Jeremi 37
1 Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, akomisaki Sedesiasi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, mokonzi ya Yuda na esika ya Konia, mwana mobali ya Yeoyakimi.
And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigns instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,
2 Ezala ye, bakalaka na ye ya lokumu mpe bato ya mokili, moko te ayokaki na bokebi maloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mosakoli Jeremi.
and he has not listened—he, and his servants, and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
3 Mokonzi Sedesiasi atindaki Yewukali, mwana mobali ya Shelemia, mpe Nganga-Nzambe Sofoni, mwana mobali ya Maaseya, epai ya mosakoli Jeremi mpo ete bayebisa ye maloba oyo: « Nabondeli yo, bondela Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mpo na biso! »
And Zedekiah the king sends Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray, we implore you, for us to our God YHWH.”
4 Na tango wana, Jeremi azalaki na bonsomi ya kotambola na esika oyo alingi kati na bato, pamba te batiaki ye nanu na boloko te.
And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
5 Tango basoda ya Babiloni, oyo bazingelaki engumba Yelusalemi bayokaki sango ete basoda ya Faraon babimi na Ejipito, batikaki kozingela Yelusalemi.
and the force of Pharaoh has come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who are laying siege against Jerusalem hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.
6 Bongo tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mosakoli Jeremi:
And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
7 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Yebisa mokonzi ya Yuda oyo atindi yo kotuna toli epai na Ngai: ‹ Basoda ya Faraon oyo babimaki na mokili na bango mpo na koya kosunga yo bakozonga na mokili na bango, na Ejipito;
“Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Thus you say to the king of Judah who is sending you to Me, to seek Me: Behold, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help has turned back to its land, to Egypt,
8 mpe basoda ya Babiloni bakozonga mpe bakobundisa engumba oyo; bakobotola yango mpe bakobebisa yango na moto. ›
and the Chaldeans have turned back and fought against this city, and captured it, and burned it with fire.
9 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Bokanisa te ete bato ya Babiloni bakolongwa na mokili na bino. Te! Bakolongwa te. ›
Thus said YHWH: Do not lift up your souls, saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
10 Ezala soki bolongi basoda nyonso ya Babiloni, oyo bazali kobundisa bino mpe etikali kaka ndambo ya bato oyo bazoki-zoki bapota, bakolonga kotelema kati na bandako na bango ya kapo mpe kobima mpo na kobebisa engumba oyo na moto. »
for though you had struck all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men—they rise, each in his tent, and have burned this city with fire.”
11 Sima na basoda ya Babiloni kotika kozingela Yelusalemi likolo ya basoda ya Faraon, oyo bazalaki kopusana,
And it has come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,
12 Jeremi alingaki kobima na Yelusalemi mpo ete akende kozwa, kati na etuka ya Benjame, libula na ye ya mabele kati na bato ya kuna.
that Jeremiah goes out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion there in the midst of the people.
13 Kasi tango akomaki na Ekuke ya Benjame, mokambi ya bakengeli ya mokonzi, oyo kombo na ye ezalaki Iriya, mwana mobali ya Shelemia, mwana mobali ya Anania, akangaki mosakoli Jeremi mpe atunaki ye: — Boni, ozali kokende na ngambo ya bato ya Babiloni?
And it comes to pass, he is at the Gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward, and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he catches Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
14 Jeremi azongisaki: — Te! Ezali lokuta, nazali kokende na ngambo ya bato ya Babiloni te! Kasi Iriya aboyaki koyoka ye, akangaki ye kaka mpe amemaki ye epai ya bakambi.
And Jeremiah says, “Falsehood! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans”; and he has not listened to him, and Irijah lays hold on Jeremiah, and brings him to the heads,
15 Bakambi batombokelaki Jeremi makasi, babetaki ye mpe batiaki ye na ndako ya Jonatan, mokomi mikanda, ndako oyo bakomisaki boloko.
and the heads are angry against Jeremiah, and have struck him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it for a prison-house.
16 Babwakaki Jeremi kati na boloko ya se ya mabele epai wapi awumelaki tango molayi.
When Jeremiah has entered into the house of the dungeon, and to the cells, then Jeremiah dwells there many days,
17 Mokolo moko, mokonzi Sedesiasi atindaki ete bakende kozwa ye mpe bamema ye na ndako ya mokonzi epai wapi atunaki ye na nkuku: — Boni, ozali ata na liloba moko te kowuta epai na Yawe? Jeremi azongisaki: — Solo, liloba ezali! Okokweya na maboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni.
and King Zedekiah sends, and takes him, and the king asks him in his house in secret, and says, “Is there a word from YHWH?” And Jeremiah says, “There is,” and he says, “You are given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
18 Bongo Jeremi alobaki lisusu na mokonzi Sedesiasi: — Mabe nini penza ngai nasali yo to bakalaka na yo to mpe bato na yo mpo ete bobwaka ngai kati na boloko oyo?
And Jeremiah says to King Zedekiah, “What have I sinned against you, and against your servants, and against this people, that you have put me into a prison-house?
19 Wapi basakoli na bino oyo bazalaki koloba ete mokonzi ya Babiloni akoya te kobundisa bino mpe mokili na bino?
And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land?
20 Kasi sik’oyo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, nabondeli yo: yoka ngai! Tika ete mabondeli na ngai ekoma liboso na yo: kozongisa ngai te kati na ndako ya Jonatan, mokomi mikanda, noki te nakokufa kuna!
And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not cause me to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I do not die there.”
21 Mokonzi Sedesiasi apesaki mitindo ete batia Jeremi kati na lopango ya bakengeli mpe bapesaka ye, mokolo na mokolo, lipa moko oyo ekobanda kowuta na balabala ya bato oyo basalaka mapa, kino tango mapa ekosila kati na engumba. Boye, Jeremi avandaki kati na lopango ya bakengeli.
And King Zedekiah commands, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give a cake of bread to him daily from the bakers’ street, until the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwells in the court of the prison.
