Jeremiah 40
1 Nga tuh kapir ke sein ac utukla wi mwet Jerusalem ac mwet Judah su ac som mwet sruoh nu Babylonia. LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sik tukun Nebuzaradan, captain fulat lun un mwet mweun, el tuleyula in acn Ramah.
The word that came to Jeremiah from Yhwh, after that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
2 Captain fulat sac el pangonyu ac fahk nu sik, “LEUM GOD lom El sulkakin tari lah mwe ongoiya inge ac tuku nu fin facl se inge.
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Yhwh thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
3 Na inge El oru oana ma El fahk. Ma inge nukewa sikyak ke sripen mwet lom orekma koluk lain LEUM GOD ac tia aksol.
Now Yhwh hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against Yhwh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
4 Inge, nga ac eisla sein liki poum ac aksukosokyekomla. Kom fin lungse, kom ku in wiyu som nu Babylonia, ac nga fah karingin kom. Tusruktu kom fin tia lungse wiyu som, na kom ku in sifacna sulela kutena acn kom lungse muta we in facl se inge nufon.”
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
5 Na ke nga pahtlac in topkol, Nebuzaradan el fahk, “Kom fin lungse mutana inge, kom ku in folokla nu yorol Gedaliah, wen natul Ahikam su ma natul Shaphan, su tokosra lun Babylonia el tuh sulella elan governor ke siti lun Judah. Kom ku in muta yorol inmasrlon mwet uh, ku kom ku in som nu kutena acn kom lungse muta we.” Na el se nu sik mwe kite se ac mwe mongo nga in us, ac filiyula in som.
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
6 Na nga folokla nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah, ac muta inmasrlon mwet ma lula in facl sac.
Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
7 Kutu sin mwet fulat ac mwet mweun lun mwet Judah su tia eisalosyang nu inpoun mwet Babylonia, elos lohngak lah tokosra Babylonia el srisrngilya Gedaliah elan governor lun facl Judah, ac sang elan leumi mwet nukewa su tia utukla nu Babylonia. Mwet inge pa sukasrup oemeet in facl sac.
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
8 Ouinge Ishmael wen natul Nathaniah, Johanan wen natul Kareah, Seraiah wen natul Tanhumeth, ac wen ekasr natul Ephai mwet Netophah, ac Jezaniah mwet Maacah, wi mwet lalos elos som nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah.
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
9 Na Gedaliah el fahk nu selos, “Nga fahk na pwaye nu suwos lah kowos tia enenu in sangeng in filikowosyang nu sin mwet Babylonia. Kowos in oakwuki in facl se inge ac orekma nu sin tokosra lun Babylonia, ac ma nukewa ac fah wo nu suwos.
And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
10 Ac funu nga, nga ac mutana Mizpah, ac nga fah aol kowos in sramsram nu sin mwet Babylonia ke pacl elos ac tuku nu yen uh. Na kowos in folokla nu in acn kowos muta we, ac orani kosrani lowos ke wain, fokinsak, ac oil in olive, ac karinganang ke nien filma lowos.”
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
11 In pacl sac pacna, mwet Israel nukewa su muta Moab, Ammon, Edom ac kutu pac facl saya, lohngak lah tokosra lun Babylonia el lela kutu sin mwet Israel in mutana in facl Judah, ac el srisrngilya Gedaliah elan governor lalos.
Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;
12 Ke ma inge elos tuku liki acn elos fahsrelik muta we, ac folokla nu Judah. Elos som nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah, na elos usani wain ac fokinsak puspis.
Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
13 Tukun ma inge, Johanan ac mwet kol lun mwet mweun su tia wi srasrapo nu sin mwet Babylonia elos tuku nu yorol Gedaliah in acn Mizpah
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
14 ac fahk nu sel, “Ya kom etu lah Tokosra Baalis lun Ammon el supwalma Ishmael elan akmusekomi?” Tusruktu Gedaliah el tiana lulalfongi.
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
15 Na Johanan el tuku nu yorol in lukma ac fahk nu sel, “Lela nga in som unilya Ishmael, ac wangin mwet ac etu lah su orala. Efu ku in filfilla elan akmusekomi? Ac oru mwet Jew nukewa su tukeni muta raunikomla inge in kaingelik, ac ma se inge ac pwanang ongoiya nu fin mwet nukewa su lula muta in acn Judah.”
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
16 Tusruktu Gedaliah el topuk, “Nimet oru ma sacn! Tia pwaye ma kom fahk kacl Ishmael!”
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
