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Ikawa Yeremia alipokwisha kuwaambia watu wote maneno yote ya Bwana, Mungu wao, ambayo Bwana, Mungu wao, amemtuma kwao, yaani, maneno hayo yote,
When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
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ndipo Azaria, mwana wa Hoshaya, na Yohana mwana wa Karea, na watu wote wenye kiburi wakanena, wakimwambia Yeremia, Unasema uongo; Bwana, Mungu wetu, hakukutuma useme, Msiende Misri kukaa huko;
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
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bali Baruku, mwana wa Neria, akushawishi kinyume chetu, ili kututia katika mikono ya Wakaldayo, ili watuue, na kutuchukua mateka mpaka Babeli.
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
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Basi Yohana, mwana wa Karea, na wakuu wote wa majeshi, na watu wote hawakuitii sauti ya Bwana, kwamba wakae katika nchi ya Yuda.
So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.
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Lakini Yohana, mwana wa Karea, na wakuu wote wa majeshi, wakawatwaa wote waliosalia wa Yuda, waliokuwa wamerudi kutoka taifa zote walikofukuzwa, wakae katika Yuda;
Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered,
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wanaume, na wanawake, na watoto, na binti za mfalme, na kila mtu ambaye Nebuzaradani, amiri wa askari walinzi, amemwacha pamoja na Gedalia, mwana wa Ahikamu, mwana wa Shafani, pia na Yeremia, nabii, na Baruku, mwana wa Neria;
the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
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wakaingia nchi ya Misri; maana hawakuitii sauti ya Bwana; wakafika hata Tahpanesi.
So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
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Ndipo neno la Bwana likamjia Yeremia huko Tahpenesi, kusema,
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
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Twaa mawe makubwa mikononi mwako, ukayafiche ndani ya chokaa ya kazi ya matofali, penye maingilio ya nyumba ya Farao huko Tahpanesi, machoni pa watu wa Yuda;
“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
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ukawaambie, Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Tazama, nitatuma na kumtwaa Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, mtumishi wangu, nami nitaweka kiti chake cha enzi juu ya mawe haya niliyoyaficha; naye atatandaza hema yake ya fahari juu yake.
Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
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Naye atakuja, na kuipiga nchi ya Misri; watu walioandikiwa kufa watakufa, nao walioandikiwa kuwa mateka watakuwa mateka, nao walioandikiwa kupigwa kwa upanga watapigwa kwa upanga.
He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
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Nami nitawasha moto katika nyumba za miungu ya Misri, na kuziteketeza, na kuwachukua mateka; naye atajipamba kwa nchi ya Misri, kama vile mchungaji avaavyo nguo zake; naye atatoka huko na amani.
I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
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Naye atazivunja nguzo za Bethshemeshi, iliyoko huko katika nchi ya Misri, na nyumba za miungu ya Misri ataziteketeza.
He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”