Jeremiah 40
1 The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lord after that Nebuzar-adan the chiefe stewarde had let him goe from Ramath, when hee had taken him being bound in chaines among all that were caried away captiue of Ierusalem and Iudah, which were caried away captiue vnto Babel.
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 And the chiefe stewarde tooke Ieremiah, and said vnto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this plague vpon 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 Nowe the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye haue sinned against the Lord, and haue not obeyed his voyce, therefore this thing is come vpon 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 And nowe beholde, I loose thee this day from the chaines which were on thine handes, if it please thee to come with me into Babel, come, and I will looke well vnto thee: but if it please thee not to come with mee into Babel, tarie still: beholde, all the lande is before thee: whither it seemeth good, and conuenient for thee to goe, thither goe.
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 For yet he was not returned: therefore he said, Returne to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan, whom the King of Babel hath made gouernour ouer all the cities of Iudah, and dwell with him among the people, or goe wheresoeuer it pleaseth thee to goe. So the chiefe stewarde gaue him vitailes and a rewarde, and let him goe.
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 Then went Ieremiah vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt there with him among the people that were left in the lande.
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 Nowe when all the captaines of the hoste, which were in the fieldes, euen they and their men heard, that the King of Babel had made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam gouernour in the land, and that he had committed vnto him, men, and women, and children, and of the poore of the lande, that were not caried away captiue to Babel,
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 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, euen Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and Iohanan, and Ionathan the sonnes of Kareah, and Seraiah the sonne of Tanehumeth, and the sonnes of Ephai, the Netophathite, and Iezaniah the sonne of Maachathi, 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 And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan sware vnto them, and to their men, saying, Feare not to serue the Caldeans: dwell in the lande, and serue the King of Babel, and it shall be 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, Beholde, I will dwell at Mizpah to serue the Caldeans, which will come vnto vs: but you, gather you wine, and sommer fruites, and oyle, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities, that ye haue 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 Likewise when all the Iewes that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the King of Babel had left a remnant of Iudah, and that he had set ouer them Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan,
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 Euen all the Iewes returned out of all places where they were driuen, and came to the land of Iudah to Gedaliah vnto Mizpah, and gathered wine and sommer fruites, very much.
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 Moreouer Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste, that were in the fieldes, came to Gedaliah to 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 vnto him, Knowest thou not that Baalis the King of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam beleeued them not.
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 Iohanan the sonne of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me goe, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he kill thee, that all the Iewes, which are gathered vnto thee, shoulde be scattered, and the remnant in Iudah 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 the sonne of Ahikam said vnto Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, Thou shalt not doe this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
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.
