14:1 Yoe 2:12; Ezr 8:5; 2Fal 7:13; 21:4; Kum 4:30; Hos 12:6; Yer 16:18; 35:15“Ikiwa utataka kurudi, ee Israeli,
nirudie mimi,”
asema Bwana.
“Ikiwa utaondoa sanamu zako za kuchukiza mbele ya macho yangu
na usiendelee kutangatanga,
24:2 Kum 10:20; Hes 14:21; Gal 3:8; Hos 4:15; Mwa 12:2; Isa 19:18; 65:16; Yer 12:16ikiwa kwa kweli, kwa haki na kwa unyofu utaapa,
‘Kwa hakika kama vile Bwana aishivyo,’
ndipo mataifa yatakapobarikiwa naye
na katika yeye watajitukuza.”
34:3 Hos 10:12; Mk 4:18Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana kwa watu wa Yuda na kwa Yerusalemu:
“Vunjeni mabonge kwenye mashamba yenu,
wala msipande katikati ya miiba.
44:4 Law 26:41; Rum 2:28-29; Sef 2:2; Amo 5:6; Ay 41:21; Kut 32:22; Yer 8:14; Yos 10:20; Yer 5:20; Hes 10:2-7; Ay 39:24Jitahirini katika Bwana,
tahirini mioyo yenu,
enyi wanaume wa Yuda
na watu wa Yerusalemu,
la sivyo ghadhabu yangu itatoka kwa nguvu
na kuwaka kama moto
kwa sababu ya uovu mliotenda,
ikiwaka pasipo wa kuizima.
Maafa Kutoka Kaskazini
5“Tangaza katika Yuda na upige mbiu katika Yerusalemu na kusema:
‘Piga tarumbeta katika nchi yote!’
Piga kelele na kusema:
‘Kusanyikeni pamoja!
Tukimbilie katika miji yenye maboma!’
64:6 Yer 1:13-15; Isa 14:31; Za 74:4; Isa 31:9; Yer 50:2; 11:11; 18:11Onyesheni ishara ili kwenda Sayuni!
Kimbilieni usalama pasipo kuchelewa!
Kwa kuwa ninaleta maafa kutoka kaskazini,
maangamizi ya kutisha.”
74:7 Dan 7:4; Eze 12:20; Yer 2:15; Isa 6:11; Yer 25:38; Hos 5:14; Nah 2:12; Yer 6:26Simba ametoka nje ya pango lake,
mharabu wa mataifa amejipanga.
Ametoka mahali pake
ili aangamize nchi yenu.
Miji yenu itakuwa magofu
pasipo mtu wa kuishi humo.
84:8 1Fal 21:27; Yer 30:24; Isa 22:12; 3:24; Yer 6:26; Eze 7:18; Yer 7:29; 9:20Hivyo vaeni nguo za magunia,
ombolezeni na kulia kwa huzuni,
kwa kuwa hasira kali ya Bwana
haijaondolewa kwetu.
9“Katika siku ile,” asema Bwana
“mfalme na maafisa watakata tamaa,
makuhani watafadhaika,
na manabii watashangazwa mno.”
104:10 Eze 14:9; Kut 5:23; 2The 2:11; Isa 63:17; Yer 6:14; 8:11; Eze 13:10; Mik 3:5Ndipo niliposema, “Aa, Bwana Mwenyezi, umewadanganyaje kabisa watu hawa na Yerusalemu kwa kusema, ‘Mtakuwa na amani,’ wakati upanga uko kwenye koo zetu!”
114:11 Mwa 41:6; Hos 13:15; Eze 17:10; Law 26:33; Ay 1:19Wakati huo watu hawa na Yerusalemu wataambiwa, “Upepo wa moto kutoka miinuko iliyo kame katika jangwa unavuma kuelekea watu wangu, lakini sio kupepeta au kutakasa, 124:12 Isa 64:6; Yer 1:16upepo wenye nguvu sana kuliko wa kupepeta na kutakasa utakuja kwa amri yangu. Sasa natangaza hukumu zangu dhidi yao.”
134:13 Isa 5:28; 2Sam 22:10; Eze 26:10; Kum 28:49; Mao 4:19; Isa 66:15Tazama! Anakuja kama mawingu,
magari yake yanakuja kama upepo wa kisulisuli,
farasi wake wana mbio kuliko tai.
Ole wetu! Tunaangamia!
144:14 Rut 3; 3; Yak 4:8; Za 51:2; Isa 45:22; Za 6:3Ee Yerusalemu, usafishe uovu kutoka moyoni mwako na uokolewe.
Utaendelea kuficha mawazo mapotovu mpaka lini?
154:15 Yer 8:16; Mwa 30:6; Yer 31:6Sauti inatangaza kutoka Dani,
ikipiga mbiu ya maafa kutoka vilima vya Efraimu.
16“Waambie mataifa jambo hili,
piga mbiu hii dhidi ya Yerusalemu:
‘Jeshi la kuzingira linakuja kutoka nchi ya mbali,
likipiga kelele ya vita dhidi ya miji ya Yuda.
174:17 2Fal 25:1-4; 1Sam 12:15; Yer 5:23Wamemzunguka kama watu walindao shamba,
kwa sababu amefanya uasi dhidi yangu,’ ”
asema Bwana.
184:18 Za 107:17; Ay 20:6-11; Yer 2:17-19; Isa 1:28; Yer 5:25“Mwenendo wako na matendo yako mwenyewe
yameleta haya juu yako.
Hii ndiyo adhabu yako.
Tazama jinsi ilivyo chungu!
Tazama jinsi inavyochoma moyo!”
194:19 Isa 16:11; Mao 1:20; Hes 10:9; Yer 20:9; Sef 1:16; Isa 22:4; Yer 6:24Ee mtima wangu, mtima wangu!
Ninagaagaa kwa maumivu.
Ee maumivu makuu ya moyo wangu!
Moyo wangu umefadhaika ndani yangu,
siwezi kunyamaza.
Kwa sababu nimesikia sauti ya tarumbeta,
nimesikia kelele ya vita.
204:20 Kum 31:17; Za 42:7; Hes 24:5; Mao 2:4; Yer 10:20Maafa baada ya maafa,
nchi yote imekuwa magofu.
Kwa ghafula mahema yangu yameangamizwa,
makazi yangu kwa muda mfupi.
214:21 Hes 2:2; Isa 18:3; Yos 6:20; Hos 5:8Hata lini nitaendelea kuona bendera ya vita
na kusikia sauti za tarumbeta?
224:22 1Kor 14:20; Yer 5:21; 13:23; Za 36:3; Rum 16:19; Yer 5:21; 10:8; Za 14:4“Watu wangu ni wapumbavu,
hawanijui mimi.
Ni watoto wasio na akili,
hawana ufahamu.
Ni hodari kutenda mabaya,
hawajui kutenda yaliyo mema.”
234:23 Ay 9:7; 30:26; Isa 5:30; 59:9; Mao 3:2Niliitazama dunia,
nayo haikuwa na umbo tena ni tupu;
niliziangalia mbingu,
mianga ilikuwa imetoweka.
244:24 Eze 38:20; Ay 9:6; Isa 5:25; Kut 19:18Niliitazama milima, nayo ilikuwa ikitetemeka,
vilima vyote vilikuwa vikiyumbayumba.
254:25 Hos 4:3; Sef 1:3; Yer 7:20Nilitazama, wala watu hawakuwepo;
kila ndege wa angani alikuwa ameruka zake.
26Nilitazama, hata nchi iliyokuwa imestawi vizuri imekuwa jangwa,
miji yake yote ilikuwa magofu
mbele za Bwana,
mbele ya hasira yake kali.
274:27 Amo 9:8; Yer 5:10; 12:12; Eze 20:17; Yer 46:28Hivi ndivyo Bwana asemavyo:
“Nchi yote itaharibiwa,
ingawa sitaiangamiza kabisa.
284:28 Yer 14:2; Hos 4:3; Hes 23:19; Isa 5:30; Yer 30:24; 23:20; 12:4-11Kwa hiyo dunia itaomboleza
na mbingu zilizo juu zitakuwa giza,
kwa sababu nimesema nami sitarudi nyuma,
nimeamua na wala sitageuka.”
294:29 Yer 8:16; Isa 6:12; 2Fal 25:4; Yer 6:23; 1Sam 26:20; Kut 33:22Kwa sauti ya wapanda farasi na wapiga upinde
kila mji unakimbia.
Baadhi wanakimbilia vichakani,
baadhi wanapanda juu ya miamba.
Miji yote imeachwa,
hakuna aishiye ndani yake.
304:30 Isa 10:3-4; Eze 16:11; 23:40; 2Fal 9:30; Ay 19:14; Eze 23:9; Za 35:4Unafanya nini, ewe uliyeharibiwa?
Kwa nini unajivika vazi jekundu
na kuvaa vito vya dhahabu?
Kwa nini unapaka macho yako rangi?
Unajipamba bure.
Wapenzi wako wanakudharau,
wanautafuta uhai wako.
314:31 Mwa 3:16; Mik 4:10; Isa 42:14; Mao 1:17; Yer 6:24; 13:21; 22:23; Za 9:14; Isa 42:14; Kum 32:25; Mao 2:21Nasikia kilio kama cha mwanamke
katika utungu wa kuzaa,
kilio cha uchungu kama cha anayemzaa
mtoto wake wa kwanza:
kilio cha Binti Sayuni akitweta ili aweze kupumua,
akiinua mikono yake, akisema,
“Ole wangu! Ninazimia;
maisha yangu yamekabidhiwa kwa wauaji.”
1“If you, Israel, will return,
then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols out of my sight
and no longer go astray,
2and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
you swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
then the nations will invoke blessings by him
and in him they will boast.”
3This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“Break up your unplowed ground
and do not sow among thorns.
4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
circumcise your hearts,
you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire
because of the evil you have done—
burn with no one to quench it.
Disaster From the North
5“Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say:
‘Sound the trumpet throughout the land!’
Cry aloud and say:
‘Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities!’
6Raise the signal to go to Zion!
Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster from the north,
even terrible destruction.”
7A lion has come out of his lair;
a destroyer of nations has set out.
He has left his place
to lay waste your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins
without inhabitant.
8So put on sackcloth,
lament and wail,
for the fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned away from us.
9“In that day,” declares the Lord,
“the king and the officials will lose heart,
the priests will be horrified,
and the prophets will be appalled.”
10Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ when the sword is at our throats!”
11At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; 12a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them.”
13Look! He advances like the clouds,
his chariots come like a whirlwind,
his horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us! We are ruined!
14Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved.
How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
15A voice is announcing from Dan,
proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
16“Tell this to the nations,
proclaim concerning Jerusalem:
‘A besieging army is coming from a distant land,
raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.
17They surround her like men guarding a field,
because she has rebelled against me,’ ”
declares the Lord.
18“Your own conduct and actions
have brought this on you.
This is your punishment.
How bitter it is!
How it pierces to the heart!”
19Oh, my anguish, my anguish!
I writhe in pain.
Oh, the agony of my heart!
My heart pounds within me,
I cannot keep silent.
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;
I have heard the battle cry.
20Disaster follows disaster;
the whole land lies in ruins.
In an instant my tents are destroyed,
my shelter in a moment.
21How long must I see the battle standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22“My people are fools;
they do not know me.
They are senseless children;
they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil;
they know not how to do good.”
23I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty;
and at the heavens,
and their light was gone.
24I looked at the mountains,
and they were quaking;
all the hills were swaying.
25I looked, and there were no people;
every bird in the sky had flown away.
26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;
all its towns lay in ruins
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.
27This is what the Lord says:
“The whole land will be ruined,
though I will not destroy it completely.
28Therefore the earth will mourn
and the heavens above grow dark,
because I have spoken and will not relent,
I have decided and will not turn back.”
29At the sound of horsemen and archers
every town takes to flight.
Some go into the thickets;
some climb up among the rocks.
All the towns are deserted;
no one lives in them.
30What are you doing, you devastated one?
Why dress yourself in scarlet
and put on jewels of gold?
Why highlight your eyes with makeup?
You adorn yourself in vain.
Your lovers despise you;
they want to kill you.
31I hear a cry as of a woman in labor,
a groan as of one bearing her first child—
the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands and saying,
“Alas! I am fainting;
my life is given over to murderers.”
