1“At that time I will be the God of all the families of Israel,” announces the Lord. “And they will be my people.”
2The Lord says,
“Some of my people will live through
everything their enemies do to them.
They will find help in the desert.
I will come to give peace and rest to Israel.”
3The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said,
“I have loved you with a love that lasts forever.
I have kept on loving you with a kindness that never fails.
4I will build you up again.
Nation of Israel, you will be rebuilt.
Once again you will use your tambourines to celebrate.
You will go out and dance with joy.
5Once again you will plant vineyards
on the hills of Samaria.
Farmers will plant them.
They will enjoy their fruit.
6There will be a day when those on guard duty will cry out.
They will stand on the hills of Ephraim.
And they will shout,
‘Come! Let’s go up to Zion.
Let’s go up to where the Lord our God is.’ ”
7The Lord says,
“Sing for joy because the people of Jacob are blessed.
Shout because the Lord has made them the greatest nation.
Make your praises heard.
Say, ‘Lord, save your people.
Save the people who are left alive in Israel.’
8I will bring them from the land of the north.
I will gather them from one end of the earth to the other.
Even those who are blind and those who can’t walk
will be among them.
Pregnant women and women having their babies
will be among them also.
Many of them will return.
9Their eyes will be filled with tears as they come.
They will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water.
I will lead them on a level path
where they will not trip or fall.
I am Israel’s father.
And Ephraim is my oldest son.
10“Listen to my message, you nations.
Announce it on shores far away.
Say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather them.
He will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’
11I will set the people of Jacob free.
I will save them from those who are stronger than they are.
12They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion.
They will be joyful because of everything I give them.
I give them grain, olive oil and fresh wine.
I give them the young animals in their flocks and herds.
Israel will be like a garden that has plenty of water.
And they will not be sad anymore.
13Then young women will dance and be glad.
And so will the men, young and old alike.
I will turn their mourning into gladness.
I will comfort them.
And I will give them joy instead of sorrow.
14I will satisfy the priests. I will give them more than enough.
And my people will be filled with the good things I give them,”
announces the Lord.
15The Lord says,
“A voice is heard in Ramah.
It is the sound of weeping and deep sadness.
Rachel is weeping for her children.
She refuses to be comforted,
because they are gone.”
16The Lord says,
“Do not weep anymore.
Do not let tears fall from your eyes.
I will reward you for your work,”
announces the Lord.
“Your children will return from the land of the enemy.
17So there is hope for your children,”
announces the Lord.
“Your children will return to their own land.
18“I have heard the groans of Ephraim’s people. They say,
‘You corrected us like a calf you were training.
And we have been trained.
Bring us back to you, and we will come back.
You are the Lord our God.
19After we wandered away from you,
we turned away from our sins.
After we learned our lesson,
we beat our chests in sorrow.
We were full of shame.
What we did when we were young brought dishonor on us.’
20Aren’t the people of Ephraim my dear children?
Aren’t they the children I take delight in?
I often speak against them.
But I still remember them.
So my heart longs for them.
I love them with a tender love,”
announces the Lord.
21The Lord says, “Put up road signs.
Set up stones to show the way.
Look carefully for the highway.
Look for the road you will take.
Return, people of Israel.
Return to your towns.
22How long will you wander,
my people Israel, who are not faithful to me?
I will create a new thing on earth.
The woman will return to the man.”
23The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “I will bring them back from the place where they were taken. Here is what the people in Judah and its towns will say once again. ‘May the Lord bless you, you successful city. Sacred mountain, may he bless you.’ 24People will live together in Judah and all its towns. Farmers and shepherds will live there. 25I will give rest to those who are tired. I will satisfy those who are weak.”
26When I heard this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.
27Here is what the Lord announces. “The days are coming when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah again. I will plant them with children and young animals. 28I watched over Israel and Judah to pull them up by the roots. I tore them down. I crushed them. I destroyed them. I brought horrible trouble on them. But now I will watch over them to build them up and plant them,” announces the Lord. 29“In those days people will no longer say,
“ ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes.
But the children have a bitter taste in their mouths.’
30Instead, everyone will die for their own sin. The one who eats sour grapes will taste how bitter they are.
31“The days are coming,” announces the Lord.
“I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel.
I will also make it with the people of Judah.
32It will not be like the covenant
I made with their people of long ago.
That was when I took them by the hand.
I led them out of Egypt.
But they broke my covenant.
They did it even though I was like a husband to them,”
announces the Lord.
33“This is the covenant I will make with Israel
after that time,” announces the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds.
I will write it on their hearts.
I will be their God.
And they will be my people.
34They will not need to teach their neighbor anymore.
And they will not need to teach one another anymore.
They will not need to say, ‘Know the Lord.’
That’s because everyone will know me.
From the least important of them to the most important,
all of them will know me,”
announces the Lord.
“I will forgive their evil ways.
I will not remember their sins anymore.”
35The Lord speaks.
He makes the sun
shine by day.
He orders the moon and stars
to shine at night.
He stirs up the ocean.
He makes its waves roar.
His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
36“Suppose my orders for creation disappear from my sight,”
announces the Lord.
“Only then will the people of Israel stop being
a nation in my sight.”
37The Lord says,
“Suppose the sky above could be measured.
Suppose the foundations of the earth below could be completely discovered.
Only then would I turn away the people of Israel.
Even though they have committed many sins,
I will still accept them,”
announces the Lord.
38“The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me. It will be rebuilt from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39The measuring line will reach out from there. It will go straight to the hill of Gareb. Then it will turn and reach as far as Goah. 40There is a valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown. That whole valley will be holy to me. The side of the Kidron Valley east of the city will be holy to me. It will be holy all the way to the corner of the Horse Gate. The city will never again be pulled up by the roots. It will never be destroyed.”
1“Ihinda-inĩ rĩu ngaakorwo ndĩ Ngai wa mbarĩ ciothe cia Isiraeli, nao nĩmagatuĩka andũ akwa,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
231:2 Ndar 14:20; Gũcook 12:9Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Andũ arĩa makaahonoka kũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora-rĩ,
nĩmagetĩkĩrĩka kũu werũ-inĩ;
nĩngooka kũhuurũkia andũ a Isiraeli.”
331:3 Hos 11:4; Joh 6:44Jehova nĩatuumĩrĩire matukũ-inĩ ma tene, agĩtwĩra atĩrĩ:
“Niĩ ngwendete na wendo wa tene na tene;
nĩngũguucĩrĩirie na ũtugi.
431:4 2Ath 19:21; Jer 30:19Nĩngagwaka rĩngĩ nawe nĩũgaakĩka,
wee Isiraeli mũirĩtu ũyũ gathirange.
Nĩũkooya tũhembe twaku rĩngĩ,
uume ũthiĩ mũkaine hamwe na arĩa marakena.
531:5 Gũcook 20:6; Amos 9:14Ningĩ nĩũkahaanda mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ
kũu irĩma-inĩ cia Samaria;
arĩmi nĩmakamĩhaanda,
na makenere maciaro mayo.
631:6 Mik 4:2Nĩgũkaagĩa mũthenya ũmwe ũrĩa arangĩri makaanĩrĩra
marĩ tũrĩma-inĩ twa Efiraimu, moige atĩrĩ,
‘Ũkĩrai twambate tũkinye Zayuni,
harĩ Jehova Ngai witũ.’ ”
731:7 Gũcook 28:13; Isa 37:31Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Inĩrai Jakubu mũkenete,
mũkũngũĩre rũrĩrĩ rũrĩa rũnene mũno.
Tũmai kũgooca kwanyu kũiguuo, mũkiugaga atĩrĩ,
‘Wee Jehova, honokia andũ aku,
o acio matigari ma Isiraeli.’
831:8 Jer 3:18; Isa 42:16; Mik 4:6Atĩrĩrĩ, ngaamarehe, ndĩmarute bũrũri wa gathigathini,
ndĩmacookererie kuuma ituri ciothe cia thĩ.
Na magooka marĩ na atumumu ao, na ithua,
o na atumia arĩa marĩ na nda, o na arĩa mararũmwo;
magaacooka marĩ kĩrĩndĩ kĩnene mũno.
931:9 Ndar 20:8; Isa 49:11Nao magooka makĩrĩraga;
nĩmakahooyaga ngĩmacookia kwao.
Nĩngamagereria ndwere-inĩ cia tũrũũĩ twa maaĩ,
njĩra-inĩ ĩrĩa njaraganu kũndũ matangĩhĩngwo,
nĩgũkorwo niĩ nĩ niĩ ithe wa Isiraeli,
nake Efiraimu nĩwe mũrũ wakwa wa irigithathi.
1031:10 Alaw 26:33; Isa 40:11“Thikĩrĩriai ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova, inyuĩ ndũrĩrĩ;
hunjanĩriai ũhoro wayo ndwere-inĩ cia iria kũndũ kũraya, atĩrĩ:
‘We ũrĩa wahurunjire andũ a Isiraeli nĩakamacookereria,
na amamenyerere o ta ũrĩa mũrĩithi arĩithagia mbũri cia rũũru rwake.’
1131:11 Thaam 6:6; Zek 9:16Nĩ ũndũ Jehova nĩagakũũra Jakubu,
na amahonokie kuuma kũrĩ arĩa marĩ hinya kũmakĩra.
1231:12 Ezek 17:23; Hos 2:21-22; Kũg 7:17Nĩmagooka maanĩrĩre nĩ gũkena marĩ kũu irĩma-inĩ cia Zayuni;
nĩmagakenagĩra ũtaana wa Jehova:
wa ngano, na wa ndibei ya mũhihano, na wa maguta,
na wa tũgondu tuumĩte ndũũru-inĩ cia mbũri, na wa tũcaũ tuumĩte ndũũru-inĩ cia ngʼombe.
Magaatuĩka ta mũgũnda unithĩirio maaĩ,
na matigacooka kũnyiitwo nĩ ihooru rĩngĩ.
1331:13 Isa 51:11Hĩndĩ ĩyo airĩtu nĩmakaina na makene,
o na aanake na athuuri o ũndũ ũmwe.
Nĩngagarũra gũcakaya kwao gũtuĩke gĩkeno;
nĩngamahooreria, na ndĩmahe gĩkeno handũ ha kĩeha.
14Nĩngahũũnia athĩnjĩri-Ngai na bũthi,
nao andũ akwa nĩmakaiganwo nĩ ũtugi wakwa,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
1531:15 Josh 18:25; Math 2:17-18Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Mũgambo nĩũiguĩtwo kũu Rama,
gũcakaya kũnene na kĩrĩro,
Rakeli akĩrĩrĩra ciana ciake,
na akarega kũhoorerio,
nĩgũkorwo ciana ciake itirĩ ho.”
1631:16 Ruth 2:12; Ezek 11:17Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Wĩgirĩrĩrie mũgambo waku ũtige kũiguuo ũkĩrĩra,
na ũgirĩrĩrie maitho maku gũita maithori,
nĩ ũndũ nĩũkarĩhwo wĩra waku,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
“Ciana icio ciaku nĩigacooka kuuma bũrũri wa thũ.
17Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, nĩ harĩ kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro matukũ-inĩ maku ma thuutha,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
“Ciana ciaku nĩigacooka gũkũ bũrũri wacio kĩũmbe.
1831:18 Ayub 5:17; Hos 4:16“Ti-itherũ nĩnjiguĩte mũcaayo wa Efiraimu akiuga atĩrĩ:
‘Wee nĩũũherithĩtie o ta gacaũ gatamenyerete gwĩkĩrwo icooki,
na niĩ nĩnjathĩkĩte.
Njokereria, na niĩ nĩngũcooka,
tondũ wee nĩwe Jehova Ngai wakwa.
1931:19 Thab 95:10; Ezar 9:6Thuutha wa gũturuura,
nĩndacookire ngĩĩrira;
thuutha wa gũtaũkĩrwo,
nĩndehũũrire gĩthũri.
Nĩndaconokire na ngĩĩnyarara,
nĩ ũndũ nĩndakuuĩte thoni cia wĩthĩ wakwa.’
2031:20 Isa 55:7Githĩ Efiraimu tiwe mũrũ wakwa ũrĩa nyendete,
mwana ũrĩa niĩ ngenagĩra?
O na gũtuĩka ndanamũũkĩrĩra kaingĩ-rĩ,
no ndirikanaga ũrĩa ndĩmwendete.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngoro yakwa nĩĩmũnyootagĩra;
nĩndĩmũiguagĩra tha mũno,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
2131:21 Jer 50:5“Ĩkĩrai marũũri ma barabara,
na mũhaande itugĩ cia kuonania njĩra.
Ta rorai barabara ĩyo nene,
o barabara ĩyo mwagereire mũgĩthiĩ.
Njookerera, wee Isiraeli mũirĩtu gathirange,
cooka matũũra-inĩ maku.
22Ũgũtũũra ũrũũraga nginya-rĩ,
wee mwarĩ ũyũ ũtarĩ mwĩhokeku?
Jehova nĩegũthondeka ũndũ mwerũ gũkũ thĩ:
mũndũ-wa-nja nĩakagitĩra mũndũ mũrũme.”
2331:23 Kĩam 28:3; Isa 1:26Ũũ nĩguo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga: “Rĩrĩa ngaamacookia moime kũrĩa maatwarirwo maatahwo-rĩ, andũ arĩa marĩ bũrũri-inĩ wa Juda o na matũũra-inĩ makuo nĩmagacooka kwaria ciugo ici rĩngĩ, moige atĩrĩ: ‘Jehova arokũrathima, wee gĩikaro gĩkĩ kĩa ũthingu, wee kĩrĩma gĩkĩ gĩtheru.’ 2431:24 Jer 30:18Andũ nĩmagatũũrania hamwe kũu Juda o na matũũra-inĩ makuo mothe, arĩmi o na andũ arĩa Morũũraga na ndũũru ciao cia mbũri. 2531:25 Isa 40:29; Joh 4:14Nĩnganogora arĩa anogu, nake ũrĩa ũũrĩtwo nĩ hinya nĩngamũhũũnia.”
26Ndaigua ũguo ngĩũkĩra, ngĩĩhũgũra mĩena yothe. Ngĩigua toro ũcio warĩ mwega mũno harĩ niĩ.
2731:27 Hos 2:23Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Matukũ nĩmarooka, rĩrĩa ngaiyũria nyũmba ya Isiraeli na nyũmba ya Juda na njiaro cia andũ na cia nyamũ. 2831:28 Ayub 29:2; Amos 9:14O ta ũrĩa ndaarũgamĩrĩire makĩmunywo na magĩtharũrio, na makĩngʼaũranio, na makĩniinwo, o na ngĩmarehera mwanangĩko-rĩ, ũguo noguo ngarũgamĩrĩra nĩguo makwo na mahaandwo wega,” nĩguo Jehova ekuuga. 2931:29 Kĩam 9:25; Ezek 18:2“Matukũ-inĩ macio andũ matigacooka kuuga atĩrĩ,
“ ‘Maithe ma ciana nĩmarĩĩte thabibũ irĩ rwagatha,
namo magego ma ciana nĩmo maiguĩte thiithi.’
3031:30 2Ath 14:6; Agal 6:7No rĩrĩ, mũndũ o wothe agaakua nĩ ũndũ wa mehia make we mwene; ũrĩa wothe ũkaarĩa thabibũ irĩ rwagatha, nĩ magego make mwene makaigua thithi.”
3131:31 Gũcook 29:14; Ahib 8:8-12Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Matukũ nĩmarooka,
rĩrĩa ngarĩkanĩra kĩrĩkanĩro kĩerũ
na nyũmba ya Isiraeli,
o na nyũmba ya Juda.
3231:32 Thaam 24:8; Isa 54:5Nakĩo kĩrĩkanĩro kĩu gĩtihaana ta kĩrĩkanĩro
kĩrĩa ndaarĩkanĩire na maithe mao ma tene
rĩrĩa ndaamanyiitire na guoko,
ngĩmatongoria ngĩmaruta bũrũri wa Misiri,
tondũ nĩmagararire kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa,
o na harĩa ndaarĩ ta ndĩ mũthuuri wao,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
3331:33 Thaam 4:15; 2Akor 3:3“Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ngaarĩkanĩra na nyũmba ya Isiraeli
ihinda rĩu rĩathira,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
“Nĩngekĩra watho wakwa meciiria-inĩ mao,
na ndĩwandĩke ngoro-inĩ ciao.
Ngaatuĩka Ngai wao,
nao matuĩke andũ akwa.
3431:34 Joh 6:45; Mik 7:19Gũtigacooka gũkorwo na mũndũ ũkũruta ũrĩa ũngĩ,
kana mũndũ arute mũrũ wa ithe, amwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Menyana na Jehova,’
tondũ andũ othe nĩmagakorwo maamenyete,
kuuma ũrĩa mũnini mũno wao nginya ũrĩa mũnene,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
“Nĩgũkorwo nĩngamarekera waganu wao,
na ndigacooka kũririkana mehia mao.”
3531:35 Kĩam 1:16; Jer 10:16Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ,
o we ũcio ũtũmaga riũa
rĩare mũthenya,
narĩo itua rĩake rĩgatũma mweri na njata
ciare ũtukũ,
o we unjugaga iria
namo makũmbĩ marĩo makaruruma,
Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake:
3631:36 Thab 89:36-37; Jer 33:20-26“Mawatho ma kũrũmĩrĩrwo mangĩkeherio maitho-inĩ makwa-rĩ,
norĩo njiaro cia Isiraeli ingĩtiga
gũtuĩka rũrĩrĩ maitho-inĩ makwa,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
3731:37 Ayub 38:5; Jer 33:22Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Angĩkorwo igũrũ matu-inĩ no gũthimĩke,
nayo mĩthingi ya thĩ ĩtuĩrio na kũu rungu-rĩ,
niĩ na niĩ no rĩo ingĩingata njiaro ciothe cia Isiraeli
nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa wothe mekĩte,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
3831:38 Neh 3:1; 2Maũ 25:23Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Matukũ nĩmarooka rĩrĩa itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene rĩgaakwo rĩngĩ nĩ ũndũ wakwa, kuuma Mũthiringo ũrĩa Mũraihu na igũrũ wa Hananeli nginya Kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa Koine. 3931:39 1Ath 7:23Naruo rũrigi rwa gũthima rũgaatambũrũka kuuma hau rũringĩrĩire nginya karĩma-inĩ ka Garebi, rũcooke rwĩhiũrie rwerekere Goa. 4031:40 Joh 18:1; Joel 3:17Gĩtuamba-inĩ gĩothe kũrĩa ciimba iteagwo na gũgaitwo mũhu, na mbenji-inĩ ciothe gũthiĩ nginya Karũũĩ ga Kidironi mwena wa irathĩro o nginya koine-inĩ ya Kĩhingo kĩa Mbarathi, kũu guothe gũgaatuĩka kũndũ kwamũrĩirwo Jehova. Itũũra rĩu inene gũtirĩ hĩndĩ ĩngĩ rĩkamunywo kana rĩmomorwo.”
