Jeremia 29

1 Ma e baruwa mane janabi Jeremia ooro koa Jerusalem ne jodongo mane otony e dier jotwech kod ne jodolo, jonabi kod ji mamoko duto mane Nebukadneza notero e twech koa Jerusalem nyaka Babulon.

Jeremiah the prophet wrote this letter and sent it from Jerusalem to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, the prophets, and everyone else who had been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.

2 (Ma ne en bangʼ ka Ruoth Jehoyakin kod min ruoth, jotelo mag agola kod jotend Juda gi Jerusalem, jopecho gi jogoro osedhi e twech koa Jerusalem.)

This was after King Jehoiachin, the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metals-workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.

3 Nomiyo Elasa wuod Shafan kod Gemaria wuod Hilkia baruwa, jogo mane Zedekia ruodh Juda nooro Babulon ir Ruoth Nebukadneza. Kawacho niya:

Elasah, son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, son of Hilkiah, took the letter with them when Zedekiah king of Judah sent them to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. In the letter Jeremiah wrote:

4 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, ma Nyasach Israel, wacho ne jogo duto mane atero e twech koa Jerusalem nyaka Babulon:

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were taken from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 “Geruru udi kendo udag kanyo; pidhuru puothe kendo ucham gik ma ginyago.

Build yourselves houses there to live in. Plant gardens and grow food to eat.

6 Nyomburu mondo onywol yawuowi kod nyiri; yuduru mon ne yawuotu kendo uchiw nyiu mondo onyuom, magin bende ginywol yawuotgi kod nyigi mondo kwanu omedre kendo kik udog chien.

Get married and have children. Arrange for your children to get married so they can have children too. Increase in number, don't decrease.

7 Bende, dwaruru kwe kod mwandu mar dala maduongʼ ma aseterou e twech. Lamuru Jehova Nyasaye, ndalono nikech kodhi maber to un bende unudhi maber.”

Help make the city where I've exiled you more prosperous. Pray to the Lord for it, since as it prospers, so will you.

8 Ee, ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, ma Nyasach Israel, wacho: “Kik iwe jonabi kod joma neno wach e lek manie dieru wuondu. Kik uchik itu ne lek ma gileko nikech mano miyo gimedo leko.

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Don't be fooled by your prophets and fortune-tellers, and don't listen to any dreams they interpret for you.

9 Gikoro miriambo gi nyinga. Ok aorogi,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.

They are prophesying lies to you in my name; I have not sent them, declares the Lord.

10 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Bangʼ ka usetieko higni piero abiriyo e Babulon, to anabi iru kendo achop singo mara mar ngʼwono mondo aduogu ka.”

This is what the Lord says: When the seventy years exile in Babylon are over, I will see to you and keep my promise to bring you back to Jerusalem.

11 Nimar Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Angʼeyo chenro ma an-go kodu. Chenro mar dhi maber to ok mar hinyou, chenro mar miyou geno kod ngima mabiro.

I know what I intend to do for you, declares the Lord. I plan good things for you and not bad. I'm going to give you a future and a hope.

12 Eka unuluonga mi anabi kendo ulama, to anawinju.

Then you will call for my help, you will come and pray to me, and I will answer you.

13 Unudwara kendo unuyuda ka udwara gi chunyu duto.

You will look for me and you will find me when you're completely committed to looking for me.

14 Ununwangʼa kendo anaduogu ka ua e twech. Anachoku ka ua e pinje duto kod kuonde ma asekeyoue kendo anaduogu kama ne uae ka aterou e twech,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.

I will let you find me, declares the Lord. I will end your captivity, gathering you from all the nations and places where I scattered you, declares the Lord. I will bring you back home to the place from where I sent you into exile.

15 Unyalo wacho niya, “Jehova Nyasaye osemiyowa jonabi ei Babulon,”

But if you argue, “The Lord has provided prophets for us in Babylon,”

16 to ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho kuom ruoth mobet e kom duongʼ mar Daudi kod jogo duto modongʼ e dala maduongʼni, jopinyu mane ok odhi kodu e twech;

this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David's throne and everyone who's left in Jerusalem, your fellow citizens who weren't taken with you into exile.

17 adiera, ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Anaor ligangla, kech kod masira kuomgi kendo analokgi ka ngʼope maricho ma ok nyal cham.

This is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going send war and famine and disease against them. I'll make them like rotten figs, so bad that they can't be eaten.

18 Analawgi gi ligangla, kech kod masira kendo anami gibed joma bwogo gwenge duto manie piny kendo gir kwongʼ kod bwok, gima ok onego mi luor kendo ma jaricho, e dier ogendini duto mane aseriembogie.”

I will chase them down with war and famine and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified by them. They will become a curse word, totally ruined, people to be mocked and criticized among all the nations where I scatter them.

19 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Nimar pok giwinjo wechena, ma gin weche mane aoronegi kuom jotichna ma jonabi. To kata mana un joma ne oter e twech pok uwinja,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.

I'm going to do this because they haven't obeyed to my words, declares the Lord, which I sent to them time and again through my servants the prophets. You exiles haven't obeyed me either, declares the Lord.

20 Emomiyo, winjuru wach Jehova Nyasaye, un joma ni e twech duto ma aseriembo koa Jerusalem nyaka Babulon.

So listen to the word of the Lord, all you exiles I sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, ma Nyasach Israel, wacho kuom Ahab wuod Kolaya kod Zedekia wuod Maseya, ma koronu miriambo e nyinga: “Anachiwgi ne Nebukadneza ruodh Babulon, kendo enoneg-gi e nyimu ka uneno.

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name. I'm going to hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them right before your eyes.

22 Nikech gin, joma ni e twech duto moa Juda man Babulon noti gi kwongʼni kawacho ni: ‘Mad Jehova Nyasaye timnu mana kaka notimone Zedekia kod Ahab, mane ruodh Babulon owangʼo e mach.’

Because of what happens to them, all the exiles of Judah in Babylon will curse others like this: “May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, burned alive by the king of Babylon!”

23 Nimar gisetimo gik mamono ei Israel; giseterore gi monde jobathgi kendo e nyinga gisewacho miriambo, mane ok anyisogi mondo giwachi. Angʼeye kendo an janeno kuom wachno,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.

They did outrageous things in Israel—they committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and told lies in my name. I didn't tell them to say anything. I am the one who knows what they did, and I can witness to it, declares the Lord.

24 Nyis Shemaya ja-Nehelam,

Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite

25 “Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego ma Nyasach Israel, wacho: Ne ioro barupe e nyingi iwuon ne ji duto man Jerusalem, ne Zefania wuod Maseya jadolo, kendo ne jodolo mamoko duto. Ne iwachone Zefania ni,

that this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: On your own authority you sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying,

26 ‘Jehova Nyasaye oseyieri jadolo kar Jehoyada mondo ibed jarit od Jehova Nyasaye; omiyo koro ngʼato ma janeko mawuondore ni janabi onego itwe gi nyororo kod chuma molworo ngʼute.

“Zephaniah, the Lord has chosen you as priest to replace Jehoiada, to be in charge of the Lord's Temple. In that capacity you are required to put in the stocks and neck irons any crazy person who claims to be a prophet.

27 Marangʼo pod ok imako Jeremia moa Anathoth, ma ketore ni janabi e dieru?

So why haven't you not punished Jeremiah of Anathoth, who claims to be a prophet among you?

28 Oseoranwa wachni Babulon: Enobed kinde marabora. Emomiyo geruru udi kendo udagie eigi; pidhuru puothe kendo ucham gigo ma ginyago.’”

You should have done this because he has sent a letter to us here in Babylon, stating, ‘The exile will last a long time. So build yourselves houses there to live in. Plant gardens and grow food to eat.’”

29 Zefania jadolo, kata kamano, nosomo baruwani ne Jeremia janabi.

However, Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

30 Eka wach Jehova Nyasaye nobiro ne Jeremia ni,

Then the Lord told Jeremiah:

31 “Or wachni ne joma ni e twech duto: ‘Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho kuom Shemaya ja-Nehelam: Nikech Shemaya osekoronu, kata obedo ni ne ok aore, kendo osemiyo uyie gi miriambo,

Send this message to all the exiles: This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Since Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I didn't send him, and has convinced you to believe in a lie,

32 ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: Adier, anakum Shemaya ja-Nehelam kod gunde. Onge ngʼama nodongʼ kuom joge, kata neno gik mabeyo mabiro timo ne joga, nikech oselando mondo ji ongʼanyna. An Jehova Nyasaye ema awacho kamano.’”

this is what the Lord says: I'm going to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He won't have any family left among this people, and he won't experience the good things that I'm going to do for my people, declares the Lord, for he has promoted rebellion against the Lord.