Jeremiah 42

1 Then all the captains of the warriors, and Johanan the son of Caree, and Jezonias the son of Osaias, and the rest of the people from the least to the greatest came near:

Emegbe, asrafomegãwo katã kpe ɖe Yohanan, Karea ƒe vi, Yezania, Hosaya ƒe vi kple ameha la katã ŋu tso ɖeviwo dzi va se ɖe tsitsiawo dzi va

2 And they said to Jeremias the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us.

gblɔ na Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia be, “Míeɖe kuku na wò, se míaƒe kokoƒoƒo eye nàdo gbe ɖa na Yehowa, wò Mawu la ɖe ameha mamlɛawo ta elabena abe ale si nèle ekpɔmii fifia ene la, togbɔ be miesɔ gbɔ tsã hã la, azɔ la, ame ʋɛ aɖewo koe susɔ.

3 And let the Lord thy God shew us the way by which we may walk, and the thing that we must do.

Ɖe kuku na Yehowa, wò Mawu la be wòafia afi si míayi kple nu si míawɔ la mí.”

4 And Jeremias the prophet said to them: I have heard you: behold I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words: and whatsoever thing he shall answer me, I will declare it to you: and I will hide nothing from you.

Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Mese nya si miegblɔ; kpɔ ɖa, maɖe kuku na Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la abe ale si miebia ene, magblɔ nya sia nya si wògblɔ nam la na mi eye nyemaɣla ɖeke ɖe mi o.”

5 And they said to Jeremias: The Lord be witness between us of truth and faithfulness, if we do not according to every thing for which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.

Wogblɔ na Yeremia be, “Ɖekoe Yehowa nanye ɖasefo anukwaretɔ kple nuteƒewɔla ɖe mía ŋu ne míewɔ ɖe nu sia nu si Yehowa, wò Mawu la dɔ wò be nàgblɔ na mí la dzi o.

6 Whether it be good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom me send thee: that it may be well with us when we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.

Eɖanye nya nyui alo nya vɔ̃ o, míaɖo to Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ame si gbɔ míele dɔwòm ɖo, be eme nanyo na mí, elabena míaɖo to Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la.”

7 Now after ten days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremias.

Le ŋkeke ewo megbe la, Yehowa ƒe nya va na Yeremia.

8 And he called Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of the fighting men that were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

Ale wòyɔ Karea ƒe vi, Yohanan kple asrafomegã siwo katã le eŋu kple ameha la katã tso ɖeviwo dzi yi ɖe tsitsiawo dzi.

9 And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, to whom you sent me, to present your supplications before him:

Egblɔ na wo be, “Ale Yehowa Israel ƒe Mawu la, ame si gbɔ miedom ɖo be matsɔ miaƒe kokoƒoƒo nɛ la gblɔe nye esi:

10 If you will be quiet and remain in this land, I will build you up, and not pull you down: I will plane you, and not pluck you up: for now I am appeased for the evil that I have done to you.

‘Ne mienɔ anyigba sia dzi la, matu mi eye nyemagbã mi o, mado mi eye nyemaho mi o, elabena gbegblẽ si mehe va mia dzii la vem ŋutɔ.

11 Fear not because of the king of Babylon, of whom you are greatly afraid: fear him not, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

Migavɔ̃ na Babilonia fia si vɔ̃m miele fifia o. Yehowa be migavɔ̃ nɛ o, elabena meli kpli mi be maxɔ na mi eye maɖe mi tso eƒe asi me.

12 And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land.

Makpɔ nublanui na mi, be eya hã nakpɔ nublanui na mi eye wòaɖo mi te le miaƒe anyigba dzi.’

13 But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,

“Ke ne miegblɔ be, ‘míanɔ anyigba sia dzi o,’ miegbe toɖoɖo Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la

14 Saying: No, but we will go into the land of Egypt: where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor suffer hunger: and there we will dwell.

eye ne miegblɔ be, ‘Gbeɖe, míayi aɖanɔ Egipte, afi si míakpɔ aʋa teƒe le, ase kpẽ ƒe ɖiɖi loo, alo abolo mahiã mí le o la,’

15 For this now hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Juda: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If you set your faces to go into Egypt, and enter in to dwell there:

ekema mise Yehowa ƒe nya, ‘O mi ame siwo susɔ ɖe Yuda, ale Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Ne mieɖoe kplikpaa be yewoayi Egipte, eye mieyi ɖanɔ afi ma la,

16 The sword which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt: and the famine, whereof you are afraid, shall cleave to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.

ekema yi si miele vɔvɔ̃m na la ava tu mi le afi ma eye dɔwuame si le ŋɔ dzim na mi la hã akplɔ mi ɖo ayi Egipte, afi mae miaku ɖo.

17 And all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt, to dwell there, shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence: none of them shall remain, nor escape from the face of the evil that I will bring upon them.

Le nyateƒe me, ame siwo katã ɖoe kplikpaa be yewoaɖanɔ Egipte la aku ɖe yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ ƒe asi me, wo dometɔ aɖeke matsi agbe alo asi le gbegblẽ si mahe va wo dzii la nu o.”’

18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my indignation hath been kindled against the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so shall my indignation be kindled against you, when you shall enter into Egypt, and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach: and you shall see this place no more.

Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: ‘Abe ale si wotrɔ nye dziku kple dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ kɔ ɖe ame siwo nɔ Yerusalem dzii ene la, nenema kee woatrɔ nye dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la akɔ ɖe mia dzii ne mieyi ɖe Egipte. Miazu ɖiŋudonu, ŋɔdzinu, atamkanu kple alɔmeɖenu eye miagakpɔ teƒe sia akpɔ gbeɖe o.’

19 This is the word of the Lord concerning you, O ye remnant of Juda: Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have adjured you this day.

“O Yuda ƒe ame mamlɛawo, Yehowa gblɔ na mi be, ‘Migayi Egipte o.’ Nenɔ nyanya me na mi, be egbe mexlɔ̃ nu mi, be

20 For you have deceived your own souls: for you sent me to the Lord our God, saying: Pray for us to the Lord our God, and according to all that the Lord our God shall say to thee, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

miewɔ vodada gã aɖe, esi miedɔm ɖe Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la gbɔ hegblɔ be, ‘Ɖe kuku na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la na mí; gblɔ nu sia nu si wòagblɔ na wò la na mí eye míawɔ ɖe edzi.’

21 And now I have declared it to you this day, and; you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, with regard to all the things for which he hath sent me to you.

Megblɔe na mi egbe gake miewɔ ɖe nu siwo katã Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la gblɔ nam be magblɔ na mi la dzi haɖe o.

22 Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence in the place to which you desire to go to dwell there.

Eya ta azɔ maka ɖe edzi na mi be miaku ɖe yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ ƒe asi me, le teƒe si mieɖo be yewoayi aɖanɔ.”