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Habari za wana wa Amoni. Bwana asema hivi, Je, Israeli hana wana? Je! Hana mrithi? Basi, mbona Malkamu anamiliki Gadi, na watu wake wanakaa katika miji yake?
Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
2
Basi, kwa sababu hiyo, tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakaposikizisha mshindo wa vita juu ya Raba, mji wa Amoni, nao utakuwa magofu ya ukiwa, na binti zake watateketezwa kwa moto; ndipo Israeli watawamiliki wao waliokuwa wakimmiliki, asema Bwana.
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
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Piga yowe, Ee Heshboni, Kwa maana Ai umeangamizwa; Lieni, enyi binti za Raba, Mjivike nguo za magunia; Ombolezeni, mkipiga mbio Huko na huko kati ya maboma; Maana Malkamu atakwenda kuhamishwa, Makuhani wake na wakuu wake pamoja.
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
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Mbona unajisifu kwa sababu ya mabonde, bonde lako litiririkalo, Ee binti mwenye kuasi? Utumainiaye hazina zako, ukisema, Ni nani atakayenijilia?
Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
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Tazama, nitaleta hofu juu yako, asema Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi, itakayotoka kwa wote wakuzungukao; nanyi mtafukuzwa nje, kila mtu mbali kabisa, wala hapana mtu wa kuwakusanya wapoteao.
Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
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Lakini baada ya hayo nitawarudisha wana wa Amoni walio utumwani, asema Bwana.
Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
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Habari za Edomu. Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Je! Hapana tena hekima katika Temani? Mashauri yamewapotea wenye busara? Je! Imetoweka hekima yao?
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
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Kimbieni, rudini nyuma, kaeni chini sana, enyi mnaokaa Dedani; maana nitaleta msiba wa Esau juu yake, wakati nitakapomwangalia.
Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
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Je! Kama wachuma zabibu wangekujia, wasingeacha zabibu ziokotwe? Kama wangekujia wevi usiku, wasingeharibu hata watakapopata vya kutosha?
If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?
10
Lakini nimemwacha Esau hana kitu, nimepafunua mahali pake pa siri, wala hataweza kujificha; kizazi chake kimeangamizwa, na ndugu zake, na jirani zake, naye mwenyewe hayuko.
But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
11
Waache watoto wako wasio na baba, mimi nitawahifadhi hai, na wajane wako na wanitumaini mimi.
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
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Maana Bwana asema hivi, Tazama, wale wasioandikiwa kunywea kikombe, watakinywea, ni hakika; na wewe je! U mtu ambaye hataadhibiwa kabisa? Hukosi utaadhibiwa, naam, kunywa utakunywa.
For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
13
Kwa maana nimeapa kwa nafsi yangu, asema Bwana, kwamba Bozra utakuwa ajabu, na aibu, na ukiwa, na laana; na miji yake yote itakuwa ukiwa wa daima.
For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
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Nimepata habari kwa Bwana, Na mjumbe ametumwa kati ya mataifa, Akisema, Jikusanyeni, mkaujie, Mkainuke kwenda vitani.
I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
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Maana nimekufanya mdogo kati ya mataifa, Na kudharauliwa katika watu.
“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.
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Katika habari za kuogofya kwako, Kiburi cha moyo wako kimekudanganya, Wewe ukaaye katika pango za majabali, Ushikaye kilele cha milima; Ujapofanya kioto chako juu sana kama tai, Nitakushusha kutoka huko; asema Bwana.
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
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Na Edomu atakuwa ajabu; kila mtu apitaye atashangaa, na kuzomea, kwa sababu ya mapigo yake yote.
“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
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Kama vile vilivyotokea wakati wa kuangushwa Sodoma na Gomora, na miji iliyokuwa karibu nayo, asema Bwana; hapana mtu atakayekaa huko, wala hapana mwanadamu atakayekaa huko kama mgeni akaavyo.
As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
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Angalia, atapanda kama simba toka kiburi cha Yordani juu ya malisho yasiyonyauka; lakini nitamkimbiza ghafula ayaache; na yeye aliye mteule nitamweka juu yake; maana ni nani aliye kama mimi? Tena ni nani atakayeniandikia muda? Tena ni mchungaji yupi atakayesimama mbele zangu?
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
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Basi, lisikieni shauri la Bwana; Alilolifanya juu ya Edomu; Na makusudi yake aliyoyakusudia Juu yao wakaao Temani; Hakika watawaburura, naam, wadogo wa kundi; Hakika malisho yao yatafadhaika kwa ajili yao.
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
21
Nchi yatetemeka kwa sauti ya kuanguka kwao; Kuna kilio, sauti yake yasikiwa katika Bahari ya Shamu.
At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.
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Tazama, atapanda na kuruka kama tai, na kutandaza mabawa yake juu ya Bozra; na mioyo ya mashujaa wa Edomu siku hiyo itakuwa kama moyo wa mwanamke katika utungu wake.
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
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Habari za Dameski. Hamathi umetahayarika, na Arpadi pia; Maana wamesikia habari mbaya; Wameyeyuka kabisa; Huzuni iko baharini, haiwezi kutulia.
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
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Dameski umedhoofika; Umejigeuza kukimbia; tetemko limeushika; Dhiki na huzuni zimeupata, Kama za mwanamke katika utungu wake.
Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
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Imekuwaje mji wa sifa haukuachwa, mji wa furaha yangu?
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?
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Kwa hiyo vijana wake wataanguka katika njia kuu zake, na watu wote wa vita watanyamazishwa katika siku hiyo, asema Bwana wa majeshi.
For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
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Nami nitawasha moto katika ukuta wa Dameski, nao utayateketeza majumba ya Ben-hadadi.
“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
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Habari za Kedari, na za falme za Hazori, ambazo Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, alizipiga. Bwana asema hivi, Ondokeni, pandeni hata Kedari, mkawateke nyara wana wa mashariki.
Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
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Hema zao na makundi yao watayatwaa; watachukulia mbali mapazia yao kwa faida yao wenyewe, na vyombo vyao vyote, na ngamia zao; nao watawapigia kelele wakisema, Hofu ziko pande zote.
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
30
Kimbieni ninyi, enendeni mbali mkitanga-tanga, kaeni chini sana, enyi mkaao Hazori, asema Bwana; maana Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, amefanya shauri juu yenu, naye amekusudia neno juu yenu.
Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
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Ondokeni, pandeni hata taifa lililo katika hali ya raha, likaalo bila kuhangaika, asema Bwana; wasio na malango wala makomeo, wakaao peke yao.
Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
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Na ngamia zao watakuwa mateka, na wingi wa makundi yao utakuwa nyara; nami nitawatawanya hata pepo zote watu wale wanyoao denge; nami nitaleta msiba wao toka pande zao zote, asema Bwana.
Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.
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Na Hazori utakuwa kao la mbwa-mwitu; ukiwa milele; hapana mtu atakayekaa huko, wala hapana mwanadamu atakayekaa huko kama mgeni akaavyo.
“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
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Neno la Bwana lililomjia Yeremia, nabii, juu ya Elamu, mwanzo wa kumiliki kwake Sedekia, mfalme wa Yuda, kusema,
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
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Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Tazama nitauvunja upinde wa Elamu, ulio mkuu katika nguvu zao.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
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Na juu ya Elamu nitazileta pepo nne, toka pembe nne za mbinguni, nami nitawatawanya hata pepo nne zote, wala hapana taifa ambalo hawatalifikilia watu wa Elamu waliofukuzwa.
I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.
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Nami nitawafadhaisha watu wa Elamu mbele ya adui zao, na mbele ya hao wanaowatafuta roho zao; nami nitawaletea mabaya, naam, hasira yangu kali, asema Bwana; nami nitautuma upanga uwafuatie, hata nitakapowaangamiza;
So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
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nami nitaweka kiti changu cha enzi huko Elamu, nami nitawaharibu, mfalme na wakuu, watoke huko, asema Bwana.
I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.
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Lakini itakuwa, katika siku za mwisho, nitawarudisha wafungwa wa Elamu, asema Bwana.
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.