Jeremiah 29

1 Nga simusla leta se nu sin mwet tol, mwet palu, mwet kol lun mwet uh, ac mwet nukewa ma Nebuchadnezzar el usla liki acn Jerusalem nu ke sruoh in acn Babylonia.

Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

2 Nga simusla tukun pacl se Tokosra Jehoiachin, wi nina kial, mwet leum inkul fulat, mwet kol lun Judah ac Jerusalem, mwet usrnguk in sroasr, ac mwet pah in orekma ke osra elos utukla nu in sruoh.

after the departure of Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the artificers, and the smiths, from Jerusalem,

3 Nga sang leta sac nu sel Elasah wen natul Shaphan, ac Gemariah wen natul Hilkiah, su Tokosra Zedekiah lun Judah el ac supwala nu yorol Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun Babylonia. Pa inge kas ke leta sac:

by the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah, the king of Judah, sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ) saying: —

4 “LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El fahk nu sin mwet nukewa ma El lela Nebuchadnezzar elan usla liki Jerusalem nu ke sruoh in Babylonia:

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

5 ‘Kowos in musaela lohm suwos ac okaki we. Yukwiya ima ac mongo ke fokin ima inge.

Build ye houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.

6 Payukyak ac oswela tulik. Na sang tulik nutuwos an in payukyak, tuh in oasr pac tulik natulos. Enenu kowos in puseni ac tia pueni.

Take ye wives, and have sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and increase ye there, and be not diminished.

7 Kowos orekma in akwoye siti ma nga supwekowosla in mwet sruoh we. Pre kaclos nu sik, mweyen elos fin kapkapak, na kowos ac kapkapak pac.

And seek ye the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray for it to Jehovah, for in its peace shall be your peace.

8 Nga, LEUM GOD lun Israel, akasmakye kowos in tiana lela mwet palu su muta inmasrlowos, ku kutepacna mwet su fahk mu ku in palye pacl fahsru, in kiapwekowos. Nimet kowos lohang nu ke mweme lalos.

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets and your diviners, who are in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

9 Elos fahk kas na kikiap Inek. Nga tiana supwalos. Nga, LEUM GOD Kulana, pa fahk ma inge.’

For they prophesy falsely to you in my name; I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.

10 “LEUM GOD El fahk, ‘Ke yac itngoul lun Babylonia inge ac safla uh, nga fah akkalemye pakomuta luk nu suwos, ac akpwayei wulela luk in folokinkowosme nu yen suwos.

For thus saith Jehovah: Surely, when seventy years shall be completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will perform for you my good promise, that I would bring you again to this place.

11 Nga mukena pa etu ma nga akoo nu suwos — akoo luk uh pa in oru tuh kowos in kapkapak, ac tia in kunauskowosla; ac in sot pacl wo ma kowos finsrak kac.

For I know the designs which I have in mind concerning you, designs of good and not of evil, to give you a happy end, and fulfill your hopes.

12 In pacl sacn kowos ac fah pang nu sik. Kowos ac tuku pre nu sik, ac nga fah topuk kowos.

Then ye shall call upon me, and go in peace; ye shall pray to me, and I will hear you;

13 Kowos ac sukyu ac fah koneyuyak, mweyen kowos ac sukyu ke insiowos na pwaye.

ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye search for me with all your heart.

14 Aok, nga fahk mu kowos ac koneyuyak, ac nga fah folokinkowosla nu yen suwos. Nga fah uskowoseni liki mutunfacl nukewa ac liki acn nukewa ma nga akfahsryekowoselik nu we, ac nga fah folokinkowosme nu in facl se nga supwekowosla liki nu ke sruoh. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.’

And I will be found by you, saith Jehovah, and I will bring you back from captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again to the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

15 “Kowos fahk mu oasr mwet palu LEUM GOD El tuh sot nu suwos in Babylonia.

Since ye say, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon,

16 Porongo ma LEUM GOD El fahk ke tokosra su kol tokosrai ma David el tuh leumi, ac ke mwet in siti se inge — aok, mwet in sou lowos su tia wi kowos utukla nu in sruoh.

behold, thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that went not forth with you into captivity, —

17 LEUM GOD Kulana El fahk, ‘Nga ac use mweun, sracl, ac mas upa nu faclos, ac nga fah oru elos in oana fig ma arulana kolukla, tia ku in mongo.

thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs, which cannot be eaten for badness.

18 Nga fah oru tuh mweun, sracl, ac mas upa, in ukwalos na, ac mutunfacl nukewa faclu ac fah sangengla ke elos ac liye uh. Yen nukewa nga akfahsryeloselik nu we, mwet uh ac fah lut ac arulana sangeng ke ma sikyak nu selos. Mwet uh ac fah isrunulos, ac orekmakin inelos in mwe selnga lalos.

And I will persecute them with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, and I will give them up to oppression in all kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I drive them;

19 Ma inge ac sikyak nu selos mweyen elos tia akos kas su nga supuna nu yorolos sin mwet kulansap luk mwet palu. Elos tiana lungse lohng.

because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, when I sent to them my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

20 Kowos nukewa su nga supwala nu ke sruoh Babylonia, porongo ma nga, LEUM GOD, fahk nu suwos.’

Hear ye, therefore, the word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

21 “LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El kaskas kacl Ahab wen natul Kolaiah, ac kacl Zedekiah wen natul Maaseiah, su fahkot kas kikiap nu suwos Inen LEUM GOD. El fahk mu El ac eisalosyang nu in paol Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun Babylonia, su ac fah onelosi ye motowos.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.

22 Ke mwet sruoh ma utukla liki acn Jerusalem nu Babylonia elos ac selngawi sie mwet, elos ac fahk, ‘Lela LEUM GOD Elan oru nu sum oana El oru nu sel Zedekiah ac Ahab, su tokosra lun Babylonia el munanla ke eltal moulna!’

And from them shall be taken a curse among all the captives of Judah that are at Babylon, so that they shall say, “Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!”

23 Pa inge ma ac sikyak nu selos ke sripen ma koluk na yohk elos oru — elos orek kosro yurin mutan kien mwet tulan lalos, ac fahkak kas na kikiap Inen LEUM GOD. Ma inge lain ma lungse lun LEUM GOD. El etu ma elos oru, ac El orek loh lainulos. LEUM GOD pa fahk ma inge.”

because they have practised villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not. But I know it, and am a witness, saith Jehovah.

24 Nu sel Shemaiah, mwet Nehelam, kom fah fahk,

And to Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, shalt thou say,

25 “Ouinge LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El fahk: Kom tuh supwala leta se inem sifacna nu sin mwet nukewa su muta Jerusalem, ac nu sel Zephaniah, mwet tol wen natul Maaseiah, ac nu sin mwet tol nukewa, ac fahk,

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because thou hast sent letters in thy name to all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

26 ‘LEUM GOD El oru kom in sie mwet tol in aolul Jehoiada, ac inge kom pa kol mwet karingin Tempul uh. Ma kunom in liye lah kutena mwet wel ma oru mu el sie mwet palu, in fah kapiri el in sein, wi sie kala osra rauneak inkwawal.

Jehovah hath made thee priest in the room of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of Jehovah against every one that is mad and prophesieth, and that thou shouldst put him into the stocks, and into prison;

27 Efu ku kom tia oru ouinge nu sel Jeremiah mwet Anathoth, su kaskas oana sie mwet palu nu sin mwet uh?

now, therefore, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesieth to you?

28 Enenu in tulokinyuki el mweyen el fahk nu sin mwet ma muta Babylonia mu elos ac fah mwet sruoh ke pacl na loeloes, ac elos in musa lohm, oakwuki we, yukwiya ima lalos, ac kang fahko kac’”

For he hath sent to us at Babylon, saying, This captivity is long. Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

29 Zephaniah el riti leta sac nu sik,

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

30 na LEUM GOD El fahk nu sik

Then came the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah, saying:

31 in sapwala kas inge nu sin mwet sruoh nukewa, ac fahk: “Pa inge ma LEUM GOD El fahk kacl Shemaiah mwet Nehelam: Mweyen Shemaiah el fahk kas in palu nu suwos ke nga tia supwal, ac oru kowos lulalfongi kas kikiap lal,

Send to all those of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah the prophet hath prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie,

32 nga fah kael Shemaiah ac fwilin tulik natul. Wangin sie mwet lal ac fah moul in liye ma wo ma nga ac oru nu sin mwet luk, mweyen el tuh sapkin mwet uh in lainyu. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.”

therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, and his offspring. There shall descend from him not a man to dwell among this people, and he shall not behold the good which I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; for he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.