Zeremaia 29

1 Hagi Nebukatnesa'ma Jerusalemi kumateti'ma kasnampa vahe'ene, ranra kva vahe'ene pristi vahe'ene mika vahe'enema zmavareno Babilonima ome kinama huzamante'nea vahetega kasnampa ne' Jeremaia'a Jerusalemi kumate mani'neno ama avona kre atre'ne.

After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen [DOU] had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by [soldiers of] Nebuchadnezzar.

2 Hagi kini ne' Jekoniane kuini a' nererane, eri'za vahe'ene, Juda kva vahetamine, maka'zama zamazanteti trohu antahi'zama eri'naza vahe'ene, maka zama golireti tro'ma nehaza vahe'ene, Jerusalemi kumapima nemaniza vahe'enema Jerusalemi kumateti'ma zamavare'za Babilonima ome kina huzmantetageno henka ama ana avona kre'ne.

3 Hagi ana avoma Jeremaia'ma kretegeno'a, Juda kini ne' Zedekaia'a, Safani nemofo Elasa'ene Hilkaia nemofo Gemariakizni ana avona zanamigeke erike, Babiloni kini ne' Nebukatnesantega Babiloni kumatega vu'na'e. Ana avomo'a amanage hu'ne.

[I gave] the letter to Elasah the son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is what I wrote in the letter:

4 Hagi Monafi sondia vahe'mofo Ra Anumzana Israeli vahe Anumzamo'a, Jerusalemi kumateti'ma tamavre atregetama vuta Babiloni kumate'ma kinama ome hu'naza vahe'motagura amanage huno nehie.

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says to all you people who were captured [here] in Jerusalem and taken [there] to Babylon:

5 Tamagra nona kita nemanita, hozanena erita antenkeno ne'zamo'a nena hanigeta erita neneta maniho.

“Build houses [there], and plan to stay there [because you will be there for many years]. Plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.

6 Tamagra ara enerina, vea enerina huta ne'mofara kasezmanteho. Ana nehuta ne' mofavretamirera a'nea avre nezamita, mofa'netamia verera nenteta nehinke'za zamagranena ne'mofara kase hakare hiho. Ana nehuta osi'a vahera omanisazanki rama'a vahe fore hiho.

Get married and have children. Then [when they grow up], choose wives for your sons, and husbands for your daughters, in order that they [also] may have children. [In that way], the number of you people will increase, not decrease.

7 Hagi Nagrama tamavre atrogeta kinama ome huta mani'naza kumamo'ma knare huno mesiema hanuta, tamagra mago'a kanku haketa ana kumara aza nehuta, Ra Anumzamo'narega nunamuna hiho. Na'ankure ana kumamo'ma knare'ma huno mesigeta, tamagranena knare huta fru huta manigahaze.

Also, do things that will cause things to go well [for the other people there] in the city where I sent you. Pray that things will go well for [the people in] that city, because if things go well for them, things will go well for you, [also].”

8 Hagi Monafi sondia vahe'mofo Ra Anumzana Israeli vahe Anumzamo'a huno, Tamagranema mani'naza kasnampa vahe'ene zamavune vahe'enena zamatrenke'za tamagrira tamareramatga osiho. Ana nehuta ava'nama ke'nesaza zanku'ma nehanageta ontahiho.

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says: “There are [false] prophets and fortune-tellers among you. Do not allow them to deceive you. Do not pay attention to [them when they tell you] their dreams,

9 Na'ankure Nagra ana vahera huozmante'noanki, Nagri nagifi havige kasnampa naneke zamagra neramasamize huno Ra Anumzamo'a hu'ne.

because they are telling you lies, saying that [MTY] [I have given them the messages that they are telling you]. But, I have not appointed them.”

10 Hagi Ra Anumzamo'a amanage nehie, Babilonima kinafima umani'nenageno 70'a kafuma evu vagama resige'na, Nagra antahinerami'na huvempama huramante'noa nanekea eri rgare'na, ete tamavre'na ama Jerusalemi kumatera egahue.

This is [also] what Yahweh says: “After you [and your children] have been in Babylon for seventy years, I will help you, and do for you the things that I promised, and I will enable you to return here [to Jerusalem].

11 Na'ankure nazano Nagrama huramante'naku'ma hu'noa antahintahizana ko retro hunte'noe. E'ina antahi'zama retro'ma hu'noana, tamazeri haviza hu antahintahizana retro osu'noanki, henkama knare'ma huta nemanisageno muhama nehaza zamo'ma knare'ma hania antahintahi retro hu'noe, huno Ra Anumzamo'a hu'ne.

I, Yahweh, know what I have planned for you. I am planning to cause things to go well for you, not to cause you to experience disasters. I am planning to give you many things that you confidently expect to receive in the future.

12 Ana'ma hanugeta tamagra Nagritega kezanetita, Nagrite'ma eta nunamuma hanage'na, Nagra ana nunamu ketmia antahiramigahue.

At that time, when you pray, I will heed you.

13 Hagi tamagrama miko tamagu'areti'ma huta Nagriku'ma hakenuta, Nagrira nageta erifore hugahaze.

If you earnestly desire for me [to bless you], you will experience me [blessing you].

14 Ana'ma hanage'na maka moparegati'ene maka kumatamimpima, kinama ome hutama mani'naregatira ete tamavre atru hanugeta, ko'ma mani'nage'nama tamazeri atrogetama vu'naza kumate ete egahaze.

I will make my help available to you [IDM]. I will cause you to no longer be slaves [in Babylon]. I will gather you from all the nations to which I have exiled you, and I will bring you back [here to your own land], to the place from which you were taken.”

15 Hagi Babilonima mani'nonkeno'a Ra Anumzamo'a kasnampa vahetia ko zamazeri oti'ne huta tamagra nehaze.

[Some of] you say that Yahweh has appointed prophets for you [there] in Babylon.

16 Hianagi Deviti'a kini trate'ma mani'nea kini ne'ene ama rankumapima mani'naza maka vahe'ene tamafu'tamagna zama kinafima ovu mani'naza vaheku'enena Ra Anumzamo'a amanage nehie.

But this is what Yahweh says about the king who rules [here] in Jerusalem, and about all the other people who are [still] living here—your relatives who were not taken to Babylon with you.

17 Monafi sondia vahe'mofo Ra Anumzamo'a amanage hie, ha' vahe huzamantesuge'za bainati kazinteti eme hara huzmantegahaze. Ana nehanage'za mago'a vahera ne'zanku hu'za nefrisage'za, mago'a vahera krimo zamahe frigahie. Ana hanuge'za haviza huno kasri'nea fiki rgama vahemo'ma oneankna hugahaze.

The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases. I will cause them to become like [SIM] bad figs that are very rotten, with the result that no one can eat them.

18 Hagi Nagra ha' vahe huzmantesuge'za bainati kazinteti eme zamarotago nehanage'na, agatonto zanteti'ene krireti'ene hu'na zamarotago hugahue. Anama hanuge'za fre'za umani emanima hanaza kumatamimpi vahe'mo'za tusi koro nehu'za, huhaviza hune zamante'za, kiza zokago ke huzamantegahaze. Anage nehu'za ana vahe'mo'za ha' vahe'zamima huhavizama huzmante'nakura, Juda vahe'mo'zama havizama hu'nazaza huta sifnafi maniho hu'za hugahaze.

I will not stop causing them to experience wars and famines and diseases. And I will scatter them all around the world. In every country where I (force them to be taken/exile them), I will cause them to be people whom [others] curse and be horrified about and make fun of [DOU].

19 Ra Anumzamo'a huno, Na'ankure Nagra eri'za vaheni'a kasnampa vahera knane knanena, huzmantoge'za evava hu'za keni'a eme huama hu'nazanagi ana nanekea antahita amagera onte'naze huno Ra Anumzamo'a hu'ne.

[That will happen] because they have refused to pay attention to my messages, messages that I gave to the prophets whom I sent to them. And you [who have been exiled to Babylon] have not paid attention to them, [either].” [That is what] Yahweh says.

20 E'ina hu'negu Jerusalemi kumateti'ma tamavre atrogetama vuta Babilonima umani'naza vahe'mota, Nagra Ra Anumzamo'nama nehua nanekea antahiho.

[Therefore], you people who have been (exiled/forced to go) from Jerusalem to Babylon, listen to this message from Yahweh.

21 Hagi Monafi sondia vahe'mofo Ra Anumzana Israeli vahe Anumzamo'a amanage nehie, Kolaia nemofo Ahapuke Ma'aseia nemofo Zedekaiakea Nagri nagifi havige kasnampa ke hunaku, Nagra Babiloni kini ne' Nebukatnesa azampi zanavre anta'nena mikamota negesageno zanahe frigahie.

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says about Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are telling lies to you, saying that they are giving messages [MTY] from him: “They will be seized and taken to [MTY] King Nebuchadnezzar, who will cause them to be executed while you are watching.

22 E'ina hu'negu Juda mopareti'ma vu'za Babilonima kina ome hu'naza vahe'mo'za, mago vahe'ma huhavizama hunte'nakura, Ra Anumzamo'a kazeri haviza hanigenka, Babiloni kini ne'mo'ma Zedekaiane Ahapunema tevefima kre rasage'nea kna hugahane hu'za sifna kea huzmantegahaze.

Because of [what will happen to] them, all you people who have been taken from Judah to Babylon will say this when they curse someone: ‘I hope/wish that Yahweh will do to you the same thing that he did to Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the King of Babylon caused to be [killed by being] burned in a fire.’

23 Na'ankure ana netremokea Israeli vahe agu'afina havizantfa hu'nea avu'ava'za hu'na'e. Zanagra tava'ozanire'ma nemaniza vahe'mokizmi a'nene monko'zana nehuke, Nagra huo zante'noanagi Nagri nagifi eke havige kasnampa nanekea hu'na'e. Nagra anazana ko ke'na antahi'na hu'nena nehue huno Ra Anumzamo'a hu'ne.

They have done terrible things to [my] Israeli people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and they have spoken lies, saying that they were messages [MTY] from me. They have said things that I did not tell them to say, and I, Yahweh, have heard them [say those things].”

24 Hagi Nehelamu nagapinti ne' Semaiama ome asami'nogu'ma Ra Anumzamo'ma Jeremaiama asami'nea naneke.

[Yahweh told me to] send this message to Shemaiah, a man from Nehelam [town who was living in Babylon]:

25 Hagi Monafi sondia vahe'mofo Ra Anumzana Israeli vahe Anumzamo'a amanage nehie, Semaiaga kagraka'a kagesafinti amanage hunka avona kretenka atrankeno, maka Jerusalemima mani'naza vahete'ene, pristi ne' Ma'aseia nemofo Zefanaiantegane, maka pristi vaheteganena vu'ne,

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: “You wrote a letter that no one told you to write. You sent it to Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, and [you sent copies] to the other priests and all the [other] people here in Jerusalem. [This is what] you wrote to him:

26 Hagi Ra Anumzamo'a pristi ne' Jehoiada nontera kagri Zefanaiaga kavrenenteno, Nagri mono nontera kegava hu'nenka iza'o neginagi vahe'mo'ma kasnampa nanekema hania vahera azerinka agafina zafareti runtrako hunka kina hunentenka, anankempina ainireti'ma tro'ma hu'naza rini rusi huo huno kazeri oti'ne.

[Zephaniah], Yahweh has appointed you to be the priest instead of Jehoiada, to supervise those who work in the temple. Anyone who acts like a crazy man and who claims that he is a prophet, you should put his arms and legs and head into (stocks/a wooden frame [so that he cannot move)].

27 E'ina hu'negu nahigenka Anatoti kumateti kasnampa ne' Jeremaia'ma tamagri amu'nompima kasnampa nanekema nehigenka, agrira azeri konerinka azeri fatgoa osu'nane?

So why have you not done anything to stop Jeremiah, the man from Anathoth [town], who [pretends that he] is a prophet among you?

28 Na'ankure Jeremaia'a amanage huno avona kretregeno Babilonima mani'nona nagatega e'ne. Tamagra ana kumatera za'za kna manigahazanki nona kita nemanita, hozanena anteta neneta maniho hu'ne.

He sent a letter to us [who are here] in Babylon, saying that [we will be here for] a long time. He said that [therefore] we should build houses and plan to stay here, and plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.”

29 Hianagi Semaia'ma kre'nea avona pristi ne' Zefanaia'a erino vuno Jeremaia avure ome hampri'ne.

[But when] Zephaniah the priest [received] the letter from you, he [brought it to me and] read it to me.

30 Ana'ma hutegeno'a anante Ra Anumzamo'a Jeremaiana amanage huno asami'ne.

Then Yahweh gave me this message:

31 Babilonima kinama ome hu'za mani'naza vahetegama kema atrezmante'sanana, Ra Anumzamo'a Nehelamu kumateti ne' Semaiankura amanage hie hunka zamasamio. Nagra asamua naneke eme huama osu'neanki, agra havige kasnampa naneke eme higeta ana naneke'a antahimi'naze.

“Send this message to all the people [from Judah] who are there [in Babylon]. Say that this is what Yahweh says about Shemaiah, the man from Nehelam: ‘I did not appoint him, but he has deceived you and caused you to believe the lies that he prophesied.

32 E'ina hu'negu Ra Anumzamo'a huno, Nehelamu nagapinti ne' Semaiane agripinti'ma fore'ma hanaza vahe'enena zamazeri haviza hugahue. Ana hanugeno magore huno agri nagapintira ama vahe amu'nompina mani'neno, vaheni'ama Nagrama zamazeri knare'ma hanua zana onketfa hugahie. Na'ankure Nagrikura ha'renteho huno vahera rempi huzami'negu anara hugahie. Nagra Ra Anumzamo'na ama ana nanekea nehue.

So, I will punish him and his family. He has incited you to rebel against me. Because of that, all of his descendants will soon die. I will do [many] good things for [you], my people, but he and his descendants will not see those things, [because they will be dead]. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!’”