Jeremiah 38
1 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard the words that Jeremiah was declaring to all the people. He was saying,
Shefaaxiyaa ilmi Mataan, Gedaaliyaas ilmi Phaashihuur, Yuukaal ilmi Shelemiyaatii fi Phaashihuur ilmi Malkiyaa waan Ermiyaas akkana jedhee saba hundatti hime dhagaʼan;
2 “Yahweh says this: Anyone staying in this city will be killed by sword, famine, and plague. But anyone who goes out to the Chaldeans will survive. He will escape with his own life, and live.
“Waaqayyo akkana jedha: ‘Namni magaalaa kana keessatti hafu kam iyyuu goraadeen, beelaan yookaan dhaʼichaan ni duʼa; namni gara Baabilonotaatti baqatu kam iyyuu garuu ni jiraata. Inni lubbuu isaatiin ni baʼa; ni jiraatas.’
3 Yahweh says this: This city will be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
Waaqayyo akkana jedha: ‘Magaalaan kun dhugumaan dabarfamtee harka waraana mootii Baabilonitti ni kennamti; innis ishee qabata.’”
4 So the officials said to the king, “Let this man die, for in this way he is weakening the hands of the fighting men who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people. He is proclaiming these words, for this man is not working for safety for this people, but disaster.”
Kana irratti qondaaltonni sun mootichaan akkana jedhan; “Namichi kun ajjeefamuu qaba. Inni waan isaanitti dubbatuun loltoota magaalaa kana keessatti hafanii fi namoota hunda onnee dhabsiisa. Namichi kun saba kanaaf badiisa malee waan gaarii hin hawwu.”
5 So King Zedekiah said, “Look, he is in your hand since there is no king able to resist you.”
Zedeqiyaa Mootichi immoo, “Inni harkuma keessan keessa jira; mootiin isiniin mormee homaa gochuu hin dandaʼu” jedhee deebise.
6 Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malkijah, son of the king. The cistern was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah down on ropes. There was no water in the cistern, but it was muddy, and he sank down into the mud.
Kanaafuu isaan Ermiyaasin fuudhanii boolla bishaanii kan Malkiyaa ilma mootichaa keessa buusan; boolli bishaanii sunis oobdii eegumsaa keessa ture. Isaan funyoodhaan Ermiyaasin boolla sana keessa buusan; boolli sun dhoqqee malee bishaan hin qabu ture; Ermiyaasis dhoqqee keessa dhidhime.
7 Now Ebed-Melek the Cushite was one of the eunuchs in the king's house. He heard that they had placed Jeremiah in the cistern. Now the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate.
Garuu Ebeed-Melek qondaalli Itoophiyaa kan masaraa mootii keessa ture sun akka isaan Ermiyaasin boolla bishaanii keessa buusan dhagaʼe. Utuma mootichi Karra Beniyaam bira taaʼee jiruus,
8 So Ebed-Melek went from the king's house and spoke with the king. He said,
Ebeed-Melek masaraadhaa baʼee dhaqee akkana isaan jedhe;
9 “My master the king, these men have done evil with the way they have treated Jeremiah the prophet. They threw him into a cistern for him to die in it from hunger, since there is no more food in the city.”
“Yaa gooftaa koo mooticha, jarri kun waan Ermiyaas raajicha godhan hundaan waan hamaa hojjetaniiru. Isaan akka inni beelaan duʼuuf yeroo buddeenni tokko iyyuu magaalaa keessa hin jirretti boolla bishaanii keessa isa buusan.”
10 Then the king gave a command to Ebed-Melek the Cushite. He said, “Take command of thirty men from here and take Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
Mootichis ergasii Ebeed-Melek namicha Itoophiyaa sanaan, “Nama soddoma asii fudhadhuu dhaqiitii utuu inni hin duʼin Ermiyaas raajicha boolla bishaanii keessaa baasi” jedhee ajaje.
11 So Ebed-Melek took command of those men and went to the king's house, to a storeroom for clothing under the house. From there he took rags and worn-out clothing and then let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
Kanaafuu Ebeed-Melek namoota sana fudhatee gara kutaa mankuusaa masaraa mootichaa keessaatiin jala jiru sanaa dhaqe. Innis darsaa fi wayyaa moofaa achii fudhatee funyoon gara boolla bishaaniitti Ermiyaasiif gad buuse.
12 Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put the rags and worn-out clothing under your arms and on top of the ropes.” So Jeremiah did so.
Ebeed-Melek namichi Itoophiyaa sunis Ermiyaasiin, “Akka funyoon si hin luqqisneef darsaa fi wayyaa moofaa bobaa kee jala kaaʼadhu” jedhe. Ermiyaasis akkasuma godhe;
13 Then they pulled Jeremiah by the ropes. In this way they brought him up from the cistern. So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.
isaanis funyoo sanaan ol harkisanii boolla bishaanii keessaa isa baasan. Ermiyaasis oobdii eegumsaa keessa ture.
14 Then King Zedekiah sent word and brought Jeremiah the prophet to himself, to the third entrance in Yahweh's house. The king said to Jeremiah, “I want to ask you something. Do not keep the answer from me.”
Zedeqiyaa Mootichi Ermiyaasitti nama ergee gara balbala sadaffaa mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyootti isa fichisiise. Mootichis Ermiyaasiin, “Ani waa sin gaafadha; ati waan tokko illee na hin dhoksin” jedhe.
15 Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I answer you, will you not certainly kill me? But if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
Ermiyaasis Zedeqiyaadhaan, “Yoo ani deebii siif kenne, ati na hin ajjeeftuu? Yoo ani si gorse iyyuu ati na hin dhageessu” jedhe.
16 But King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private and said, “As Yahweh lives, the one who made us, I will not kill you or give you into the hand of those men who are seeking your life.”
Zedeqiyaa Mootichi garuu, “Dhugaa Waaqayyo jiraataa isa jireenya nuu kenne sanaa ani si hin ajjeesu; warra lubbuu kee balleessuu barbaadanittis dabarsee si hin kennu” jedhee kakuu kana dhoksaatti Ermiyaasiif kakate.
17 So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel, says this: If you indeed go out to the officials of the king of Babylon then you will live, and this city will not be burned. You and your family will live.
Kana irratti Ermiyaas deebisee Zedeqiyaadhaan akkana jedhe; “Waaqayyo Waaqni, inni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: ‘Yoo ati qondaaltota mootii Baabilonitti harka kennatte lubbuun kee duʼa ni oolfamti; magaalaan kunis hin gubamtu; atii fi maatiin kee ni jiraattu.
18 But if you do not go out to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans. They will burn it, and you will not escape from their hand.”
Garuu yoo ati qondaaltota mootii Baabilonitti harka kennachuu baatte magaalaan kun dabarfamtee Baabilonotatti ni kennamti; isaanis ishee gubu; ati mataan kee iyyuu isaan jalaa hin baatu.’”
19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “But I am afraid of the people of Judah who have deserted to the Chaldeans, because I might be given over into their hand, for them to treat me badly.”
Zedeqiyaa Mootichi Ermiyaasiin, “Ani Yihuudoota Baabilonotatti galan nan sodaadha; Baabilononni dabarsanii isaanitti na kennanii isaan immoo natti taphatuutii” jedhe.
20 Jeremiah said, “They will not give you over to them. Obey the message from Yahweh that I am telling you, so that things will go well for you, and so that you will live.
Ermiyaasis akkana jedhee deebise; “Isaan dabarsanii si hin kennan; ati waan ani sitti himu gochuudhaan Waaqayyoof ajajami. Yoos ati milkooftee lubbuun kees duʼa oolfamti.
21 But if you refuse to go out, this is what Yahweh has shown me.
Garuu yoo ati harka kennachuu didde, Waaqayyo waan kana naa ibseera:
22 Look! All the women who are left in your house, king of Judah, will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. These women will say to you, 'You have been deceived by your friends; they have ruined you. Your feet are now sunk into the mud, and your friends will run away.'
Dubartoonni mana mootii Yihuudaa keessatti hafan hundi gara qondaaltota mootii Baabilonitti geeffamu. Dubartoonni sunis akkana jedhu: “‘Michoonni kee kanneen ati amanatte sun, si gowwoomsanii; si moʼatan. Miilli kee dhoqqee keessa lixe; michoonni kees si dhiisanii deeman.’
23 For all of your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand. You will be captured by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned.”
“Niitonni keetii fi ijoolleen kee hundi Baabilonotatti geeffamu. Ati mataan kee iyyuu mootii Baabiloniin qabamta malee isaan harkaa hin baatu; magaalaan kunis ni gubamti.”
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not inform anyone about these words, so that you do not die.
Zedeqiyaan Ermiyaasiin akkana jedhe; “Dubbii nu amma dubbanne kana namni tokko iyyuu hin beekin; yoo kanaa achii ati ni duutaa.
25 If the officials hear that I have talked with you, and if they come and say to you, 'Tell us what you said to the king and do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,'
Yoo qondaaltonni akka ani si wajjin haasaʼe dhagaʼanii si bira dhufanii, ‘Waan ati mootiidhaan jettee fi waan mootiin siin jedhe nutti himi; nu hin dhoksin; yoo kanaa achii nu si ajjeefnaa’ siin jedhan,
26 then you must say to them, 'I made a humble plea before the king that he would not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.'”
‘Ani akka inni gara mana Yoonaataanitti deebisee na ergee anis achitti hin duuneef mooticha kadhachaa ture’ jedhiin.”
27 Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, so he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped talking with him, because they had not heard the conversation between Jeremiah and the king.
Ergasii qondaaltonni hundi dhufanii Ermiyaasin gaafatan; innis waan mootichi akka inni dubbatu isa ajaje hunda isaanitti hime. Sababii namni waan inni mooticha wajjin dubbate dhagaʼe tokko iyyuu hin turiniif, jarri waan kana caalaa homaa isatti hin dubbanne.
28 So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
Ermiyaasis hamma gaafa Yerusaalem qabamteetti oobdii eegumsaa sana keessa ture.
