Jeremia 29
1 Intoy ty enta’ i taratasy nampihitrife’ Iirmeà mpitoky boak’ Ierosalaime mb’amo sehangan-droandriañe an-drohy añe naho amo mpisoroñeo naho am’ondaty iaby nasese’ i Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele mb’am-pandrohizañe añe boak’ Ierosalaime ao mb’e Bavele añeo,
Jeremiah the prophet wrote this letter and sent it from Jerusalem to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, the prophets, and everyone else who had been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
2 ie fa nienga’ Ierosalaime t’Iekonia mpanjaka naho i rene-mpanjakay naho o mpifelekeo, naho o roandria’ Iehodà naho Ierosalaimeo naho o mpandranjio vaho o mpanefeo,
This was after King Jehoiachin, the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metals-workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.
3 am-pità’ i Elasà, ana’ i Safane ana’ i Gemarià, ana’ i Kelkià nirahe’ i Tsidkia mpanjaka’ Iehodà mb’ amy Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele, nanao ty hoe:
Elasah, son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, son of Hilkiah, took the letter with them when Zedekiah king of Judah sent them to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. In the letter Jeremiah wrote:
4 Hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, t’i Andrianañahare’ Israele, amo mpirohy iabio, o nampaneseko an-drohy boak’ Ierosalaime mb’e Bavele mb’eoo:
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were taken from Jerusalem to Babylon:
5 Andranjio anjomba le imoneño, amboleo an-koboñe ao vaho ikamao ty voka’e;
Build yourselves houses there to live in. Plant gardens and grow food to eat.
6 mañengà valy naho misamaha ana-dahy naho anak’ampela; androroto enga-vao o ana-dahi’ areoo le atoloro amo mpañengao ty anak’ ampela’ areo, hisamaha’ iareo ana-dahy naho anak’ ampela; vaho manaranaha añe fa ko miketrake.
Get married and have children. Arrange for your children to get married so they can have children too. Increase in number, don't decrease.
7 Ampanintsiño i rova nampaneseko anahareo an-drohiy vaho mihalalia am’ Iehovà ho aze; amy te i fierañeraña’ey ty hierañeraña’ areo.
Help make the city where I've exiled you more prosperous. Pray to the Lord for it, since as it prospers, so will you.
8 Fa hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, i Andrianañahare’ Israeley; Ko apo’ areo hamañahy anahareo o mpitoky naho mpañandro añivo’ areoo, vaho ko haoñe’ areo o nofy nampañanofiseñe iareoo.
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Don't be fooled by your prophets and fortune-tellers, and don't listen to any dreams they interpret for you.
9 Ie mitoky vìlañe ama’ areo ami’ ty añarako; fa tsy niraheko, hoe t’Iehovà.
They are prophesying lies to you in my name; I have not sent them, declares the Lord.
10 Aa hoe t’Iehovà: Ie heneke ty fitompolo taoñe e Bavele ao, le ho tiliheko naho hanoeko i hasoa nivolañeko ama’ areoy, t’ie hampoliko an-toetse atoy.
This is what the Lord says: When the seventy years exile in Babylon are over, I will see to you and keep my promise to bring you back to Jerusalem.
11 Toe apotako ty fisafiriako ho anahareo, hoe t’Iehovà, fisafiriam-pierañerañañe fa tsy hankàñe, hanolorako fitamàn-tsoa naho fisalalàñe.
I know what I intend to do for you, declares the Lord. I plan good things for you and not bad. I'm going to give you a future and a hope.
12 Hikanjy ahy nahareo, le hombeo iraho; hihalalia’areo, vaho ho tsanoñeko.
Then you will call for my help, you will come and pray to me, and I will answer you.
13 Hipay ahy le ho rendre’ areo naho mitsoek’ an-kaampon’ arofo.
You will look for me and you will find me when you're completely committed to looking for me.
14 Ho oni’ areo iraho, hoe t’Iehovà, naho hafoteko ty fandrohizañe anahareo, naho hatontoko boak’ amo hene tane naho hirik’ amo toetse iaby nandroahako anahareoo, hoe t’Iehovà; le hampoliko mb’amy toetse nampaneseko anahareo mb’am-pandrohizañey.
I will let you find me, declares the Lord. I will end your captivity, gathering you from all the nations and places where I scattered you, declares the Lord. I will bring you back home to the place from where I sent you into exile.
15 Ami’ty natao’ areo ty hoe: Fa nampitroara’ Iehovà mpitoky e Bavele ao tika.
But if you argue, “The Lord has provided prophets for us in Babylon,”
16 Aa hoe t’Iehovà ty amy mpanjaka miambesatse am-piambesa’ i Davidey naho ty am’ondaty iaby mpimoneñe an-drova atoio, o rolongo’ areo tsy nindre nienga ama’ areo mb’ am-pandrohizañ’ añeo,
this is what the Lord says about the king who sits on David's throne and everyone who's left in Jerusalem, your fellow citizens who weren't taken with you into exile.
17 hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy: Inao te hampañitrifeko am’ iereo ty fibara, ty hasalikoañe, naho ty angorosy, vaho hampanahafeko ami’ty sakoa mangeñe tsy mete haneñe ty amy haratia’ey;
This is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going send war and famine and disease against them. I'll make them like rotten figs, so bad that they can't be eaten.
18 naho horidañeko am-pibara naho saliko naho kiria naho hampandronje-ronjèko mb’amy ze kila fifehea’ ty tane toy ho fatse naho halatsañe, ho fikosihañe, vaho fañinjeañe amo fifelehañe iaby niroaheko iareoo;
I will chase them down with war and famine and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified by them. They will become a curse word, totally ruined, people to be mocked and criticized among all the nations where I scatter them.
19 amy t’ie tsy nanaoñ’ o volakoo, hoe t’Iehovà, ie nañitrifako o mpitoky mpitorokoo, nañaleñaleñe te namantoke, f’ie tsy nimete nijanjiñe, hoe t’Iehovà.
I'm going to do this because they haven't obeyed to my words, declares the Lord, which I sent to them time and again through my servants the prophets. You exiles haven't obeyed me either, declares the Lord.
20 Aa le mijanjiña ty tsara’ Iehovà ry am-pandrohizañe añe iaby nampaneseko boak’ Ierosalaime mb’e Bavele mb’eoo.
So listen to the word of the Lord, all you exiles I sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 Hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, t’i Andrianañahare’ Israele, ty amy Akabe ana’ i Kolaià, naho i Tsidkià ana’ i Maaseià, i mitoky vande ama’ areo aman’ añarako rey: Inao t’ie haseseko am-pità’ i Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele; vaho ho vonoe’e añatrefam-pihaino’ areo;
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name. I'm going to hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them right before your eyes.
22 le ho toñone’ ze hene mpirohi’ Iehodà e Bavele ao ty fatse ami’ty hoe: Hanoe’ Iehovà hambañe amy nanoa’e amy Akabe naho amy Tsidkià, i nampiforototoe’ ty mpanjaka’ i Bavele añ’afo ao rey;
Because of what happens to them, all the exiles of Judah in Babylon will curse others like this: “May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, burned alive by the king of Babylon!”
23 amy t’ie nitoloñe haloloañe e Israele ao, naho nanao hakarapiloañe amo tañanjomban-drañe’eo naho nisaontsy vìlañe ami’ty añarako, f’ie tsy nandiliako; toe maharendreke iraho naho mahatalily, hoe t’Iehovà.
They did outrageous things in Israel—they committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and told lies in my name. I didn't tell them to say anything. I am the one who knows what they did, and I can witness to it, declares the Lord.
24 Le ty amy Semaià nte-Nekelamý, isaontsio ty hoe,
Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite
25 Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà’ i Màroy, i Andrianañahare’ Israeley: Amy te ihe nanokitse taratasy ami’ty añara’o amy ze hene’ ondaty e Ierosalaime ao naho amy Tsefanià ana’ i Maaseià mpisoroñe, vaho amo mpisoroñe iabio, nanao ty hoe:
that this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: On your own authority you sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying,
26 Fa nanoe’ Iehovà mpisoroñe irehe hisolo’ Iehoiada mpisoroñe, soa te ho amam-pisary ty añ’ anjomba’ Iehovà ty amy ze dagola mitoky, hampijoñe aze am-balabey naho an-dongòk’ ao.
“Zephaniah, the Lord has chosen you as priest to replace Jehoiada, to be in charge of the Lord's Temple. In that capacity you are required to put in the stocks and neck irons any crazy person who claims to be a prophet.
27 Aa vaho akore te tsy nendaha’o t’Iirmeà nte-Anatote, ie manao ho mpitoky ama’ areo,
So why haven't you not punished Jeremiah of Anathoth, who claims to be a prophet among you?
28 naho nampañitrife’e ama’ay e Bavele atoy ty hoe: Mbe ho ela ty fandrohizañe; mandranjia anjomba, le imoneño; le mambolea an-godoboñe ao vaho kamao ty voka’e?
You should have done this because he has sent a letter to us here in Babylon, stating, ‘The exile will last a long time. So build yourselves houses there to live in. Plant gardens and grow food to eat.’”
29 Le vinaki’ i Tsefanià mpisoroñe an-dravembia’ Iirmeà mpitoky i taratasy zay.
However, Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Niheo am’ Iirmeà amy zao ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:
Then the Lord told Jeremiah:
31 Ampisangitrifo amo hene am-pandrohizañeo ty hoe: Hoe t’Iehovà ty amy Semaià nte Nekelamý: Amy te nitoky ama’ areo t’i Semaià, f’ie tsy niraheko, vaho nampiantofa’e anahareo ty haremborake,
Send this message to all the exiles: This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Since Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I didn't send him, and has convinced you to believe in a lie,
32 le hoe t’Iehovà: Inao! ho liloveko t’i Semaià nte Nekelamý naho o tiri’eo; ie tsy hanañe ty hitrao-pimoneñe am’ ondaty retoa, vaho tsy ho isa’e ty soa hanoeko am’ ondatikoo, hoe t’Iehovà; ty amo fiolañe tinaro’e am’ Iehovào.
this is what the Lord says: I'm going to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He won't have any family left among this people, and he won't experience the good things that I'm going to do for my people, declares the Lord, for he has promoted rebellion against the Lord.
