Jeremiah 40
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
Yawe alobaki na Jeremi tango Nebuzaradani, mokonzi ya bakengeli ya mokonzi, abikisaki ye na Rama. Akutaki Jeremi bakanga ye na minyololo kati na molongo ya bakangami oyo bawutaki na Yelusalemi mpe na Yuda, oyo bazalaki komema na bowumbu kuna na Babiloni.
2 The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
Tango mokonzi ya bakengeli ya mokonzi amemaki Jeremi, alobaki na ye: — Yawe, Nzambe na yo, asilaki kokata ete pasi oyo ekokweya na esika oyo;
3 and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
mpe sik’oyo akokisi yango, asali ndenge kaka akanaki kosala. Makambo oyo nyonso esalemi mpo ete bino, bato, bosalaki masumu liboso ya Yawe mpe batosaki Ye te.
4 But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
Kasi na mokolo ya lelo, nazali kokangola yo na minyololo oyo bakangaki yo na maboko. Soki olingi, yaka elongo na ngai na mokili ya Babiloni mpe nakobatela yo; kasi soki mpe oboyi, koya te. Tala, mokili mobimba ezali liboso na yo; kende esika nyonso olingi.
5 But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
Lokola Jeremi azalaki kowumela kopesa eyano, Nebuzaradani abakisaki: — Zonga epai ya Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Ayikami mpe koko ya Shafani, oyo mokonzi ya Babiloni akomisi moyangeli ya bingumba ya Yuda, mpe vanda epai na ye kati na bato na yo to kende esika nyonso olingi. Bongo mokonzi ya bakengeli ya mokonzi apesaki ye bilei mpe bakado, mpe atikaki ye kokende.
6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
Jeremi akendeki na Mitsipa epai ya Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Ayikami, mpe avandaki esika moko na ye kati na bato oyo batikalaki kati na mokili.
7 When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
Tango bakonzi nyonso ya mampinga elongo na basoda na bango, oyo bazalaki ya kopanzana kati na etuka, bayokaki ete mokonzi ya Babiloni akomisi Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Ayikami, moyangeli kati na mokili mpe apesi ye mokumba ya kokamba babola, mibali, basi mpe bana oyo bakendeki te na bowumbu na Babiloni,
8 they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
bakendeki na Mitsipa epai ya Gedalia. Tala bakombo ya bato yango: Isimaeli, mwana mobali ya Netania; Yoanani mpe Jonatan, bana mibali ya Karea; Seraya, mwana mobali ya Tanumeti; bana mibali ya Efayi, moto ya Netofa; mpe Yezania, mwana mobali ya moto moko ya Maakati; bakendeki kuna elongo na basoda na bango.
9 Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Ayikami, mwana mobali ya Shafani, alapaki ndayi liboso na bango mpe basoda na bango na maloba oyo: « Bobanga te kosalela bato ya Babiloni, bovanda kati na mokili, bosalela mokonzi ya Babiloni mpe bokozala na bino malamu.
10 As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
Ngai, nakotikala na Mitsipa mpo na kolobela bino liboso ya bato ya Babiloni, oyo bazali koya epai na biso. Kasi bino, bobuka bambuma ya vino, bambuma mosusu, bokamola mafuta mpe bobomba yango na bibombelo na bino, bongo bovanda kati na bingumba oyo bosili kozwa. »
11 When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
Tango Bayuda nyonso oyo bakimelaki na mokili ya Moabi, ya Amoni, ya Edomi mpe na mikili mosusu bayokaki ete mokonzi ya Babiloni atikaki ndambo ya bato kati na Yuda mpe akomisaki Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Ayikami, mwana mobali ya Shafani, moyangeli na bango,
12 they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.
bango nyonso balongwaki na mikili nyonso epai wapi bazalaki ya kopanzana mpe bazongaki kati na Yuda, epai ya Gedalia, kuna na Mitsipa, mpe babukaki bambuma ya vino mpe bambuma mosusu ebele.
13 Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
Yoanani, mwana mobali ya Karea, mpe bakonzi nyonso ya basoda oyo bazalaki ya kopanzana kati na etuka bayaki na Mitsipa epai ya Gedalia
14 and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
mpe balobaki na ye: — Oyebi te ete Balisi, mokonzi ya bato ya Amoni, atindi Isimaeli, mwana mobali ya Netania, mpo na koboma yo? Kasi Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Ayikami, andimelaki bango te.
15 Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
Boye, Yoanani, mwana mobali ya Karea, ayebisaki Gedalia na nkuku, na Mitsipa: — Pesa ngai nzela ete nakende koboma Isimaeli, mwana mobali ya Netania! Moto moko te akoyeba yango. Mpo na nini aboma yo? Mpo na nini Bato nyonso ya Yuda, oyo bazali pene na yo bapanzana mpe ndambo oyo bakotikala bakufa?
16 But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
Kasi Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Ayikami, alobaki na Yoanani, mwana mobali ya Karea: — Kosala bongo te! Makambo oyo ozali koloba mpo na Isimaeli ezali makambo ya lokuta.
