Jeremiah 38
1 And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
Shefatia, mwana mobali ya Matani; Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Pashuri; Yukali, mwana mobali ya Shelemia; mpe Pashuri, mwana mobali ya Malikiya, bayokaki makambo oyo Jeremi azalaki koyebisa bato nyonso. Azalaki koloba:
2 Thus says Jehovah: He who abides in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
« Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Moto nyonso oyo akotikala kati na engumba oyo akokufa na mopanga, na nzala makasi to mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka; kasi ye oyo akobima mpo na kokende komikaba epai ya bato ya Babiloni akobika, akokufa te; bomoi na ye ekozala bomengo na ye ya bitumba, mpe akotikala na bomoi. ›
3 Thus says Jehovah: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Engumba oyo ekokweya na maboko ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, oyo akobotola yango. › »
4 Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, inasmuch as he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Bakalaka balobaki na mokonzi: — Moto oyo asengeli kokufa! Maloba na ye ezali kolembisa basoda mpe bato oyo batikali kati na engumba oyo; azali koluka bolamu ya bato oyo te, kasi azali nde koluka mabe na bango.
5 And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
Mokonzi Sedesiasi azongisaki: — Azali na maboko na bino; mokonzi akoki koboya likanisi na bino te!
6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Boye, bakamataki Jeremi mpe babwakaki ye kati na libulu ya Malikiya, mwana mobali ya mokonzi; libulu yango ezalaki kati na lopango ya bakengeli. Bakitisaki Jeremi kati na libulu na nzela ya basinga; libulu ezalaki na mayi te, kaka na potopoto; mpe Jeremi azindaki makasi kati na potopoto yango.
7 Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
Ebedi-Meleki, moto ya Kushi, kalaka ya lokumu oyo azalaki kosala kati na ndako ya mokonzi, ayokaki ete babwaki Jeremi kati na libulu. Boye, wana mokonzi avandaki na Ekuke ya Benjame,
8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Ebedi-Meleki abimaki na ndako ya mokonzi mpe akendeki koloba na mokonzi:
9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the dungeon. And he is likely to die in the place where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.
— Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, kati na nyonso oyo basali mosakoli Jeremi, bato oyo basali mabe penza! Basili kobwaka ye kati na libulu epai wapi akokufa na nzala, mpo ete mapa ezali lisusu te kati na engumba!
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.
Mokonzi apesaki mitindo oyo epai ya Ebedi-Meleki, moto ya mokili ya Kushi: — Kamata awa mibali tuku misato elongo na yo, mpe bobimisa mosakoli Jeremi wuta na libulu liboso ete akufa.
11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
Ebedi-Meleki akamataki mibali yango mpe akendeki na ndako ya mokonzi, kati na shambre oyo ezalaki na se ya ebombelo bomengo; azwaki kuna bilamba ya kala mpe oyo epasuka, mpe akitisaki yango na nzela ya basinga epai ya Jeremi kati na libulu.
12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Now put these rags and worn-out garments under thine armpits under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
Ebedi-Meleki, moto ya Kushi, alobaki na Jeremi: — Tia bilamba oyo na se ya mapeka na yo, likolo ya basinga oyo mpo na kobatela mapeka na yo. Jeremi asalaki se bongo.
13 So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Babendaki ye na basinga mpe babimisaki ye na libulu. Mpe Jeremi avandaki kati na lopango ya bakengeli.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah. And the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Mokonzi Sedesiasi atindaki ete bamemela ye mosakoli Jeremi mpe bakotisa ye na Ekuke ya misato ya Tempelo ya Yawe. Mokonzi alobaki na Jeremi: — Nazali na likambo moko ya kotuna epai na yo; kobombela ngai eloko moko te!
15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, will thou not surely put me to death? And if I give thee counsel, thou will not hearken to me.
Jeremi alobaki na mokonzi Sedesiasi: — Soki nayebisi yo yango, okoboma ngai te? Ezala napesi yo toli, okoyokela na yo ngai te.
16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I give thee into the hand of these men who seek thy life.
Kasi mokonzi Sedesiasi alapaki ndayi na nkuku epai ya Jeremi: — Na Kombo na Yawe oyo apesaka biso pema, nakoboma yo te, mpe nakokaba yo te na maboko ya bato oyo balingi koboma yo!
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. If thou will go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and thou shall live, and thy house.
Bongo Jeremi alobaki na Sedesiasi: — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga mpe Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Soki kaka omipesi epai ya bakonzi ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, yo mpe libota na yo bokokufa te, mpe engumba oyo ekobebisama na moto te.
18 But if thou will not go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shall not escape out of their hand.
Kasi soki oboyi komipesa epai ya bakonzi ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, engumba oyo ekokweya na maboko ya bato ya Babiloni mpe bakotumba yango, bongo ezala yo, okobika te na maboko na bango. »
19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me.
Mokonzi Sedesiasi alobaki na Jeremi: — Nazali kobanga Bayuda oyo bakei na ngambo ya bato ya Babiloni, mpo ete bato ya Babiloni bakoki kokaba ngai na maboko na bango mpe bakonyokola ngai.
20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak to thee, so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
Jeremi azongisaki: — Te, bakokaba yo te! Nabondeli yo, tosa Yawe mpe sala makambo oyo nazali koyebisa yo; bongo nyonso ekotambola malamu mpo na yo mpe okobikisa bomoi na yo.
21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah has shown me:
Kasi soki oboyi komipesa epai na bango, tala makambo oyo Yawe atalisi ngai:
22 Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's rulers. And those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set upon thee, and have prevailed over thee. Since thy feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned back away.
« Bakomema basi nyonso oyo bavandaka kati na ndako ya mokonzi ya Yuda epai ya bakonzi ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe basi yango bakoloba: ‹ Baninga na yo ya motema bakosi yo mpe balongi yo. Matambe na yo ezindi na potopoto, baninga na yo bakimi yo! › »
23 And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy sons to the Chaldeans. And thou shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And thou shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
Bakomema basi na yo nyonso mpe bana na yo nyonso epai ya bato ya Babiloni; mpe yo moko okobika te na maboko na bango, mokonzi ya Babiloni akokanga yo mpe akobebisa engumba oyo na moto.
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shall not die.
Sedesiasi alobaki na Jeremi: — Tika ete moto moko te ayeba makambo oyo, mpe okokufa te.
25 But if the rulers hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declare to us now what thou have said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death, also what the king said to thee,
Soki bakalaka bayoki ete tosololi na yo mpe bayei kotuna yo: « Yebisa biso makambo oyo oyebisi mokonzi mpe oyo mokonzi ayebisi yo. Kobombela biso eloko te, soki te, tokoboma yo. »
26 then thou shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house to die there.
Loba bango: « Nakomisi libondeli na ngai liboso ya mokonzi mpo ete azongisa ngai na ndako ya Jonatan te, noki te nakokufela kuna. »
27 Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, and asked him. And he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived.
Bakalaka nyonso bayaki epai ya Jeremi mpe batunaki ye mituna; ye mpe ayebisaki bango makambo nyonso, ndenge kaka mokonzi atindaki ye. Boye, lokola bazalaki lisusu na likambo ya koloba na ye te, pamba te moto moko te ayokaki masolo na ye na mokonzi, babendanaki na kimia.
28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremi atikalaki kati na lopango ya bakengeli kino na mokolo oyo babotolaki engumba Yelusalemi.
