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,
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto 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 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,
(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed 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:
by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ) saying,
4 Hoe t’Iehovà’ i Màroy, t’i Andrianañahare’ Israele, amo mpirohy iabio, o nampaneseko an-drohy boak’ Ierosalaime mb’e Bavele mb’eoo:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto Babylon:
5 Andranjio anjomba le imoneño, amboleo an-koboñe ao vaho ikamao ty voka’e;
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
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.
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.
7 Ampanintsiño i rova nampaneseko anahareo an-drohiy vaho mihalalia am’ Iehovà ho aze; amy te i fierañeraña’ey ty hierañeraña’ areo.
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
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.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that be in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you, neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
9 Ie mitoky vìlañe ama’ areo ami’ ty añarako; fa tsy niraheko, hoe t’Iehovà.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith 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.
For thus saith the LORD, After seventy years be accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 Toe apotako ty fisafiriako ho anahareo, hoe t’Iehovà, fisafiriam-pierañerañañe fa tsy hankàñe, hanolorako fitamàn-tsoa naho fisalalàñe.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
12 Hikanjy ahy nahareo, le hombeo iraho; hihalalia’areo, vaho ho tsanoñeko.
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 Hipay ahy le ho rendre’ areo naho mitsoek’ an-kaampon’ arofo.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all year heart.
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.
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 Ami’ty natao’ areo ty hoe: Fa nampitroara’ Iehovà mpitoky e Bavele ao tika.
For ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets 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,
for thus saith the LORD concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
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;
thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
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;
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven 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.
because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
20 Aa le mijanjiña ty tsara’ Iehovà ry am-pandrohizañe añe iaby nampaneseko boak’ Ierosalaime mb’e Bavele mb’eoo.
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away 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;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them 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;
and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king Babylon roasted in the fire:
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.
because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith the LORD.
24 Le ty amy Semaià nte-Nekelamý, isaontsio ty hoe,
And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,
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:
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thine own name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, 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.
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.
27 Aa vaho akore te tsy nendaha’o t’Iirmeà nte-Anatote, ie manao ho mpitoky ama’ areo,
Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to 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?
forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?
29 Le vinaki’ i Tsefanià mpisoroñe an-dravembia’ Iirmeà mpitoky i taratasy zay.
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Niheo am’ Iirmeà amy zao ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
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 to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust 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.
therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto my people, saith the LORD: because he hath spoken rebellion against the LORD.
