< Jeremiah 40 >

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains amongst all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were carried away captive to Babylon.
Nga tuh kapir ke sein ac utukla wi mwet Jerusalem ac mwet Judah su ac som mwet sruoh nu Babylonia. LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sik tukun Nebuzaradan, captain fulat lun un mwet mweun, el tuleyula in acn Ramah.
2 The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;
Captain fulat sac el pangonyu ac fahk nu sik, “LEUM GOD lom El sulkakin tari lah mwe ongoiya inge ac tuku nu fin facl se inge.
3 and the LORD has brought it, and done according as he spoke. Because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.
Na inge El oru oana ma El fahk. Ma inge nukewa sikyak ke sripen mwet lom orekma koluk lain LEUM GOD ac tia aksol.
4 Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, go there.”
Inge, nga ac eisla sein liki poum ac aksukosokyekomla. Kom fin lungse, kom ku in wiyu som nu Babylonia, ac nga fah karingin kom. Tusruktu kom fin tia lungse wiyu som, na kom ku in sifacna sulela kutena acn kom lungse muta we in facl se inge nufon.”
5 Now while he had not yet gone back, “Go back then,” he said, “to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him amongst the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
Na ke nga pahtlac in topkol, Nebuzaradan el fahk, “Kom fin lungse mutana inge, kom ku in folokla nu yorol Gedaliah, wen natul Ahikam su ma natul Shaphan, su tokosra lun Babylonia el tuh sulella elan governor ke siti lun Judah. Kom ku in muta yorol inmasrlon mwet uh, ku kom ku in som nu kutena acn kom lungse muta we.” Na el se nu sik mwe kite se ac mwe mongo nga in us, ac filiyula in som.
6 Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him amongst the people who were left in the land.
Na nga folokla nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah, ac muta inmasrlon mwet ma lula in facl sac.
7 Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon,
Kutu sin mwet fulat ac mwet mweun lun mwet Judah su tia eisalosyang nu inpoun mwet Babylonia, elos lohngak lah tokosra Babylonia el srisrngilya Gedaliah elan governor lun facl Judah, ac sang elan leumi mwet nukewa su tia utukla nu Babylonia. Mwet inge pa sukasrup oemeet in facl sac.
8 then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men came to Gedaliah to Mizpah.
Ouinge Ishmael wen natul Nathaniah, Johanan wen natul Kareah, Seraiah wen natul Tanhumeth, ac wen ekasr natul Ephai mwet Netophah, ac Jezaniah mwet Maacah, wi mwet lalos elos som nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah.
9 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.
Na Gedaliah el fahk nu selos, “Nga fahk na pwaye nu suwos lah kowos tia enenu in sangeng in filikowosyang nu sin mwet Babylonia. Kowos in oakwuki in facl se inge ac orekma nu sin tokosra lun Babylonia, ac ma nukewa ac fah wo nu suwos.
10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who will come to us; but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.”
Ac funu nga, nga ac mutana Mizpah, ac nga fah aol kowos in sramsram nu sin mwet Babylonia ke pacl elos ac tuku nu yen uh. Na kowos in folokla nu in acn kowos muta we, ac orani kosrani lowos ke wain, fokinsak, ac oil in olive, ac karinganang ke nien filma lowos.”
11 Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and amongst the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
In pacl sac pacna, mwet Israel nukewa su muta Moab, Ammon, Edom ac kutu pac facl saya, lohngak lah tokosra lun Babylonia el lela kutu sin mwet Israel in mutana in facl Judah, ac el srisrngilya Gedaliah elan governor lalos.
12 then all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered very much wine and summer fruits.
Ke ma inge elos tuku liki acn elos fahsrelik muta we, ac folokla nu Judah. Elos som nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah, na elos usani wain ac fokinsak puspis.
13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
Tukun ma inge, Johanan ac mwet kol lun mwet mweun su tia wi srasrapo nu sin mwet Babylonia elos tuku nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah
14 and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.
ac fahk nu sel, “Ya kom etu lah Tokosra Baalis lun Ammon el supwalma Ishmael elan akmusekomi?” Tusruktu Gedaliah el tiana lulalfongi.
15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, “Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man will know it. Why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?”
Na Johanan el tuku nu yorol in lukma ac fahk nu sel, “Lela nga in som unilya Ishmael, ac wangin mwet ac etu lah su orala. Efu ku in filfilla elan akmusekomi? Ac oru mwet Jew nukewa su tukeni muta raunikomla inge in kaingelik, ac ma se inge ac pwanang ongoiya nu fin mwet nukewa su lula muta in acn Judah.”
16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael.”
Tusruktu Gedaliah el topuk, “Nimet oru ma sacn! Tia pwaye ma kom fahk kacl Ishmael!”

< Jeremiah 40 >