Jeremiah 43
1 [So] I finished telling to the people that message from Yahweh our God.
Nga aksafyela in fahk ma nukewa nu sin mwet uh ma LEUM GOD lalos El supweyu in fahk nu selos.
2 But then Johanan and Azariah and some other insolent/arrogant men said to me, “You are lying! Yahweh our God has not told [us] that we should not go to Egypt!
Na Azariah wen natul Hoshaiah, ac Johanan wen natul Kareah, ac mwet enum saya nukewa elos fahk nu sik, “Kom kikiap. LEUM GOD lasr El tiana supwekom in fahk nu sesr kut in tia som muta Egypt.
3 [We think that] Baruch has urged/persuaded you to say this, in order that [if we stay here], the soldiers from Babylonia will seize us and kill us or take us to Babylonia.”
Baruch, wen natul Neriah, el pirikkomyak lain kut, tuh mwet Babylonia fah ku facsr ac unikuti, ku uskutla nu Babylonia.”
4 So Johanan and the other leaders of the [Israeli] soldiers and [many of] [HYP] the other people [who were there] refused to obey Yahweh’s command to stay in Judah.
Ouinge Johanan, ac mwet fulat lun un mwet mweun, ac mwet nukewa, tiana akos sap lun LEUM GOD tuh elos in mutana in facl Judah.
5 Johanan and all the [other] leaders gathered together all the people who had returned from the other countries to which they had been scattered.
Na Johanan, ac mwet fulat nukewa lun un mwet mweun, elos usla mwet nukewa su lula in facl Judah nu Egypt, weang mwet nukewa su foloko liki mutunfacl puspis ma elos fahsrelik nu we:
6 [They included] men, women, children, the king’s daughters, and all those whom Nebuzaradan had left with Gedaliah, and they also took Baruch and me.
mukul, mutan, tulik, ac acn nutin tokosra, oayapa nga ac Baruch — aok, mwet nukewa su captain fulat Nebuzaradan el tuh filiya ye karinginyuk lal Gedaliah.
7 They refused to obey Yahweh, and they took us all [to Egypt], as far as Tahpenes [city].
Elos tia akos sap lun LEUM GOD, a elos som na nu Egypt, ac fahlana nwe ke siti Tahpanhes.
8 [While we were] at Tahpenes, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
In acn Tahpanhes LEUM GOD El fahk nu sik,
9 “While the people of Judah are watching you, take some large rocks and bury them under the brick pavement at the entrance to the king’s palace there at Tahpenes.
“Eis kutu eot lulap ac pikinya ye acn se ma pave ke nien utyak nu in lohm sin tokosra in siti se inge. Lela kutu sin mwet Judah in liye ke kom oru.
10 Then say to the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], says: “I will summon Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, who does my work, to come [with his army] to Egypt. I will set up his throne over these stones that I told Jeremiah to bury. And Nebuchadnezzar will set up his tent there [to show that he has become] the King [of Egypt].
Na fahk nu selos lah nga, LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, ac fah usalu mwet kulansap luk, Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun Babylonia, nu yenu, ac el fah likiya tron lal fin eot ma kom pikinya inge, na el fah laknelik lohm nuknuk sel fac.
11 When his [army] comes, they will attack Egypt. Then those will die who [I have determined] must die, those who [I have determined] must be captured will be captured, and those who [I have determined] must be killed by swords will be killed by swords.
Nebuchadnezzar el ac tuku ac kutangla Egypt. Mwet ma srisrngiyuki in misa ke mas fah misa ke mas, elos su srisrngiyuki in utukla nu ke sruoh ac fah utukla sruoh, ac elos su srisrngiyuki in anwuki ke mweun ac fah misa ke mweun.
12 Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt. [But before they burn the temples], they will take away their idols [as souvenirs]. His [troops] will clean Egypt like a shepherd cleans lice from his cloak. They will tear down the sacred pillars that are in the temple of their sun god. And then Nebuchadnezzar’s [troops] will leave there, without having been harmed.”’”
Nga fah esukak tempul lun god nukewa lun Egypt, ac tokosra lun Babylonia el fin tia esukak ma sruloala lalos, el ac usla. Oana ke sie shepherd el ac kunesla kuut uh liki nuknuk lal, ouinge tokosra lun Babylonia fah sisla ma nukewa ma akkolukyela facl Egypt. Na tukun el kutangla, el ac som liki acn we.
El fah kunausla sru ma oalkinyuk in acn Heliopolis in Egypt, ac el fah furreak tempul lun god lun mwet Egypt.”
