Jeremiah 37
1 And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigns instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,
Emesịa, Nebukadneza eze Babilọn mere Zedekaya nwa Josaya eze Juda, nʼọnọdụ Konaya nwa Jehoiakim.
2 and he has not listened—he, and his servants, and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
Ma Zedekaya na ndị ozi ya, na ndị Juda niile egeghị ntị nʼokwu Onyenwe anyị nke o si nʼọnụ Jeremaya onye amụma gwa ha.
3 And Zedekiah the king sends Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, we implore you, for us to our God YHWH.”
Zedekaya bụ eze, ziri Jehukal nwa Shelemaya, na Zefanaya onye nchụaja, bụ nwa Maaseia ozi sị ha, jekwuru Jeremaya onye amụma gwa ya okwu sị, “Biko, kpeere anyị ekpere, rịọrọ anyị Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị arịrịọ.”
4 And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
Nʼoge a, Jeremaya nweere onwe ya ijegharị nʼetiti ndị Izrel, nʼihi na ha etinyebeghị ya nʼụlọ mkpọrọ.
5 and the force of Pharaoh has come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who are laying siege against Jerusalem hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.
Nʼihi na mgbe ndị agha Babilọn gbara Jerusalem gburugburu na-ebuso ya agha, ndị agha Fero sitere Ijipt na-apụkwute ha ibuso ha agha. Mgbe ndị agha Babilọn nụrụ na ndị agha Ijipt na-abịa, ha mere ngwangwa si nʼibuso Jerusalem agha wezuga onwe ha.
6 And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru Jeremaya onye amụma ntị sị ya,
7 “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Thus you say to the king of Judah who is sending you to Me, to seek Me: Behold, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help has turned back to its land, to Egypt,
“Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru, Ihe ndị a ka ị ga-agwa eze Juda onye zitere ozi sị gị rịọọ m arịrịọ, ‘Ndị agha Fero ahụ si nʼIjipt pụta bịa inyere unu aka ga-emesịa laghachi nʼala ha bụ Ijipt.
8 and the Chaldeans have turned back and fought against this city, and captured it, and burned it with fire.
Mgbe ahụ, ndị agha Babilọn ga-alọghachikwa ibuso obodo a agha. Ha ga-emeri ya, dọta ya nʼagha, kpọọkwa ya ọkụ.’
9 Thus said YHWH: Do not lift up your souls, saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
“Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Unu arafula onwe unu site nʼiche echiche sị, ‘Ndị Babilọn agaghị abịakwa ibuso anyị agha.’ E, ha agaghị abịakwa ọzọ.
10 for though you had struck all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men—they rise, each in his tent, and have burned this city with fire.”
A sịkwa na ndị agha unu enwee ike merie ndị agha Babilọn ahụ ga-abịa ibuso unu agha, a sịkwa na ọ bụ naanị ndị e merụrụ ahụ bụ ndị fọdụrụ nʼetiti ha, ndị a ga-esi nʼogige ndị agha Babilọn pụta bịa kpọọ obodo a ọkụ.”
11 And it has come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,
Mgbe ndị agha Babilọn si na gburugburu Jerusalem wezuga onwe ha nʼihi ọbịbịa ndị agha Fero na-abịa,
12 that Jeremiah goes out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion there in the midst of the people.
Jeremaya sitekwara na Jerusalem pụọ malite ịgawa nʼala ndị Benjamin, nʼihi iketa oke ruuru ya site nʼaka ndị bi nʼebe ahụ.
13 And it comes to pass, he is at the Gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward, and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he catches Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
Ma mgbe o ruru nʼọnụ ụzọ ama Benjamin, onyeisi ndị agha aha ya bụ Irija nwa Shelemaya, nwa Hananaya jidere ya, boo ya ebubo sị ya, “Ọ bụ ọsọ ka ị na-agba! Ị na-achọ ịgbakwuru ndị Babilọn!”
14 And Jeremiah says, “Falsehood! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans”; and he has not listened to him, and Irijah lays hold on Jeremiah, and brings him to the heads,
Ma Jeremaya zara sị ya, “Ọ bụ okwu ụgha ka ị na-ekwu. Anaghị m agba ọsọ ịgbakwuru ndị Babilọn.” Ma Irija egeghị ya ntị, kama o jidere Jeremaya kpụta ya nʼihu ndịisi ọchịchị.
15 and the heads are angry against Jeremiah, and have struck him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it for a prison-house.
Ha were iwe megide Jeremaya, nye iwu ka e tie ya ihe, kpọchiekwa ya nʼụlọ Jonatan, ode akwụkwọ. Nʼihi na ha ji ụlọ ahụ mere ụlọ mkpọrọ nʼoge a.
16 When Jeremiah has entered into the house of the dungeon, and to the cells, then Jeremiah dwells there many days,
E tinyere Jeremaya nʼime ụlọ mkpọrọ olulu, ebe ọ nọrọ ogologo oge.
17 and King Zedekiah sends, and takes him, and the king asks him in his house in secret, and says, “Is there a word from YHWH?” And Jeremiah says, “There is,” and he says, “You are given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
Emesịa, Zedekaya bụ eze nyere iwu ka a kpọta ya nʼụlọeze. Mgbe a kpọtara ya, Zedekaya jụrụ ya ajụjụ na nzuzo sị ya, “I nwere okwu site nʼaka Onyenwe anyị?” Jeremaya zara sị ya, “E, lee, a ga-arara gị nyefee gị nʼaka eze Babilọn.”
18 And Jeremiah says to King Zedekiah, “What have I sinned against you, and against your servants, and against this people, that you have put me into a prison-house?
Mgbe ahụ, Jeremaya gwara Zedekaya, bụ eze okwu ọzọ sị ya, “Ihe ọjọọ dị aṅaa ka m mere megide gị, maọbụ megide ndị ọrụ gị, maọbụ megide ndị a, unu ji tinye m nʼụlọ mkpọrọ?
19 And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land?
Ebee ka ndị amụma unu nọ, bụ ndị ahụ na-eburu unu amụma na-asị unu, ‘Eze Babilọn agaghị ebuso unu agha, ọ gaghị ebusokwa ala a agha?’
20 And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not cause me to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I do not die there.”
Ugbu a, biko, onyenwe m eze, biko gee m ntị. Biko, nụrụ arịrịọ m: Ezighachila m nʼụlọ Jonatan, ode akwụkwọ, nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na i mee otu a, aga m anwụ nʼebe ahụ.”
21 And King Zedekiah commands, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give a cake of bread to him daily from the bakers’ street, until the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwells in the court of the prison.
Zedekaya bụ eze, nyere iwu ka e debe Jeremaya nʼogige ndị nche. O nyekwara iwu ka a na-enye ya achịcha e si nʼụlọ ndị na-eme achịcha na-ewebata ụbọchị niile, tutu ruo mgbe achịcha e nwere nʼobodo ahụ gwụsịrị. Ya mere, o mere ka Jeremaya nọgide nʼogige ndị nche.
