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Neno hili ndilo ambalo Yeremia, nabii, alimwambia Baruku, mwana wa Neria, alipoyaandika maneno haya katika kitabu kwa kinywa cha Yeremia, mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu, mwana wa Yosia, mfalme wa Yuda, kusema,
This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, akuambia wewe Ee Baruku;
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
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Ulisema, Ole wangu! Kwa maana Bwana ameongeza huzuni pamoja na maumivu yangu. Nimechoka kwa ajili ya kuugua kwangu, wala sioni raha.
You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
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Basi, mwambie hivi, Bwana asema hivi, Tazama, niliyoyajenga nitayabomoa, na niliyoyapanda nitayang'oa; na haya yatakuwa katika nchi yote.
Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
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Je! Unajitafutia mambo makuu? Usiyatafute; kwa maana tazama, nitaleta mabaya juu ya wote wenye mwili, asema Bwana; lakini roho yako nitakupa iwe nyara, katika mahali pote utakapokwenda.
But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”