Jeremiah 38
1 And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke unto all the people, saying:
Ṣefatia ọmọ Mattani, Gedaliah ọmọ Paṣuri, Jehukali ọmọ Ṣelemiah, àti Paṣuri ọmọ Malkiah, gbọ́ ohun tí Jeremiah ń sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn nígbà tí ó sọ wí pé,
2 'Thus saith the LORD: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.
“Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: ‘Ẹnikẹ́ni tó bá dúró nínú ìlú yìí yóò kú nípa idà, ìyàn àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn; ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tó bá lọ sí Babeli yóò yè; yóò sá àsálà, yóò sì yè.’
3 Thus saith the LORD: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.'
Àti pé èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: ‘Ìdánilójú wà wí pé a ó fi ìlú náà lé ọwọ́ àwọn ọmọ-ogun ọba Babeli; tí yóò sì kó wa nígbèkùn.’”
4 Then the princes said unto the king: 'Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them; for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.'
Nígbà náà ni àwọn ìjòyè wí fún ọba pé, “Ó yẹ kí a pa ọkùnrin yìí; ó ń kó ìrẹ̀wẹ̀sì bá àwọn ọmọ-ogun tókù nínú ìlú pẹ̀lú gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn nípa ohun tí ó ń sọ fún wọn. Ọkùnrin yìí kò fẹ́ ìre fún àwọn ènìyàn bí kò ṣe ìparun.”
5 Then Zedekiah the king said: 'Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.'
Sedekiah ọba sì wí pé, “Ó wà lọ́wọ́ yín. Ọba kò lè ṣe ohunkóhun láti takò yín.”
6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Wọ́n gbé Jeremiah sọ sínú ihò Malkiah, ọmọ ọba, tí ó wà ní àgbàlá ilé túbú; wọ́n fi okùn sọ Jeremiah kalẹ̀ sí ìsàlẹ̀ ihò; kò sì ṣí omi nínú ihò náà bí kò ṣe ẹrọ̀fọ̀, Jeremiah sì rì sínú ẹrọ̀fọ̀ náà.
7 Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Ṣùgbọ́n, Ebedimeleki, ará Kuṣi ìjòyè nínú ààfin ọba gbọ́ pé wọ́n ti ju Jeremiah sínú kànga. Nígbà tí ọba jókòó ní ẹnu-bodè Benjamini.
8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:
Ebedimeleki jáde kúrò láàfin ọba, ó sì sọ fún un pé,
9 'My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit; and he is like to die in the place where he is because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.'
“Olúwa mi ọba, àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí ti ṣe ohun búburú sí Jeremiah wòlíì Ọlọ́run. Wọ́n ti gbé e sọ sínú kànga níbi tí kò sí oúnjẹ kankan nínú ìlú mọ́.”
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: 'Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the pit, before he die.'
Nígbà náà ni ọba pàṣẹ fún Ebedimeleki ará Kuṣi pé, “Mú ọgbọ̀n ọkùnrin láti ibí pẹ̀lú rẹ, kí ẹ sì fa wòlíì Jeremiah sókè láti inú ihò, kí ó tó kú.”
11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah.
Ebedimeleki kó àwọn ọkùnrin náà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, wọ́n lọ sínú yàrá kan nínú ààfin ọba. Ó mú àwọn aṣọ àkísà àti okùn tọ Jeremiah lọ nínú kànga.
12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah: 'Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords.' And Jeremiah did so.
Ebedimeleki ará Kuṣi sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Fi àkísà àti okùn bọ abẹ́ abíyá rẹ, Jeremiah sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀.”
13 So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the pit; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Báyìí ni wọ́n ṣe fi okùn yọ Jeremiah jáde, wọ́n sì mu un gòkè láti inú ihò wá, Jeremiah sì wà ní àgbàlá ilé túbú.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that was in the house of the LORD; and the king said unto Jeremiah: 'I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.'
Nígbà náà ni ọba Sedekiah ránṣẹ́ pe, Jeremiah òjíṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run àti láti mú un wá sí ẹnu ibodè kẹta nílé Olúwa. Ọba sì sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Èmi yóò bi ọ́ ní ohun kan; má sì ṣe fi ohun kan pamọ́ fún mi.”
15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah: 'If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.'
Jeremiah sì sọ fún Sedekiah pé, “Tí mo bá fún ọ ní èsì, ṣé o kò nípa mí? Tí mo bá gbà ọ́ nímọ̀ràn, o kò ní gbọ́ tèmi.”
16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.'
Ṣùgbọ́n ọba Sedekiah búra ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ fún Jeremiah wí pé, “Dájúdájú bí Olúwa ti ń bẹ, ẹni tí ó fún wa ní ẹ̀mí, èmi kò nípa ọ́ tàbí fà ọ́ fún àwọn tó ń lépa ẹ̀mí rẹ.”
17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou, and thy house;
Nígbà náà ni Jeremiah sọ fún Sedekiah pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run alágbára, Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí: ‘Àyàfi bí o bá jọ̀wọ́ ara rẹ fún àwọn olóyè ọba Babeli, a ó dá ẹ̀mí rẹ sí àti pé ìlú yìí kò ní di jíjó ní iná; ìwọ àti ilé rẹ yóò sì wà láààyè.
18 but if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.'
Ṣùgbọ́n tí o kò bá jọ̀wọ́ ara rẹ fún àwọn ìjòyè ọba Babeli, a ó fa ìlú yìí lé ọwọ́ àwọn Babeli. Wọn yóò sì fi iná sun ún, ìwọ gan an kò ní le sá mọ́ wọn lọ́wọ́.’”
19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah: 'I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.'
Ọba Sedekiah sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Mò ń bẹ̀rù àwọn Júù tó ti sálọ sí ilẹ̀ Babeli, nítorí pé àwọn ará Babeli lè fà mí lé wọn lọ́wọ́ láti fìyà jẹ mí.”
20 But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee. Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
Jeremiah sì dáhùn wí pé, “Wọn kò ní fi ọ́ lé e lọ́wọ́. Pa ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa mọ́ nípa ṣíṣe ohun tí mo sọ fún ọ; yóò sì dára fún ọ, ẹ̀mí rẹ yóò sì wà.
21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:
Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìwọ bá kọ̀ láti jọ̀wọ́ ara rẹ, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa ti fihàn mí.
22 Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say: Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
Gbogbo àwọn obìnrin tókù ní ààfin ọba Juda ni wọn yóò kó jáde fún àwọn ìjòyè ọba Babeli. Àwọn obìnrin náà yóò sì sọ fún ọ pé: “‘Àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ tàn ọ́ jẹ, wọ́n sì borí rẹ. Ẹsẹ̀ rẹ rì sínú ẹrọ̀fọ̀; àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ ti fi ọ́ sílẹ̀.’
23 And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.'
“Wọn yóò kó àwọn ìyàwó àti ọmọ rẹ wá sí Babeli. Ìwọ gan an kò ní bọ́ níbẹ̀, ọba Babeli yóò mú ọ, wọn yóò sì jó ìlú yìí kanlẹ̀.”
24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah: 'Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Nígbà náà ni Sedekiah sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni mọ̀ nípa ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, tàbí kí o kú.
25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee: Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee;
Tí àwọn ìjòyè bá mọ̀ pé mo bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀, tí wọ́n bá wá bá ọ wí pé, ‘Sọ fún wa ohun tí o bá ọba sọ tàbí ohun tí ọba sọ fún ọ; má ṣe fi pamọ́ fún wa tàbí kí a pa ọ́,’
26 then thou shalt say unto them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.'
nígbà náà kí o sọ fún wọn, ‘Mò ń bẹ ọba láti má jẹ́ kí n padà lọ sí ilé Jonatani láti lọ kú síbẹ̀.’”
27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not reported.
Gbogbo àwọn olóyè sì wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Jeremiah láti bi í léèrè, ó sì sọ gbogbo ohun tí ọba ní kí ó sọ. Wọn kò sì sọ ohunkóhun mọ́, nítorí kò sí ẹni tí ó gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ tí òun àti ọba jọ sọ.
28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And it came to pass, when Jerusalem was taken —
Jeremiah wà nínú àgbàlá àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ títí di ọjọ́ tí wọ́n fi kó Jerusalẹmu:
