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Basi Pashuri, mwana wa Imeri, kuhani, aliyekuwa msimamizi mkuu katika nyumba ya Bwana, alimsikia Yeremia alipokuwa akitabiri maneno hayo.
When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
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Ndipo Pashuri akampiga Yeremia, nabii, akamtia katika mkatale, uliokuwa pale penye lango la juu la Benyamini, lililokuwa katika nyumba ya Bwana.
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
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Hata ikawa, asubuhi, Pashuri huyo akamtoa Yeremia katika mkatale. Ndipo Yeremia akamwambia, Bwana hakukuita jina lako Pashuri, bali Magor-misabibu.
The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
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Maana Bwana asema hivi, Tazama, nitakufanya kuwa hofu kuu kwa nafsi yako, na kwa rafiki zako wote; nao wataanguka kwa upanga wa adui zao, na macho yako yataona hayo; nami nitatia Yuda yote katika mikono ya mfalme wa Babeli, naye atawachukua mateka mpaka Babeli, na kuwaua kwa upanga.
For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
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Tena mali zote za mji huu, na mapato yake yote, na vitu vyake vya thamani vyote pia, naam, hazina zote za wafalme wa Yuda, nitavitia katika mikono ya adui zao, watakaowateka nyara, na kuwakamata, na kuwachukua mpaka Babeli.
I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
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Na wewe, Pashuri, na watu wote wanaokaa katika nyumba yako, mtakwenda utumwani; nawe utafika Babeli, na huko utakufa, na huko utazikwa, wewe, na rafiki zako wote, uliowatabiria maneno ya uongo.
And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
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Ee Bwana, umenihadaa, nami nimehadaika; wewe una nguvu kuliko mimi, ukashinda; nimekuwa kitu cha kuchekesha, mchana kutwa; kila mtu hunidhihaki.
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
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Maana kila ninenapo napiga kelele, nalia, Dhuluma na uharibifu! Kwa kuwa neno la Bwana limefanywa shutumu kwangu, na dhihaka, mchana kutwa.
For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
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Nami nikisema, Sitamtaja, wala sitasema tena kwa jina lake; basi, ndipo moyoni mwangu kumekuwamo kama moto uwakao, uliofungwa ndani ya mifupa yangu, nami nimechoka kwa kustahimili, wala siwezi kujizuia.
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
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Maana nimesikia mashutumu ya watu wengi; hofu ziko pande zote. Rafiki zangu wote, wanaonivizia nisite, husema, Mshitaki, nasi tutamshitaki, huenda akahadaika, nasi tutamshinda, tutajilipiza kisasi kwake.
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
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Lakini Bwana yu pamoja nami, mfano wa shujaa mwenye kutisha; kwa hiyo hao wanaonionea watajikwaa, wala hawatashinda; watatahayarika sana. Kwa sababu hawakutenda kwa akili, wataona aibu ya milele, ambayo haitasahauliwa kamwe.
But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
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Lakini, Ee Bwana wa majeshi, wewe wawajaribu wenye haki, waona viuno na mioyo, nijalie kuona kisasi chako juu yao; kwa maana nimekufunulia wewe neno langu.
O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
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Mwimbieni Bwana; msifuni Bwana; Kwa maana ameiponya roho ya mhitaji Katika mikono ya watu watendao maovu.
Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
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Na ilaaniwe siku niliyozaliwa, isibarikiwe siku ile aliyonizaa mama yangu.
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
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Na alaaniwe mtu yule aliyemletea baba yangu habari, akisema, Umezaliwa mtoto mwanamume; akimfurahisha.
Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
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Mtu huyo na awe kama miji ile, ambayo Bwana aliiangamiza, asijute; na asikie kilio asubuhi, na kelele za fujo adhuhuri;
May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
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kwa sababu hakuniua nilipotoka tumboni, na hivyo mama yangu angekuwa kaburi langu, na mimba yake sikuzote nzito.
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
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Nalitoka tumboni kwa sababu gani, kuona taabu na huzuni, hata siku zangu ziharibike katika aibu?
Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?