Jeremiah 35
1 Ke pacl se Jehoiakim wen natul Josiah el tokosra lun Judah, LEUM GOD El fahk nu sik,
[Several years earlier, ] when Jehoiakim was the King of Judah, Yahweh gave me this message:
2 “Fahla nu yurin mwet in sou lun Rechab ac kaskas nu selos. Na kom usalosme nu in sie sin fukil in Tempul ac sang wain nu selos elos in nim.”
“Go to the place where families of the Rechab clan live. Invite them to my temple. [When they arrive, ] take them into one of the inside rooms and offer them [some] wine.”
3 Ouinge nga som nu yorol Jaazaniah (wen nutin sie pac Jeremiah, su ma natul Habazziniah), ac tamulel lal ac wen nukewa natul, aok mwet nukewa in sou lun Rechab,
So I went to see Jaazaniah and all his brothers and sons who represented the Rechab clan. Jaazaniah was the son of [another man named] Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah.
4 ac usalosme nu in Tempul. Nga eisalos nu infukil sin mwet lutlut lun mwet palu Hanan, wen natul Igdaliah. Infukil se inge oan fin infukil sel Maaseiah, wen natul Shallum, sie mwet fulat oa in Tempul, ac apkuran pac nu ke infukil sin mwet leum saya ah.
I took them to the temple, [and we went] into the room where the sons of Igdaliah’s son Hanan, who was a prophet, stayed. That room was next to the room that was used by the men who were in charge of the entrances to the temple. It was above the room that belonged to Maaseiah, who was the temple gatekeeper and the son of Shallum.
5 Na nga likiya pol sessesla ke wain, wi cup, ye mutun mwet Rechab, ac nga fahk nu selos, “Nim wain uh.”
I set jugs of wine in front of them and urged them to drink some,
6 Tusruktu elos topuk fahk, “Kut tia nim wain. Jonadab, wen natul Rechab papa matu tumasr, el sapkin nu sesr mu kut, ac fwilin tulik natusr, in tiana nim wain.
but they refused. They said, “We do not drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, commanded us, saying ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine.
7 El oayapa fahk kut in tia musa lohm ku orek ima, ku yok ima in grape ac in tia pac moli ima sin mwet ngia. El sap kut in mutana in lohm nuknuk pacl nukewa, kut in mau mutangan mwet fahsr in facl se inge.
And you must not build houses or plant vineyards or [other] crops. Instead, you must always live in tents. If you obey those commands, you all will live for many years in this land.’
8 Kut akos kas nukewa ma Jonadab el wili nu sesr. Kut sifacna kut tiana nim wain, oayapa mutan kiasr, wen natusr, ac acn natusr tia pac nim.
[So] we have obeyed him in all those matters. We have never drunk wine. Our wives and our sons and our daughters [have also never drunk wine].
9 Kut oayapa tia musa lohm in muta loac. Wangin ima in grape ku ima in wheat lasr, ac kut tia pac yukwi.
We have not built houses or planted vineyards or [other] crops or [worked in] fields.
10 Kut mutana in lohm nuknuk, ac kut akos ac oru ma nukewa papa matu tumasr, Jonadab, el sapkin nu sesr.
We have lived in tents. We have obeyed all the commands that Jehonadab, our ancestor, gave us.
11 Tusruktu ke pacl se tokosra Nebuchadnezzar el tuku mweuni facl se inge, na kut sulela in tuku nu Jerusalem kut in kaingla liki un mwet mweun lun Babylonia ac Syria. Pa inge sripen muta lasr inge.”
But when [the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar attacked this country, we said, ‘We must go to Jerusalem to escape from the armies of Babylonia and Syria.’ So, [we came] to Jerusalem and we are living [here].”
12 Na kas lun LEUM GOD tuku nu sel Jeremiah, fahk ouinge:
Then Yahweh gave this message to me: “This is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli [people say that they belong to], say:
13 LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El fahk, “Fahla nu yurin mwet Judah ac elos su muta Jerusalem ac fahk, ‘Efu ku kowos srangesr porongeyu ac akos kas in luti luk?
'Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah: “Why do you not [RHQ] listen to me or learn something about how to obey me?
14 Fwilin tulik natul Jonadab elos akos na sap lal tuh elos in tia nim wain, na oru elos tiana nim nwe misenge. A nga kaskas na kaskas nu suwos, a kowos tiana akosyu.
The Rechab clan still do not drink wine, because their ancestor Jehonadab told them to not do that. [In contrast], I have spoken to you many times, but you refuse to obey me.
15 Nga tia fuhleak in supu nu yuruwos mwet kulansap nukewa su mwet palu luk, ac elos fahk nu suwos kowos in tui liki ouiyen moul sufal lowos, ac in oru ma suwohs. Elos sensenkakin kowos in tia alu ac kulansupu god saya, tuh kowos in ku in mutana fin facl se nga tuh sang nu sin mwet matu lowos ac oayapa nu suwos. A kowos tiana porongeyu ku lohma nu sik.
Many times I sent prophets to you. They told you, 'Turn away from your wicked behavior, and do things that you should do. Stop worshiping other gods, in order that you will be able to live [peacefully] in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.' But you would not pay attention to what I said or obey me.
16 Fwilin tulik natul Rechab elos akos oakwuk ma Jonadab, papa matu tumalos, sang nu selos, a kowos tiana akosyu.
The descendants of Jehonadab have obeyed their ancestor, but you have refused to pay attention to what I told you.
17 Ke ma inge, nga LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, ac use nu fowos mwet Judah ac mwet Jerusalem mwe ongoiya nukewa nga wulela kac. Nga ac oru ma inge ke sripen kowos tiana porongeyu ke nga kaskas nu suwos, ac kowos tia pac topukyu ke nga pang nu suwos.’”
Therefore, this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israeli people [say you belong to], say: 'You have refused to listen to me and you did not answer when I called you. Therefore, I will cause the people in Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to experience all the disasters that I said that I would cause to happen.'” '”
18 Na nga fahk nu sin mwet in sou lal Rechab, lah LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El fahk, “Mweyen kowos akos na ma sap lal Jonadab, papa matu tomowos, ac fahsr tukun oakwuk nukewa ma el oakiya nu suwos, ac orala ma nukewa el sapkin nu suwos,
Then I turned to the Rechab clan and said, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [say we belong to], says: ‘You have obeyed what your ancestor Jehonadab told you. You have obeyed all his instructions.
19 na pa inge, nga, LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, wulela mu pacl nukewa ac fah oasr na wen se ke fwilin tulik natul Jonadab wen natul Rechab, su fah kulansapweyu.”
Therefore, this is what I say: “There will always be descendants of Jehonadab who will do work for me.”’”
