Mbũtũ ya Ngigĩ
12:1 Ndar 10:2, 7; Zef 1:14-16Huhai karumbeta kũu Zayuni,
na muuge mbu kũu kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩakwa gĩtheru!
Andũ arĩa othe matũũraga bũrũri ũyũ nĩmainaine,
nĩgũkorwo mũthenya wa Jehova nĩũrooka.
Mũthenya ũcio nĩ ta mũkinyu:
22:2 Amos 5:18; Math 24:21; Joel 1:6nĩ mũthenya wa nduma na wa mairia,
mũthenya wa matu na nduma ndumanu.
Mbũtũ nene na ĩrĩ hinya ya ngigĩ nĩĩroka
ta ruoro rũgĩtema irĩma-inĩ,
na gũtirĩ kwagĩa ĩngĩ tayo kuuma tene,
na gũtikagĩa ĩngĩ tayo matukũ marĩa magooka.
32:3 Thab 97:3; Kĩam 2:8Mbere yacio nĩ mwaki wa kũniina,
na thuutha wacio nĩ rũrĩrĩmbĩ rũracina bũrũri.
Bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ mbere yacio ũhaana ta mũgũnda wa Edeni,
no thuutha wacio ũgaatigwo ũhaana ta werũ mwanangĩku:
gũtirĩ kĩndũ kĩngĩĩhonokia harĩ cio.
4Mũhianĩre wacio nĩ ta wa mbarathi cia ita;
ihanyũkaga ta thigari ihaicĩte mbarathi.
52:5 Kũg 9:9; Isa 5:24; 30:30Irĩ na mũrurumo ta wa ngaari cia ita;
irũgaga tũcũmbĩrĩ twa irĩma
ta mwaki ũracarĩka ũgĩcina itira cia ngano,
ihaana ta mbũtũ ya ita ĩrĩ hinya ĩthagathagĩtwo nĩ ũndũ wa mbaara.
62:6 Isa 13:8Na rĩrĩa cionwo-rĩ, ndũrĩrĩ nĩinyiitagwo nĩ ruo rũnene;
andũ othe magatukia ithiithi.
72:7 Ayub 16:14; Thim 30:27Itharĩkagĩra ta njamba cia ita;
ihaicaga thingo ta thigari.
Ithiiaga ciothe na mĩhari,
itekũhĩtia kũrĩa cierekeire.
8Itihatĩkanaga ĩmwe na ĩrĩa ĩngĩ;
o ĩmwe ĩthiiaga yerekeire mbere.
Itoonyaga kũrĩa kũgitĩre,
gũtirĩ kĩndũ kĩngĩcigiria.
92:9 Jer 9:21Iguthũkagĩra itũũra inene,
igatengʼerera rũthingo-inĩ.
Ikahaica, igatoonya nyũmba,
igatoonyera ndirica ta aici.
102:10 Thab 18:7; Ezek 38:19Thĩ ĩthingithaga mbere yacio,
na igũrũ rĩkainaina,
riũa na mweri ikagĩa nduma,
na njata igatiga kwara.
11Jehova araruruma ta ngwa
atongoretie ita;
thigari ciake itingĩtarĩka,
arĩa maathĩkagĩra watho wake marĩ hinya.
Mũthenya wa Jehova nĩ mũnene,
na nĩ wa gwĩtigĩrwo.
Nũũ ũngĩkĩhota kũwĩtiiria?
Tembũrangai Ngoro Cianyu
122:12 Gũcook 4:30; Hos 12:6Jehova aroiga atĩrĩ,
“O na rĩu-rĩ, njokererai na ngoro cianyu ciothe,
mwĩhingĩte kũrĩa irio, mũkĩrĩraga na mũgĩcakayaga.”
132:13 Ayub 1:20; Thaam 34:6Tembũrangai ngoro cianyu
no ti nguo cianyu.
Cookererai Jehova Ngai wanyu,
nĩgũkorwo nĩ mũtugi na nĩ mũigua-tha,
ndahiũhaga kũrakara, na aiyũrĩtwo nĩ wendo,
na nĩericũkagwo, akaaga gwĩka andũ ũũru.
142:14 Jer 26:3; Amos 5:15; Hag 2:19Nũũ ũngĩmenya? Hihi no agarũrũke na aigue tha,
atige atũrathima:
atũhe indo iria irutagwo magongona ma mũtu,
na iria irutagwo magongona ma kũnyuuo,
cia kũrutĩrwo Jehova Ngai wanyu.
152:15 Ndar 10:2; Thaam 32:5Huhai karumbeta kũu Zayuni,
anĩrĩrai gĩathĩ kĩamũre gĩa kwĩhinga kũrĩa irio,
ĩtanai kĩũngano gĩtheru.
16Cookanĩrĩriai andũ,
amũrai kĩũngano kĩu;
rehei athuuri hamwe,
na mũcookanĩrĩrie ciana, o na tũkenge tũrĩa tũronga.
Mũhikania nĩoime kanyũmba gake,
nake mũhiki nĩoime kĩrĩrĩ gĩake.
172:17 Gũcook 9:26-29; Thab 42:3Athĩnjĩri-Ngai, arĩa matungataga mbere ya Jehova,
nĩmarĩrĩre gatagatĩ ga gĩthaku kĩa Hekarũ na kĩgongona.
Nĩmoige atĩrĩ, “Kĩhonokie andũ aku, Wee Jehova.
Ndũkareke igai rĩaku rĩtuĩke kĩndũ gĩa kũnyũrũrio,
kana tuunagwo thimo gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ.
Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩtũma ndũrĩrĩ ciũranagie atĩrĩ,
‘Kaĩ Ngai wao akĩrĩ ha?’ ”
Icookia rĩa Jehova
182:18 Zek 1:14; Thab 72:13Ningĩ Jehova nĩakaigua ũiru nĩ ũndũ wa bũrũri wake,
na aiguĩre andũ ake tha.
19Jehova nĩakamacookeria atĩrĩ:
“Nĩngũmũrehithĩria ngano, na ndibei ya mũhihano, na maguta,
indo cia kũmũigana biũ;
na ndigacooka kũreka mũtuĩke
kĩndũ gĩa kũnyũrũrio nĩ ndũrĩrĩ rĩngĩ.
202:20 Jer 1:14-15; Isa 34:3“Nĩngaingata mbũtũ ĩyo ya ita ya kuuma gathigathini ĩthiĩ kũraya na inyuĩ,
ndĩmĩtindĩkĩrĩrie bũrũri mũũmũ na mũhĩnju, ũtangĩgĩa irio.
Mbũtũ yao ĩrĩa ĩtoongoretie ndĩmĩitĩrĩre iria-inĩ rĩa mwena wa irathĩro,
na ĩrĩa ĩrĩ thuutha ndĩmĩitĩrĩre iria-inĩ rĩa mwena wa ithũĩro.
Nakĩo kĩheera gĩa ciimba ciayo kĩambate na igũrũ;
mũnungo wayo naguo ũiguĩke.”
Ti-itherũ nĩekĩte maũndũ manene.
21Wee bũrũri, tiga gwĩtigĩra;
kena na ũcanjamũke.
Ti-itherũ Jehova nĩekĩte maũndũ manene.
222:22 Thab 65:12; Ndar 16:14Inyuĩ nyamũ cia gĩthaka, tigai gwĩtigĩra,
nĩgũkorwo ũrĩithio wa werũ-inĩ nĩũramera nyeki.
Mĩtĩ nĩĩraciara maciaro mayo,
nayo mĩkũyũ na mĩthabibũ ĩgaciara mũno.
23Inyuĩ andũ a Zayuni, canjamũkai,
mũkenere Jehova Ngai wanyu,
nĩgũkorwo nĩamũheete mbura ya mbere
nĩ ũndũ wa ũthingu wake.
Nĩamuurĩirie mbura nyingĩ
ya mbere na ya thuutha, o ta mbere.
242:24 Mal 3:10; Amos 9:13Nacio ihuhĩro cia ngano nĩikaiyũra ngano;
mĩtũngi nayo nĩĩkaiyũrĩrĩra
ndibei ya mũhihano na maguta.
25“Nĩngamũrĩha mĩaka ĩrĩa yothe irio cianyu ciarĩirwo nĩ ngigĩ:
ngigĩ iria nene, na itono cia ngigĩ,
na ngigĩ iria ingĩ, na mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ;
icio nĩ mbũtũ ciakwa nene cia ita iria ndaatũmĩte thĩinĩ wanyu.
262:26 Alaw 26:5; Isa 25:1Nĩmũkagĩa na irio nyingĩ cia kũrĩa, o nginya mũhũũne,
na inyuĩ nĩmũkagoocaga rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu,
ũrĩa ũmwĩkĩire maũndũ ma magegania;
andũ akwa matigacooka gũconorithio rĩngĩ.
272:27 Thaam 6:7; Zef 3:11Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũkamenya atĩ niĩ ndĩ thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli,
na atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu,
na atĩ gũtirĩ ũngĩ;
andũ akwa matigacooka gũconorithio rĩngĩ.
Mũthenya wa Jehova
28“Na thuutha wa maũndũ macio-rĩ,
nĩngaitĩrĩria andũ othe Roho wakwa.
Ariũ anyu na airĩtu anyu nĩmakarathaga mohoro,
nao athuuri anyu nĩmakarootaga irooto,
nao aanake anyu monage cioneki.
292:29 1Akor 12:13O na ningĩ ndungata ciakwa cia arũme, na cia andũ-a-nja,
nĩngaciitĩrĩria Roho wakwa matukũ-inĩ macio.
302:30 Luk 21:11; Mar 13:24-25Nĩngonania morirũ kũu igũrũ, o na gũkũ thĩ,
namo nĩ ma thakame, na ma mwaki,
o na ma ndogo ĩkwambata na igũrũ.
312:31 Jer 4:21; Mal 4:1Riũa nĩrĩkagarũrwo rĩtuĩke nduma,
naguo mweri ũtuĩke ta thakame,
mbere ya mũthenya ũcio mũnene na wa kũmakania wa Jehova ũtanakinya.
322:32 Arom 10:13; Mik 4:7; 7:18Na nĩgũgakinya atĩrĩ,
atĩ mũndũ o wothe ũgaakaĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova nĩakahonoka;
nĩgũkorwo kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Zayuni na Jerusalemu
nĩgũgakorwo na ũhonokio,
o ta ũrĩa Jehova oigĩte,
atĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka matigari
nĩgũgakorwo na arĩa Jehova eĩtĩire.
An army of locusts
1Blow the trumpet in Zion;
sound the alarm on my holy hill.
Let all who live in the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming.
It is close at hand –
2a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness.
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
a large and mighty army comes,
such as never was in ancient times
nor ever will be in ages to come.
3Before them fire devours,
behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,
behind them, a desert waste –
nothing escapes them.
4They have the appearance of horses;
they gallop along like cavalry.
5With a noise like that of chariots
they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire consuming stubble,
like a mighty army drawn up for battle.
6At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;
every face turns pale.
7They charge like warriors;
they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,
not swerving from their course.
8They do not jostle each other;
each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defences
without breaking ranks.
9They rush upon the city;
they run along the wall.
They climb into the houses;
like thieves they enter through the windows.
10Before them the earth shakes,
the heavens tremble,
the sun and moon are darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.
11The Lord thunders
at the head of his army;
his forces are beyond number,
and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;
it is dreadful.
Who can endure it?
Rend your heart
12‘Even now,’ declares the Lord,
‘return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.’
13Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.
14Who knows? He may turn and relent
and leave behind a blessing –
grain offerings and drink offerings
for the Lord your God.
15Blow the trumpet in Zion,
declare a holy fast,
call a sacred assembly.
16Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
17Let the priests, who minister before the Lord,
weep between the portico and the altar.
Let them say, ‘Spare your people, Lord.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
“Where is their God?” ’
The Lord’s answer
18Then the Lord was jealous for his land
and took pity on his people.
19The Lord replied2:18,19 Or Lord will be jealous… / and take pity… / 19 The Lord will reply to them:
‘I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil,
enough to satisfy you fully;
never again will I make you
an object of scorn to the nations.
20‘I will drive the northern horde far from you,
pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench will go up;
its smell will rise.’
Surely he has done great things!
21Do not be afraid, land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.
Surely the Lord has done great things!
22Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.
The trees are bearing their fruit;
the fig-tree and the vine yield their riches.
23Be glad, people of Zion,
rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.
He sends you abundant showers,
both autumn and spring rains, as before.
24The threshing-floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25‘I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten –
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain. –
my great army that I sent among you.
26You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders for you;
never again will my people be shamed.
27Then you will know that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lord your God,
and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.
The day of the Lord
28‘And afterwards,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
29Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
30I will show wonders in the heavens
and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
32And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved;
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors
whom the Lord calls.2:32 In Hebrew texts 2:28-32 is numbered 3:1-5.
