Jeremiah 37
1 And Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, became king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah.
Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar tsɔ Yosia ƒe vi, Zedekia ɖo fiae ɖe Yuda, ɖe Yehoyakim ƒe vi, Yehoyatsin teƒe.
2 But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.
Ke eya loo, alo eƒe dɔlawo alo ame siwo le anyigba dzi la meɖo to nya siwo Yehowa gblɔ to Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia dzi o.
3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.
Ke hã la, Fia Zedekia dɔ Yehukal, Selemia ƒe vi kple nunɔla Zefania, Maaseya vi ɖo ɖe Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia gbɔ be woagblɔ nɛ be: “Míeɖe kuku, do gbe ɖa na Yehowa míaƒe Mawu la ɖe mía ta.”
4 (Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.
Ke azɔ la, ablɔɖe le Yeremia si be wòado ɖe dukɔ la dome agagbɔ, elabena womedee gaxɔ me haɖeke o.
5 And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)
Farao ƒe aʋakɔwo ho tso Egipte eye esi Babiloniatɔ siwo ɖe to ɖe Yerusalem se esia la, woho dzo le Yerusalem.
6 Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Yehowa ƒe nya va na Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia be,
7 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.
“Ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: Gblɔ na Yuda fia, ame si dɔ wò be nàbia gbem la be, ‘Farao ƒe aʋakɔ siwo ho be woava akpe ɖe ŋutiwò la agbugbɔ ayi ɖe Egipte, woƒe anyigba dzi.
8 And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.
Ekema Babiloniatɔwo atrɔ gbɔ, ava dze du sia dzi, axɔe ahatɔ dzoe wòabi azu dzowɔ.’
9 The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.
“Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Migable mia ɖokuiwo, asusu be, ‘Babiloniatɔwo aɖe asi le yewo ŋuti o.’ Womaɖe asi o!
10 For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.
Kura gɔ̃ hã, ne miaɖu Babiloniatɔ siwo ho aʋa ɖe mia ŋu la ƒe aʋakɔwo katã dzi eye abixɔlawo koe asusɔ ɖe woƒe asaɖa me hã la, woado ava xɔ du sia atɔ dzoe.”
11 And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army,
Esi Babiloniatɔwo ƒe aʋakɔwo ho dzo le Yerusalem, le Farao ƒe aʋakɔwo ta la,
12 Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.
Yeremia do le dua me be yeayi ɖe Benyaminyigba dzi be yeaxɔ yeƒe gome ɖe ame siwo le afi ma la dome.
13 But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.
Gake esi wòɖo Benyamin ƒe Agbo nu la, agbonudzɔlawo ƒe amegã si ŋkɔe nye; Iriya, Selemia ƒe vi, Hananiya ƒe vi, lée hegblɔ be, “Èsi, be yeayi ɖe Babiloniatɔwo dzi!”
14 Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.
Yeremia ɖo eŋu be, “Alakpae, nyemele sisim be mayi ɖe Babiloniatɔwo dzi o.” Ke Iriya gbe meɖo toe o, ke boŋ elé Yeremia eye wòkplɔe yi ɖe dumegãwo gbɔe.
15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
Wodo dziku ɖe Yeremia ŋu vevie, wona woƒoe hetsɔe de ga me ɖe agbalẽŋlɔla Yonatan ƒe aƒe si wotsɔ wɔ gaxɔe la me.
16 So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.
Ale wotsɔ Yeremia de gaxɔ dometɔ si sesẽ hedo viviti la me, afi si wònɔ ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe.
17 Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.
Tete Fia Zedekia dɔ ame ɖa be woaɖakplɔe vɛ eye wokplɔe va fiasã la mee, afi si wòbiae le, le bebeme be, “Gbe aɖe va tso Yehowa gbɔa?” Yeremia ɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, woakplɔ wò ade asi na Babilonia fia.”
18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
Tete Yeremia gblɔ na Fia Zedekia be, “Agɔ kae medze le dziwò, wò dumegãwo alo ame siawo dzi, be nètsɔm de gaxɔ me?
19 Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?
Afi ka wò nyagblɔɖila siwo gblɔ nya ɖi na wò be, ‘Babilonia fia mava dze dziwò alo anyigba sia dzi o la le?’
20 And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.
Ke azɔ la, nye aƒetɔ fia, meɖe kuku, ɖo to nàsee. Na matsɔ nye biabia aɖo ŋkuwòme: Mègatrɔm ɖo ɖe agbalẽŋlɔla Yonatan ƒe aƒe me o, ne menye nenema o la, maku ɖe afi ma.”
21 Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.
Tete fia Zedekia ɖe gbe be, woatsɔ Yeremia ada ɖe dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔnu eye woatsɔ abolo ɖeka nɛ gbe sia gbe tso aboloƒolawo ƒe ablɔ me, va se ɖe esime abolo vɔ le dua me. Ale Yeremia tsi dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔnu.
