Jeremiah and Pashhur
1When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple. 3The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side. 4For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword. 5I will deliver all the wealth of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon. 6And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’ ”
Jeremiah’s Complaint
7You deceived20:7 Or persuaded me, Lord, and I was deceived20:7 Or persuaded;
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
8Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the Lord has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
9But if I say, “I will not mention his word
or speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
10I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”
11But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior;
so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their dishonor will never be forgotten.
12Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and probe the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
13Sing to the Lord!
Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.
14Cursed be the day I was born!
May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
who made him very glad, saying,
“A child is born to you—a son!”
16May that man be like the towns
the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing in the morning,
a battle cry at noon.
17For he did not kill me in the womb,
with my mother as my grave,
her womb enlarged forever.
18Why did I ever come out of the womb
to see trouble and sorrow
and to end my days in shame?
Yeremiya ndi Pasuri
1Wansembe Pasuri mwana wa Imeri, woyangʼanira wamkulu wa Nyumba ya Yehova, anamva Yeremiya akulosera zinthu zimenezi. 2Tsono iye analamula kuti mneneri Yeremiyayo amenyedwe ndi kuyikidwa mʼndende pa Chipata chakumtunda kwa Benjamini ku Nyumba ya Yehova. 3Mmawa mwake, Pasuri anatulutsa Yeremiya mʼndende, ndipo Yeremiyayo anamuwuza kuti, “Pasuri, Yehova sadzakutchulanso dzina lako kuti Pasuri koma Zoopsa pa Mbali Zonse. 4Pakuti Yehova akuti, ‘Ndidzakusandutsa choopsa kwa mwiniwakewe ndi kwa abwenzi ako onse; iweyo ukuona. Anthu a ku Yuda ndidzawapereka onse mʼmanja mwa mfumu ya ku Babuloni. Ena adzatengedwa ukapolo ku Babuloni ndipo ena adzaphedwa pa nkhondo. 5Ndidzapereka kwa adani awo chuma chonse cha mu mzinda uno, phindu lonse la ntchito yake, zinthu zake zonse za mtengowapatali ndiponso katundu yense wa mafumu a ku Yuda. Iwo adzazitenga monga zinthu zolanda ku nkhondo ndi kupita nazo ku Babuloni. 6Ndipo iwe, Pasuri, pamodzi ndi onse a pa banja pako mudzapita ku ukapolo ku Babuloni. Mudzafera kumeneko ndi kuyikidwa mʼmanda, iweyo pamodzi ndi abwenzi ako amene unawalosera zabodza.’ ”
Madandawulo a Yeremiya
7Inu Yehova, mwandinamiza, ndipo ndinapusadi;
Inu ndi wamphamvu kuposa ine ndipo munandipambana.
Anthu akundinyoza tsiku lonse.
Aliyense akundiseka kosalekeza.
8Nthawi iliyonse ndikamayankhula,
ndimafuwula kunena kuti, ziwawa kuno! Tikuwonongeka!
Mawu anu Yehova andisandutsa chinthu chonyozeka
ndipo ndimachitidwa chipongwe tsiku lonse.
9Koma ndikanena kuti, “Sindidzalalikiranso za Iye
kapena kuyankhulanso mʼdzina lake,”
mawu anu amayaka ngati moto mu mtima mwanga,
amakhaladi ngati moto wotsekeredwa mʼmafupa anga.
Ndapirira kusunga mawu anu mu mtima mwanga osawatulutsa,
koma sindingathe kupirirabe.
10Ndimamva anthu ambiri akunongʼona kuti,
“Zoopsa ku mbali zonse!
Kamunenezeni! Tiyeni tikamuneneze!”
Onse amene anali abwenzi anga
akuyembekezera kuti ndigwa pansi, akumanena kuti,
“Mwina mwake adzanyengedwa;
tidzamugwira
ndi kulipsira pa iye.”
11Koma Yehova ali nane, ndiye wankhondo wamphamvu.
Nʼchifukwa chake ondizunza adzalephera ndipo sadzandipambana.
Adzachita manyazi kwambiri chifukwa sadzapambana.
Manyazi awo sadzayiwalika konse.
12Inu Yehova Wamphamvuzonse, Inu amene mumayesa anthu molungama
ndipo mupenya za mu mtima mwa munthu.
Ndiloleni kuti ndione kuti mwalipsira adani anga
popeza ndapereka mlandu wanga kwa Inu.
13Imbirani Yehova!
Mutamandeni Yehova!
Iye amapulumutsa wosauka
mʼmanja mwa anthu oyipa.
14Litembereredwe tsiku limene ndinabadwa!
Tsiku limene amayi anga anandibereka lisatamandidwe!
15Wotembereredwa munthu amene anapita kukasangalatsa abambo anga
ndi uthenga woti:
“Kwabadwa mwana wamwamuna!”
16Munthu ameneyo akhale ngati mizinda imene
Yehova anayiwononga mopanda chisoni.
Amve mfuwu mmawa,
phokoso la nkhondo masana.
17Chifukwa sanandiphere mʼmimba,
kuti amayi anga asanduke manda anga,
mimba yawo ikhale yayikulu mpaka kalekale.
18Kodi ndinabadwira mavuto ndi chisoni
kuti moyo wanga
ukhale wamanyazi wokhawokha?
