Jeremiah 36

1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

1 Katika mwaka wa nne wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia mfalme wa Yuda, neno hili lilimjia nabii Yeremia kutoka kwa Bwana, kusema:

2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.

2 “Chukua kitabu uandike ndani yake maneno yote niliyonena nawe kuhusu Israeli, Yuda na mataifa mengine yote, tangu nilipoanza kunena nawe wakati wa utawala wa Yosia hadi sasa.

3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

3 Labda watu wa Yuda watakaposikia juu ya kila maafa ninayokusudia kuwapiga nayo, kila mmoja wao atageuka kutoka njia zake mbaya, kisha nitasamehe uovu wao na dhambi yao.”

4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

4 Hivyo Yeremia akamwita Baruku mwana wa Neria, naye Yeremia alipokuwa akiyakariri maneno yote aliyoyasema Bwana, Baruku akayaandika katika kitabu.

5 Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

5 Kisha Yeremia akamwambia Baruku, “Nimezuiliwa, mimi siwezi kuingia katika Hekalu la Bwana.

6 so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

6 Basi wewe nenda katika nyumba ya Bwana siku ya kufunga, uwasomee watu maneno ya Bwana kutoka kitabu hiki yale uliyoyaandika kutoka kinywani mwangu. Wasomee watu wote wa Yuda waliofika kutoka miji yao.

7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

7 Labda wataomba na kusihi mbele za Bwana na kila mmoja akageuka kutoka njia zake mbaya, kwa sababu hasira na ghadhabu zilizotamkwa dhidi ya watu hawa na Bwana ni kubwa.”

8 So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.

8 Baruku mwana wa Neria akafanya kila kitu nabii Yeremia alichomwambia kufanya. Alisoma maneno ya Bwana katika Hekalu la Bwana kutoka kile kitabu.

9 Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

9 Katika mwezi wa tisa, mnamo mwaka wa tano wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia mfalme wa Yuda, wakati wa kufunga mbele za Bwana, ilitangazwa kwa watu wote walioko Yerusalemu, na wale wote waliokuwa wamekuja kutoka miji ya Yuda.

10 From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

10 Kutoka chumba cha Gemaria mwana wa Shafani mwandishi, kilichokuwa katika ua wa juu kwenye ingilio la Lango Jipya la Hekalu, Baruku akawasomea watu wote waliokuwa katika Hekalu la Bwana maneno ya Yeremia kutoka kwenye kile kitabu.

11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

11 Basi Mikaya mwana wa Gemaria, mwana wa Shafani, aliposikia maneno yote ya Bwana kutoka kwenye kile kitabu,

12 he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

12 alishuka hadi kwenye chumba cha mwandishi kwenye jumba la kifalme, mahali walipokuwa wameketi maafisa wote: yaani Elishama mwandishi, Delaya mwana wa Shemaya, Elnathani mwana wa Akbori, Gemaria mwana wa Shafani, Sedekia mwana wa Hanania, na maafisa wengine wote.

13 And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

13 Baada ya Mikaya kuwaambia kila kitu ambacho alikuwa amesikia Baruku akiwasomea watu kutoka kwenye kile kitabu,

14 Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

14 maafisa wote wakamtuma Yehudi mwana wa Nethania, mwana wa Shelemia, mwana wa Kushi, kumwambia Baruku, “Leta hicho kitabu ambacho umewasomea watu, nawe mwenyewe uje.” Ndipo Baruku mwana wa Neria akawaendea akiwa na hicho kitabu mkononi mwake.

15 “Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

15 Wakamwambia, “Tafadhali, keti na utusomee hicho kitabu.” Ndipo Baruku akawasomea kile kitabu.

16 When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”

16 Walipoyasikia maneno hayo yote, wakatazamana wao kwa wao kwa woga na kumwambia Baruku, “Lazima tutoe taarifa ya maneno haya yote kwa mfalme.”

17 “Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

17 Kisha wakamuuliza Baruku, “Tuambie, uliandikaje haya yote? Je, yalitoka kinywani mwa Yeremia?”

18 “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

18 Baruku akajibu, “Ndiyo, maneno haya yote yalitoka kinywani mwa Yeremia, nami nikayaandika kwa wino katika hiki kitabu.”

19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”

19 Ndipo wale maafisa wakamwambia Baruku, “Wewe na Yeremia nendeni mkajifiche. Mtu yeyote asijue mahali mlipo.”

20 So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.

20 Baada ya kuhifadhi kile kitabu ndani ya chumba cha Elishama mwandishi, wakamwendea mfalme katika ua wa nje na kumwarifu kila kitu.

21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

21 Mfalme akamtuma Yehudi akachukue kile kitabu. Yehudi akakileta hicho kitabu kutoka kwenye chumba cha Elishama mwandishi, na akakisoma mbele ya mfalme na maafisa wakiwa wamesimama kando ya mfalme.

22 Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

22 Ulikuwa mwezi wa tisa, na mfalme alikuwa ameketi chumba cha wakati wa baridi akiota moto.

23 And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

23 Hata ikawa kila wakati Yehudi alipomaliza kusoma kurasa tatu au nne za hicho kitabu, mfalme alizikata kwa kisu cha mwandishi na kuzitupia motoni, hadi kitabu chote kikateketea.

24 Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

24 Mfalme na watumishi wake wote waliosikia yote yaliyosomwa hawakuonyesha hofu yoyote, wala hawakuyararua mavazi yao.

25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

25 Hata ingawa Elnathani, Delaya na Gemaria walimsihi mfalme asikichome kile kitabu, yeye hakuwasikiliza.

26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

26 Badala yake, mfalme akamwamuru Yerameeli, mwana wa mfalme, Seraya mwana wa Azrieli, na Shelemia mwana wa Abdeeli kuwakamata mwandishi Baruku na nabii Yeremia. Lakini Bwana alikuwa amewaficha.

27 After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

27 Baada ya mfalme kuchoma kile kitabu kilichokuwa na yale maneno Baruku aliyokuwa ameyaandika kutoka kinywani mwa Yeremia, neno la Bwana lilimjia Yeremia likisema:

28 “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.

28 “Chukua kitabu kingine na uandike juu yake maneno yote yaliyokuwa katika kile kitabu cha kwanza, ambacho Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda amekiteketeza kwa moto.

29 You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

29 Mwambie pia Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda, ‘Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: Ulikiteketeza kile kitabu ukasema, “Kwa nini uliandika kwenye kitabu kwamba kwa hakika mfalme wa Babeli angekuja na kuangamiza nchi hii, na kuwakatilia mbali watu na wanyama kutoka humo?”

30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.

30 Kwa hiyo, hili ndilo asemalo Bwana kuhusu Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda: Hatakuwa na mtu yeyote atakayekalia kiti cha enzi cha Daudi; maiti yake itatupwa nje kwenye joto wakati wa mchana na kupigwa na baridi wakati wa usiku.

31 I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”

31 Nitamwadhibu yeye, watoto wake na watumishi wake kwa ajili ya uovu wao. Nitaleta juu yao na wote waishio Yerusalemu na watu wa Yuda kila maafa niliyoyasema dhidi yao, kwa sababu hawajasikiliza.’”

32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

32 Kisha Yeremia akachukua kitabu kingine na kumpa mwandishi Baruku mwana wa Neria, naye kama Yeremia alivyosema, Baruku akaandika juu yake maneno yote ya kile kitabu ambacho Yehoyakimu mfalme wa Yuda alikuwa amekichoma moto, na maneno mengine mengi yaliyofanana na hayo yaliyoongezewa humo.