Yeremia 39
1 Le Yuda fia Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe asiekɛlia me, le ɣleti ewolia me la, Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar ho kple eƒe aʋakɔwo katã ɖe Yerusalem ŋuti, eye wòva ɖe to ɖe du la.
In the ninth year of Zedekiah the king of Judah, in the tenth month, that Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2 Le Zedekia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiɖekɛlia me, le ɣleti enelia ƒe ŋkeke asiekɛlia dzi la, wogbã du la ƒe gli ƒu anyi.
[And] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, was the city broken in.
3 Tete Babilonia fia ƒe amegãwo katã va xɔ zi ɖe Domegbo la ƒe mɔnu. Amegãwoe nye: Nergal Sarezer si tso Samgar, Nebo Sarsekim, dɔnunɔlagã ɖeka, Nergal Sarezer, ame deŋgɔ ɖeka, hekpe ɖe Babilonia fia ƒe amegã bubuwo ŋuti.
And then came all the princes of the king of Babylon, and sat down in the middle gate; [namely, ] Neregal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, the chief of the eunuchs, Neregal-sharezer, the chief of the magi, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
4 Ke esi Yuda fia, Zedekia kple eŋusrafowo kpɔ wo la, wosi dzo, wodo le dua me le zãtitina, to fia la ƒe agble me, heto agbo si le gli eveawo dome eye woɖo ta Araba.
And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls: and he went out by the way of the plain.
5 Ke Babilonia ƒe aʋakɔ la ti wo yome eye wova tu Zedekia le Yeriko gbegbe. Wolée hekplɔe vɛ na Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar, le Ribla, le Hamatnyigba dzi, afi si wobu fɔe le.
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Chamath: and he called him to account.
6 Le Ribla la, Babilonia fia wu Zedekia ƒe viŋutsuwo kple Yuda ƒe ame ŋkutawo katã le eƒe ŋkume.
And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also all the nobles of Judah did the king of Babylon slaughter.
7 Emegbe wògbã ŋku na Zedekia eye wòtsɔ akɔblikɔsɔkɔsɔ dee be wòakplɔe ayi Babilonia.
And the eyes of Zedekiah did he blind; and he bound him with brazen fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
8 Babiloniatɔwo tɔ dzo fiasã la kple amewo ƒe aƒewo eye womu Yerusalem ƒe gliwo ƒu anyi.
And the house of the king, and the houses of the people did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem did they pull down.
9 Aʋafia Nebuzaradan kplɔ ame siwo susɔ ɖe Yerusalem, ame siwo tsɔ wo ɖokuiwo na wo kple ame mamlɛawo katã yi aboyo mee le Babilonia.
And the rest of the people that remained in the city, and those who had run away that had run away to him, with the rest of the people that remained, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry off into exile to Babylon.
10 Ke aʋafia Nebuzaradan gblẽ ame dahe aɖewo ɖe Yudanyigba dzi, ame siwo si naneke mele o eye ɣe ma ɣi etsɔ waingblewo kple agblenyigbawo na wo.
But of the poorest of the people, who had nothing, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard leave some in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and arable fields at the same time.
11 Ke azɔ la Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar, de se sia le Yeremia ŋuti to aʋafia Nebuzaradan dzi be,
And Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah through means of Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
12 “Kplɔe eye nàkpɔ edzi, mègawɔ vɔ̃ aɖekee o, ke boŋ wɔ nu sia nu si wòabia la nɛ.”
Take him, and direct thy eyes to him, and do him not the least harm; but as he may speak unto thee, even so do thou with him.
13 Ale aʋafia, Nebuzaradan, dɔnunɔla, Nebusazban, bubume Nergal Sarezer kple Babilonia fia ƒe amegã bubuwo
Then sent Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, and Nebushazban, the chief of the eunuchs, and Neregal-sharezer, the chief of the magi, and all the chiefs of the king of Babylon, —
14 dɔ amewo ɖe Yeremia gbɔ, eye woɖee le dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔnu. Wokplɔe de asi na Ahikam ƒe vi, Gedalia kple Safan ƒe vi be wòakplɔe ayi ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe aƒe mee. Ale wòyi ɖanɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe amewo dome.
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and they committed him unto Gedalyahu the son of Achikam the son of Shaphan, to carry him home: and he remained in the midst of the people.
15 Ke esi Yeremia gale dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔm ko la, Yehowa ƒe gbe va nɛ be:
But unto Jeremiah was come the word of the Lord while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
16 “Yi nàgblɔ na Kusitɔ, Ebed Melek be, ‘Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: Kpɔ ɖa mana nye nyawo nava eme ɖe du sia ŋuti to gbegblẽ me, menye to dzidzedze me o. Mana woava eme le ŋkuwòme le ɣe ma ɣi me.
Go and say to 'Ebed-melech the Cushi as followeth, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring my words [to fulfillment] against this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee on that day.
17 Gake maɖe wò gbe ma gbe eye womatsɔ wò ade asi na ame siwo vɔ̃m nèle la o. Yehowae gblɔe.
But I will deliver thee on that day, saith the Lord; and thou shalt not be given up into the hand of the men of whom thou hast dread.
18 Maɖe wò agbe elabena ètsɔ wò mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe dzinye. Yehowae gblɔe.’”
For I will surely let thee escape, and thou shalt not fall by the sword; but thy life shall be unto thee as a booty; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
