Yelemaia 40
1 Ba: bilone dunu da na amola Yelusaleme dunu amola Yuda fi dunu huluane (amo ilia da Ba: bilone sogega udigili hawa: hamomusa: oule ahoasu) nini huluane sia: inega la: gili, La: ima moilaiga oule asi. Amogawi, Ba: bilone dadi gagui ouligisudafa amo Nebiusala: ida: ne, e da na sia: ine fadegale, na hahawane masa: ne sia: i. Amalalu, Hina Gode da nama sia: i.
[The soldiers from Babylonia] captured me and many other people from Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah. They [planned to] take us to Babylon. So they fastened chains around our wrists and took us to Ramah [town north of Jerusalem]. While we were there, I was released. [This is how it happened]:
2 Ba: bilone dadi gagui ouligisudafa da na la: idili oule asili, nama amane sia: i “Dia Hina Gode da amo soge wadela: lesima: ne sia: i.
[Nebuzaradan, ] the captain of the [king’s] bodyguards, [found that I was there]. He summoned me and said to me, “Yahweh your God said that he would cause this land to experience a disaster.
3 Amola wali amo hou E da magagili ilegei, E da hamoi dagoi. Dia fi dunu da Hina Godema wadela: le hamobeba: le amola Ea sia: hame nababeba: le, amo hou da doaga: i dagoi.
And now he has caused it to happen. He has done just what he said [that he would do], because you people sinned against Yahweh and refused to obey him.
4 Wali di udigili masa: ne amo sia: ine dia fesua la: gi amo na da fadegala. Di da Ba: bilone sogega na sigi masusa: dawa: sea, defea, misa. Amasea, na da di ouligimu. Be dia amoga masunu higasea, guiguda: esaloma. Difa! Dia hanaiga hamoma!”
But today I am going to take the chains off your wrists and release you. If you want to come with me to Babylon, [that will be fine]. I will take care of you. But if you do not want to come with me, do not come. [Stay here]. Look, the entire country is available; you can choose whatever part you want to go to. You can go wherever you wish.” [Then he took the chains off my wrists].
5 Na da bu hame adole iabeba: le, Nebiusala: ida: ne da amane sia: i, “Ba: bilone hina bagade da Gedalaia (Ahaiga: me egefe amola Sia: ifa: ne ea aowa) amo Yuda moilai ouligima: ne ilegei dagoi. Di Gedalaiama buhagima. Di da ea diasuga esalumu da defea. O dia hanaiga fawane ahoanoma.” Amalalu, e da nama hahawane iasu i. Amola ha: i manu ianu, na masa: ne logo doasi.
He said, “If you [decide to] stay here, go to Gedaliah. The King of Babylon appointed him to be the governor of Judah. [You will be allowed to] stay here with the people [that he is governing]. But you can do whatever you want to.” Then Nebuzaradan gave me some food and some money, and he allowed me to go.
6 Na da Misiba moilai, Gedalaia ea diasuga esalomusa: asi. Amola na da dunu fi hame mugululi asi soge ganodini esala, ilima gilisili esalu.
I returned to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and I stayed in Judah with the people who still remained in the land.
7 Yuda dadi gagui ouligisu mogili, amola dadi gagui dunu mogili, da Ba: bilone dunu ili gagulaligimusa: hame asi. Ilia da nabi amo Ba: bilone hina bagade da Gedalaia, Yuda soge amola hame gagui dunu huluane amo da Ba: bilone sogega hame mugululi asi, ilima ouligima: ne ilegei dagoi.
The [Israeli] soldiers [who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia] were roaming around in the countryside. Then their leaders heard someone say that the King of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor of the very poor people [who were still in Judah], who had not been taken to Babylon.
8 Amaiba: le, Isama: iele (Nedanaia egefe) amola Youha: ina: ne (Galia egefe) amola Sila: ia (Da: nahiumede egefe) amola Ifai (Nidoufa dunu) egefelali, amola Ya: ia: sanaia (Ma: iaga soge dunu) amola ilima fa: no bobogesu dunu da Misiba moilaiga Gedalaia ba: musa: asi.
So they went [to talk] to Gedaliah at Mizpah. [Those who went included] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai from Netophath, and Jezaniah from Maacah, and the soldiers who were with them.
9 Gedalaia da ilima amane sia: i, “Na dilima dafawane sia: sa. Mae beda: ma! Ba: bilone dunu dili gagulaligisa: besa: le, amoga mae masa. Be guiguda: amo moi dogole noga: le fili, Ba: bilone hina bagade ea hawa: hamosa esaloma. Amasea, dilia da hahawane esalumu.
Gedaliah solemnly promised that the soldiers from Babylonia would not harm them. He said, “Do not be afraid to do things for them. Stay [here] in this land and do things for the King of Babylon. If you do that, things will go well for you.
10 Na nisu da Misiba guiguda: esalumu. Amola Ba: bilone dunu da guiguda: masea, na da dilia alofele iasu dunu agoane ba: mu. Be dilia ha: i manu bugili, waini hano, ifa fage amola olife susuligi noga: le lama. Amola hahawane dilia diasudafa amo ganodini esaloma.”
As for me, I will stay [here] at Mizpah to be your representative to the [officials from] Babylonia who come to [talk with] us. But you should [return to your towns, and eat the things that are produced on your land]. Harvest the grapes and the fruit [that ripen in] the (summer/hot season) and the olives, [make wine and olive oil, ] and store it.”
11 Isala: ili fi dunu amo da Moua: be soge amola A: mone soge amola Idome soge amo ganodini esaloba, da Ba: bilone hina bagade da Isala: ili dunu mogili Yuda soge ganodini esaloma: ne amola Gedalaia ouligima: ne, logo doasi dagoi amo nabi.
Then the Jews who had fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other [nearby] countries heard people say that the King of Babylon had allowed a few people [to remain] in Judah, and that he had appointed Gedaliah to be their governor.
12 Amaiba: le, ilia da soge amoga ilia da afagogoi ba: i, amo yolesili, Yuda sogega buhagi. Ilia da Gedalaia, Misiba moilaiga esalu, ema buhagi. Amogawi, ilia da waini amola ifa fage bagohame faili gagadoi.
So they [began to] return to Judah. They stopped at Mizpah to [talk with] Gedaliah. Then [they went to various places in Judea, and] they harvested a great amount of grapes and summer fruit.
13 Amo fa: no, Youha: ina: ne amola dadi gagui amo da Ba: bilonega hame asi, ilia ouligisu dunu da Gedalaia, Misiba moilaiga esalu, ema misi.
[Some time later, ] Johanan and all the [other] leaders of the Israeli soldiers [who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia] came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.
14 Ilia da ema amane sia: i, “A: mone hina bagade Ba: ialaise da Isama: iele di medole legemusa: asunasi dagoi.” Be Gedalaia da ilia sia: dafawaneyale hame dawa: i.
They said to him, “Do you know that Baalis, the king of the Ammon [people-group], has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to assassinate you?” But Gedaliah did not believe what they said.
15 Amalalu, Youha: ina: ne da ema wamowane sia: i, “Na da Isama: iele ema asili medole legemusa: , dia na logo doasima. Dunu huluane e fasu dunu hame dawa: mu. E da di medole legemu da defea hame. Amai hamoi ganiaba, Yu dunu amo dima gilisi da bu afagogoi dagoi ba: mu. Amola se nabasu amola wadela: su da dunu huluane Yuda soge ganodini esalebe ilima doaga: mu.”
Later Johanan talked with Gedaliah privately. He said, “Allow me to go and murder Ishmael secretly. It would not be good [RHQ] to allow him to come and murder you! If you are killed, what will happen to all the Jews who have returned to this area? They will be scattered, and the other people who remain in Judah will all be killed!”
16 Be Gedalaia da bu adole i, “Amo hou mae hamoma! Dia Isama: iele ea hou nama olelebe da ogogosa.”
But Gedaliah said to Johanan, “[No], I will not allow you to do that. [I think that] you are lying about Ishmael.”
