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Ole wao wachungaji, wanaoharibu kondoo za malisho yangu na kuwatawanya! Asema Bwana.
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
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Kwa sababu hiyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, juu ya wachungaji wanaowalisha watu wangu, Mmetawanya kundi langu, na kuwafukuza, wala hamkwenda kuwatazama; angalieni, nitawapatiliza uovu wa matendo yenu, asema Bwana.
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
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Nami nitakusanya mabaki ya kundi langu, katika nchi zile zote nilizowafukuza, nami nitawaleta tena mazizini mwao; nao watazaa na kuongezeka.
Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
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Nami nitaweka juu yao wachungaji watakaowalisha; wala hawataona hofu tena, wala kufadhaika, wala hatapotea hata mmoja wao, asema Bwana.
I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
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Tazama siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapomchipushia Daudi Chipukizi la haki; naye atamiliki mfalme, atatenda kwa hekima, naye atafanya hukumu na haki katika nchi.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
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Katika siku zake Yuda ataokolewa, na Israeli atakaa salama, na jina lake atakaloitwa ni hili, Bwana ni haki yetu.
In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
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Kwa hiyo, angalia, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, ambapo hawatasema tena, Aishivyo Bwana, aliyewatoa wana wa Israeli katika nchi ya Misri;
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
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lakini, Aishivyo Bwana, aliyewapandisha na kuwaongoza wazao wa nyumba ya Israeli kutoka nchi ya kaskazini, na kutoka nchi zote nilikowafukuza; nao watakaa katika nchi yao wenyewe.
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
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Katika habari za manabii. Moyo wangu ndani yangu umevunjika, Mifupa yangu yote inatikisika. Nimekuwa kama mtu aliye mlevi, Na kama mtu aliyeshindwa na divai;kwa ajili ya Bwana,na kwa ajili ya maneno yake matakatifu.
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
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Maana nchi imejaa wazinzi; kwa sababu ya kuapa nchi inaomboleza; malisho ya nyikani yamekauka; mwenendo wao ni mbaya, na nguvu zao si za haki.
For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.
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Maana nabii, na kuhani, wote wawili wanakufuru; naam, katika nyumba yangu nimeuona uovu wao, asema Bwana.
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
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Kwa ajili ya hayo njia yao itakuwa kwao kama mahali pa kuteleza gizani; watatelemshwa na kuanguka hapo; kwa maana nitaleta uovu juu yao, naam, mwaka wa kujiliwa kwao, asema Bwana.
“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
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Nami nimeona upumbavu katika manabii wa Samaria; walitabiri kwa Baali, wakawakosesha watu wangu Israeli.
“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
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Katika manabii wa Yerusalemu nimeona neno linalochukiza sana; hufanya zinaa; huenenda katika maneno ya uongo, hutia nguvu mikono ya watendao maovu, hata ikawa hapana mtu arejeaye na kuuacha uovu wake; wote pia wamekuwa kama Sodoma kwangu, na wenyeji wake kama Gomora.
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
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Basi Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, katika habari ya manabii, Tazama, nitawalisha pakanga, nitawanywesha maji ya uchungu; kwa kuwa kutoka kwa manabii hao wa Yerusalemu kukufuru kumeingia katika nchi yote.
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
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Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Msisikilize maneno ya manabii wakiwatabiria; huwafundisha ubatili; hunena maono ya mioyo yao wenyewe; hayakutoka katika kinywa cha Bwana.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
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Daima huwaambia wao wanaonidharau, Bwana amesema, Mtakuwa na amani; nao humwambia kila mtu aendaye kwa ukaidi wa moyo wake, Hamtapatwa na ubaya wo wote.
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
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Maana, ni nani aliyesimama katika baraza la Bwana, hata akalifahamu neno lake na kulisikia? Ni nani aliyelitia moyoni neno langu, na kulisikia?
But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
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Tazama, tufani ya Bwana, yaani, ghadhabu yake, imetokea; ni dhoruba ya kisulisuli; itapasuka, na kuwaangukia 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 ya Bwana haitarudi, hata atakapokwisha kuyatimiza makusudi ya moyo wake; katika siku za mwisho mtalifahamu neno hili kabisa.
The 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 clearly.
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Mimi sikuwatuma manabii hao, lakini walikwenda mbio; sikusema nao, lakini walitabiri.
I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
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Lakini kama wangalisimama katika baraza yangu, ndipo wangaliwasikizisha watu wangu maneno yangu, na kuwageuza waziache njia zao mbaya, na uovu wa matendo yao.
But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
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Mimi ni Mungu aliye karibu, asema Bwana, mimi si Mungu aliye mbali.
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
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Je, mtu ye yote aweza kujificha mahali pa siri, nisimwone? Asema Bwana. Je! Mbingu na nchi hazikujawa nami? Asema Bwana.
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
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Nimesikia waliyoyasema manabii wanaotabiri uongo kwa jina langu, wakisema, Nimeota ndoto; nimeota ndoto.
“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
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Je! Mambo hayo yatakuwa katika mioyo ya manabii wanaotabiri uongo hata lini, manabii hao wenye udanganyifu katika mioyo yao wenyewe?
How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
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Wanaodhania ya kuwa watawasahaulisha watu wangu jina langu kwa ndoto zao, wanazomhadithia kila mtu jirani yake, kama vile baba zao walivyolisahau jina langu, kwa ajili ya Baali.
They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
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Nabii aliye na ndoto, na aseme ndoto yake; na yeye aliye na neno langu, na aseme neno langu kwa uaminifu. Makapi ni kitu gani kuliko ngano? Asema Bwana.
Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
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Je! Neno langu si kama moto? Asema Bwana; na kama nyundo ivunjayo mawe vipande vipande?
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
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Basi kwa sababu hiyo mimi ni juu ya manabii hao, asema Bwana, wanaompokonya kila mtu jirani yake maneno yangu.
“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
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Tazama, mimi ni juu ya manabii, asema Bwana, wanaotumia ndimi zao na kusema, Yeye asema,
“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
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Tazama, mimi ni juu ya hao wanaotabiri ndoto za uongo, asema Bwana, na kuzisema, na kuwakosesha watu wangu kwa uongo wao, na kwa majivuno yao ya upuzi, lakini mimi sikuwatuma, wala sikuwapa amri; wala hawatawafaidia watu hawa hata kidogo, asema Bwana.
“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
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Na watu hawa, au nabii au kuhani, atakapokuuliza, akisema, Mzigo wa Bwana ni nini? Ndipo utawaambia, Mzigo gani? Bwana asema, Nitawatupilia mbali.
“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
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Na katika habari ya nabii, na kuhani, na watu, watakaosema, Mzigo wa Bwana, mimi nitamwadhibu mtu yule, na nyumba yake.
As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
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Mtasema hivi kila mtu na jirani yake, na kila mtu na ndugu yake, Bwana amejibu mtu? Na, Bwana amesemaje?
This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
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Na mzigo wa Bwana hamtautaja tena; maana neno la kila mtu ndilo litakalokuwa mzigo wake; maana ninyi mmeyapotosha maneno ya Mungu aliye hai, ya Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wetu.
But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
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Nawe utamwambia nabii hivi, Bwana amekujibu nini? Na, Bwana amesemaje?
Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
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Lakini mkisema, Mzigo wa Bwana, basi, Bwana asema hivi, Kwa sababu mwasema neno hili, <Mzigo wa Bwana>; nami nimemtuma mtu kwenu kusema, Msiseme, <Mzigo wa Bwana>;
But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
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basi, kwa hiyo angalieni, nitawasahau ninyi kabisa, nami nitawatupilia mbali, pamoja na mji huu niliowapa ninyi na baba zenu, mtoke mbele za uso wangu;
therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
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nami nitaleta juu yenu aibu ya milele, na fedheha ya daima, ambayo haitasahauliwa.
And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”