Jeremiah 38
1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,
Shefatia, mwana mobali ya Matani; Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Pashuri; Yukali, mwana mobali ya Shelemia; mpe Pashuri, mwana mobali ya Malikiya, bayokaki makambo oyo Jeremi azalaki koyebisa bato nyonso. Azalaki koloba:
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; for he shall have his life for a prize, and shall live.
« Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Moto nyonso oyo akotikala kati na engumba oyo akokufa na mopanga, na nzala makasi to mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka; kasi ye oyo akobima mpo na kokende komikaba epai ya bato ya Babiloni akobika, akokufa te; bomoi na ye ekozala bomengo na ye ya bitumba, mpe akotikala na bomoi. ›
3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Engumba oyo ekokweya na maboko ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, oyo akobotola yango. › »
4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus 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 to them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the harm.
Bakalaka balobaki na mokonzi: — Moto oyo asengeli kokufa! Maloba na ye ezali kolembisa basoda mpe bato oyo batikali kati na engumba oyo; azali koluka bolamu ya bato oyo te, kasi azali nde koluka mabe na bango.
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.
Mokonzi Sedesiasi azongisaki: — Azali na maboko na bino; mokonzi akoki koboya likanisi na bino te!
6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Boye, bakamataki Jeremi mpe babwakaki ye kati na libulu ya Malikiya, mwana mobali ya mokonzi; libulu yango ezalaki kati na lopango ya bakengeli. Bakitisaki Jeremi kati na libulu na nzela ya basinga; libulu ezalaki na mayi te, kaka na potopoto; mpe Jeremi azindaki makasi kati na potopoto yango.
7 Now when Ebedmelech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Ebedi-Meleki, moto ya Kushi, kalaka ya lokumu oyo azalaki kosala kati na ndako ya mokonzi, ayokaki ete babwaki Jeremi kati na libulu. Boye, wana mokonzi avandaki na Ekuke ya Benjame,
8 Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Ebedi-Meleki abimaki na ndako ya mokonzi mpe akendeki koloba na mokonzi:
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 dungeon; and he is certain to die from hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
— Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, kati na nyonso oyo basali mosakoli Jeremi, bato oyo basali mabe penza! Basili kobwaka ye kati na libulu epai wapi akokufa na nzala, mpo ete mapa ezali lisusu te kati na engumba!
10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Cushite, saying, Take from here thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dieth.
Mokonzi apesaki mitindo oyo epai ya Ebedi-Meleki, moto ya mokili ya Kushi: — Kamata awa mibali tuku misato elongo na yo, mpe bobimisa mosakoli Jeremi wuta na libulu liboso ete akufa.
11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
Ebedi-Meleki akamataki mibali yango mpe akendeki na ndako ya mokonzi, kati na shambre oyo ezalaki na se ya ebombelo bomengo; azwaki kuna bilamba ya kala mpe oyo epasuka, mpe akitisaki yango na nzela ya basinga epai ya Jeremi kati na libulu.
12 And Ebedmelech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, Put now these old clothes and old rags under thy arms under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
Ebedi-Meleki, moto ya Kushi, alobaki na Jeremi: — Tia bilamba oyo na se ya mapeka na yo, likolo ya basinga oyo mpo na kobatela mapeka na yo. Jeremi asalaki se bongo.
13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Babendaki ye na basinga mpe babimisaki ye na libulu. Mpe Jeremi avandaki kati na lopango ya bakengeli.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entrance that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Mokonzi Sedesiasi atindaki ete bamemela ye mosakoli Jeremi mpe bakotisa ye na Ekuke ya misato ya Tempelo ya Yawe. Mokonzi alobaki na Jeremi: — Nazali na likambo moko ya kotuna epai na yo; kobombela ngai eloko moko te!
15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken to me?
Jeremi alobaki na mokonzi Sedesiasi: — Soki nayebisi yo yango, okoboma ngai te? Ezala napesi yo toli, okoyokela na yo ngai te.
16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to 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.
Kasi mokonzi Sedesiasi alapaki ndayi na nkuku epai ya Jeremi: — Na Kombo na Yawe oyo apesaka biso pema, nakoboma yo te, mpe nakokaba yo te na maboko ya bato oyo balingi koboma yo!
17 Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house:
Bongo Jeremi alobaki na Sedesiasi: — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga mpe Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Soki kaka omipesi epai ya bakonzi ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, yo mpe libota na yo bokokufa te, mpe engumba oyo ekobebisama na moto te.
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 from their hand.
Kasi soki oboyi komipesa epai ya bakonzi ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, engumba oyo ekokweya na maboko ya bato ya Babiloni mpe bakotumba yango, bongo ezala yo, okobika te na maboko na bango. »
19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
Mokonzi Sedesiasi alobaki na Jeremi: — Nazali kobanga Bayuda oyo bakei na ngambo ya bato ya Babiloni, mpo ete bato ya Babiloni bakoki kokaba ngai na maboko na bango mpe bakonyokola ngai.
20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to thee: so it shall be well to thee, and thy soul shall live.
Jeremi azongisaki: — Te, bakokaba yo te! Nabondeli yo, tosa Yawe mpe sala makambo oyo nazali koyebisa yo; bongo nyonso ekotambola malamu mpo na yo mpe okobikisa bomoi na yo.
21 But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:
Kasi soki oboyi komipesa epai na bango, tala makambo oyo Yawe atalisi ngai:
22 And, 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 friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
« Bakomema basi nyonso oyo bavandaka kati na ndako ya mokonzi ya Yuda epai ya bakonzi ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe basi yango bakoloba: ‹ Baninga na yo ya motema bakosi yo mpe balongi yo. Matambe na yo ezindi na potopoto, baninga na yo bakimi yo! › »
23 So 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.
Bakomema basi na yo nyonso mpe bana na yo nyonso epai ya bato ya Babiloni; mpe yo moko okobika te na maboko na bango, mokonzi ya Babiloni akokanga yo mpe akobebisa engumba oyo na moto.
24 Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Sedesiasi alobaki na Jeremi: — Tika ete moto moko te ayeba makambo oyo, mpe okokufa te.
25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declare to us now what thou hast said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said to thee:
Soki bakalaka bayoki ete tosololi na yo mpe bayei kotuna yo: « Yebisa biso makambo oyo oyebisi mokonzi mpe oyo mokonzi ayebisi yo. Kobombela biso eloko te, soki te, tokoboma yo. »
26 Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
Loba bango: « Nakomisi libondeli na ngai liboso ya mokonzi mpo ete azongisa ngai na ndako ya Jonatan te, noki te nakokufela kuna. »
27 Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
Bakalaka nyonso bayaki epai ya Jeremi mpe batunaki ye mituna; ye mpe ayebisaki bango makambo nyonso, ndenge kaka mokonzi atindaki ye. Boye, lokola bazalaki lisusu na likambo ya koloba na ye te, pamba te moto moko te ayokaki masolo na ye na mokonzi, babendanaki na kimia.
28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremi atikalaki kati na lopango ya bakengeli kino na mokolo oyo babotolaki engumba Yelusalemi.
