Jeremiah 29
1 Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremias, the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the ancients that were carried into captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
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.
2 After that Jechonias the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Juda, and of Jerusalem, and the craftsman, and the engravers were departed out of Jerusalem:
(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.)
3 By the hand of Elasa the son of Saphan, and Gamarias the son of Helcias, whom Sedecias king of Juda sent to Babylon to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, saying:
Nomiyo Elasa wuod Shafan kod Gemaria wuod Hilkia baruwa, jogo mane Zedekia ruodh Juda nooro Babulon ir Ruoth Nebukadneza. Kawacho niya:
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, ma Nyasach Israel, wacho ne jogo duto mane atero e twech koa Jerusalem nyaka Babulon:
5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant orchards, and eat the fruit of them.
“Geruru udi kendo udag kanyo; pidhuru puothe kendo ucham gik ma ginyago.
6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.
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.
7 And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.
Bende, dwaruru kwe kod mwandu mar dala maduongʼ ma aseterou e twech. Lamuru Jehova Nyasaye, ndalono nikech kodhi maber to un bende unudhi maber.”
8 For thus saith the Lord of hoses the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:
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.
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
Gikoro miriambo gi nyinga. Ok aorogi,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
10 For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place.
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.”
11 For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.
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.
12 And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.
Eka unuluonga mi anabi kendo ulama, to anawinju.
13 You shall seek me, and shall And me: when you shall seek me with all your heart.
Unudwara kendo unuyuda ka udwara gi chunyu duto.
14 And I will be found by you, saith the Lord: and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you out of all nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you out, saith the Lord: and I will bring you back from the place to which I caused you to be carried away captive.
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.
15 Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:
Unyalo wacho niya, “Jehova Nyasaye osemiyowa jonabi ei Babulon,”
16 For thus saith the Lord to the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and to all the people that dwell in this city, to your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity.
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;
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will send upon them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and I will make them like bad figs that cannot be eaten, because they are very bad.
adiera, ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Anaor ligangla, kech kod masira kuomgi kendo analokgi ka ngʼope maricho ma ok nyal cham.
18 And I will persecute them with the sword, and with famine, and pith the pestilence: and I will give them up unto affliction to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach to all the nations to which I have driven them out:
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.”
19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord: which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising by night, and sending: and you have not heard, saith the Lord.
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.
20 Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Emomiyo, winjuru wach Jehova Nyasaye, un joma ni e twech duto ma aseriembo koa Jerusalem nyaka Babulon.
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to Achab the son of Colias, and to Sedecias the son of Maasias, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely: Behold I will deliver them up into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: and he shall kill them before your eyes.
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.
22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Juda, that are in Babylon, saying: The Lord make thee like Sedecias, and like Achab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire:
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.’
23 Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord.
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.
24 And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say:
Nyis Shemaya ja-Nehelam,
25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are in Jerusalem, and to Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest, and to all the priests, saying:
“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,
26 The Lord hath made thee priest instead of Joiada the priest, that thou shouldst be ruler in the house of the Lord, over every man that raveth and prophesieth, to put him in the stocks, and into prison.
‘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.
27 And now why hast thou not rebuked Jeremias the Anathothite, who prophesieth to you?
Marangʼo pod ok imako Jeremia moa Anathoth, ma ketore ni janabi e dieru?
28 For he hath also sent to us in Babylon, saying: It is a long time: build ye houses, and dwell in them: and plant gardens, and eat the fruits of them.
Oseoranwa wachni Babulon: Enobed kinde marabora. Emomiyo geruru udi kendo udagie eigi; pidhuru puothe kendo ucham gigo ma ginyago.’”
29 So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the prophet.
Zefania jadolo, kata kamano, nosomo baruwani ne Jeremia janabi.
30 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying:
Eka wach Jehova Nyasaye nobiro ne Jeremia ni,
31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying: Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the Nehelamite: Because Semeias hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not: and hath caused you to trust in a lie:
“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,
32 Therefore thus saith the Lord: behold I will visit upon Semeias the Nehelamite, and upon his seed: he shall not have a man to sit in the midst of this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, saith the Lord: because he hath spoken treason against the Lord.
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.’”
