Mungu Na Sanamu
1Sikieni lile ambalo Bwana, anena nanyi ee nyumba ya Israeli. 210:2 Kut 23:24; Law 20:23; Mwa 1:14Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Usijifunze njia za mataifa
wala usitishwe na ishara katika anga,
ingawa mataifa yanatishwa nazo.
310:3 Isa 40:19; Kum 9:21; Eze 7:20; Yer 44:8; 1Fal 8:36Kwa maana desturi za mataifa hazina maana,
wanakata mti msituni,
na fundi anauchonga kwa patasi.
410:4 1Sam 5:3; Isa 41:7; Za 135:15; Hos 13:2; Hab 2:19Wanaparemba kwa fedha na dhahabu,
wanakikaza kwa nyundo na misumari ili kisitikisike.
510:5 1Fal 18:26; 1Kor 12:2; Isa 45:20; Hab 2:19; Isa 44:9-20; Mdo 19:26Sanamu zao ni kama sanamu
iliyowekwa shambani la matango kutishia ndege
nazo haziwezi kuongea;
sharti zibebwe
sababu haziwezi kutembea.
Usiziogope; haziwezi kudhuru,
wala kutenda lolote jema.”
610:6 2Sam 7:22; Kut 8:9-10; Za 48:1Hakuna aliye kama wewe, Ee Bwana;
wewe ni mkuu,
jina lako ni lenye nguvu katika uweza.
710:7 Isa 12:4; Ufu 15:4; Za 22:28; Yer 5:22Ni nani ambaye haimpasi kukuheshimu wewe,
Ee Mfalme wa mataifa?
Hii ni stahili yako.
Miongoni mwa watu wote wenye hekima
katika mataifa na katika falme zao zote,
hakuna aliye kama wewe.
810:8 Isa 40:19; Yer 4:22; Isa 44:18; Kum 32:21Wote hawana akili, tena ni wapumbavu,
wanafundishwa na sanamu za miti zisizofaa lolote.
910:9 Dan 10:5; Za 115:4; Isa 40:19; Mwa 10:4Huleta fedha iliyofuliwa kutoka Tarshishi
na dhahabu kutoka Ufazi.
Kile ambacho fundi na sonara wametengeneza
huvikwa mavazi ya rangi ya samawi na urujuani:
vyote vikiwa vimetengenezwa
na mafundi stadi.
1010:10 1Tim 6:17; Za 76:7; Yos 3:10; Mt 16:16; Mwa 21:33; Dan 6:26; Amu 5:4; Ay 9:6Lakini Bwana ni Mungu wa kweli,
yeye ndiye Mungu aliye hai, Mfalme wa milele.
Anapokasirika, dunia hutetemeka,
mataifa hayawezi kustahimili hasira yake.
1110:11 Za 96:5; Isa 2:18“Waambie hivi: ‘Miungu hii, ambayo haikuumba mbingu na dunia, itaangamia kutoka dunia na kutoka chini ya mbingu.’ ”
1210:12 Ay 9:9; 38:4; Isa 40:22-28; Mdo 14:15; 1Sam 2:8; Mwa 1:1, 8, 31Lakini Mungu aliiumba dunia kwa uweza wake,
akaweka misingi ya ulimwengu kwa hekima yake,
na akazitandaza mbingu kwa ufahamu wake.
1310:13 Ay 36:29; Za 135:7; 104:13; Kum 28:12Atoapo sauti yake, maji yaliyo katika mbingu hunguruma;
huyafanya mawingu yainuke kutoka miisho ya dunia.
Hupeleka umeme wa radi pamoja na mvua,
naye huuleta upepo kutoka ghala zake.
14Kila mmoja ni mjinga na hana maarifa,
kila sonara ameaibishwa na sanamu zake.
Vinyago vyake ni vya udanganyifu,
havina pumzi ndani yavyo.
1510:15 Isa 41:21; Yer 14; 22Havifai kitu, ni vitu vya kufanyia mzaha tu,
hukumu yavyo itakapowadia, vitaangamia.
1610:16 Kum 32:9; Yer 32:17; Kut 34:9; Za 73:26; Yer 31:35; Za 74:2Yeye aliye Fungu la Yakobo sivyo alivyo,
kwani ndiye Muumba wa vitu vyote,
pamoja na Israeli, kabila la urithi wake:
Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ndilo jina lake.
Maangamizi Yajayo
1710:17 Eze 12:12Kusanyeni mali na vitu vyenu mwondoke nchi hii,
enyi mnaoishi katika hali ya kuzingirwa na jeshi.
1810:18 1Sam 25:29; Isa 22:17; Eze 6:10; Kum 28:52Kwa kuwa hili ndilo asemalo Bwana:
“Wakati huu, nitawatupa nje kwa nguvu
wote waishio katika nchi hii;
nitawataabisha
ili waweze kutekwa.”
1910:19 Mik 7:9; Nah 3:19; Ay 34:6; Yer 14:17; 15:18; Mao 2:13; Yer 30:12, 15Ole wangu mimi kwa ajili ya kuumia kwangu!
Jeraha langu ni kubwa!
Lakini nilisema,
“Kweli hii ni adhabu yangu,
nami sharti niistahimili.”
2010:20 Yer 4:20; 31:15; Mao 1:5Hema langu limeangamizwa;
kamba zake zote zimekatwa.
Wana wangu wametekwa na hawapo tena;
hakuna hata mmoja aliyebaki wa kusimamisha hema langu
wala wa kusimamisha kibanda changu.
2110:21 Yer 23:2; Eze 34:6; Yer 6:22; 25:34; 50:6; Isa 56:10; Yer 22:30Wachungaji hawana akili
wala hawamuulizi Bwana,
hivyo hawastawi
na kundi lao lote la kondoo limetawanyika.
2210:22 Isa 34:13; Yer 9:11; 6:22; 27:6; Eze 12:19Sikilizeni! Taarifa inakuja:
ghasia kubwa kutoka nchi ya kaskazini!
Hii itafanya miji ya Yuda ukiwa,
makao ya mbweha.
Maombi Ya Yeremia
2310:23 Ay 33:29; Yer 9:11; 6:22; 27:6; Eze 12:19Ninajua, Ee Bwana, kwamba maisha ya mwanadamu si yake mwenyewe;
hawezi kuziongoza hatua zake mwenyewe.
2410:24 Yer 7:20; 18:23; 46:28; 30:11Unirudi, Ee Bwana, lakini kwa kipimo cha haki:
si katika hasira yako,
usije ukaniangamiza.
2510:25 Ay 15:21; Yer 8:16; Za 69:24; 79:6-7; Sef 3:8; Yer 2:3Umwage ghadhabu yako juu ya mataifa
wasiokujua wewe,
juu ya mataifa wasioliitia jina lako.
Kwa kuwa wamemwangamiza Yakobo;
wamemwangamiza kabisa
na kuiharibu nchi yake.
The Lord Is the Only True God
1People of Israel, listen to what the Lord is telling you. 2He says,
“Do not follow the practices of other nations.
Do not be terrified by warnings in the sky.
Do not be afraid, even though the nations are terrified by them.
3The practices of these nations are worthless.
People cut a tree out of the forest.
A skilled worker shapes the wood with a sharp tool.
4Others decorate it with silver and gold.
They use a hammer to nail it to the floor.
They want to keep it from falling down.
5The statues of their gods can’t speak.
They are like scarecrows in a field of cucumbers.
Their statues have to be carried around
because they can’t walk.
So do not be afraid of their gods.
They can’t do you any harm.
And they can’t do you any good either.”
6Lord, no one is like you.
You are great.
You are mighty and powerful.
7King of the nations,
everyone should have respect for you.
That’s what people should give you.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
there is no one like you.
No one can compare with you in all their kingdoms.
8All of them are foolish. They don’t have any sense.
They think they are taught by worthless wooden gods.
9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish.
Gold is brought from Uphaz.
People skilled in working with wood and gold make a statue.
Then they put blue and purple clothes on it.
The whole thing is made by skilled workers.
10But you are the only true God.
You are the only living God.
You are the King who rules forever.
When you are angry, the earth trembles with fear.
The nations can’t stand up under your anger.
11The Lord speaks to the Jews living in Babylon. He says, “Here is what you must tell the people of the nations. Tell them, ‘Your gods did not make the heavens and the earth. In fact, these gods will disappear from the earth. They will vanish from under the heavens.’ ”
12But God used his power to make the earth.
His wisdom set the world in place.
His understanding spread out the heavens.
13When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar.
He makes clouds rise from one end of the earth to the other.
He sends lightning along with the rain.
He brings the wind out from his storerooms.
14No one has any sense or knows anything at all.
Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his gods.
The metal gods he has made are fakes.
They can’t even breathe.
15They are worthless things that people make fun of.
When the Lord judges them, they will be destroyed.
16The God of Jacob is not like them.
He gives his people everything they need.
He made everything that exists.
And that includes Israel.
They are the people who belong to him.
His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
The Land Will Be Destroyed
17People of Jerusalem, your enemies have surrounded you.
They are attacking you.
So gather up what belongs to you.
Then leave the land.
18The Lord says,
“I am about to throw out of this land
everyone who lives in it.
I will bring trouble on them.
They will be captured.”
19How terrible it will be for me!
I’ve been wounded!
And my wound can’t be healed!
In spite of that, I said to myself,
“I’m sick. But I’ll have to put up with it.”
20Jerusalem is like a tent that has been destroyed.
All its ropes have snapped.
My people have gone away from me.
Now no one is left to set up my tent.
I have no one to set up my shelter.
21The leaders of my people are like shepherds
who don’t have any sense.
They don’t ask the Lord for advice.
That’s why they don’t succeed.
And that’s why their whole flock
is scattered like sheep.
22Listen! A message is coming!
I hear the sound of a great army
marching down from the north!
It will turn Judah’s towns into a desert.
They will become a home for wild dogs.
Jeremiah Prays to the Lord
23Lord, I know that a person doesn’t control their own life.
They don’t direct their own steps.
24Correct me, Lord, but please be fair.
Don’t correct me when you are angry.
If you do, nothing will be left of me.
25Pour out your great anger on the nations.
They don’t pay any attention to you.
They refuse to worship you.
They have destroyed the people of Jacob.
They’ve wiped them out completely.
They’ve also destroyed the land they lived in.
