Jeremia 37
1 Nifehe ho mpanjaka t’i Tsidkia nandimbe i Konia ana’ Iehoiakime ana’ Iosia nanoe’ i Nebokadnetsare, mpanjaka’ i Bavele, mpanjaka an-tane Iehodày.
After Jehoiakim died, [his son Jehoiachin became king for only three months, after which] King Josiah’s son Zedekiah became the King of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, appointed him to be the new king.
2 F’ie ndra o mpitoro’eo ndra ondati’ i taneio tsy nañaoñe ty tsara’ Iehovà nisaontsie’e añam’ Iirmeà mpitoky.
But King Zedekiah and his palace officials and the other people in the land paid no attention to the messages that Yahweh gave me.
3 Nirahe’ i Tsidkia mpankaja t’Iehokale ana’ i Selemia naho i Tsefania mpisoroñe ana’ i Maasaia am’ Iirmeà mpitoky nanao ty hoe: Ehe, halalio ho anay t’Iehovà Andrianañaharentika.
However, [one day] King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, who was the son of Maaseiah, to me. They requested me to pray to Yahweh our God for our [nation].
4 Ie amy zay nifampitamboemboeñe am’ondatio t’Iirmeà; ie mboe tsy nagodoñe am-balabey ao,
At that time I had not yet been put in prison, so I could come and go wherever and whenever I wanted to, [without being hindered].
5 le niakatse an-tane Mitsraime o lahindefo’ i Paroo; aa ie jinanji’ o nte-Kasdy nañarikatoke Ierosalaimeo i talily ty am’ iereoy le nisitak’ am’ Ierosalaime.
[At that time], the army of [Hophra], the King of Egypt, came [to the southern border of Judah]. When the army of Babylonia heard about that, they stopped surrounding Jerusalem and left there [to fight against the army from Egypt].
6 Le niheo am’Iirmeà ty tsara’ Iehovà:
Then Yahweh gave this message to me:
7 Hoe t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ Israele: Zao ty ho saontsie’ areo amy mpanjaka’ Iehodày nañirak’ anahareo amako hañontane: Himpoly mb’an-tane’e e Mitsraime añe o lian-dahindefo’ i Parò nionjoñe hañolotse anahareoo;
“[I], Yahweh, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say this: ‘The King of Judah has sent [messengers] to you to ask me [what is going to happen]. Tell the king that even though the army of the King of Egypt came to help him, they are about to return to Egypt.
8 le hibalike mb’etoa o nte Kasdio hialy ami’ty rova toy hitavañe vaho hamorototo aze amañ’afo.
Then the army of Babylonia will return here and capture this city and burn everything in it.’
9 Hoe t’Iehovà, Ko mamañahy vatañe ami’ty hoe: Tsy mahay tsy hienga antika o nte-Kasdio. Fa tsy hienga!
[So], this is what I say [to you Israelis]: ‘You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true.
10 Ndra te fonga zinama’areo o lahindefon-te-Kasdy mialy ama’areoo, vaho tsy aman-tsehanga’e naho tsy ty fere an-kiboho’e ao, le ie ty ho nitroatse hamorototo ty rova toy amañ’afo.
And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only a few of them who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, they would come out [of their tents] and burn this city completely!”’”
11 Aa ie nisitake Ierosalaime o nte-Kasdio ty amy lian-dahin-defo’ i Paròy,
When the army from Babylonia left Jerusalem because the army from Egypt was approaching,
12 le niakatse Ierosalaime t’Iirmeà hionjoñe mb’an-tane’ i Beniamine añe handrambe ty anjaran-tane’e añivo’ ondaty ao.
I started to leave the city. I intended to go to the area [where the descendants of] Benjamin live, in order to take possession of my share of the property from my family.
13 Ie pok’ an-dalambei’ i Beniamine eo le tsinepa’ ty mpijilo atao Iiria ana’ i Selemia ana’ i Kanania t’Iirmeà ami’ty hoe, Mitotse mb’ amo nte-Kasdio ni-heo.
But as I was walking out the Benjamin Gate, a guard seized me and said, “You are deserting [us and going] to [the soldiers from] Babylonia!” The man who seized me was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah.
14 Le hoe t’Iirmeà: Vande izay; izaho tsy misitake mb’ amo nte-Kasdio. Fe tsy nihaoñe’e; aa le sinambo’ Iiria t’Iirmeà vaho nasese’e mb’amo roandriañeo.
But I [protested and] said, “That is not true! I was not intending to do that!” But Irijah would not pay attention to what I said. He took me to the [king’s] officials.
15 Niviñera’ o roandriañeo t’Iirmeà, le finofo’ iareo vaho najo’ iareo an-drohy añ’anjomba’ Ionatane silikitera ao, fa nanoeñe valabey ty ao.
They were very angry with me. They [commanded the guards to] beat me and [then to] put me in the house where Jonathan the king’s secretary stayed. They had changed Jonathan’s house to make it become a prison.
16 Aa ie fa najoroboñe añ’efets’ efe’ i valabeiy t’Iirmeà naho nitambatse ao andro maro t’Iirmeà,
They put me in a dungeon/cell in that prison, and I remained there for several days.
17 le nampihitrife’ i Tsidkia amy zao re le nampihovañ’ aze naho natola’e añ’anjomba’e ao vaho nañontane aze, ty hoe: Hera ao ty tsara boak’ am’ Iehovà? Toe ao! hoe t’Iirmeà, fa hoe re: Hasese am-pitàm-panjaka’ i Bavele irehe.
Then King Zedekiah secretly sent a servant to me, who took me to the palace. There the king asked me, “Do you have any messages from Yahweh?” I replied, “Yes, [the message is that] you will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
18 Tinovo’ Iirmeà amy Tsidkia mpanjaka’ Iehodà ty hoe, Ino ty tahiko ama’o ndra amo mpitoro’oo ndra am’ ondati’oo te nagodo’o am-po porozò ao?
Then I asked the king, “What crime have I committed [RHQ] against you or against your officials or against the Israeli people, with the result that you have [commanded that] I be put in a prison?
19 Aia ka o mpitoki’o nitoky ama’o ty hoe: Tsy ho avy haname azo naho ty tane toy ty mpanjaka’ i Baveleo?
Your prophets predicted that the army of the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land. Why were [RHQ] [their messages] not fulfilled?
20 Aa le ijanjiño abey, ry taleko mpanjaka: Ehe, tsendreño o halalikoo, le ko ampipolieñ’ ahy mb’añ’anjomba’ Ionatane silikitera mb’eo, tsy mone hivetrake ao.
Your majesty, I plead with you to listen to me. Do not send me back to the dungeon/cell in the house of Jonathan your secretary, because [if you do that, ] I will die there.”
21 Aa le nandily t’i Tsidkia, naho najò’ iareo an-kiririsa’ o mpigaritseo t’Iirmeà; vaho nanjotsoañe vonga-mofo boak’ andro hirik’ an-dalam-panoñak’ ao ampara’ te fonga nikapaike ty mofo’ i rovay. Aa le nidoñe an-kiririsam-pigaritse ao t’Iirmeà.
So King Zedekiah commanded that [I not be sent back to the prison cell. Instead, ] I was allowed to be watched by the guards in the courtyard [of the palace]. [The king] also [commanded that they should] bring me a loaf of fresh bread every day, until there was no bread left in the city. So [they put me] in that courtyard and I remained there.
