Yelemaia 35
1 Yihoiagimi (Yousaia egefe) da Yuda hina bagade esaloba, Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i,
[Several years earlier, ] when Jehoiakim was the King of Judah, Yahweh gave me this message:
2 “Liga: be fi dunu ilima sia: musa: masa. Amasea, ili Debolo sesei afae amo ganodini oule asili, ilima waini hano moma: ne sia: ma.”
“Go to the place where families of the Rechab clan live. Invite them to my temple. [When they arrive, ] take them into one of the inside rooms and offer them [some] wine.”
3 Amaiba: le, na da Liga: be fi dunu huluane - Ya: ia: sanaia (Yelemaia eno egefe amola Habasinaia ea aowa) amola ea yolali amola egefe huluane, amo lale,
So I went to see Jaazaniah and all his brothers and sons who represented the Rechab clan. Jaazaniah was the son of [another man named] Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah.
4 Debolo diasuga oule asi. Na da balofede dunu Ha: ina: ne (Igidalaia egefe) amo ea adoba: su dunu ilia sesei amo ganodini oule asi. Amo sesei da Sia: lame egefe, Ma: iasia (debolo ouligisu dunu mimogo) ea sesei amoga gadodili dialu amola ouligisu dunu eno ilia sesei gadenene dialebe ba: i.
I took them to the temple, [and we went] into the room where the sons of Igdaliah’s son Hanan, who was a prophet, stayed. That room was next to the room that was used by the men who were in charge of the entrances to the temple. It was above the room that belonged to Maaseiah, who was the temple gatekeeper and the son of Shallum.
5 Amalalu, na da faigelei amola ofodo waini hano amoga nabai, amo Liga: be dunu ilia midadi ligisilalu, ilima amane sia: i, “Waini hano moma!”
I set jugs of wine in front of them and urged them to drink some,
6 Be ilia da bu adole i, “Ninia da waini hano hame naha. Ninia aowalalia dunu Yonada: be (Liga: be egefe) da ninia amola ninigaga fi da waini hano maedafa moma: ne sia: i.
but they refused. They said, “We do not drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, commanded us, saying ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine.
7 E da eno ninima sia: i, amo ninia da diasu mae gaguma: ne amola ifabi amola waini efe mae sagama: ne sia: i. E da ninia eso huluane abula diasu amo ganodini fawane esaloma: ne sia: i. Bai ninia da amo soge ganodini ga fi defele esaloma: ne sia: i.
And you must not build houses or plant vineyards or [other] crops. Instead, you must always live in tents. If you obey those commands, you all will live for many years in this land.’
8 Ninia da hamoma: ne sia: i huluane amo Yonada: be ea ninima olelei, amo nabawane hamonanu. Ninia, ninia uda, ninia dunu mano amola uda mano da waini hano hamedafa naha.
[So] we have obeyed him in all those matters. We have never drunk wine. Our wives and our sons and our daughters [have also never drunk wine].
We have not built houses or planted vineyards or [other] crops or [worked in] fields.
10 Ninia diasu hame gagusa. Be ninia da abula diasu ganodini esala. Ninia da waini sagai amola gagoma sagai amola soge hamedafa gagusa. Ninia aowalalia Yonada: be ea hamoma: ne sia: i huluane amoma fa: no bobogesu.
We have lived in tents. We have obeyed all the commands that Jehonadab, our ancestor, gave us.
11 Be hina bagade Nebiuga: denese da ninia sogega doagala: beba: le, ninia da Ba: bilone amola Silia dadi gagui wa: i ilima beda: iba: le, Yelusalemega misusa: dawa: i. Amaiba: le, ninia da wali Yelusaleme amo ganodini esala.”
But when [the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar attacked this country, we said, ‘We must go to Jerusalem to escape from the armies of Babylonia and Syria.’ So, [we came] to Jerusalem and we are living [here].”
Then Yahweh gave this message to me: “This is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli [people say that they belong to], say:
13 Amalalu, Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, da nama na da Yuda fi dunu amola Yelusaleme dunu ilima amane sia: adole iasima: ne sia: i, “Na, Hina Gode, da dilima agoane adole ba: sa. Dilia da abuliba: le Na sia: hame nabala: ? Amola abuliba: le Na sema nabawane hame hamosala: ?
'Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah: “Why do you not [RHQ] listen to me or learn something about how to obey me?
14 Yonada: be egaga fi da ea hamoma: ne sia: i amo ‘waini hano mae moma’ amo naba. Amola ilia huluane da eso huluane amola wali, waini hano hame naha. Be Na da dilima gebewane sia: nana, be dilia da hame naba.
The Rechab clan still do not drink wine, because their ancestor Jehonadab told them to not do that. [In contrast], I have spoken to you many times, but you refuse to obey me.
15 Na da dilima Na hawa: hamosu dunu (balofede dunu) huluane gebewane asunasilalu, amola ilia da dilima dilia wadela: i hou yolesili, moloidafa hamoma: ne sia: i. Ilia da dilima sisane, ogogosu ‘gode’ ilima mae hawa: hamoma: ne amola mae nodone sia: ne gadoma: ne sia: su. Dilia da soge amo Na da dilia amola dilia aowalali ilima i, amo ganodini hahawane esaloma: ne agoane hamoma: ne sia: i. Be dilia da Na sia: hamedafa nabi amola hamedafa dawa: digisu.
Many times I sent prophets to you. They told you, 'Turn away from your wicked behavior, and do things that you should do. Stop worshiping other gods, in order that you will be able to live [peacefully] in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.' But you would not pay attention to what I said or obey me.
16 Yonada: be egaga fi da ilia aowalalia dunu ilia sia: nabi dagoi, be dilia da Na sia: hamedafa nabasu.
The descendants of Jehonadab have obeyed their ancestor, but you have refused to pay attention to what I told you.
17 Amaiba: le, wali Na, Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, Na da dilia Yuda fi dunu amola Yelusaleme fi dunu, dilima se iasu amola wadela: su Na musa: ilegei amo dilima iasimu. Bai Na da dilima sia: beba: le, dilia da hame nabasu amola Na da dilima wele sia: beba: le, dilia da dabe hame alofesu.”
Therefore, this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israeli people [say you belong to], say: 'You have refused to listen to me and you did not answer when I called you. Therefore, I will cause the people in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to experience all the disasters that I said that I would cause to happen.'” '”
18 Amalalu, na da Liga: be fi dunu ilima Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, amo Ea sia: ilima amane alofele i, “Dilia da dilia aowalalia Yonada: be ea sia: amoma fa: no bobogei. Ea hamoma: ne sia: i amola olelesu huluane dilia da nabi dagoi.
Then I turned to the Rechab clan and said, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [say we belong to], says: ‘You have obeyed what your ancestor Jehonadab told you. You have obeyed all his instructions.
19 Amaiba: le, Na, Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, Na da amane ilegesa. Eso huluane, Yonada: be (Liga: be egefe) amo egaga fi dunu afae da Na hawa: hamonanebe ba: mu.”
Therefore, this is what I say: “There will always be descendants of Jehonadab who will do work for me.”’”
