Ujumbe Kuhusu Misri
146:1 Yer 25:15-38; 1:10Hili ni neno la Bwana lililomjia nabii Yeremia kuhusu mataifa:
246:2 2Fal 23:29; 2Nya 35:20; Mwa 2:14Kuhusu Misri:
Huu ni ujumbe dhidi ya jeshi la Farao Neko mfalme wa Misri, lililoshindwa huko Karkemishi kwenye Mto Frati na Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli, katika mwaka wa nne wa utawala wa Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosia mfalme wa Yuda:
346:3 Isa 21:5; Yer 51:11-12; Isa 8:9-10; Yoe 3:9-10“Wekeni tayari ngao zenu, kubwa na ndogo,
mtoke kwa ajili ya vita!
446:4 Eze 21:9-11; 2Nya 26:14; Neh 4:16; 1Sam 17:5, 38Fungieni farasi lijamu,
pandeni farasi!
Shikeni nafasi zenu
mkiwa mmevaa chapeo!
Isugueni mikuki yenu,
vaeni dirii vifuani!
546:5 Yer 48:44; Za 31:13; Yer 49:29; Ufu 6:15-17Je, ninaona nini?
Wametiwa hofu,
wanarudi nyuma,
askari wao wameshindwa.
Wanakimbia kwa haraka
pasipo kutazama nyuma,
tena kuna hofu kuu kila upande,”
asema Bwana.
646:6 Isa 30:16; Za 20:8; Dan 11:19; Mwa 2:14; 15:18Walio wepesi na wenye mbio hawawezi kukimbia,
wala wenye nguvu hawawezi kutoroka.
Kaskazini, kando ya Mto Frati,
wanajikwaa na kuanguka.
746:7 Dan 11:22; Yer 47:2“Ni nani huyu ajiinuaye kama Mto Naili,
kama mito yenye maji yanayofanya mawimbi?
846:8 Dan 11:10; Eze 29:3, 9; 30:12; Amo 8:8Misri hujiinua kama Mto Naili,
kama mito yenye maji yanayofanya mawimbi.
Husema, ‘Nitainuka na kufunika dunia,
nitaiangamiza miji na watu wake.’
946:9 Mwa 10:6; Yer 47:3; Isa 66:19; Eze 26:10Songeni mbele, enyi farasi!
Endesheni kwa ukali, enyi magari ya farasi,
Endeleeni mbele, enyi mashujaa:
watu wa Kushi46:9 Kushi ni Naili ya Juu; sasa ni Sudan. na Putu46:9 Putu sasa ni Libya. wachukuao ngao,
watu wa Ludi46:9 Nchi iliyo Afrika ya Kaskazini, magharibi ya Mto Naili; sasa ni Libya. wavutao upinde.
1046:10 Eze 32:10; Mao 1:15; Hes 31:3; 2Fal 23:29-30; Law 3:9; Isa 34:6Lakini ile siku ni ya Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
siku ya kulipiza kisasi,
kisasi juu ya adui zake.
Upanga utakula hata utakapotosheka,
hadi utakapozima kiu yake kwa damu.
Kwa maana Bwana, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, atatoa dhabihu
kwenye nchi ya kaskazini, kando ya Mto Frati.
1146:11 Yer 8:22; Mwa 37:35; 2Fal 19:21; Isa 47:1; Yer 30:13“Panda hadi Gileadi ukapate zeri,
ee Bikira Binti wa Misri.
Lakini umetumia dawa nyingi bila mafanikio;
huwezi kupona.
1246:12 Isa 19:4; Nah 3:8-10Mataifa yatasikia juu ya aibu yako,
kilio chako kitaijaza dunia.
Shujaa mmoja atajikwaa juu ya mwingine,
nao wataanguka chini pamoja.”
1346:13 Yer 43:10; Isa 19:1; Yer 27:7; Eze 32:11Huu ndio ujumbe Bwana aliomwambia nabii Yeremia kuhusu kuja kwa Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli ili kuishambulia Misri:
1446:14 Yer 43:8; Isa 19:13; 2Sam 2:26; Kum 32:42; Yer 24:8“Tangaza hili katika Misri, nawe ulihubiri katika Migdoli,
hubiri pia katika Memfisi46:14 Memfisi kwa Kiebrania ni Nofu. na Tahpanhesi:46:14 Ni mji katika Misri.
‘Shikeni nafasi zenu na mwe tayari,
kwa kuwa upanga unawala wale wanaokuzunguka.’
1546:15 Yos 23:5; Isa 66:15-16Kwa nini mashujaa wako wamesombwa
na kupelekwa mbali?
Hawawezi kusimama, kwa maana Bwana
atawasukuma awaangushe chini.
1646:16 Law 26:37; Isa 13:14; Yer 25:38Watajikwaa mara kwa mara,
wataangukiana wao kwa wao.
Watasema, ‘Amka, turudi
kwa watu wetu na nchi yetu,
mbali na upanga wa mtesi.’
1746:17 Isa 19:11-16; 1Fal 20:10-11Huko watatangaza,
‘Farao mfalme wa Misri ni makelele tu,
amekosa wasaa wake.’
1846:18 Yer 48:15; Yos 19:22; 1Fal 18:42“Kwa hakika kama niishivyo,” asema Mfalme,
ambaye jina lake ni Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote,
“mmoja atakuja ambaye ni kama Tabori miongoni mwa milima,
kama Karmeli kando ya bahari.
1946:19 Yer 48:18; Isa 20:4; 19:13; Eze 29:10-12; 35:7Funga mizigo yako kwenda uhamishoni,
wewe ukaaye Misri,
kwa kuwa Memfisi utaangamizwa
na kuwa magofu pasipo mkazi.
2046:20 Isa 14:31; Hos 10:11; Yer 47:2“Misri ni mtamba mzuri,
lakini kipanga anakuja dhidi yake kutoka kaskazini.
2146:21 2Fal 7:6; Ay 20:24; Za 18:18; Yer 18:17; Lk 15:27; Ay 18:20; Za 37:13Askari wake waliokodiwa katika safu zake
wako kama ndama walionenepeshwa.
Wao pia watageuka na kukimbia pamoja,
hawataweza kuhimili vita,
kwa maana siku ya msiba inakuja juu yao,
wakati wao wa kuadhibiwa.
2246:22 Za 74:5Misri atatoa sauti kama ya nyoka anayekimbia
kadiri adui anavyowasogelea na majeshi,
watakuja dhidi yake wakiwa na mashoka,
kama watu wakatao miti.
2346:23 Isa 29:4; Amo 7:12; Za 74:5; Kum 28:42Wataufyeka msitu wake,”
asema Bwana,
“hata kama umesongamana kiasi gani.
Ni wengi kuliko nzige,
hawawezi kuhesabika.
2446:24 2Fal 24:7; Yer 1:15Binti wa Misri ataaibishwa,
atatiwa mikononi mwa watu wa kaskazini.”
2546:25 Eze 30:14; Nah 3:4; Yer 43:12; Isa 20:6; Eze 30:22; 2Fal 24:7Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mungu wa Israeli, asema: “Nakaribia kuleta adhabu juu ya Amoni mungu wa Thebesi,46:25 Thebesi kwa Kiebrania ni No (au No-Amoni), mji katika Misri. na juu ya Farao, Misri na miungu yake, na wafalme wake, pamoja na wale wanaomtegemea Farao. 2646:26 Yer 44:30; Isa 19:4; Eze 32:11; 29:11-16Nitawatia mikononi mwa wale wanaotafuta uhai wao, yaani Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli na maafisa wake. Hatimaye, hata hivyo, Misri itakaliwa kama nyakati zilizopita,” asema Bwana.
2746:27 Yer 29:14; Isa 41:13; Yer 51:46; Isa 11:11; 43:5; 41:8; Yer 50:19“Usiogope, ee Yakobo mtumishi wangu,
usifadhaike, ee Israeli.
Hakika nitakuokoa kutoka nchi za mbali,
uzao wako kutoka nchi ya uhamisho wao.
Yakobo atakuwa tena na amani na salama,
wala hakuna hata mmoja atakayewatia hofu.
2846:28 Kut 14:22; Hes 14:9; Yer 4:27; Isa 8:9-10Usiogope, ee Yakobo mtumishi wangu,
kwa maana mimi niko pamoja nawe,”
asema Bwana.
“Ingawa nitayaangamiza kabisa mataifa yote
ambayo miongoni mwake nimekutawanya,
sitakuangamiza wewe kabisa.
Nitakurudi, lakini kwa haki tu,
wala sitakuacha kabisa bila kukuadhibu.”
A Message About Egypt
1This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:
2Concerning Egypt:
This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
3“Prepare your shields, both large and small,
and march out for battle!
4Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish your spears,
put on your armor!
5What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror on every side,”
declares the Lord.
6“The swift cannot flee
nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates
they stumble and fall.
7“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters?
8Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
I will destroy cities and their people.’
9Charge, you horses!
Drive furiously, you charioteers!
March on, you warriors—men of Cush46:9 That is, the upper Nile region and Put who carry shields,
men of Lydia who draw the bow.
10But that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour till it is satisfied,
till it has quenched its thirst with blood.
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
11“Go up to Gilead and get balm,
Virgin Daughter Egypt.
But you try many medicines in vain;
there is no healing for you.
12The nations will hear of your shame;
your cries will fill the earth.
One warrior will stumble over another;
both will fall down together.”
13This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to attack Egypt:
14“Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
proclaim it also in Memphis and Tahpanhes:
‘Take your positions and get ready,
for the sword devours those around you.’
15Why will your warriors be laid low?
They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.
16They will stumble repeatedly;
they will fall over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
to our own people and our native lands,
away from the sword of the oppressor.’
17There they will exclaim,
‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;
he has missed his opportunity.’
18“As surely as I live,” declares the King,
whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains,
like Carmel by the sea.
19Pack your belongings for exile,
you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis will be laid waste
and lie in ruins without inhabitant.
20“Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly is coming
against her from the north.
21The mercenaries in her ranks
are like fattened calves.
They too will turn and flee together,
they will not stand their ground,
for the day of disaster is coming upon them,
the time for them to be punished.
22Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
like men who cut down trees.
23They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
“dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,
they cannot be counted.
24Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
given into the hands of the people of the north.”
25The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. 26I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past,” declares the Lord.
27“Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel.
I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.
28Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,
for I am with you,” declares the Lord.
“Though I completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only in due measure;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”
