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Tena, neno la Bwana likamjia Yeremia mara ya pili, hapo alipokuwa akali amefungwa katika uwanda wa walinzi, kusema,
While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
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Bwana alitendaye jambo hili, Bwana aliumbaye ili alithibitishe; Bwana ndilo jina lake; asema hivi,
“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
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Niite, nami nitakuitikia, nami nitakuonyesha mambo makubwa, magumu usiyoyajua.
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
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Maana Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli asema hivi, katika habari za nyumba za mji huu, na katika habari za nyumba za wafalme wa Yuda, zilizobomolewa ili kuyapinga maboma na upanga;
For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:
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Wanakuja kupigana na Wakaldayo, lakini ni kuzijaza kwa mizoga ya watu, niliowaua katika hasira yangu na ghadhabu yangu, ambao kwa ajili ya uovu wao wote nimeuficha mji huu uso wangu.
The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
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Tazama, nitauletea afya na kupona, nami nitawaponya; nami nitawafunulia wingi wa amani na kweli.
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
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Nami nitawarudisha wafungwa wa Yuda, na wafungwa wa Israeli, na kuwajenga kama kwanza.
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
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Nami nitawasafisha na uovu wao wote, ambao kwa huo wamenitenda dhambi; nami nitawasamehe maovu yao yote, ambayo kwayo wamenitenda dhambi, na kukosa juu yangu.
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
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Na mji huu utakuwa kwangu jina la furaha, na sifa na utukufu, mbele ya mataifa yote ya dunia, watakaosikia habari ya mema yote niwatendeayo, nao wataogopa na kutetemeka, kwa sababu ya mema yote na amani nitakaoupatia mji huo.
So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
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Bwana asema hivi, katika mahali hapo ambapo mnasema kwamba ni ukiwa, hapana mwanadamu wala mnyama, naam, katika miji ya Yuda na katika njia za Yerusalemu, zilizo ukiwa, hazina mwanadamu wala mwenyeji wala mnyama,
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
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itasikilikana tena sauti ya furaha na sauti ya shangwe, sauti ya bwana arusi na sauti ya bibi arusi, sauti yao wasemao Mshukuruni Bwana wa majeshi, maana Bwana ni mwema, rehema zake ni za milele; na sauti zao waletao sadaka za shukrani nyumbani kwa Bwana. Kwa kuwa nitawarudisha wafungwa wa nchi hii kama kwanza, asema Bwana.
the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
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Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Katika mahali hapa, palipo ukiwa, hapana mwanadamu wala mnyama, na katika miji yake yote, yatakuwapo makao ya wachungaji wakizilaza kondoo zao.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
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Katika miji ya nchi ya vilima, katika miji ya nchi tambarare, katika miji ya Negebu, na katika nchi ya Benyamini, na katika mahali palipo karibu na Yerusalemu, na katika miji ya Yuda, makundi ya kondoo yatapita tena chini ya mikono yake awahesabuye, asema Bwana.
In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
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Tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitakapolitimiza neno lile jema nililolinena, katika habari za nyumba ya Israeli, na katika habari za nyumba ya Yuda.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
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Katika siku zile, na wakati ule, nitamchipushia Daudi Chipukizi la haki; naye atafanya hukumu na haki katika nchi hii.
In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
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Katika siku zile Yuda ataokolewa, na Yerusalemu utakaa salama, na jina lake atakaloitwa ni hili, Bwana ni haki yetu.
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
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Maana Bwana asema hivi, Daudi hatakosa kuwa na mtu wa kuketi katika kiti cha enzi cha nyumba ya Israeli;
For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
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wala makuhani Walawi hawatakosa kuwa na mtu wa kusimama mbele zangu, na kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, na kufukiza matoleo, na kufanya dhabihu daima.
nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”
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Neno la Bwana likamjia Yeremia, kusema,
And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
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Bwana asema hivi, Kama mkiweza kulivunja agano langu la mchana, na agano langu la usiku, hata usiwepo tena mchana na usiku kwa wakati wake,
“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
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ndipo agano langu nililolifanya na Daudi, mtumishi wangu, laweza kuvunjika, hata asiwe na mwana wa kumiliki katika kiti chake cha enzi; tena agano langu nililofanya na Walawi makuhani, wahudumu wangu, laweza kuvunjika.
then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
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Kama vile jeshi la mbinguni haliwezi kuhesabiwa, wala mchanga wa bahari kupimwa; ndivyo nitakavyoongeza wazao wa Daudi, mtumishi wangu, na Walawi wanaonihudumia.
As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
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Kisha neno la Bwana likamjia Yeremia, kusema,
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
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Je! Hufikiri neno hili walilolisema watu hawa, wakinena, Jamaa zile mbili alizozichagua Bwana amezitupilia mbali? Hivyo ndivyo wanavyowadharau watu wangu, ili wasiwe taifa tena mbele yao.
“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
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Bwana asema hivi, Ikiwa agano langu la mchana na usiku halikai imara, ikiwa mimi sikuziamuru kawaida za mbingu na dunia;
This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
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ndipo nitawatupilia mbali wazao wa Yakobo, na Daudi, mtumishi wangu, hata nisitwae wazao wake watawale juu ya wazao wa Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Yakobo; kwa maana nitawarudisha wafungwa wao, nami nitawarehemu.
then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”