Jeremiah 1
1 [I], Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, [am writing] these messages. [I am] a priest, from Anathoth [town] in the area where the tribe of Benjamin [lives].
Amo meloa dedei da Yelemaia (Hiligaia egefe) ea sia: dedei. Yelemaia da gobele salasu dunu. E da gobele salasu dunu ilia gilisisu A: nadode moilai (Bediamini soge ganodini gala) amo ganodini hawa: hamonanu.
2 Yahweh started to give me these messages when Josiah had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years.
Yousaia (A: mone egefe) da Yuda soge ouligisu. Ea ouligisu ode 13 amoga, Hina Gode da Yelemaiama sia: i.
3 Yahweh continued to give me more messages when Josiah’s son Jehoiakim was the king, and he continued to do that until Zedekiah had been the king of Judah for almost eleven years. It was in August of that year that the people of Jerusalem were (exiled/taken as prisoners) [to Babylonia].
Amola Yousaia egefe Yihoiagimi da Yuda soge ouligilaloba, Hina Gode da Yelemaiama bu sia: i. Amalalu, Hina Gode da eso bagohame ganodini Yelemaiama sia: nanu, asili, Sedegaia (Yousaia egefe eno) da Yuda ouligisu hou ode11hamoi dagoi ba: i. Amo odega, oubi biyale agoane, Yelusaleme fi dunu da mugululi asi dagoi ba: i.
4 [One day] Yahweh gave me this message:
Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i,
5 “I knew you before I [finished] forming you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I (set you apart/chose you) and I appointed you to be [my] prophet [whose messages would be] for [all] nations.”
“Na da dia esalusu dima i dagoi. Be amo hidadea, Na da di ilegei. Di da hame lalelegei galobawane, Na da di fifi asi gala ilima balofede hawa: hamoma: ne ilegei dagoi.”
6 I replied, “O, Yahweh my God, I am [not qualified to] speak [for you], because I am very young!”
Na da bu adole i, “Ouligisudafa Hina! Na da sia: mu gogolei! Na da goi fawane!”
7 Yahweh replied, “Do not say that, because you must go to everyone to whom I will send you, and you must tell them everything that I tell you to say.
Be Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i, “Di da goi fawane mae sia: ma! Be Na da dia dunu fi ilima asunasisia, ilima Na sia: dima sia: i amo huluane ilima olelema!
8 And you must not be afraid of the people [to whom you will speak], because I will protect you [from being harmed by them]. [This will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
Iliba: le mae beda: ma! Bai Na da di gaga: ma: ne ani masunu. Na, Hina Gode da sia: i dagoi.”
9 Then [it was as though] Yahweh touched my mouth and said, “Listen to me! I am (putting my message into your mouth/telling you what you must speak).
Amalalu, Hina Gode da Ea lobo ilua: le gadole, na lafi digili ba: le, amane sia: i, “Nabima! Na da dima dia alofele sia: ma: ne, amo sia: dima iabe goea!
10 Today I am appointing you to warn nations and kingdoms. You will tell them that I will completely destroy and get rid of [DOU] some of them and that I will establish [MET] others and cause them to be strong.”
Wali eso Na da dima fifi asi gala amola ilia hina bagade dunu ilima hina bagade hou hamoma: ne iaha. Dia da ili fadegale fasimu amola mugulumu dawa: mu. Dia da ili wadela: lesimu dawa: mu. Amola ili bu bugimu amola hiougimu, amo amola dia da dawa: mu.”
11 Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
Hina Gode da nama amane adole ba: i, “Yelemaia! Dia da adi ba: sala: ?” Na da bu adole i, “Na da ‘amonede’ ifa ea amoda amo ba: la.”
12 Yahweh said, “That is correct. And [because the word for ‘almond’ resembles the word for ‘watching’], it means that I am watching [what will happen], and I will make certain that what I have said to you [about destroying nations] will happen.”
Hina Gode da amane sia: i, “Dafawane! Di da moloiwane ba: i dagoi. Amola Na sia: i liligi da dafawane doaga: ma: ne, Na da ba: lala.”
13 [Then] Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “What do you see [now]?” I replied, “I see a pot full of boiling [water] [MTY]. It is tipping [toward me] from the north.”
Amalalu, Hina Gode da nama bu sia: i, “Adi eno liligi dia da ba: sala: ?” Na da bu adole i, “Na da gagoe (north) amoga hano ofodo ganodini bubunuma heda: lebe ba: sa. Amola amo da ninima muwane guda: le aimisunu agoai ba: sa.”
14 Yahweh replied, “[Yes! It means that] from the north great trouble/destruction will [spread] [MET] over this land, [like boiling water] [MET] pouring [from a pot].
Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i, “Gugunufinisisu hou bubunuma heda: su agoane da gagoe (north) heda: le, Yuda soge amoga wadela: lesimusa: misunu.
15 Listen to what I say: I am summoning [the armies of] kingdoms that will come from the north [of Judah] to Jerusalem. Their kings will set up their thrones at the gates of this city [to indicate that they are now the kings of Judah]. [Their armies] will attack [and break down] the walls of this city, and [they will do the same thing to] all the [other] towns in Judah.
Bai Na da gagoe (north) fifi asi gala huluane guiguda: misa: ne wele sia: nana. Amo ga fifi asi gala ilia hina bagade da ilia fisu (fedege ilia ouligisu hou) amo Yelusaleme logo holei ga: su amola ea gagoi amola Yuda moilai huluane amo sisiga: le, amoga gaguli dagoi ba: mu.
16 I will punish [MTY] my people because of all the evil things that they have done; they have abandoned me and they worship gods/idols. They worship idols that they have made with their own hands!
Na fi dunu da wadela: le hamoiba: le, Na da ilima se imunu. Ilia da Na fisiagai dagoi. Ilia da eno ogogosu ‘gode’ ilima gobele salasu hou hamosu. Ilia da loboga hamoi ‘gode’ agoaila liligi amo hamone, ilima nodone sia: ne gadosu.
17 So, get up and put on your clothes [to get ready for action]! Then go to the people of Judah and tell them everything that I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, because [if you are afraid of them], I will cause you to be truly terrified in front of them!
Yelemaia! Momagema! Ilima asili, Na dima sia: i liligi huluane ilima olelema. Wali, iliba: le mae beda: ma! Dia da wali ilima beda: i galea, di da ilima doaga: sea, Na da di iliba: le beda: ma: ne baligili hamomu.
18 But listen! I will cause you to be [strong, like] [MET] a city that has strong walls around it. You will be [as strong as] [MET] an iron pillar or a bronze wall. None of the kings or officials or priests will be able to defeat you.
19 They will oppose you, but they will not be able to defeat you, because I will be with you and will protect you. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!”
Yelemaia! Nabima! Dunu huluane amo soge ganodini esala (Yuda hina bagade ili amola eagene ouligisu dunu amola gobele salasu dunu, amola mafua dunu huluane) da dima ha lamu. Be wali eso, di da ilima dabele gegema: ne, Na da dima gasa iaha. Di da gasa bagadeba: le, ilima moilai gasawane gagoi, amola ouli momomogoi amola ouliga hamoi dobea agoane ba: mu. Ilia da dima hame hasalimu. Bai Na da di gaga: ma: ne, ani esalumu. Na, HinaGode, da sia: i dagoi.”
