Zeremaia 37

1 Hagi Babiloni kini ne' Nebukatnesa'a, Jehoiakimi nemofo Jehoiakinina mago agi'a Koniakino agri no erino Juda vahe kini manisiegu huno, Josaia nemofo Zedekaiana kinia azeri oti'ne.

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon replaced Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim with Zedekiah son of Josiah as the ruling king of Judah.

2 Hagi Zedekaia'ene eri'za vahe'amo'zane ana maka vahemo'zanena Ra Anumzamo'ma asamigeno kasnampa ne' Jeremaia'ma hia nanekea ontahitfa hu'naze.

But Zedekiah and his officers and everyone else in the country refused to obey what the Lord had said through Jeremiah the prophet.

3 Hagi kini ne' Zedekaia'a mago zupa Selemia nemofo Jehukaline Ma'aseia nemofo pristi ne' Zefanianena huznanteno, kasnampa ne' Jeremaiana amanage huta ome asami'o. Muse hugantoanki Ra Anumzana tagri Anumzamofontega nunamu hugeno taza hino huta ome asami'o.

However, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us!”

4 Hagi Jeremaia'a fru huno mani'neno agra avesite vahepina vuno eno nehuno mani'ne. Na'ankure agrira ana knafina kina huonte'nageno anara hu'ne.

(At this time Jeremiah could come and go freely, because as yet they hadn't put him in prison.)

5 Hagi ana knafinena Fero sondia vahe'mo'zama Isipima atre'za karankama neazema nehaza nanekema, Jerusalemi kuma'ma eme avazagi kagi'zama mani'naza Kaldia vahe'mo'zama nentahiza, Jerusalemi kumara atre'za vu'naze.

Pharaoh's army was advancing from Egypt, and when the Babylonian army heard about it, they moved away from Jerusalem.

6 Anante Ra Anumzamo'a kasnampa ne' Jeremaiana asamino,

Then a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:

7 Ra Anumzana Israeli vahe Anumzamo'a amanage hie hunka, Juda kini ne'mo'ma Nagri navesi'zama keno eri fore hunaku'ma huzmante'sanige'zama esaza vahera amanage hunka zamasamio. Antahiho! Fero sondia vahe'mo'zama tamaza hunaku'ma aza vahe'mo'za ete rukrahe hu'za mopa zamirega Isipi vunaku nehaze.

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, instructs you to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to ask me for help: Look! Pharaoh's army, which set out to help you, is going to return home to Egypt.

8 Ana'ma hanage'za Babiloni sondia vahe'mo'za ete rukrahe hu'za e'za ama Jerusalemi rankumara hara eme hugatenere'za teve tagintesageno tegahie.

Then the Babylonians will return and attack Jerusalem. They will capture it and burn it down.

9 Hagi Ra Anumzamo'a mago'ene huno, Tamagra'a amanage huta tamare ramataga osiho. Tamagerfa hu'za Babiloni vahe'mo'za hago tatre'za vaze huta tamagesa ontahio. Na'ankura zamagra ovu'za ete rukrahe hu'za egahaze.

This is what the Lord says: Don't fool yourselves by saying, “The Babylonians are gone for good,” because they're not!

10 Hagi Babiloni sondia vahera tamagra maka zamahe vaganereta, mago'a zamahe kuzafa'ma hanaza sondia vahe'mo'zage seli nozamifina manigahaze. Hianagi anama zamahe kuzafa'ma hanaza sondia naga'mo'za otivare'za e'za ama rankumara teve eme tagintesageno tegahie.

In fact, even if you were able to kill the whole Babylonian army attacking you, leaving only wounded men in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.

11 Hagi Fero sondia vahe'mo'zama neazema haza nanekema Babiloni sondia vahe'mo'za nentahi'za, Jerusalemi kumama eme avazagi kagi'za mani'naretira atre'za vu'naze.

When the Babylonian army moved away from Jerusalem because of the threat of Pharaoh's army,

12 Ana knafina Jeremaia'a Jerusalemi rankumara atreno, Benzameni nagamofo mopafi vuno, naga'afinti mopa'a ome erinaku vu'ne.

Jeremiah was on his way out of Jerusalem to go to his home in the territory of Benjamin to claim his share of his family's property.

13 Hagi rankumamofona Benzameni kafanema nehaza kafante'ma egeno'a, sondia vahete kva ne' Hanania negeho, Selemia nemofokino agi'a Irija'e. Ana hu'neankino ana ne'mo'a eno kasnampa ne' Jeremaiana eme azenerino amanage hu'ne. Kagra koro frenka vunka Babiloni vahe'ene umaninaku vu'za nehane.

However, when he reached the Benjamin Gate, the guard captain, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, arrested him, saying, “You're defecting to the Babylonians!”

14 Hagi anagema higeno'a Jeremaia'a huno, i'o kagra havige nehane. Nagra korora fre'na Babiloni vahe'ma mani'nazarega novue. Hianagi Irija'a anankea nontahino Jeremaiana avreno kini nemofo eri'za vahete vu'ne.

“That's not true,” Jeremiah replied. “I'm not defecting to the Babylonians!” But Irijah refused to listen to him. He arrested Jeremiah and took him before the officers.

15 Hagi ana'ma hutege'za kva vahe'mo'za Jeremaiana tusi zamarimpa ahenente'za sefura amite'za avre'za vu'za, avoma kreno erinte fatgoma nehia ne' Jonatani nompi ome kina hunte'naze. Na'ankure Jonatani nona kina no erise'naze.

The officers were furious with Jeremiah. They had him beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which had been turned into a prison.

16 Hagi ana kina nona mopafi kafi'za urami'naza kina nonkino, Jeremaia'a anampina za'za kna umani'ne.

Jeremiah was placed in a cell in the underground dungeon and was kept there for a long time.

17 Hagi henka kini ne' Jedekaia'a vahe huzmantege'za Jeremaiana ome avre'za azageno, noma'afi oku'a amanage huno antahige'ne. Ra Anumzamo'a mago'a nanekea kasami'nefi? higeno Jeremaia'a huno, i'zo me'ne nehuno amanage hu'ne. Kagrira Babiloni kini ne'mofo azampi kavrentegahaze.

Some while later King Zedekiah secretly sent for him and had him brought to the royal palace where he asked, “Is there a message from Lord for me?” “Yes there is,” Jeremiah replied. “You are going to be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

18 Hagi anage nehuno Jeremaia'a kini ne' Jedekaiana asamino, nagra na'a mago hazenkea kagrite'ene, kagri eri'za vahete'ene, ama vahete'enena hu'nogenka, kinafina navrente'nane?

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or these people, for you to put me in prison?

19 Hagi Babiloni vahe'mo'za e'za kagri'ene amama mani'nana mopafi vahe'enena hara eme huoramantegahaze hu'zama, kasnampa kema nehaza kema antahi'nana kasnampa vaheka'a iga mani'naze?

Where are your prophets now, the ones who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon won't come and attack you and this country’?

20 Hagi menina muse hugantoanki, naza huogu kini nera ranimoka kantahi negoanki antahi nenaminka, natrege'na avoma kreno erinte fatgoma nehia ne' Jonatani nompina ova'neno. Ana'ma hananke'na anampima umanine'na fri'zankura navesra nehie.

Now please listen to me, my lord the king, and respond positively to my request. Don't send me back to prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, otherwise I'll die there.”

21 Anagema hutegeno'a kini ne' Jedekaia'a hige'za Jeremaiana avre'za vu'za, kini ne'mofo kumapima sondia vahe'ma nemanifi ome kina huntageno mani'nege'za, bretima negraza vaheteti mago mago knarera bretia eri'za ome amitere hazageno neneno mani'ne. Ana nehazageno vuno rankumapima me'nea bretimo'a maka vagare'ne. Hianagi Jeremaia'a sondia vahe'ma nemanizafi kina huno mani'ne.

King Zedekiah gave the order for Jeremiah to be held in the guard's courtyard and be provided with a loaf of bread every day from a bakery until there was no bread left in the city. So Jeremiah stayed in the guard's courtyard.