1This is what the Lord says:
“See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.
2I will send foreigners to Babylon
to winnow her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
in the day of her disaster.
3Let not the archer string his bow,
nor let him put on his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
completely destroy51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. her army.
4They will fall down slain in Babylon,51:4 Or Chaldea
fatally wounded in her streets.
5For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land51:5 Or Almighty, / and the land of the Babylonians is full of guilt
before the Holy One of Israel.
6“Flee from Babylon!
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins.
It is time for the Lord’s vengeance;
he will repay her what she deserves.
7Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand;
she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore they have now gone mad.
8Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken.
Wail over her!
Get balm for her pain;
perhaps she can be healed.
9“ ‘We would have healed Babylon,
but she cannot be healed;
let us leave her and each go to our own land,
for her judgment reaches to the skies,
it rises as high as the heavens.’
10“ ‘The Lord has vindicated us;
come, let us tell in Zion
what the Lord our God has done.’
11“Sharpen the arrows,
take up the shields!
The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes,
because his purpose is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,
vengeance for his temple.
12Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon!
Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,
prepare an ambush!
The Lord will carry out his purpose,
his decree against the people of Babylon.
13You who live by many waters
and are rich in treasures,
your end has come,
the time for you to be destroyed.
14The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:
I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,
and they will shout in triumph over you.
15“He made the earth by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom
and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
16When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
17“Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;
they have no breath in them.
18They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
19He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance—
the Lord Almighty is his name.
20“You are my war club,
my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter nations,
with you I destroy kingdoms,
21with you I shatter horse and rider,
with you I shatter chariot and driver,
22with you I shatter man and woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman,
23with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials.
24“Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35 for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.
25“I am against you, you destroying mountain,
you who destroy the whole earth,”
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand against you,
roll you off the cliffs,
and make you a burned-out mountain.
26No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
nor any stone for a foundation,
for you will be desolate forever,”
declares the Lord.
27“Lift up a banner in the land!
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
summon against her these kingdoms:
Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a commander against her;
send up horses like a swarm of locusts.
28Prepare the nations for battle against her—
the kings of the Medes,
their governors and all their officials,
and all the countries they rule.
29The land trembles and writhes,
for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand—
to lay waste the land of Babylon
so that no one will live there.
30Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;
they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
they have become weaklings.
Her dwellings are set on fire;
the bars of her gates are broken.
31One courier follows another
and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his entire city is captured,
32the river crossings seized,
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers terrified.”
33This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
at the time it is trampled;
the time to harvest her will soon come.”
34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us,
he has thrown us into confusion,
he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
and then has spewed us out.
35May the violence done to our flesh51:35 Or done to us and to our children be on Babylon,”
say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
says Jerusalem.
36Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“See, I will defend your cause
and avenge you;
I will dry up her sea
and make her springs dry.
37Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,
a place where no one lives.
38Her people all roar like young lions,
they growl like lion cubs.
39But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk,
so that they shout with laughter—
then sleep forever and not awake,”
declares the Lord.
40“I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.
41“How Sheshak51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon. will be captured,
the boast of the whole earth seized!
How desolate Babylon will be
among the nations!
42The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves will cover her.
43Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.
44I will punish Bel in Babylon
and make him spew out what he has swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him.
And the wall of Babylon will fall.
45“Come out of her, my people!
Run for your lives!
Run from the fierce anger of the Lord.
46Do not lose heart or be afraid
when rumors are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
rumors of violence in the land
and of ruler against ruler.
47For the time will surely come
when I will punish the idols of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced
and her slain will all lie fallen within her.
48Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
will shout for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north
destroyers will attack her,”
declares the Lord.
49“Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
just as the slain in all the earth
have fallen because of Babylon.
50You who have escaped the sword,
leave and do not linger!
Remember the Lord in a distant land,
and call to mind Jerusalem.”
51“We are disgraced,
for we have been insulted
and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
the holy places of the Lord’s house.”
52“But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will punish her idols,
and throughout her land
the wounded will groan.
53Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens
and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
I will send destroyers against her,”
declares the Lord.
54“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
the sound of great destruction
from the land of the Babylonians.51:54 Or Chaldeans
55The Lord will destroy Babylon;
he will silence her noisy din.
Waves of enemies will rage like great waters;
the roar of their voices will resound.
56A destroyer will come against Babylon;
her warriors will be captured,
and their bows will be broken.
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
he will repay in full.
57I will make her officials and wise men drunk,
her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep forever and not awake,”
declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
58This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled
and her high gates set on fire;
the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing,
the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”
59This is the message Jeremiah the prophet gave to the staff officer Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year of his reign. 60Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon—all that had been recorded concerning Babylon. 61He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud. 62Then say, ‘Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate forever.’ 63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates. 64Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people will fall.’ ”
The words of Jeremiah end here.
151:1 Isa 13:17Jehova ekuuga ũũ:
“Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩngarahũra roho wa mũniinani,
ũũkĩrĩre Babuloni, o na andũ a Lebi-Kamai.
251:2 Math 3:12Nĩngatũma andũ a kũngĩ mathiĩ Babuloni
magakũhurunje ta ũrĩa mũũngũ ũmbũragwo ihuhĩro-inĩ,
na manange bũrũri ũcio ũtigwo ũtarĩ kĩndũ;
makaũũkĩrĩra kuuma mĩena yothe,
mũthenya ũcio waguo wa mwanangĩko.
3Mũtikanareke mũikia wa mĩguĩ ageete ũta wake,
kana ehumbe nguo ciake cia ita.
Mũtigacaĩre aanake akuo;
anangai mbũtũ ciake cia ita, mũciniine.
4Makaagũa thĩ moragĩtwo kũu Babuloni,
magurarĩtio nguraro cia gĩkuũ kũu barabara-inĩ ciakuo.
551:5 Alaw 26:44; Hos 4:1Nĩgũkorwo Isiraeli na Juda matitirikĩtwo
nĩ Ngai wao, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
o na gũtuĩka bũrũri wao ũiyũrĩtwo nĩ mahĩtia
maitho-inĩ ma ũcio Mũtheru wa Isiraeli.
651:6 Kũg 18:4; Jer 25:14“Mwĩtharei muume kũu Babuloni!
Ũrai mũhonokie mĩoyo yanyu!
Mwĩtharei mũtikaniinanĩrio nakuo nĩ ũndũ wa mehia makuo.
Nĩ ihinda rĩa Jehova rĩa kwĩrĩhĩria;
agaakũrĩha o kĩrĩa gĩkwagĩrĩire.
751:7 Jer 25:15-16; Kũg 14:8-10Babuloni kwahaanaga ta gĩkombe gĩa thahabu
kĩrĩ guoko-inĩ kwa Jehova;
nakuo gũgĩtũma thĩ yothe ĩhaane ta ĩrĩĩtwo nĩ njoohi.
Ndũrĩrĩ nĩcianyuire ndibei yakuo;
nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩu ihaana ta igũrũkĩte.
851:8 Isa 21:9; Kũg 14:8Babuloni nĩgũkũgũa o rĩmwe na kũhehenjwo.
Kũrĩrĩrei!
Rehei ndawa ya kũniina ruo rwakuo;
hihi kwahota kũhona.
951:9 Kũg 18:4-5“ ‘Nĩtũngĩahonirie Babuloni,
no rĩrĩ, gũtingĩhonio.
Nĩtũgũtigei, na o mũndũ acooke bũrũri wake kĩũmbe,
nĩgũkorwo ituĩro rĩakuo rĩkinyĩte o matu-inĩ,
rĩambatĩte o nginya matu-inĩ marĩa mairũ.’
10“ ‘Jehova nĩonanĩtie ũthingu witũ;
ũkai tũthiĩ tũkoimbũrĩre Zayuni
maũndũ marĩa Jehova Ngai witũ ekĩte.’
1151:11 Alaw 26:25; Jer 50:28“Noorai mĩguĩ, oyai ngo!
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩarahũrĩte athamaki a Amedi,
nĩ ũndũ nĩaciirĩire kũniina Babuloni.
Jehova nĩekwĩrĩhĩria harĩo,
erĩhĩrie maũndũ
marĩa meekirwo hekarũ yake.
12Haandai bendera kũrigania na thingo cia Babuloni!
Ongererai agitĩri, igai arangĩri,
mũhaarĩrie andũ a kũhithũkĩra njĩra-inĩ!
Jehova nĩekũhingia ũrĩa aciirĩire gwĩka,
ahingie uuge wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo,
wa gũũkĩrĩra andũ a Babuloni.
13Wee ũtũũraga gũkuhĩ na njũũĩ nyingĩ,
na ũkeigĩra indo nyingĩ igĩĩna-inĩ ciaku-rĩ,
ithirĩro rĩaku nĩ ikinyu,
nĩ ihinda rĩaku rĩa kweherio.
1451:14 Kĩam 22:16; Nahu 3:15Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩehĩtĩte akĩgwetaga rĩĩtwa rĩake, akoiga atĩrĩ:
Ti-itherũ nĩngatũma ũũkĩrĩrwo nĩ andũ aingĩ o ta mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ,
nao makuugĩrĩrie nĩ ũndũ wa gũkũhoota.
1551:15 Kĩam 1:1; Thab 136:5“Nĩwe wombire thĩ na ũndũ wa hinya wake;
ningĩ akĩhaanda thĩ na ũũgĩ wake,
na agĩtambũrũkia matu mairũ na ũndũ wa ũmenyo wake.
1651:16 Thab 135:7Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa agũũthũka-rĩ, maaĩ marĩa marĩ igũrũ matu-inĩ nĩmarurumaga;
nĩwe ũtũmaga thaatũ wambate na igũrũ kuuma ituri ciothe cia thĩ.
Atũmaga rũheni rũũke rũrehanĩte na mbura,
na akahingũrĩra rũhuho ruume makũmbĩ-inĩ make.
17“Andũ othe nĩmagĩte meciiria na makaaga ũmenyo,
nake mũturi wa thahabu o wothe nĩaconorithĩtio nĩ mĩhianano ĩyo yake.
Nĩ ũndũ mĩhianano ĩyo yake nĩ ya maheeni;
ndĩrĩ mĩhũmũ thĩinĩ wayo.
18Ndĩrĩ kĩene, nĩ indo cia kũnyararwo;
narĩo ihinda rĩayo rĩa gũciirithio rĩakinya-rĩ, nĩĩgathira biũ.
1951:19 Thab 119:57; Thaam 34:9We ũcio Rũgai rwa Jakubu ndatariĩ tayo,
nĩgũkorwo nĩwe Mũũmbi wa indo ciothe,
o hamwe na mũhĩrĩga ũrĩa eegwatĩire ũtuĩke igai rĩake;
Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake.
2051:20 Isa 10:5; Mik 4:13“Nĩwe njũgũma yakwa ya ita,
na nowe kĩndũ gĩakwa kĩa mbaara:
nĩwe hũthagĩra kũhehenja ndũrĩrĩ,
na ngatũmĩra hinya waku kũniina mothamaki.
21Nĩwe hũthagĩra kũhehenja mbarathi na mũmĩhaici,
ngakũhũthĩra kũhehenja ngaari ya ita na mũmĩtwari,
2251:22 2Maũ 36:17ngakũhũthĩra kũhehenja mũndũ mũrũme na mũndũ-wa-nja,
ngakũhũthĩra kũhehenja mũndũ mũkũrũ na ũrĩa mwĩthĩ,
o na ngakũhũthĩra kũhehenja mwanake na mũirĩtu,
23Ngakũhũthĩra kũhehenja mũrĩithi na rũũru rwake rwa mbũri,
ngakũhũthĩra kũhehenja mũrĩmi na ndegwa ciake cia kũrĩma,
o na ngakũhũthĩra kũhehenja abarũthi na anene.
2451:24 Isa 45:1“Na rĩrĩ, Babuloni na arĩa othe matũũraga Kalidei, ngaamacookereria ũũru wao mũkĩĩonagĩra, ũũru wothe ũrĩa maaneka kũu Zayuni,” ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
2551:25 Thaam 3:20; Zek 4:7“Nĩngũgũũkĩrĩra wee kĩrĩma gĩkĩ gĩa kũniinana,
wee ũniinaga thĩ yothe.”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
“Nĩngũgũtambũrũkĩria guoko ngũũkĩrĩre,
ngũgaragarie ngũrute ndwaro-inĩ cia mahiga,
na ndũme ũtuĩke ta kĩrĩma gĩcinĩtwo nĩ mwaki.
26Gũtirĩ ihiga rĩkarutwo harĩwe rĩtuĩke rĩa koine,
o na kana ihiga o rĩothe rĩa mũthingi,
nĩ ũndũ ũgũtũũra ũkirĩte ihooru nginya tene,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
2751:27 Thab 20:5; Kĩam 10:3“Haandai bendera bũrũri-inĩ,
huhai karumbeta ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ!
Thagathagai ndũrĩrĩ ikahũũrane nake;
ĩtai mothamaki maya meturanĩre, mamũũkĩrĩre:
mothamaki ma Ararati, na Mini, na Ashikenazu.
Mũigĩrei mũnene wa ita wa kũmũũkĩrĩra;
ambatiai mbarathi cia ita nyingĩ ta mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ.
28Thagathagai ndũrĩrĩ ikahũũrane nake;
thagathagai athamaki a Amedi,
na abarũthi, na anene ao othe,
na andũ a mabũrũri mothe marĩa maathagwo nĩo.
2951:29 Atiir 5:4; Thab 33:11Bũrũri nĩũrathingitha na ũkenyogonda nĩ ruo,
nĩgũkorwo ũndũ ũrĩa Jehova aciirĩire gwĩka Babuloni nĩ mũrũmu:
wa kũharagania bũrũri wa Babuloni
nĩguo kwage mũndũ ũngĩtũũra kuo.
3051:30 Jer 50:36Njamba iria irĩ hinya cia Babuloni nĩitigĩte kũrũa;
ciikarĩte ciĩgitio-inĩ ciacio iria nũmu.
Hinya wacio nĩ mũthiru;
ihaanĩte o ta andũ-a-nja.
Ciikaro ciakuo nĩicinĩtwo na mwaki;
mĩgĩĩka ya ihingo ciakuo nĩ miunange.
3151:31 2Sam 18:19-31Mũtwari ndũmĩrĩri ũmwe ararũmĩrĩrwo nĩ ũngĩ,
nake mũrekio akarũmĩrĩrwo nĩ mũrekio ũrĩa ũngĩ,
makamenyithie mũthamaki wa Babuloni
atĩ itũũra rĩu rĩake inene rĩothe nĩrĩtunyane,
32ningĩ mariũko ma njũũĩ nĩmanyiite,
na kũrĩa kũrĩ marura gũgaacinwo na mwaki,
nacio thigari ikanyiitwo nĩ guoya.”
3351:33 Isa 17:5Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, o we Ngai wa Isiraeli, ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Mwarĩ wa Babuloni atariĩ ta kĩhuhĩro kĩa ngano
hĩndĩ ĩrĩa yaraganĩtio ĩkĩrangĩrĩrio;
kahinda gake ga kũgethwo nĩgegũkinya o narua.”
3451:34 Jer 50:17; Hos 8:8“Nebukadinezaru mũthamaki wa Babuloni nĩatũmeretie,
nĩatũreheire kĩrigiicano,
agatũma tũtuĩke ta nyũngũ ya rĩũmba ĩtarĩ kĩndũ.
Nĩatũmerũkĩtie o ta ndamathia,
nayo nda yake akamĩiyũria na indo ciitũ iria irĩ mũrĩo,
na nĩacookete agatũtahĩka.
3551:35 Joel 3:19; Hab 2:17Maũndũ ma ũhinya marĩa maanekwo nyama ciitũ-rĩ,
marocookerera Babuloni,”
ũguo nĩguo atũũri a Zayuni mekuuga.
“Thakame iitũ ĩrocookerera acio maikaraga kũu Babuloni,”
ũguo nĩguo Jerusalemu ĩkuuga.
3651:36 Arom 12:19; Hos 13:15Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo-rĩ, Jehova ekuuga ũũ:
“Atĩrĩrĩ, niĩ nĩngũkũrũĩrĩra na ngũrĩhĩrie;
nĩngahũithia iria rĩake, na ndũme ithima ciake ihũe.
3751:37 Kũg 18:2Babuloni gũgaatuĩka hĩba ya kũndũ kwanangĩku,
na imamo cia mbwe,
na kũndũ gwa kũmakania, na gwa gũthekererwo,
kũndũ gũtarĩ mũndũ ũngĩtũũra kuo.
38Andũ othe akuo makaararamaga ta mĩrũũthi mĩĩthĩ,
makaarurumaga ta njaũ cia mĩrũũthi.
39No rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magaakorwo macinĩtwo nĩ thuti-rĩ,
nĩrĩo ngaamarugithĩria iruga,
na ndũme marĩĩo nĩ njoohi,
nĩguo magaatheka maanĩrĩire,
macooke makome toro nginya tene, na maticooke gũũkĩra,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
4051:40 Ezek 39:18“Ngaamaikũrũkia ta tũgondu tũgĩthiĩ gũthĩnjwo,
o na ta ndũrũme irĩ hamwe na thenge.
4151:41 Jer 25:26“Hĩ, kaĩ Sheshaki nĩrĩkeegwatĩrwo-ĩ,
itũũra rĩu rĩĩrahagwo nĩ thĩ yothe kaĩ nĩinyiite-ĩ!
Babuloni gũgaatuĩka kũndũ gwa kũmakania
thĩinĩ wa ndũrĩrĩ ciothe!
4251:42 Isa 8:7Iria rĩrĩa inene nĩrĩkaiyũra Babuloni guothe;
mũrurumo wa ndiihũ ciarĩo nĩguo ũgaakũhubanĩria.
43Matũũra makuo nĩmakirĩte ihooru,
matuĩke bũrũri mũũmũ na werũ ũtarĩ kĩndũ,
bũrũri ũtarĩ mũndũ ũngĩũtũũra,
kũndũ gũtarĩ mũndũ ũgeragĩra kuo.
4451:44 Isa 46:1; Jer 50:15Nĩngaherithĩria Beli kũu Babuloni
na ndũme ĩtahĩke kĩndũ kĩrĩa gĩothe ĩmeretie.
Ndũrĩrĩ itigacooka kũhatĩkana igĩthiĩ kũrĩ yo.
Naruo rũthingo rwa Babuloni nĩrũkaagũa.
45“Umai kũu thĩinĩ warĩo, inyuĩ andũ akwa!
Mwĩtharei, mũhonokie mĩoyo yanyu!
Mwĩtharei, mweherere marakara marĩa mahiũ ma Jehova.
4651:46 2Ath 19:7Mũtikanareke ngoro cianyu ciũrwo nĩ hinya, kana mwĩtigĩre
hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndeto cia mũhuhu ikaiguuo bũrũri-inĩ;
ũhoro ũmwe wa mũhuhu nĩũkaiguuo mwaka ũyũ,
na ũngĩ ũiguuo mwaka ũcio ũngĩ ũrũmĩrĩire,
mũhuhu ũkoniĩ ndeto cia haaro bũrũri-inĩ,
na wa mwathani ũmwe agĩũkĩrĩra mwathani ũrĩa ũngĩ.
47Nĩgũkorwo ti-itherũ ihinda nĩrĩgooka
rĩrĩa ngaaherithia ngai cia mĩhianano ya Babuloni;
bũrũri ũcio wothe nĩũgaconorithio,
nao andũ akuo arĩa othe moragĩtwo nĩmakaaragana kuo.
4851:48 Ayub 3:7; Kũg 18:20Hĩndĩ ĩyo igũrũ na thĩ na kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩrĩ kuo
nĩikanĩrĩra nĩ gũkena igĩkenerera Babuloni,
nĩgũkorwo aniinani nĩmakarĩtharĩkĩra,
moimĩte mwena wa gathigathini,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
4951:49 Thab 137:8“Babuloni no nginya gũkaagũa nĩ ũndũ wa andũ a Isiraeli arĩa maanooraga,
ũguo noguo andũ a mabũrũri mothe makaagũa thĩ,
moragĩtwo nĩ ũndũ wa Babuloni.
50Inyuĩ mũhonokete kũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora-rĩ,
mwĩtharei na mũtikagonderere!
Ririkanagai Jehova mũrĩ bũrũri wa kũraya,
na mwĩciiragie ũhoro wa Jerusalemu.”
5151:51 Thab 44:13-16“Nĩtũconorithĩtio,
nĩgũkorwo nĩtũrumĩtwo,
na tũkahumbwo thoni mothiũ maitũ,
tondũ andũ a kũngĩ nĩmatoonyete
kũndũ kũrĩa kwamũre thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Jehova.”51:51 Rĩĩrĩ nĩ ihinda rĩrĩa Nebukadinezaru aingĩrire thĩinĩ wa hekarũ na akĩmĩthaahia mwaka wa 586 mbere ya gũciarwo gwa Kristũ.
52Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ,
“Matukũ nĩmagooka rĩrĩa ngaaherithia mĩhianano yake,
nao andũ arĩa agurarie kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũcio guothe
nĩmagacaaya.
5351:53 Kĩam 11:4; Isa 14:13-14O na kũngĩtuĩka Babuloni gwĩtũũgĩrĩtie gũgakinya o matu-inĩ,
na ciĩhitho ciakuo ikairigĩrwo na hinya mũno-rĩ,
no ngaakũrehithĩria aniinani magũũkĩrĩre,”
ũguo nĩguo Jehova ekuuga.
5451:54 Jer 50:22; Ayub 24:12“Mũgambo wa kĩrĩro nĩũraiguuo kũu Babuloni;
nĩ mũgambo wa kũniinanwo
ũraiguuo kũu bũrũri wa andũ a Babuloni.
55Jehova nĩakaniina Babuloni;
nĩagakiria inegene rĩu inene rĩakuo.
Makũmbĩ ma thũ makaahũũyũka taarĩ mũrurumo wa maaĩ maingĩ.
Mũrurumo wa mĩgambo yao nĩĩkaiguuagwo.
5651:56 Ayub 15:21; Hab 2:8Mũniinani nĩagookĩrĩra Babuloni;
njamba ciakuo iria irĩ hinya nĩikaanyiitwo,
namo mota mao moinangwo.
Nĩ ũndũ Jehova nĩ Mũrungu ũrĩhanagĩria;
we akaarĩhanĩria biũ.
5751:57 Thab 76:5; Isa 6:5Anene akuo, na andũ arĩa ogĩ, o na abarũthi akuo,
o ũndũ ũmwe na anene akuo, o na njamba ciakuo iria irĩ hinya,
othe nĩngatũma marĩĩo nĩ njoohi;
magaakoma nginya tene, na matiũkĩre,”
nĩguo Mũthamaki ekuuga,
o we ũrĩa rĩĩtwa rĩake arĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
58Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Rũthingo rwa Babuloni rũrĩa rwariĩ nĩrũkangʼaũranio biũ,
nacio ihingo ciakuo iria ndaaya na igũrũ icinwo na mwaki;
andũ menogagia tũhũ,
naguo wĩra wa ndũrĩrĩ no ngũ cia gũcinwo na mwaki.”
5951:59 Jer 28:1Ĩno nĩo ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa Jeremia aaheire Seraia mũrũ wa Neria, mũrũ wa Maaseia, o ũcio warĩ mũnene ũrĩa mũrori wa maũndũ ma nyũmba ya mũthamaki, rĩrĩa aathiire Babuloni marĩ na Zedekia mũthamaki wa Juda mwaka-inĩ wa ĩna wa ũthamaki wake. 6051:60 Thaam 17:14; Jer 30:2Jeremia nĩandĩkĩte ibuku-inĩ rĩa gĩkũnjo ũhoro wothe ũkoniĩ mwanangĩko ũrĩa ũgaakinyĩrĩra Babuloni: maũndũ marĩa mothe maandĩkĩtwo makoniĩ Babuloni. 61Jeremia akĩĩra Seraia atĩrĩ, “Wakinya Babuloni-rĩ, ũgaatigĩrĩra atĩ nĩwathoma mohoro maya mothe wanĩrĩire. 6251:62 Jer 50:13Ũcooke uuge atĩrĩ, ‘Wee Jehova, nĩugĩte nĩũkũniina kũndũ gũkũ, nĩgeetha gũtikanatũũrwo nĩ mũndũ, o na kana nyamũ; gũgũtũũra gũkirĩte ihooru nginya tene.’ 6351:63 Kĩam 2:14Warĩkia gũthoma ibuku rĩu rĩa gĩkũnjo-rĩ, ũrĩoherere ihiga, ũrĩikie Rũũĩ rwa Farati. 6451:64 Ezek 26:21; Ayub 31:40Ũcooke uuge atĩrĩ, ‘Ũguo noguo Babuloni gũkaarikĩra kũũrĩre biũ, na gũtigacooka kuumĩra na igũrũ, nĩ ũndũ wa mwanangĩko ũrĩa ngaakũrehithĩria. Nao andũ akuo nĩmakaagũa.’ ”
Ũhoro wa Jeremia ũkinyĩte hau.
