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Neno lililomjia Yeremia, katika habari za Wayahudi wote waliokaa katika nchi ya Misri, waliokaa Migdoli, na Tahpanesi, na Nofu, na katika nchi ya Pathrosi, kusema,
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
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Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Ninyi mmeona mabaya yote niliyoleta juu ya Yerusalemu, na juu ya miji yote ya Yuda; na, tazama, ni ukiwa leo, wala hapana mtu akaaye ndani yake;
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
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kwa sababu ya uovu wao, waliotenda ili kunikasirisha, kwa kuwa walikwenda kufukiza uvumba, na kuwatumikia miungu mingine, ambao hawakuwajua, wao, wala ninyi, wala baba zenu.
because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
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Tena nalituma kwenu watumishi wangu wote, manabii, nikiamka mapema na kuwatuma, nikisema, Basi ninyi; msilifanye chukizo hili linichukizalo.
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
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Lakini hawakusikiliza, wala hawakutega masikio yao, ili wageuke na kuacha uovu wao, wasifukizie uvumba miungu mingine.
But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
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Kwa sababu hiyo ghadhabu yangu, na hasira yangu, zilimwagika, nazo ziliwaka katika miji ya Yuda, na katika njia kuu za Yerusalemu, na miji hiyo imeachwa ukiwa, na kuharibika, kama ilivyo leo.
Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
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Basi, sasa, Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Kwa nini mnafanya uovu huu mkubwa juu ya nafsi zenu wenyewe, kujikatilia mbali mwanamume na mwanamke, mtoto mchanga na anyonyaye, mtoke kati ya Yuda, msijiachie mtu abakiye;
So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
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kwa kuwa mnanikasirisha kwa matendo ya mikono yenu, mkifukizia uvumba miungu mingine katika nchi ya Misri, mlikokwenda kukaa ugenini; mpate kukatiliwa mbali, na kuwa laana, na aibu, katika mataifa yote ya dunia?
Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
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Je! Mmeusahau uovu wa baba zenu, na uovu wa wafalme wa Yuda, na uovu wa wake zao, na uovu wenu wenyewe, na uovu wa wake zenu, walioutenda katika nchi ya Yuda, na katika njia kuu za Yerusalemu?
Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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Hawajanyenyekea hata leo, wala hawakuogopa, wala hawakuenenda katika sheria yangu, wala katika amri zangu, nilizoweka mbele yenu, na mbele ya baba zenu.
To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
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Basi, kwa sababu hiyo Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Tazama, nitaelekeza uso wangu juu yenu, ili niwaletee mabaya, hata kukatilia mbali Yuda yote.
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
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Nami nitawatwaa mabaki ya Yuda, walioelekeza nyuso zao kuiingia nchi ya Misri, wakae huko, nao wataangamia wote pia; wataanguka katika nchi ya Misri; wataangamia kwa upanga, na kwa njaa; watakufa, tangu wadogo hata wakubwa, kwa upanga, na kwa njaa; nao watakuwa apizo, na ajabu, na laana, na aibu.
And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
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Kwa maana nitawaadhibu wakaao katika nchi ya Misri, kama nilivyouadhibu Yerusalemu, kwa upanga, na kwa njaa, na kwa tauni;
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
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hata katika watu wale wa Yuda waliosalia, waliokwenda nchi ya Misri ili wakae huko, hapatakuwa na mtu ye yote atakayepona, wala atakayesalia, na kupata kurudi nchi ya Yuda, ambayo wanatamani kurudi ili kukaa huko; maana hapana atakayerudi, ila wao watakaopona.
so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
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Ndipo watu wote waliojua ya kuwa wake zao waliwafukizia uvumba miungu mingine, na wanawake wote waliosimama karibu, mkutano mkubwa, yaani, watu wote waliokaa katika nchi ya Misri, katika Pathrosi, wakamjibu Yeremia, wakisema,
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
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Neno lile ulilotuambia kwa jina la Bwana, sisi hatutakusikiliza.
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
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Lakini bila shaka tutalitimiza kila neno lililotoka katika vinywa vyetu, kumfukizia uvumba malkia wa mbinguni, na kummiminia sadaka za kinywaji, kama tulivyotenda sisi, na baba zetu, na wafalme wetu, na wakuu wetu, katika miji ya Yuda, na katika njia kuu za Yerusalemu; maana wakati huo tulikuwa na chakula tele, na kufanikiwa, wala hatukuona mabaya.
Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
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Lakini tulipoacha kumfukizia uvumba malkia wa mbinguni, na kummiminia sadaka za kinywaji, tumepungukiwa na vitu vyote; na kuangamizwa kwa upanga, na kwa njaa.
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
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Nasi tulipomfukizia uvumba malkia wa mbinguni, na kummiminia sadaka za kinywaji, je! Tulimfanyizia mikate, ili kumwabudu, na kummiminia mamiminiko, waume zetu wasipokuwapo?
“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
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Ndipo Yeremia akawaambia watu wote, wanaume na wanawake, yaani, watu wote waliompa jibu lile, akisema,
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
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Uvumba mliofukiza katika miji ya Yuda, na katika njia kuu za Yerusalemu, ninyi, na baba zenu, wafalme wenu, na wakuu wenu, na watu wa nchi, je! Bwana hakuwakumbuka watu hao? Je! Jambo hili halikuingia moyoni mwake?
“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
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Hata Bwana asiweze kuvumilia tena, kwa sababu ya uovu wa matendo yenu, na kwa sababu ya machukizo mliyoyafanya; kwa sababu hiyo nchi yenu imekuwa ukiwa, na ajabu, na laana, isikaliwe na mtu kama ilivyo leo.
So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
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Kwa sababu mmefukiza uvumba, na kwa sababu mmetenda dhambi juu ya Bwana, wala hamkuitii sauti ya Bwana, wala hamkwenda katika torati yake, wala katika amri zake, wala katika shuhuda yake; ndiyo maana mabaya haya yamewapata kama ilivyo leo.
Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
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Tena Yeremia akawaambia watu wote, na wanawake wote, Lisikieni neno hili la Bwana, ninyi nyote wa Yuda, mliopo hapa katika nchi ya Misri;
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
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Bwana wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Ninyi na wake zenu mmenena kwa vinywa vyenu, na kutimiza kwa mikono yenu, mkisema, Bila shaka tutazitimiza nadhiri zetu tulizoziweka, na kumfukizia uvumba malkia wa mbinguni, na kummiminia sadaka za kinywaji; basi, zithibitisheni nadhiri zenu, zitimizeni nadhiri zenu.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
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Basi, kwa sababu hiyo lisikieni neno la Bwana, ninyi nyote wa Yuda, mnaokaa katika nchi ya Misri, Tazama, nimeapa kwa jina langu kuu, asema Bwana, ya kwamba jina langu halitatajwa tena katika kinywa cha mtu awaye yote wa Yuda, katika nchi yote ya Misri, akisema, Kama Bwana MUNGU aishivyo!
Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
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Tazama, nawaangalia niwaletee mabaya, wala si mema; nao watu wote wa Yuda, waliopo hapa katika nchi ya Misri, wataangamizwa kwa upanga, na kwa njaa, hata wakomeshwe kabisa.
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
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Nao watakaoukimbia upanga, watatoka katika nchi ya Misri, na kuiingia nchi ya Yuda, watu wachache sana; na wote wa Yuda waliosalia, waliokwenda nchi ya Misri ili kukaa huko, watajua ni neno la nani litakalosimama, neno langu, au neno lao.
Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
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Na hii ndiyo itakayokuwa ishara kwenu, asema Bwana, kwamba mimi nitawaadhibu ninyi mahali hapa, mpate kujua ya kuwa maneno yangu yatasimama juu yenu, kuwaletea mabaya bila shaka;
This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
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Bwana asema hivi, Tazama, nitamtia Farao Hofra, mfalme wa Misri, katika mikono ya adui zake, na katika mikono yao wamtafutao roho yake; kama vile nilivyomtia Sedekia, mfalme wa Yuda, katika mikono ya Nebukadreza, mfalme wa Babeli, adui yake aliyemtafuta roho yake.
This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”