The Lord Will Take Care of Judah
1People of Judah, ask the Lord
to send rain in the spring.
He is the one who sends the thunderstorms.
He sends down showers of rain on all people.
He gives everyone the plants in the fields.
2Other gods tell lies.
Those who practice magic
see visions that aren’t true.
They tell dreams that fool people.
They give comfort that doesn’t do any good.
So the people wander around like sheep.
They are crushed because they don’t have a shepherd.
3The Lord who rules over all says,
“I am very angry with the shepherds.
I will punish the leaders.
The Lord will take care of his flock.
They are the people of Judah.
He will make them like a proud horse in battle.
4The most important building stone
will come from the tribe of Judah.
The tent stake will also come from it.
And the bow that is used in battle will come from it.
In fact, every ruler will come from it.
5Together they will be like warriors in battle.
They will stomp their enemies
into the mud of the streets.
The Lord will be with them.
So they will fight against the horsemen
and put them to shame.
6“I will make the family of Judah strong.
I will save the tribes of Joseph.
I will bring them back
because I have tender love for them.
It will be as if
I had not sent them away.
I am the Lord their God.
I will help them.
7The people of Ephraim will become like warriors.
Their hearts will be glad
as if they were drinking wine.
Their children will see it
and be filled with joy.
I will make their hearts glad.
8I will signal for my people to come,
and I will gather them in.
I will set them free.
There will be as many of them as before.
9I have scattered them among the nations.
But in lands far away they will remember me.
They and their children will be kept alive.
And they will return.
10I will bring them back from Egypt.
I will gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon.
There will not be enough room for them.
11They will pass through a sea of trouble.
The stormy sea will calm down.
All the deep places in the Nile River will dry up.
Assyria’s pride will be brought down.
Egypt’s right to rule will disappear.
12I will make my people strong.
They will live in safety because of me,”
announces the Lord.
Jehova Nĩakamenyerera Juda
110:1 Alaw 26:4; Ayub 14:9Hooyai Jehova oirie mbura hĩndĩ ya kĩmera kĩa mbere;
Jehova nĩwe ũtũmaga kũgĩe matu ma mbura ya kĩhuhũkanio.
Nĩoiragĩria andũ mbura,
na akahe mũndũ o wothe irio cia mũgũnda.
210:2 Ezek 21:21; Hos 3:4; Math 9:36Mĩhianano ya kũhooywo yaragia maheeni,
ago moonaga cioneki itarĩ cia ma,
maaragia ũhoro wa irooto itarĩ cia ma;
kũhoorerania kwao no gwa tũhũ.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ maturuuraga ta ngʼondu,
makahinyĩrĩrĩka nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga mũrĩithi.
310:3 Jer 25:34“Marakara makwa nĩmakanĩte nĩ ũndũ wa arĩithi,
na niĩ nĩngaherithia atongoria acio;
nĩgũkorwo Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩakamenyerera
rũũru rwake, nĩruo andũ a nyũmba ya Juda,
na atũme matuĩke ta mbarathi ĩgwĩtĩĩa ĩrĩ mbaara-inĩ.
410:4 Thab 118:22; Isa 22:23Thĩinĩ wa Juda nĩgũkoima ũrĩa ũgaatuĩka ihiga rĩa koine,
na kuuma kũrĩ we kuume higĩ cia kwamba hema,
ningĩ kuume ũta wa mbaara,
o na kuume mũndũ o wothe wa gwathana.
510:5 2Sam 22:43; Hag 2:22Marĩ hamwe magaatuĩka ta njamba cia ita irĩ hinya,
marangĩrĩrie thũ ciao ndoro-inĩ ya njĩra hĩndĩ ya mbaara.
Tondũ Jehova agaakorwo hamwe nao,
makaarũa na mangʼaũranie ahaici a mbarathi.
610:6 Thab 102:13; Zek 13:9“Nĩngekĩra nyũmba ya Juda hinya,
na honokie nyũmba ya Jusufu.
Nĩngamacookia kwao,
tondũ nĩndĩmaiguĩrĩire tha.
Nao magaikara ta itarĩ ndaamarega,
nĩgũkorwo niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wao,
na nĩngamacookeria mahooya mao.
7Andũ a Efiraimu magaatuĩka ta njamba cia ita,
nacio ngoro ciao icanjamũke ta andũ manyuĩte ndibei.
Ciana ciao nĩikoona ũndũ ũcio ikene;
nacio ngoro ciao nĩigakenera Jehova.
810:8 Isa 5:26; Ezek 36:11Nĩngameta ndĩmacookanĩrĩrie.
Ti-itherũ nĩngamakũũra;
nao nĩmakaingĩha o ta ũrĩa maarĩ mbere.
910:9 Isa 44:21; Ezek 6:9O na ingĩkamaharaganĩria ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ,
marĩ o kũu mabũrũri ma kũraya no makaandirikana.
O, hamwe na ciana ciao nĩmakahonoka
na macooke kwao.
1010:10 Isa 11:11; Jer 50:19Nĩngamacookia kuuma Misiri,
na ndĩmacookanĩrĩrie kuuma Ashuri.
Nĩngamarehe bũrũri wa Gileadi na wa Lebanoni,
o nginya mage ũikaro ũngĩmaigana.
1110:11 Isa 19:5-7; Ezek 30:13Magaatuĩkanĩria iria rĩa thĩĩna;
makũmbĩ ma iria nĩmakahoorerio,
nakuo kũrĩa Rũũĩ rwa Nili rũrikĩte nĩgũkahũa.
Mwĩtĩĩo wa Ashuri nĩũkaharũrũkio,
nayo thimbũ ya ũthamaki wa Misiri nĩĩkeherio.
1210:12 Ezek 30:24; Mik 4:5Nĩngamekĩra hinya ndĩmomĩrĩrie thĩinĩ wa Jehova,
na thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩake nĩmagetwara,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
