama, kilio, na maombolezo mengi, Raheli akiwalilia watoto wake; asikubali kufarijiwa kwa watoto wake, kwa kuwa hawako,
16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Bwana asema hivi, Zuia sauti yako, usilie, na macho yako yasitoke machozi; Maana kazi yako itapata thawabu, nao watakuja tena toka nchi ya adui; Ndivyo asemavyo Bwana.
17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Tena liko tumaini kwa siku zako za mwisho, asema Bwana; na watoto wako watarejea hata mpaka wao wenyewe.
18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Hakika nimemsikia Efraimu, akijililia hivi, Umeniadhibu, nami nikaadhibika, kama ndama asiyeizoelea nira; unigeuze, nami nitageuzwa; kwa maana wewe u Bwana, Mungu wangu.
19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Hakika baada ya kugeuzwa kwangu, nalitubu; na baada ya kufundishwa kwangu, nalijipiga pajani; nalitahayarika, naam, nalifadhaika, kwa sababu naliichukua aibu ya ujana wangu.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Je! Efraimu siye mwanangu mpendwa? Je! Siye mtoto apendezaye? Maana kila nisemapo neno juu yake, ningali nikimkumbuka sana; kwa sababu hiyo moyo wangu unataabika kwa ajili yake; bila shaka nitamrehemu, asema Bwana.
21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Jiwekee alama za njia; jifanyie miti ya kukuongoza; uuelekeze moyo wako kwenye njia kuu, njia ile ile uliyoiendea; rudi tena, Ee bikira wa Israeli, irudie hii miji yako.
22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Hata lini utatanga-tanga, Ee binti mwenye kuasi? Kwa maana Bwana ameumba jambo jipya duniani; mwanamke atamlinda mwanamume.
23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Watatumia tena neno hili katika nchi ya Yuda, na katika miji yake, nitakapowarudisha mateka yao; Bwana na akubariki, Ee kao la haki, Ee mlima wa utakatifu.
24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
Na Yuda, na miji yake yote, watakaa humo pamoja; wakulima, nao waendao huko na huko pamoja na makundi yao.
25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Kwa maana nimeishibisha roho yenye uchovu, nami nimeiridhisha kila roho yenye huzuni.
26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Basi, nikaamka, nikaangalia; na usingizi wangu ulikuwa mtamu kwangu.
27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
Tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapoipanda nyumba ya Israeli, na nyumba ya Yuda, mbegu ya mwanadamu na mbegu ya mnyama.
28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
Tena itakuwa, kwa kadiri nilivyowaangalia, ili kung'oa, na kubomoa, na kuangusha, na kuangamiza, na kutesa; kwa kadiri iyo hiyo nitawaangalia, ili kujenga, na kupanda, asema Bwana.
29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Siku zile, hawatasema tena, Baba za watu wamekula zabibu kali, na meno ya watoto wao yametiwa ganzi.
30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Bali kila mtu atakufa kwa sababu ya uovu wake mwenyewe; kila mtu alaye zabibu kali, meno yake yatatiwa ganzi.
The New Covenant
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Angalia, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapofanya agano jipya na nyumba ya Israeli, na nyumba ya Yuda.
32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Si kwa mfano wa agano lile nililolifanya na baba zao, katika siku ile nilipowashika mkono, ili kuwatoa katika nchi ya Misri; ambalo agano langu hilo walilivunja, ingawa nalikuwa mume kwao, asema Bwana.
33 but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Bali agano hili ndilo nitakalofanya na nyumba ya Israeli, baada ya siku zile, asema Bwana; Nitatia sheria yangu ndani yao, na katika mioyo yao nitaiandika; nami nitakuwa Mungu wao, nao watakuwa watu wangu.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Wala hawatamfundisha kila mtu jirani yake, na kila mtu ndugu yake, wakisema, Mjue Bwana; kwa maana watanijua wote, tangu mtu aliye mdogo miongoni mwao hata aliye mkubwa miongoni mwao, asema Bwana; maana nitausamehe uovu wao, wala dhambi yao sitaikumbuka tena.
35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Bwana asema hivi, awapaye watu jua, ili kuwa nuru wakati wa mchana, na amri za mwezi na nyota, ili kuwa nuru wakati wa usiku, aichafuaye bahari, hata mawimbi yake yakavuma; Bwana wa majeshi, ndilo jina lake;
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Amri hizi zikiondoka, zisiwe mbele zangu, asema Bwana, ndipo wazao wa Israeli nao wataacha kuwa taifa mbele zangu milele.
37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Bwana asema hivi, Kama mbingu zikiweza kupimwa, na misingi ya dunia ikiweza kugunduliwa huko chini, ndipo wazao wa Israeli pia nitawatupilia mbali, kwa ajili ya hayo yote waliyoyatenda, asema Bwana.
38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
Tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, mji huu utakapojengwa kwa ajili ya Bwana, toka buruji ya Hananeli hata lango la pembeni.
39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
Na kamba ya kupimia itaendelea moja kwa moja hata mlima Garebu, tena itazunguka na kufika Goa.
40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Na bonde lote la mizoga, na majivu, na mashamba yote mpaka kijito Kidroni, mpaka pembe ya lango la farasi, upande wa mashariki, patakuwa patakatifu kwa Bwana; hapatang'olewa, wala hapatabomolewa, hata milele.
