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Dhambi ya Yuda imeandikwa kwa kalamu ya chuma, na kwa ncha ya almasi; imechorwa katika kibao cha moyo wao, na katika pembe za madhabahu zenu;
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
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na wakati huo watoto wao wazikumbuka madhabahu zao, na maashera yao, karibu na miti yenye majani mabichi juu ya milima mirefu.
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
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Ee mlima wangu wa uwandani, nitatoa mali zako na hazina zako zote ziwe nyara, na mahali pako palipoinuka, kwa sababu ya dhambi, katika mipaka yako yote.
O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
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Nawe, naam, wewe nafsi yako, utaachana na urithi wako niliokupa; nami nitakulazimisha kuwatumikia adui zako katika nchi usiyoijua; maana umewasha moto katika hasira yangu, utakaowaka milele.
And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
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Bwana asema hivi, Amelaaniwa mtu yule amtegemeaye mwanadamu, Amfanyaye mwanadamu kuwa kinga yake Na moyoni mwake amemwacha Bwana.
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
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Maana atakuwa kama fukara nyikani, Hataona yatakapotokea mema; Bali atakaa jangwani palipo ukame, Katika nchi ya chumvi isiyokaliwa na watu.
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
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Amebarikiwa mtu yule anayemtegemea Bwana, Ambaye Bwana ni tumaini lake.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
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Maana atakuwa kama mti uliopandwa kando ya maji, Uenezao mizizi yake karibu na mto; Hautaona hofu wakati wa hari ujapo, Bali jani lake litakuwa bichi; Wala hautahangaika mwaka wa uchache wa mvua, Wala hautaacha kuzaa matunda.
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
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Moyo huwa mdanganyifu kuliko vitu vyote, una ugonjwa wa kufisha; nani awezaye kuujua?
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
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Mimi, Bwana, nauchunguza moyo, navijaribu viuno, hata kumpa kila mtu kiasi cha njia zake, kiasi cha matunda ya matendo yake.
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
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Kama kware akusanyaye makinda asiyoyazaa, ndivyo alivyo mtu ajipatiaye mali, wala si kwa haki, katikati ya siku zake zitaachana naye, na mwisho wake atakuwa mpumbavu.
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
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Kiti cha enzi, cha utukufu, kilichowekwa juu tangu mwanzo, ndicho mahali patakatifu petu.
A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
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Ee Bwana, tumaini la Israeli, wote wakuachao watatahayarika. Wao watakaojitenga nami wataandikwa katika mchanga, kwa sababu wamemwacha Bwana, kisima cha maji yaliyo hai.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
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Uniponye, Ee Bwana, nami nitaponyeka; uniokoe, nami nitaokoka; kwa maana wewe ndiwe uliye sifa zangu.
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
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Tazama, wao waniambia, Neno la Bwana liko wapi? Na lije, basi.
Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
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Mimi hapa sikufanya haraka kuacha kuwa mchungaji nyuma yako; wala sikuitamani siku ya maradhi ya kufisha; wewe unajua; yaliyotoka midomoni mwangu yalikuwa mbele za uso wako.
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
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Usiwe sababu ya hofu kuu kwangu mimi; wewe ndiwe uliye kimbilio langu siku ya uovu.
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
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Na waaibike watu wanaoniudhi, lakini nisiaibike mimi; na waone hofu kuu, lakini mimi nisione hofu kuu; ulete juu yao siku ya uovu; uwaangamize maangamizo maradufu.
Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
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Bwana akaniambia hivi, Enenda ukasimame katika lango la wana wa watu hawa, waingiapo wafalme wa Yuda, na watokeapo, na katika malango yote ya Yerusalemu,
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
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ukawaambie, Lisikieni neno la Bwana, enyi wafalme wa Yuda, na Yuda wote, nanyi wenyeji wote wa Yerusalemu, ninyi mwingiao kwa malango haya;
Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
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Bwana asema hivi, Jihadharini nafsi zenu, msichukue mzigo wo wote siku ya sabato, wala msiulete ndani kwa malango ya Yerusalemu;
This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
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wala msitoe mzigo katika nyumba zenu siku ya sabato, wala msifanye kazi yo yote; bali itakaseni siku ya sabato, kama nilivyowaamuru baba zenu;
You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.
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lakini hawakusikiliza, wala hawakutega masikio yao, bali walifanya shingo zao kuwa ngumu, ili wasisikilize wala wasipokee mafundisho.
Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
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Na itakuwa, kama mkinisikiliza mimi kwa bidii, asema Bwana, msiingize mzigo wo wote kwa malango ya mji huu siku ya sabato, bali mkiitakasa siku ya sabato, bila kufanya kazi yo yote siku hiyo;
If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
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ndipo watakapoingia wafalme na wakuu kwa malango ya mji huu; wataketi katika kiti cha enzi cha Daudi, na kupanda magari na farasi, wao, na wakuu wao, watu wa Yuda, na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu; na mji huu utakaa hata milele.
then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
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Nao watatoka miji ya Yuda, na mahali palipo pande zote za Yerusalemu, na nchi ya Benyamini, na Shefela, na milima,na upande wa Negebu,wakileta sadaka za kuteketezwa,na dhabihu,na sadaka za unga,na ubani,wakileta pia sadaka za shukurani,nyumbani kwa BWANA.
And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
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Lakini kama hamtaki kunisikiliza, kuitakasa siku ya sabato, kutokuchukua mzigo na kuingia kwa malango ya Yerusalemu siku ya sabato; basi, nitawasha moto malangoni mwake, nao utaziteketeza nyumba za enzi za Yerusalemu, wala hautazimika.
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”