Ermiyaas 40

1 Erga Nebuzaradaan ajajaan eegumsaa sun Raamaatti gad isa dhiisee booddee dubbiin kun Waaqayyo biraa gara Ermiyaas dhufe. Ajajaan sun isaa boojiʼamtoota Yerusaalemii fi Yihuudaadhaa boojiʼamanii gara Baabilonitti geeffamaa turan hunda gidduutti foncaan hidhamee jiru Ermiyaasin arge.

The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had let him go from Ramah. For he had taken him, and he had been bound with chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah which were carried away captive to Babylon.

2 Ajajaan eegumsaa sunis yommuu Ermiyaasin argetti akkana jedheen; “Waaqayyo Waaqni kee badiisa kana iddoo kanatti labseera.

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him: “Jehovah, thy God, pronounced this evil against this place;

3 Waaqayyo amma iyyuu waan kana fideera; inni akkuma dubbate sana godheera. Sababii isin Waaqayyotti cubbuu hojjettanii fi isaaf hin ajajaminiif wanni kun hundi taʼe.

and now Jehovah hath brought it, and done according as he spake, because ye sinned against Jehovah, and obeyed not his voice; therefore hath this thing come upon you.

4 Ani garuu harʼa foncaa harka keetii sirraa hiikeera. Ati yoo na wajjin Baabilon dhaquu feete kottu; anis sin kunuunsaa; yoo fedhuu baatte garuu hin dhufin. Kunoo biyyattiin guutumaan guutuutti fuula kee dura jirti; iddoo jaallatte dhaqi.”

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains upon thy hands. If it seem good to thee to come with me to Babylon, come; and I will set my eyes upon thee; but if it seem evil to thee to come with me to Babylon, forbear; behold, the whole land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and desirable for thee to go, thither go.”

5 Taʼus utuu Ermiyaas of irra hin deebiʼin Nebuzaradaan itti dabalee, “Gara Gedaaliyaas ilma Shaafaan ilma Ahiiqaam isa mootichi Baabilon magaalaawwan Yihuudaa irratti muude sanaa deebiʼiitii isa wajjin saba keessa jiraadhu, yookaan iddoo jaallatte kam iyyuu dhaqi” jedheen. Akkasiin ajajaan eegumsaa sun galaa fi kennaa kenneefii gad isa dhiise.

And while he was not yet gone away [[he said]]: “Go to Gedaliah, the of son 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 whithersoever it seemeth good to thee to go.” And the captain of the guard gave him provisions, and a present, and dismissed him.

6 Kanaafuu Ermiyaas gara Gedaaliyaas ilma Ahiiqaam kan Miisphaa jiraatu sanaa dhaqee isa wajjin saba biyya sanatti hafe gidduu jiraate.

And Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

7 Ajajjoonni loltootaa hundii fi namoonni isaanii kanneen hamma yeroo sanaatti ala turan yeroo akka mootichi Baabilon Gedaaliyaas ilma Ahiiqaam sana bulchaa kutaa biyyaa godhee muudee fi akka inni dhiiraa dubartii fi ijoollee hiyyeeyyii kanneen boojiʼamanii gara Baabilonitti hin geeffamin irratti itti gaafatama kenneef dhagaʼanitti,

Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, governor over the land, and had committed to his charge men and women and children, of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon,

8 Gedaaliyaas bira gara Miisphaa dhufan. Isaanis Ishmaaʼeel ilma Naataaniyaa, Yoohaanaanii fi Yoonaataan ilmaan Qaareyaa, Seraayaa ilma Tanhumeeti, ilmaan Eefayi namicha Netoof sanaatii fi Yezaaniyaa ilma namicha Maʼakaat, akkasumas namoota isaanii turan.

then they came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah; namely, 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 the Maachathite, they and their men;

9 Gedaaliyaas ilmi Shaafaan, ilmi Ahiiqaam akkana jedhee isaanii fi namoota isaaniitiif kakate; “Baabilonota tajaajiluu hin sodaatinaa; biyyattii keessa qubadhaatii mooticha Baabilon tajaajilaa; waan gaariitu isinii taʼaatii.

and Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, “Fear not to serve the Chaldaeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

10 Ani mataan koo fuula Baabilonota gara keenya dhufanii duratti iddoo keessan buʼuuf Miisphaa keessa nan tura; isin garuu wayinii, ija bonaatii fi zayitii walitti qabaatii gombisaatti naqadhaa; magaalaawwan qabattan keessas jiraadhaa.”

As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldaeans, who shall come to us; but ye, gather ye in wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have taken.”

11 Yihuudoonni Moʼaab, Amoon, Edoomii fi biyyoota biraa hunda keessa jiraatan hundi yommuu akka mootiin Baabilon Yihuudaa keessatti hambaa hambisee fi akka inni Gedaaliyaas ilma Shaafaan ilma Ahiiqaam bulchaa godhee isaan irratti muude dhagaʼanitti,

Also when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant to Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

12 hundi isaanii biyyoota itti bittinnaaʼan hunda keessaa baʼanii Yihuudaatti deebiʼanii Miisphaatti Gedaaliyaas bira dhufan. Isaanis wayinii fi ija bonaa baayʼee walitti qabatan.

then all the Jews returned from all the places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in abundance.

13 Yeroo kanatti Yoohaanaan ilmi Qaareyaatii fi ajajjoonni loltoota ala turanii hundi Gedaaliyaas bira Miisphaa dhaqanii,

And Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah,

14 akkana jedhaniin; “Ati akka mootiin Amoonotaa Baʼaaliis jedhamu sun si ajjeesuuf jedhee, Ishmaaʼeel ilma Naataaniyaa erge hin beektuu?” Gedaaliyaas ilmi Ahiiqaam garuu isaan hin amanne.

and said to him, “Dost thou know that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, hath sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to slay thee?” But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, believed them not.

15 Kana irratti Yoohaanaan ilmi Qaareyaa Miisphaa keessatti Gedaaliyaasin kophaatti baasee akkana jedheen; “Akka ani dhaqee Ishmaaʼeel ilma Naataaniyaa sana ajjeesu naa eeyyami; namni tokko iyyuu waan kana hin beeku. Inni maaliif si ajjeesee akka Yihuudoonni naannoo keetti walitti qabaman hundi bittinneeffamanii hambaan Yihuudaas barbadaaʼu godha?”

And Johanan, the son of Kareah, spake to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah, saying, “Let me go, I pray thee, and smite Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered to thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?”

16 Gedaaliyaas ilmi Ahiiqaam garuu, Yoohaanaan ilma Qaareyaatiin, “Ati waan akkasii hin hojjetin! Wanni ati waaʼee Ishmaaʼeel dubbattu kun dhugaa mitii” jedhe.

But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, “Thou shalt not do this thing, for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.”