Yeremia 43
1 Esi Yeremia wu Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la ƒe nyawo gbɔgblɔ na dukɔ la nu eye esi wòwu nya siwo katã Yehowa ɖo ɖee be wòagblɔ na wo nu vɔ la,
IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF JOAKIM son of Josias king of Juda, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Hosaya ƒe vi, Azaria, Karea ƒe vi, Yohanan kple ŋutsu tosesẽtɔwo katã gblɔ na Yeremia be, “Aʋatso kam nèle! Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la medɔ wò be nàgblɔ be, ‘Migayi Egipte, ne mianɔ afi ma o.’
Take thee a roll of a book, and write upon it all the words which I spoke to thee against Jerusalem, and against Juda, and against all the nations, from the day when I spoke to thee, from the days of Josias king of Juda, even to this day.
3 Ke boŋ Neria ƒe vi, Baruk, eyae le adã dem ta me na wò ɖe mía ŋu be, nàtsɔ mí ade asi na Babiloniatɔwo be woawu mí loo, alo aɖe aboyo mí ayi ɖe Babiloniae.”
Perhaps the house of Juda will hear all the evils which I purpose to do to them; that they may turn from their evil way; and [so] I will be merciful to their iniquities and their sins.
4 Ale Karea ƒe vi, Yohanan kple asrafomegã siwo katã le eŋu kple ameha la katã gbe be yewomawɔ ɖe Yehowa ƒe se si wòde na wo be woanɔ Yudanyigba dzi la dzi o.
So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and he wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken to him, on a roll of a book.
5 Le esia teƒe la, Yohanan, Karea ƒe vi kple asrafomegãwo katã kplɔ ame siwo susɔ ɖe Yuda, ame siwo trɔ gbɔ be woava nɔ Yudanyigba dzi tso dukɔ siwo katã me wokaka ɖo la dzoe.
And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying, I am in prison; I cannot enter into the house of the Lord:
6 Wokplɔ ŋutsuwo, nyɔnuwo, ɖeviwo kple fiavinyɔnu siwo aʋafia, Nebuzaradan gblẽ ɖe Ahikam ƒe vi, Safan ƒe vi, Gedalia gbɔ hekpe ɖe Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia, Neria ƒe vi, Baruk gbɔ la hã dzoe.
so thou shalt read in this roll in the ears of the people in the house of the Lord, on the fast day; and in the ears of all Juda that come out of their cities, thou shalt read to them.
7 Ale woyi ɖe Egipte, hetsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ŋu eye woɖo keke Tapanhes ke gɔ hã.
Peradventure their supplication will come before the Lord, and they will turn from their evil way: for great is the wrath and the anger of the Lord, which he has pronounced against this people.
8 Yehowa ƒe nya va na Yeremia le Tapanhes be,
And Baruch did according to all that Jeremias commanded him—reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.
9 “Tsɔ kpe gã aɖewo ɖe asi ne Yudatɔwo ƒe ŋku le dziwò eye nàɖi wo ɖe Farao ƒe Fiasã ƒe mɔnu, ɖe anyikpe siwo woɖo ɖe mɔa nu la te
And it came to pass in the eighth year of king Joakim, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem, and the house of Juda, proclaimed a fast before the Lord.
10 Ekema gblɔ na wo be, ‘Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: Mele ame dɔ ge aɖo ɖe nye dɔla Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia eye matsɔ eƒe fiazikpui aɖo kpe siwo meɖi ɖe teƒe sia la dzi eye wòakeke eƒe dzoya ɖe wo dzi.
And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the house of Gamarias son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court, in the entrance of the new gate of the house of the Lord, and in the ears of all the people.
11 Ava dze Egipte dzi eye wòahe ku vɛ na ame siwo woɖo ɖi na ku, aboyomeyiyi na ame siwo woɖo ɖi na aboyomenɔnɔ eye yi na ame siwo woɖo ɖi na yi.
And Michaeas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan heard all the words of the Lord, out of the book.
12 Atɔ dzo Egipte mawuwo ƒe gbedoxɔwo, atɔ dzo woƒe gbedoxɔwo eye wòaɖe aboyo woƒe mawuawo. Abe ale si alẽkplɔla tsɔa avɔ xatsana ɖe eɖokui ŋu ene la, nenema wòatsɔ Egipte abla ɖe eɖokui ŋu eye wòadzo kɔ̃ɔ le dedinɔnɔ me.
And he went down to the king's house, into the house of the scribe: and, behold, there were sitting there all the princes, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaeas the son of Selemias, and Jonathan the son of Acchobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedekias the son of Ananias, and all the princes.
13 Amu legba siwo le Ɣemawu ƒe gbedoxɔ me le Egipte la aƒu anyi eye wòatɔ dzo Egipte mawuwo ƒe trɔ̃xɔwo katã.’”
And Michaeas reported to them all the words which he had heard Baruch reading in the ears of the people.
And all the princes sent to Baruch son of Nerias Judin the son of Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi, saying, Take in thine hand the roll in which thou readest in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch took the roll, and went down to them.
And they said to him, Read [it] again in our ears. And Baruch read [it].
And it came to pass, when they [had] heard all the words, [that] they took counsel each with his neighbour, and said, Let us by all means tell the king all these words.
And they asked Baruch, saying, Where didst thou write all these words?
And Baruch said, Jeremias told me from his [own] mouth all these words, and I wrote them in a book.
And they said to Baruch, Go, and hide, thou and Jeremias; let no man know where ye [are].
And they went in to the king into the court, and gave the roll [to one] to keep in the house of Elisama; and they told the king all these words.
And the king sent Judin to fetch the roll: and he took it out of the house of Elisama: and Judin read in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood round the king.
Now the king was sitting in the winter house: and [there was] a fire on the hearth before him.
And it came to pass when Judin had read three or four leaves, he cut them off with a penknife, and cast [them] into the fire that was on the hearth, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
And the king and his servants that heard all these words sought not [the Lord], and rent not their garments.
But Elnathan and Godolias suggested to the king that he should burn the roll.
And the king commanded Jeremeel the king's son, and Saraeas the son of Esriel, to take Baruch and Jeremias: but they were hidden.
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after the king had burnt the roll, [even] all the words which Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias, saying,
Again take thou another roll, and write all the words that were on the roll, which king Joakim has burnt.
And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come in, and destroy this land, and man and cattle shall fail from off it?
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim king of Juda; He shall not have [a man] to sit on the throne of David: and his carcass shall be cast forth in the heat by day, and in the frost by night.
And I will visit him, and his family, and his servants: and I will bring upon him, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the land of Juda, all the evils which I spoke of to them; and they hearkened not.
And Baruch took another roll, and wrote upon it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim had burnt: and there were yet more words added to it like the former.
