1The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; 2Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. 3Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. 5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.46.5 beaten…: Heb. broken in pieces46.5 fled…: Heb. fled a flight 6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 7Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. 9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.46.9 the Ethiopians: Heb. Cush46.9 the Libyans: Heb. Put 10For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. 11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.46.11 thou shalt…: Heb. no cure shall be unto thee
12The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
13¶ The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. 14Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. 15Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. 16He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.46.16 made…: Heb. multiplied the faller 17They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. 18As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. 19O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.46.19 furnish…: Heb. make thee instruments of captivity 20Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. 21Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.46.21 fatted…: Heb. bullocks of the stall 22The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. 23They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. 24The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. 25The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:46.25 multitude: or, nourisher: Heb. Amon 26And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
27¶ But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.46.28 not leave…: or, not utterly cut thee off
1Yehova anamupatsa Yeremiya uthenga wonena za anthu a mitundu ina.
Uthenga Wonena za Igupto
2Kunena za Igupto:
Yehova ananena za gulu lankhondo la Farao Neko mfumu ya ku Igupto limene Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni analigonjetsa ku Karikemesi ku mtsinje wa Yufurate mʼchaka cha chinayi cha Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosiya mfumu ya Yuda,
3anati, “Konzani zishango zanu ndi malihawo,
ndipo yambanipo kupita ku nkhondo!
4Mangani akavalo,
ndipo kwerani inu okwerapo!
Khalani pa mzere
mutavala zipewa!
Nolani mikondo yanu,
valani malaya anu ankhondo!
5Yeremiya anati: Kodi ndikuona chiyani?
Achita mantha
akubwerera,
ankhondo awo agonjetsedwa.
Akuthawa mofulumirapo
osayangʼananso mʼmbuyo,
ndipo agwidwa ndi mantha ponseponse,”
akutero Yehova.
6Waliwiro sangathe kuthawa
ngakhale wankhondo wamphamvu sangathe kupulumuka.
Akunka napunthwa ndi kugwa
kumpoto kwa mtsinje wa Yufurate.
7“Kodi ndani amene akukwera ngati Nailo,
ngati mtsinje wa madzi amkokomo?
8Igupto akusefukira ngati Nailo,
ngati mitsinje ya madzi amkokomo.
Iye akunena kuti, ‘Ndidzadzuka ndi kuphimba dziko lapansi;
ndidzawononga mizinda ndi anthu ake.’
9Tiyeni, inu akavalo!
Thamangani inu magaleta!
Tulukani, inu ankhondo,
ankhondo a ku Kusi ndi Puti amene mumanyamula zishango,
ankhondo a ku Ludi amene mumaponya uta.
10Koma tsikulo ndi la Ambuye Yehova Wamphamvuzonse;
tsiku lolipsira, lolipsira adani ake.
Lupanga lake lidzawononga ndi kukhuta magazi,
lidzaledzera ndi magazi.
Pakuti Yehova, Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, adzapereka adani ake ngati nsembe
mʼdziko la kumpoto mʼmbali mwa mtsinje wa Yufurate.
11“Pita ku Giliyadi ukatenge mankhwala
iwe namwali Igupto.
Wayesayesa mankhwala ambiri koma osachira;
palibe mankhwala okuchiritsa.
12Anthu a mitundu ina amva za manyazi ako;
kulira kwako kwadzaza dziko lapansi.
Ankhondo akunka nagwetsanagwetsana,
onse awiri agwa pansi limodzi.”
13Uthenga umene Yehova anapatsa mneneri Yeremiya wonena za kubwera kwa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni kudzathira nkhondo Igupto ndi uwu:
14“Mulengeze ku Igupto. Mulengeze ku Migidoli.
Mulengezenso ku Mefisi ndi ku Tapanesi.
Muwawuze anthu akumeneko kuti, ‘Imani pamalo panu ndi kukhala okonzeka kudziteteza,
chifukwa lupanga lidzawononga zonse zimene muli nazo.’
15Chifukwa chiyani mulungu wanu wamphamvu uja Apisi wathawa?
Iye sakanatha kulimba chifukwa Yehova anamugwetsa.
16Ankhondo anu apunthwa ndi kugwa.
Aliyense akuwuza mnzake kuti,
‘Tiyeni tibwerere kwathu,
ku dziko kumene tinabadwira,
tithawe lupanga la adani athu.’
17Kumeneku iwo adzafuwula kuti,
‘Farao, mfumu ya ku Igupto mupatseni dzina lakuti,
Waphokoso, Wotaya mwayi wake.’
18“Pali Ine wamoyo,” ikutero Mfumu,
imene dzina lake ndi Yehova Wamphamvuzonse,
“wina adzabwera amene ali ngati Tabori phiri lopambana mapiri ena,
ngati phiri la Karimeli loti njoo mʼmbali mwa nyanja.
19Konzani katundu wanu wopita naye ku ukapolo
inu anthu a ku Igupto,
pakuti Mefisi adzasanduka chipululu
ndipo adzakhala bwinja mopanda wokhalamo.
20“Igupto ali ngati mwana wangʼombe wokongola,
koma chimphanga chikubwera
kuchokera kumpoto kudzalimbana naye.
21Ngakhale ankhondo aganyu amene ali naye
ali ngati ana angʼombe onenepa.
Nawonso abwerera mʼmbuyo, nathawa pamodzi.
Palibe amene wachirimika.
Ndithu, tsiku la tsoka lawafikira;
ndiyo nthawi yowalanga.
22Aigupto akuthawa ndi liwu lawo lili ngati la njoka yothawa
pamene adani abwera ndi zida zawo,
abwera ndi nkhwangwa
ngati anthu odula mitengo.
23Iwo adzadula nkhalango ya Igupto,”
akutero Yehova,
“ngakhale kuti ndi yowirira.
Anthuwo ndi ochuluka kupambana dzombe,
moti sangatheke kuwerengeka.
24Anthu a ku Igupto achita manyazi
atengedwa ukapolo ndi anthu a kumpoto.”
25Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Mulungu wa Israeli, akunena kuti, “Ndili pafupi kulanga Amoni mulungu wa Tebesi. Ndidzalanganso Farao ndi Igupto pamodzi ndi milungu yake yonse, mafumu ake ndi onse amene amamukhulupirira. 26Ndidzawapereka kwa amene akufuna kuwapha, ndiye kuti kwa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni ndi atsogoleri ake ankhondo. Komabe, mʼtsogolomo Igupto adzakhalanso ndi anthu monga kale,” akutero Yehova.
27“Iwe mtumiki wanga Yakobo, usachite mantha;
usataye mtima, iwe Israeli.
Ndithu Ine ndidzakupulumutsa kuchokera ku mayiko akutali,
ndidzapulumutsanso zidzukulu zako kuchokera ku mayiko kumene anapita nazo ku ukapolo.
Yakobo adzabwerera ndipo adzakhala motakasuka ndi pa mtendere,
ndipo palibenso wina amene adzamuopsa.
28Iwe mtumiki wanga Yakobo, usachite mantha,
pakuti Ine ndili nawe,” akutero Yehova.
“Ndidzawonongeratu mitundu yonse ya anthu
a ku mayiko kumene ndakupirikitsira,
Koma iwe sindidzakuwononga kotheratu.
Ndidzakulanga iwe ndithu koma moyenerera;
sindidzakulekerera osakulanga.”
