Yelemaia 37
1 Ba: bilone hina bagade Nebiuga: denese da Yehoiagini (Yihoiagimi egefe) amo fadegale, ea ouligisu sogebi amo Sedegaia (Yousaia egefe) ema i.
After Jehoiakim died, [his son Jehoiachin became king for only three months, after which] King Josiah’s son Zedekiah became the King of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, appointed him to be the new king.
2 Be hina bagade Sedegaia amola ea eagene ouligisu dunu amola Yuda dunu huluane da Hina Gode Ea sia: nama i, amo hame nabasu.
But King Zedekiah and his palace officials and the other people in the land paid no attention to the messages that Yahweh gave me.
3 Yuda hina bagade Sedegaia da Yihuga: le (Sielemaia egefe) amola gobele salasu dunu Sefanaia (Ma: iasia egefe) amo nama na da ninia fi fidima: ne, Hina Godema sia: ne gadoma: ne sia: musa: asunasi.
However, [one day] King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, who was the son of Maaseiah, to me. They requested me to pray to Yahweh our God for our [nation].
4 Amo esoha, na da gagili ga: i diasu ganodini hame salabe ba: i. Be na da udigili dunu ilia esalebe ganodini ahoasu.
At that time I had not yet been put in prison, so I could come and go wherever and whenever I wanted to, [without being hindered].
5 Ba: bilone dadi gagui wa: i da Yelusaleme amoma doagala: lalu. Be ilia da Idibidi dadi gagui wa: i da Idibidi alalo giadofai amo nababeba: le, ilia da sinidigili hobea: i.
[At that time], the army of [Hophra], the King of Egypt, came [to the southern border of Judah]. When the army of Babylonia heard about that, they stopped surrounding Jerusalem and left there [to fight against the army from Egypt].
6 Amalalu, Hina Gode, Isala: ili ilia Gode, da nama sia: i.
Then Yahweh gave this message to me:
7 E da na Sedegaiama amane sia: ma: ne sia: i, “Idibidi dadi gagui wa: i da di fidimusa: manebe. Be ilia da sinidigili, ilia sogega buhagimu.
“[I], Yahweh, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say this: ‘The King of Judah has sent [messengers] to you to ask me [what is going to happen]. Tell the king that even though the army of the King of Egypt came to help him, they are about to return to Egypt.
8 Amasea, Ba: bilone dunu da bu misini, Yelusaleme amoma gegenanu, laluga ulagimu.
Then the army of Babylonia will return here and capture this city and burn everything in it.’
9 Na, Hina Gode, da dima sisasu iaha. Dilia ogogole Ba: bilone dunu da bu hame misunu mae dawa: ma. Bai ilia da dafawane bu misunu.
[So], this is what I say [to you Israelis]: ‘You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true.
10 Amola dilia da Ba: bilone dadi gagui wa: i huluane hasali ganiaba, amola Ba: bilone fa: ginisi dunu fawane ilia abula diasu ganodini diasa: ili esala ganiaba, amo dunu da wa: legadole, dilia moilai bai bagade laluga nene dagoma: ne ulagila: loba.”
And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only a few of them who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, they would come out [of their tents] and burn this city completely!”’”
11 Ba: bilone dadi gagui wa: i da Yelusaleme doagala: su yolesili, hobea: i. Bai ilia da Idibidi dadi gagui da doagala: musa: ahoanebe nabi.
When the army from Babylonia left Jerusalem because the army from Egypt was approaching,
12 Amaiba: le, na da Yelusaleme yolesili, na soge (na fi ilia soge la: idi sogebi) Bediamini soge bagade amo ganodini diala, amo lamusa: , na da masunu dawa: i galu.
I started to leave the city. I intended to go to the area [where the descendants of] Benjamin live, in order to take possession of my share of the property from my family.
13 Be na da Bediamini Logo Holei amoga doaga: loba, dadi gagui ouligisu amoga hawa: hamonanu (ea dio da Ailaidia [Sielemaia egefe amola Ha: nanaia ea aowa]) e da na logo ga: le, nama amane sia: i, “Di da hohonone, Ba: bilone fi amoga masunu galebe!”
But as I was walking out the Benjamin Gate, a guard seized me and said, “You are deserting [us and going] to [the soldiers from] Babylonia!” The man who seized me was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah.
14 Be na da bu adole i, “Hame mabu! Na da hohonone dili yolesimu hame dawa: !” Be Ailaidia da na sia: hame nabi. E da na gagulaligili, eagene ouligisu dunu ilima hiouginana asi.
But I [protested and] said, “That is not true! I was not intending to do that!” But Irijah would not pay attention to what I said. He took me to the [king’s] officials.
15 Ilia da nama bagadewane ougi amola ilia sia: beba: le, ilia da na fananu, sia: dedesu dunu Yonada: ne amo ea diasu ganodini sali. Bai ilia da ea diasu gagili ga: i diasu agoane hamoi dagoi.
They were very angry with me. They [commanded the guards to] beat me and [then to] put me in the house where Jonathan the king’s secretary stayed. They had changed Jonathan’s house to make it become a prison.
16 Na da uli dogoi sesei osobo hagudu amo ganodini salabe ba: i. Amo ganodini na da eso bagohame esalu.
They put me in a dungeon/cell in that prison, and I remained there for several days.
17 Fa: no, hina bagade Sedegaia da na ema misa: ne sia: i. E da wamowane, nama amane adole ba: i, “Hina Gode da ninima sia: adole iasibala: ?” Na da bu adole i, “Sia: galaiou! Di da Ba: bilone hina bagade amo ea loboga gagulaligi ba: mu.”
Then King Zedekiah secretly sent a servant to me, who took me to the palace. There the king asked me, “Do you have any messages from Yahweh?” I replied, “Yes, [the message is that] you will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
18 Amalalu, na da amane adole ba: i, “Di da na gagili ga: i diasu ganodini sali dagoi. Be na da adi wadela: i hou, dima o dilia eagene ouligisu dunu ilima o Yuda fi dunu ilima hamobela: ?
Then I asked the king, “What crime have I committed [RHQ] against you or against your officials or against the Israeli people, with the result that you have [commanded that] I be put in a prison?
19 Dia balofede dunu da wali habila: ? Ilia da ogogole, Ba: bilone hina bagade da dima amola ninia soge amoma hame doagala: mu sia: i.
Your prophets predicted that the army of the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land. Why were [RHQ] [their messages] not fulfilled?
20 Amola wali, hina bagade, dia na sia: nabima: ne, na edegesa! Dia na gagili ga: i diasu amo Yonada: ne ea diasu ganodini amoga mae asunasima. Di agoane hamosea, na da amogawi dafawane bogomu.”
Your majesty, I plead with you to listen to me. Do not send me back to the dungeon/cell in the house of Jonathan your secretary, because [if you do that, ] I will die there.”
21 Amaiba: le, hina bagade Sedegaia da ilia da na hina bagade diasu gagoi amo ganodini gagili ga: i diasu agoane esaloma: ne, logo ga: sima: ne sia: i. Na da amogawi esalu. Eso huluane ilia da agi ga: gi afadafa (agi ga: gi hamosu diasuga lai) nama ianu, agi ga: gi huluane Yelusaleme ganodini galu huluane dagobeba: le fawane yolesi.
So King Zedekiah commanded that [I not be sent back to the prison cell. Instead, ] I was allowed to be watched by the guards in the courtyard [of the palace]. [The king] also [commanded that they should] bring me a loaf of fresh bread every day, until there was no bread left in the city. So [they put me] in that courtyard and I remained there.
