Yelemaia 42
1 Amalalu, Youha: ina: ne (Galia egefe), A:salia (Housia: ia egefe), dadi gagui ouligisu dunu amola eno dunu bagade amola fonobahadi, da nama misini,
Then Johanan and Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the [other] leaders of the [Israeli] soldiers [who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia], and many [HYP] [other] people, including those who were important and those who were not important, came
2 amane sia: i, “Ninia adole ba: su nabima! Nini fidima: ne, Hina Godema sia: ne gadoma! Nini huluane da mae bogole esaloma: ne, amo fidima: ne Ema sia: ne gadoma! Musa: ninia da bagohame esalu. Be wali di da ba: loba, ninia da bagahame esala.
to me. They said, “Please listen to our request and pray to Yahweh our God for all of us. Although we were previously a huge number of people, you can see that now we are only a small number of people [who have survived].
3 Hina Gode da ninima logo olelema: ne amola ninia hamomu olelema: ne, Ema sia: ne gadoma.”
[Pray] that Yahweh our God will show us what we should do and where we should go.”
4 Na da ilima bu adole i, “Defea! Dilia adole ba: i defele, na da ninia Hina Godema sia: ne gadomu. Ea sia: i liligi huluane, na da mae wamolegele, huluane dilima olelemu.”
I replied, “Okay, I will pray to Yahweh our God, like you have requested, and I will tell you what he says. I will (tell you everything/not hide anything from you).”
5 Amalalu, ilia da nama amane sia: i, “Ninia da Hina Gode ba: ma: ne, dafawanedafa ilegesa. Ninia da hamoma: ne sia: i huluane amo Hina Gode da dima sia: mu liligi, amo huluanedafa ilima fa: no bobogemu.
They replied to me, “We hope/wish that Yahweh our God will be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to do everything that he tells us to do.
6 Ninia da dia nini fidima: ne Hina Godema sia: ne gadoma: ne adole ba: sa. Amo sia: ninia hahawane ba: sea o da: i dioiwane ba: sea, ninia da mae dawa: le, Hina Gode Ea sia: nabawane hamomu. Amasea, ninia da hahawane ba: mu.”
We are requesting you to ask Yahweh our God what we should do. [When he replies], we will obey him, whether we like what he says or not. We will do that because [we know that] things will go well for us if we obey him.”
7 Eso nabuane aligili, Hina Gode da nama sia: i.
[So I prayed] to Yahweh, and ten days later he gave me his reply.
8 Amaiba: le, na da Youha: ina: ne amola dadi gagui ouligisu dunu e sigi esalu, amola dunu eno huluane ilima gilisima: ne sia: i.
So I summoned Johanan and all his [other] soldiers and all the [other] people, including those who were important and those who were not important.
9 Na da ilima amane sia: i, “Hina Gode, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, Ema dilia da na Ema adole ba: musa: asunasi, E da amane sia: i,
I said to them, “You told me to tell Yahweh, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], what you were requesting. This is what he replied:
10 ‘Dilia da amo soge ganodini esaloma: ne hanai galea, Na da dilia fi gaguia gadomu - hame mugulumu. Na da dili bugimu amola hame fadegale fasimu. Na da dilima wadela: su iabeba: le, da: i diosa.
‘You [should] stay here in this land. If you do that, I will cause your [nation] to be strong and not be weak. I will cause you to prosper and not be exiled [again]. I am sorry about the disasters that I [was forced to] cause you to experience.
11 Dilia Ba: bilone hina bagade ema beda: su hou yolesima. Na da dili amola nini esala. Amola ea gasa amoga dili se mae nabima: ne, Na da dili gaga: mu
But do not be afraid of the king of Babylon [any more], because I will (be with/help) you. I will rescue you [DOU] from his power [MTY].
12 Bai Na da asigi amola gogolema: ne olofosu dawa: Na da hamobeba: le, Ba: bilone hina bagade da dilima asigimu, amola dilia sogedafa amoga buhagima: ne, logo doasimu. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.’
I will be merciful to you by causing him to act kindly toward you. So as a result, he will allow you to stay here in your land.’
13 Be dilia dunu amo da Yuda soge ganodini esalebe, Hina Gode Ea sia: amola amo soge ganodini bu esalumu amo mae higama. Agoane mae sia: ma, ‘Hame mabu! Ninia da asili, Idibidi sogega masunu. Bai amogawi ninia da gegesu hame ba: mu, amola gegemusa: ha lasu hame nabimu, amola hame ha: mu.’ Dilia da amane sia: sea, amasea Hina Gode Bagadedafa, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, da amane sia: sa, ‘Dilia da Idibidi sogega esaloma: ne masunu hanai galea,
But if you refuse to obey Yahweh our God, and if you say ‘We will not stay here;
instead, we will go to Egypt. There we will not experience [any] wars, we will not hear trumpets [signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles], and we will not be hungry,’
then listen to what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt, and you go and live there,
16 gegesu (amoga dilia da beda: i) amo da dilima doaga: mu amola ha: i bagade (amoga dilia da beda: i) amo dilia ba: mu. Amasea, dilia Idibidi soge ganodini bogogia: mu.
you will experience those wars and famines that you are afraid of, and you will [all] die there.
17 Dunu huluane amo da Idibidi sogega masunu hanai gala, amo huluane da gegesu o ha: i bagade o olosu amoga bogogia: i dagoi ba: mu. Dunu afae esalebe da hame ba: mu. Bai Na da ilima wadela: su bagade iasimu.’
That is what will happen to all you who are determined to go to Egypt and live there. [Some of you] will be killed by the swords [of your enemies, and others of you will die] from famines and from diseases. None of you will escape the disasters that I will bring on you.’
18 Hina Gode, Isala: ili fi ilia Gode, da amane sia: sa, ‘Na da Na ougi bagade amo Yelusaleme fi dunu ilima sogadigi. Amo defele, dilia da Na sia: mae nabawane Idibidi sogega ahoasea, Na da Na ougi bagade dilima sogadigimu. Dilia da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu. Dunu eno da dili higamu amola dilia dio amoga gagabusu aligima: ne ilegemu. Dilia da amo soge bu hamedafa ba: mu.’”
And the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], also says this: ‘Because I was very angry, I severely punished [MTY] [all] the people of Jerusalem. I will do the same things to you when you go to Egypt. [The result will be that] people will curse you. They will be horrified about [what has happened to] you. They will make fun of you, and you will never see this land again.’
19 Amalalu, na da eno amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da dili Yuda soge ganodini hame mugululi asi esalebe dunu dilima dilia Idibidi sogega mae masa: ne sia: i dagoi. Amaiba: le, na da dilima sisasu iaha.
You little group of people of Judah who are still alive, [listen to me]: Yahweh has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ [So] do not forget what I have warned you today.
20 Dilia da bogoma: ne giadofasu hamonana. Dilia da nama na da Hina Godema dili fidima: ne sia: ne gadoma: ne sia: i. Amola dilia da Ea sia: i liligi huluane amoma fa: no bobogema: ne dafawane ilegele sia: i.
I know that you were lying when you requested me to pray to Yahweh our God.
21 Amola wali, na da dilima sia: huluane adoi dagoi. Be dilia sia: huluane amo Hina Gode da na dilima alofele iasima: ne asunasi, amo nabimu higasa.
And today I have told you exactly what he said, but [I know that] you will not obey Yahweh our God now, just as you have not obeyed him previously.
22 Amaiba: le, amo bu dawa: ma! Dilia da Idibidi sogega esaloma: ne masunu hanai gala. Be amo ganodini dilia da gegesu o ha: i bagade o olo bagade amoga bogogia: i dagoi ba: mu.”
You want to go to Egypt and live there. So now, you can be sure of this: [All of] you will die there. [Some of you will be killed] by the swords [of your enemies and others will die] from famines or from diseases.”
