1Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.15.3 kinds: Heb. families 4And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.15.4 cause…: Heb. give them for a removing 5For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?15.5 how…: Heb. of thy peace? 6Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. 7And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.15.7 children: or, whatsoever is dear 8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.15.8 the mother…: or, the mother city a young man spoiling, etc, or, the mother and the young men 9She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
10¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. 11The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.15.11 cause…: or, intreat the enemy for thee 12Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 13Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. 14And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
15¶ O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.15.16 I am…: Heb. thy name is called upon me 17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. 18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?15.18 fail: Heb. be not sure?
19¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. 20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
1Kenaka Yehova anandiwuza kuti, “Ngakhale Mose ndi Samueli akanayima pamaso panga kupempherera anthu awa, Ine sindikanawachitira chisoni. Achotseni ndipo ndisawaonenso! Aleke apite! 2Ndipo ngati akufunsa iwe kuti, ‘Kodi tipite kuti?’ uwawuze kuti, ‘Yehova akuti,
“ ‘Oyenera kufa adzafa;
oyenera kufa ndi lupanga adzafa ndi lupanga;
oyenera kufa ndi njala adzafa ndi njala;
oyenera kupita ku ukapolo adzapita ku ukapolo.’
3“Ine ndidzawatumizira mitundu inayi ya zinthu zowononga,” akutero Yehova, “lupanga lowapha, agalu owaluma, mbalame zamumlengalenga ndiponso zirombo zoti ziwadye ndi kuwawononga. 4Ndidzawasandutsa kukhala chinthu chonyansa kwa anthu a maufumu onse a dziko lapansi chifukwa cha zimene Manase mwana wa Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda anachita mu Yerusalemu.
5“Kodi adzakumvera chisoni ndani, Yerusalemu?
Kodi adzakulira ndani?
Kodi ndani amene adzapatuka kufunsa za moyo wako?
6Inu mwandikana Ine,” akutero Yehova.
“Inu mukubwererabe mʼmbuyo.
Choncho Ine ndidzakukanthani.
Ndatopa ndi kukuchitirani chifundo.
7Ine ndidzakubalalitsani kukuchotsani mʼmizinda ya mʼdzikomo
monga mmene amachitira ndi mankhusu popeta ndi lichero.
Anthu anga ndinawaliritsa ndi kuwawononga
chifukwa sanasinthe makhalidwe awo oyipa.
8Ndinachulukitsa amayi awo amasiye
kupambana mchenga wa kunyanja.
Amayiwo ndinawawonongera ana awo aamuna
dzuwa lili pamutu.
Mwadzidzidzi ndinawagwetsera
kuwawa mtima ndi mantha.
9Mayi wa ana asanu ndi awiri wakomoka
ndipo akupuma wefuwefu.
Dzuwa lake lalowa ukanali usana;
anamuchititsa manyazi ndipo wathedwa nzeru.
Otsala ndidzawapereka mʼmanja mwa adani awo
kuti awaphe ndi lupanga,”
akutero Yehova.
10Kalanga ine, amayi pakuti munandibereka ine,
munthu amene ndikutsutsana ndi kulimbana ndi anthu pa dziko lonse!
Ine sindinakongoze kapena kukongola kanthu,
komatu aliyense akunditemberera.
11Yehova anati,
“Ndithudi, Ine ndidzakulanditsa kuti upeze bwino.
Ndithudi, adani ako adzakupempha pa nthawi ya tsoka
ndi ya mavuto awo.
12“Palibe munthu amene angathe kudula chitsulo,
makamaka chitsulo chochokera kumpoto chosakaniza ndi mkuwa.
13Anthu ako ndi chuma chako
ndidzazipereka kwa ofunkha popanda malipiro,
chifukwa cha machimo anu onse
a mʼdziko lanu lonse.
14Ndidzakusandutsani akapolo a adani anu
mʼdziko limene inu simulidziwa,
chifukwa mkwiyo wanga wayaka ngati moto
umene udzakutenthani.”
15Ine ndinati, “Inu Yehova, mumadziwa zonse;
kumbukireni ndi kundisamalira.
Ndilipsireni anthu ondizunza.
Ndilezereni mtima musandilande moyo wanga.
Onani momwe ndi kuvutikira chifukwa cha Inu.
16Munandiyankhula ndipo mawu anu ndinawalandira bwino.
Mawu anu anandipatsa chimwemwe ndipo mtima wanga unasangalala.
Paja ine, Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse,
ndimadziwika ndi dzina lanu.
17Sindinakhale nawo mʼgulu la anthu amadyera,
sindinasangalale nawo anthu amenewo.
Ndinakhala ndekha chifukwa choti dzanja lanu linali pa ine
ndipo munadzaza mu mtima mwanga ndi mkwiyo.
18Nanga nʼchifukwa chiyani mavuto anga sakutha?
Bwanji chilonda changa sichikupola?
Kodi inu mudzakhala ngati mtsinje wowuma nthawi yachilimwe,
kapena ngati kasupe wopanda madzi?”
19Tsono Yehova anandiyankha kuti,
“Ukabwerera kwa Ine, ndidzakulandiranso
ndipo udzakhalanso mtumiki wanga.
Ngati udzayankhula mawu oyenera osati achabechabe,
udzakhalanso mneneri wanga.
Anthu adzabwera kwa iwe
ndipo sipadzafunika kuti iwe upite kwa iwo.
20Ndidzakusandutsa ngati khoma lolimba
ngati mkuwa kwa anthu awa.
Adzalimbana nawe
koma sadzakugonjetsa,
pakuti Ine ndili nawe
kukulanditsa ndi kukupulumutsa,”
akutero Yehova.
21“Ndidzakupulumutsa mʼdzanja la anthu oyipa
ndipo ndidzakuwombola kwa anthu ankhanza.”
