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Neno hili ndilo lililomjia Yeremia, kutoka kwa Bwana, kusema,
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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Bwana Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, ya kwamba, Uyaandike kitabuni maneno hayo yote niliyokuambia.
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
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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.
For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
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Na haya ndiyo maneno aliyosema Bwana, katika habari za Israeli, na katika habari za Yuda.
These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
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Maana Bwana asema hivi, Tumesikia sauti ya tetemeko, na ya hofu, wala si ya amani.
Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.
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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.
Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
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Ole! Maana siku ile ni kuu, hata hapana inayofanana nayo, maana ni wakati wa taabu yake Yakobo; lakini ataokolewa nayo.
How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
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Na itakuwa katika siku ile, asema Bwana wa majeshi, nitaivunja nira yake itoke shingoni mwako, nami nitavipasua vifungo vyako; wala wageni hawatamtumikisha tena;
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
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bali watamtumikia Bwana, Mungu wao, na Daudi, mfalme wao, nitakayemwinua kwa ajili yao.
Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
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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.
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
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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.
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
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Maana Bwana asema hivi, Maumivu yako hayaponyekani, na jeraha yako ni kubwa.
For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
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Hapana mtu wa kukutetea; kwa jeraha yako huna dawa ziponyazo.
There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
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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.
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
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Mbona unalilia maumivu yako? Hayaponyeki maumivu yako; kwa sababu ya ukubwa wa uovu wako, kwa sababu dhambi zako zimeongezeka, nimekutenda haya.
Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.
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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.
Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
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Maana nitakurudishia afya, nami nitakuponya jeraha zako, asema Bwana, kwa sababu wamekuita, mwenye kutupwa, wakisema, Ni Sayuni, ambao hapana mtu autakaye.
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
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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.
This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
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Tena kwao itasikiwa shukrani, na sauti yao wachangamkao; nami nitawazidisha, wala hawatakuwa wachache; tena nitawatukuza, wala hawatakuwa wanyonge.
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
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Watoto wao nao watakuwa kama zamani, na kusanyiko lao litathibitika mbele zangu, nami nitawaadhibu wote wawaoneao.
Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
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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.
Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
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Nanyi mtakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wenu.
“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
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Tazama, tufani ya Bwana, yaani, ghadhabu yake, imetokea tufani ya kudumu; itawaangukia waovu vichwani.
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
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Hasira kali ya Bwana haitarudi, hata atakapokwisha kutenda, hata atakapokwisha kuyatimiza makusudi ya moyo wake; katika siku za mwisho mtayafahamu haya.
The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.