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Mwanzo wa kumiliki kwake Yehoyakimu, mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda, neno hili lilitoka kwa Bwana, kusema,
At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
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Bwana asema hivi, Simama katika uwanja wa nyumba ya Bwana, useme na miji yote ya Yuda, wajao ili kuabudu katika nyumba ya Bwana; sema nao maneno yote ninayokuamuru kuwaambia, usizuie hata neno moja.
“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
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Labda watasikia, na kughairi na kuacha kila mtu njia yake mbaya; ili niyaghairi mabaya niliyokusudia kuwatenda, kwa sababu ya uovu wa matendo yao.
Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
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Nawe utawaambia, Bwana asema hivi, Kama hamtaki kunisikia, kwenda katika sheria yangu, niliyoiweka mbele yenu,
And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
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kuyasikiliza maneno ya watumishi wangu, manabii, ninaowatuma kwenu, naam, nikiondoka mapema na kuwatuma; lakini ninyi hamkuwasikiliza;
and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
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basi, nitafanya nyumba hii kuwa kama Shilo, na mji huu nitaufanya kuwa laana kwa taifa zote za dunia.
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
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Na makuhani, na manabii, na watu wote, wakamsikia Yeremia, hapo aliposema maneno haya katika nyumba ya Bwana.
Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,
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Ikawa, Yeremia alipokuwa amekwisha kusema maneno yote Bwana aliyomwamuru kuwaambia watu wote, ndipo hao makuhani, na manabii, na watu wote, wakamkamata, wakisema, Bila shaka utakufa.
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
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Kwa nini umetabiri kwa jina la Bwana, ukisema, Nyumba hii itakuwa kama Shilo, na mji huu utakuwa ukiwa, hautakaliwa na mtu? Watu wote wakamkusanyikia Yeremia katika nyumba ya Bwana.
How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
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Na wakuu wa Yuda waliposikia habari za mambo haya, wakatoka katika nyumba ya mfalme, wakapanda juu mpaka nyumbani kwa Bwana; wakaketi, hapo watu waingiapo katika lango jipya la nyumba ya Bwana.
When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
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Ndipo hapo makuhani, na manabii, wakawaambia wakuu na watu wote, wakisema, Mtu huyu amestahili kufa, kwa sababu ametabiri juu ya mji huu, kama mlivyosikia kwa masikio yenu.
Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
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Ndipo Yeremia akawaambia wakuu wote na watu wote, akisema, Bwana ndiye aliyenituma kutabiri juu ya nyumba hii, na juu ya mji huu, maneno hayo yote mliyoyasikia.
But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
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Basi sasa, tengenezeni njia zenu, na matendo yenu, mkaisikilize sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wenu; naye Bwana atayaghairi mabaya aliyoyanena juu yenu.
So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
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Lakini kwangu mimi, tazama, mimi nipo hapa mikononi mwenu; nitendeni myaonayo kuwa mema na haki mbele ya macho yenu.
As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
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Lakini jueni yakini ya kuwa, mkiniua, mtajiletea juu yenu damu isiyo na hatia itakuwa juu yenu, na juu ya mji huu, na juu ya wenyeji wake; kwa maana ni kweli Bwana amenituma kwenu, kuwaambieni yote mliyoyasikia.
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
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Ndipo wakuu na watu wote wakawaambia makuhani, na manabii, wakisema, Mtu huyu hastahili kuuawa; kwa maana amesema nasi katika jina la Bwana Mungu wetu.
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
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Ndipo watu kadha wa kadha miongoni mwa wazee wa nchi wakaondoka, wakanena na mkutano wa watu, wakisema,
Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,
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Mikaya Mmorashti, alitabiri katika siku za Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda; akasema na watu wote wa Yuda, ya kwamba, Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Sayuni utalimwa kama shamba lilimwavyo, na Yerusalemu utakuwa magofu, na mlima wa nyumba utakuwa kama mahali palipoinuka msituni.
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
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Je! Hezekia, mfalme wa Yuda, na watu wote wa Yuda, walimwua Mikaya? Je! Hakumcha Bwana, na kumwomba Bwana awafadhili; naye Bwana akaghairi, asiyatende mabaya yale aliyoyatamka juu yao? Na sisi tungetenda mabaya makuu juu ya roho zetu.
Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
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Tena, kulikuwa na mtu aliyetabiri katika jina la Bwana, Uria, mwana wa Shemaya, wa Kiriath-Yearimu; yeye naye alitabiri juu ya mji huu, na juu ya nchi hii, sawasawa na maneno yote ya Yeremia;
Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.
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na Yehoyakimu, mfalme, na mashujaa wake wote, na wakuu wake wote, waliposikia maneno yake, mfalme akataka kumwua; lakini Uria alipopata habari, aliogopa, akakimbia akaenda Misri.
King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
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Basi, mfalme Yehoyakimu akatuma watu waende Misri, Elnathani, mwana wa Akbori, na watu wengine pamoja naye, kwenda Misri;
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
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wakamtoa Uria katika Misri, wakamleta kwa Yehoyakimu, mfalme; naye akamwua kwa upanga, akamtupa yule maiti katika makaburi ya watu wasio na cheo.
They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
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Lakini mkono wa Ahikamu, mwana wa Shafani, alikuwa pamoja na Yeremia, wasimtie katika mikono ya watu auawe.
Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.