A prophecy about Jerusalem
1A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:
What troubles you now,
that you have all gone up on the roofs,
2you town so full of commotion,
you city of tumult and revelry?
Your slain were not killed by the sword,
nor did they die in battle.
3All your leaders have fled together;
they have been captured without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
having fled while the enemy was still far away.
4Therefore I said, ‘Turn away from me;
let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
over the destruction of my people.’
5The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day
of tumult and trampling and terror
in the Valley of Vision,
a day of battering down walls
and of crying out to the mountains.
6Elam takes up the quiver,
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir uncovers the shield.
7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots,
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.
8The Lord stripped away the defences of Judah,
and you looked in that day
to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.
9You saw that the walls of the City of David
were broken through in many places;
you stored up water
in the Lower Pool.
10You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
11You built a reservoir between the two walls
for the water of the Old Pool,
but you did not look to the One who made it,
or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.
12The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day
to weep and to wail,
to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
13But see, there is joy and revelry,
slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
eating of meat and drinking of wine!
‘Let us eat and drink,’ you say,
‘for tomorrow we die!’
14The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: ‘Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,’ says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
15This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
‘Go, say to this steward,
to Shebna the palace administrator:
16what are you doing here and who gave you permission
to cut out a grave for yourself here,
hewing your grave on the height
and chiselling your resting-place in the rock?
17‘Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
and hurl you away, you mighty man.
18He will roll you up tightly like a ball
and throw you into a large country.
There you will die
and there the chariots you were so proud of
will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19I will depose you from your office,
and you will be ousted from your position.
20‘In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no-one can shut, and what he shuts no-one can open. 23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat22:23 Or throne of honour for the house of his father. 24All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots – all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.
25‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.’ The Lord has spoken.
Ũrathi ũkoniĩ Jerusalemu
122:1 Thab 125:2; Josh 2:8Ĩno nĩyo ndũmĩrĩri nditũ ĩkoniĩ Gĩtuamba gĩa Kĩoneki:
Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩ kĩĩ kĩragũthĩĩnia rĩu,
tondũ andũ aku othe marahaica nyũmba igũrũ,
222:2 Ezek 22:5; 2Ath 25:3wee itũũra rĩiyũrĩte ngũĩ,
o wee itũũra inene rĩa mbugĩrĩrio na ũrĩĩu?
Andũ aku arĩa makuĩte matiũragĩtwo na rũhiũ rwa njora,
kana magakuĩra mbaara-inĩ.
3Atongoria aku othe nĩmorĩte marĩ hamwe;
maatahirwo o na hatarĩ mũguĩ ũikĩtio.
Andũ aku othe arĩa maakorereirwo moohirwo hamwe,
o acio mooraga thũ ĩrĩ o kũraya.
422:4 Ezek 21:6; Jer 9:1Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Njeherera;
reke ndĩre ngĩgirĩkaga.
Ndũkagerie kũũhooreria
igũrũ rĩa mwanangĩko ũrĩa ũkorete andũ akwa.”
522:5 Ayub 40:12; 2Sam 22:43; Neh 6:15Mwathani, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, arĩ na mũthenya
ũrĩa agaatũma ũtuĩke wa mbugĩrĩrio, na wa kũranganĩrĩria, o na wa kũguoyohia
kũu Gĩtuamba-inĩ gĩa Kĩoneki.
Mũthenya ũcio ũgaakorwo ũrĩ wa kũmomora thingo igwe thĩ,
na wa gũkaĩra irĩma.
622:6 2Ath 16:9; Jer 49:35Andũ a Elamu nĩmakuuĩte thiaka wa mĩguĩ,
marĩ na ngaari cia ita na andũ mahaicĩte mbarathi;
o nao andũ a Kiri macuurũragia ngo.
7Ituamba ciaku iria njega mũno ciyũrĩte ngaari cia ita,
nao andũ arĩa mathiiaga mahaicĩte mbarathi maigĩtwo ihingo-inĩ cia itũũra inene;
822:8 2Maũ 32:5; 1Ath 7:2naguo ũgitĩri wa Juda nĩweheretio.
Mũthenya ũcio nĩmwacũthĩrĩirie
indo cia mbaara iria ciarĩ Nyũmba-inĩ ya Ũnene ya Mũtitũ;
9mũkĩona atĩ thingo cia ũgitĩri cia Itũũra Inene rĩa Daudi
nĩciatharũkĩte kũndũ kũingĩ;
na inyuĩ mũkĩhingĩrĩria maaĩ
Karia ka Mũhuro.
1022:10 Jer 33:4; 2Maũ 32:5Nĩmwatarire nyũmba kũu Jerusalemu,
na mũgĩtharia nyũmba nĩguo muone mahiga
ma gũcookereria rũthingo rũgĩe na hinya makĩria.
1122:11 2Ath 25:4; 1Sam 12:24Nĩmwakire handũ ha kũhingĩrĩria maaĩ gatagatĩ ga thingo cierĩ,
nĩgeetha maaĩ ma Karia ga Tene mathiiage ho,
no mũtiigana kũrongooria Ũrĩa wagathondekire,
kana mũrũmbũiye Ũrĩa watũmire kagĩe ho kuuma o tene.
1222:12 Mik 1:16Mwathani, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
nĩamwĩtire mũthenya ũcio
nĩguo mũrĩre na mũgirĩke,
na mwenjwo njuĩrĩ cianyu na mwĩhumbe nguo cia ikũnia.
1322:13 Isa 56:12; 1Akor 15:32No rĩrĩ, inyuĩ mũrĩ na gĩkeno na ũrĩĩu,
mũrathĩnja ngʼombe na ngʼondu,
mũkĩrĩĩaga nyama na mũkĩnyuuaga ndibei!
Mũgakiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩtũrĩe na tũnyue,
nĩgũkorwo rũciũ nĩtũgaakua!”
1422:14 Isa 5:9; Ezek 24:13Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩanguũrĩirie ũhoro ũyũ ndĩmũthikĩrĩirie, akoiga atĩrĩ, “Rĩĩhia rĩrĩ mũtikahoroherio nginya mũgaakua,” ũguo nĩguo Mwathani, o we Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, ekuuga.
1522:15 2Ath 18:18; Kĩam 41:40Na rĩrĩ, Mwathani Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ:
“Thiĩ kũrĩ Shebina,
ũrĩa mũramati na mũrũgamĩrĩri wa nyũmba ya ũthamaki, ũmwĩre atĩrĩ:
1622:16 Math 27:60; Ndar 32:42Ũreka atĩa gũkũ na nũũ ũgwĩtĩkĩrĩtie
kwĩyenjera mbĩrĩra gũkũ,
ũgetemera mbĩrĩra handũ hatũũgĩru,
na ũkeyacũhĩria harĩa ũkaahurũkio rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga?
17“Wĩhũũge, tondũ Jehova akiriĩ gũkũnyiita akũrũmĩtie,
acooke akũnyugute, wee mũndũ ũyũ ũrĩ hinya.
1822:18 Isa 17:13; Kĩam 41:43Nĩagagũkũnja akũrũmie o ta mũbira,
agũikie bũrũri mwariĩ.
Kũu nĩkuo ũgaakuĩra,
na nokuo ngaari ciaku cia ita iria irĩ riiri igaikara:
wee ũconorithagia nyũmba ya mwathi waku!
19Nĩngakũingata wehere wĩra-inĩ waku
na ũtunywo wĩra ũcio ũrũgamĩrĩire.
2022:20 Isa 20:3; 2Ath 18:18“Mũthenya ũcio nĩngeeta ndungata yakwa, Eliakimu mũrũ wa Hilikia. 21Nĩngamũhumba nguo yaku ĩrĩa ndaaya na ndĩmũhotore mũcibi waku, na ndĩmũnengere wathani waku. Nĩagatuĩka ithe wa arĩa matũũraga Jerusalemu o na wa nyũmba ya Juda. 2222:22 Kũg 3:7; Ayub 12:14Kĩhingũro kĩa nyũmba ya Daudi ngaakĩigĩrĩra kĩande-inĩ gĩake; na rĩrĩ, kĩrĩa gĩothe akaahingũra gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaahota kũhinga, na kĩrĩa gĩothe akaahinga gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaahota kũhingũra. 2322:23 Ezar 9:8; Ayub 36:7Ngaamuoherera handũ harũmu aikare ho ta higĩ hũũrĩrĩre; atuĩke gĩtĩ gĩa gĩtĩĩo thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya ithe. 24Nĩwe ũgaacookererwo nĩ riiri wothe wa nyũmba ya ithe ta ũcuurĩtio harĩ we: ciana ciake na iria ikeyongerera thĩinĩ wa ciana icio, o indo ciothe ciayo iria cionekaga ta itarĩ kĩene, kuuma mbakũri nginya mĩthemba yothe ya ndigithũ.”
2522:25 Isa 22:23; Isa 46:11Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ekuuga atĩrĩ, “Mũthenya ũcio higĩ ĩrĩa thecerere handũ harũmu nĩĩkenyenya; nĩĩkamunyũka ĩgwe, na indo iria njuurie harĩ yo nĩikaharagana.” Jehova nĩwe warĩtie ũhoro ũcio.
