Yeremyaah 38
1 Shefatyaah ina Mataan, iyo Gedalyaah ina Fashxuur, iyo Yuukal ina Shelemyaah, iyo Fashxuur ina Malkiiyaah waxay maqleen erayadii Yeremyaah ee uu dadka oo dhan kula hadlay, isagoo leh,
[Four officials, ] Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malkijah, heard what I had been telling all the people.
2 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Kii magaaladan sii joogaaba wuxuu ku dhiman doonaa seef, iyo abaar, iyo belaayo, laakiinse kii reer Kaldayiin u baxaa wuu noolaan doonaa, oo naftiisuna waxay isaga u ahaan doontaa sidii booli oo kale, wuuna noolaan doonaa.
[I had been telling them] that Yahweh was saying, “Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by [their enemies’] swords or from famines or from diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army, they will be spared. They will not be killed.
3 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Sida xaqiiqada ah magaaladan waxaa loo gacangelin doonaa ciidanka boqorka Baabuloon, oo isna wuu qabsan doonaa.
Yahweh also says that the army of the King of Babylon will certainly capture this city [DOU].”
4 Markaas amiirradii waxay boqorkii ku yidhaahdeen, Waannu ku baryaynaaye, Ninkan ha la dilo, waayo, erayadan uu iyaga kula hadlayo aawadood ayuu ku daciifinayaa gacmihii ragga dagaalka ee magaaladan ku hadhay iyo gacmihii dadka kale oo dhanba, waayo, isagu dadkan waxyeelladiisa mooyaane wanaaggiisa dooni maayo.
So those officials [went] to the king and said, “This man [Jeremiah] should be executed! Because of what he is saying, he is discouraging our soldiers who remain in the city. He is also discouraging the people. He is not saying things that will help us; he is saying things that will defeat us.”
5 Markaasaa Boqor Sidqiyaah yidhi, Bal eega, isagu gacantiinnuu ku jiraa, waayo, boqorku innaba ma aha mid wax idinka gees ah samayn kara.
King Zedekiah said, “All right, do to him what you want to; I do not have the power to stop you.”
6 Markaasay Yeremyaah soo qabteen oo ku dhex rideen godkii Malkiiyaah ina Hammeleg, ee barxadda waardiyayaasha ku dhex yiil, oo Yeremyaah xadhkay ku dejiyeen, oo godkiina biyo kuma jirin, laakiinse waxaa ka buuxday dhoobo, sidaas daraaddeed Yeremyaah dhoobaduu ku dhex tiimbaday.
So those officials took me from my cell and lowered me by ropes into a well in the courtyard. The well belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the well, but there was [a lot of] mud, so I sank [down deep] into the mud.
7 Haddaba Cebedmeleg oo ahaa reer Itoobiya oo ahaa bohon guriga boqorka joogay, markuu maqlay inay Yeremyaah godkii ku dhex rideen, iyadoo boqorkii uu iridda Benyaamiin fadhiyo,
But Ebed-Melech, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard [someone say] that I was in the well. [At that time] the king was deciding/judging people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate.
8 ayuu gurigii boqorka ka soo baxay, oo boqorkuu la hadlay, isagoo ku leh,
Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king,
9 Boqorow, sayidkaygiiyow, nimankanu si xun bay u sameeyeen wax alla wixii ay ku sameeyeen Nebi Yeremyaah, kaasoo ay godkii ku dhex rideen, oo waxaa suurtowda inuu abaarta ugu bakhtiyo meeshuu ku jiro, waayo, innaba magaalada kibisu kuma jirto.
“Your majesty, those men have done a very evil thing. They have put the prophet Jeremiah in a well. [Almost] all the food in the city is gone, [so they will not be able to bring him any food] and as a result he will die from hunger!”
10 Markaasaa boqorkii wuxuu amray Cebedmeleg oo reer Itoobiya ahaa, isagoo ku leh, Halkan soddon nin ka kaxayso oo Nebi Yeremyaah godka ka soo bixi intuusan dhiman.
So the king told Ebed-Melech, “Take thirty of my men/soldiers with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well, in order that he does not die!”
11 Sidaas daraaddeed ayaa Cebedmeleg raggii kaxaystay, oo gurigii boqorka galay, oo wuxuu tegey meel khasnadda ka hoosaysay, oo halkaasuu ka qaaday calallo haylamo ah iyo dhar duugoobay, oo intuu xadhko ku xidhay ayuu Yeremyaah godkii ugu dejiyey.
So Ebed-Melech took thirty men with him and they went into a room in the palace below the room where they stored very valuable things. There they found some old rags and discarded clothing. They took those things and went to the well. They fastened them to a rope and lowered the rope to me.
12 Markaas Cebedmeleg oo reer Itoobiya ahaa wuxuu Yeremyaah ku yidhi, Calalladan haylamaha ah iyo dharkan duugoobay kilkilooyinka kaga xidho xadhkaha hoostooda, oo Yeremyaahna saasuu yeelay.
Then Ebed-Melech called down to me, “Put these rags underneath your armpits, to protect you from [being injured by] the ropes!” So I did that.
13 Markaasay Yeremyaah xadhkihii ku soo jiideen oo godkii bay kor uga soo bixiyeen, oo Yeremyaahna wuxuu ku hadhay barxaddii waardiyayaasha.
Then they pulled me out of the well. I [returned] to the courtyard where the palace guards stayed, and I stayed there.
14 Markaasaa Boqor Sidqiyaah u soo cid diray oo kaxaystay Nebi Yeremyaah, oo wuxuu gaystay iriddii saddexaad ee guriga Rabbiga. Kolkaas boqorkii wuxuu Yeremyaah ku yidhi, Wax baan ku weyddiinayaaye, inna waxba ha iga qarinin.
[One day] King Zedekiah summoned me, and I was brought to the king, [who was waiting for me] at the entrance of the temple. He said to me, “I want to ask you something. I want you [to answer me truthfully, and] and to not conceal anything.”
15 Markaas Yeremyaah wuxuu Sidqiyaah ku yidhi, Haddaan kuu sheego, hubaal miyaadan i dili doonin? Oo haddaan kula taliyona innaba ima maqli doontid.
I replied, “If I tell you [the truth], you will [command that I] be executed. And if I give you [good] advice, you will not pay attention to what I say.”
16 Markaas Boqor Sidqiyaah si qarsoodi ah ayuu Yeremyaah ugu dhaartay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Rabbiga nool ee naf ina siiyey ayaan ku dhaaranayaa inaanan ku dili doonin, ama aanan gacanta raggan naftaada doondoonaya kugu ridi doonin.
But King Zedekiah secretly promised me, “[Tell me the truth]! And as surely as Yahweh lives, I will not [cause] you to be executed, and I will not hand you over to those who are wanting to kill you.”
17 Markaas Yeremyaah wuxuu Sidqiyaah ku yidhi, Rabbiga ah Ilaaha ciidammada oo ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil wuxuu leeyahay, Haddaad amiirrada boqorka Baabuloon u baxdid, naftaada iyo reerkaaguba way noolaan doonaan, oo magaaladanna dab laguma gubi doono,
[So] then I said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will (be spared/not be killed), and this city will not be burned.
18 laakiinse haddaadan amiirrada boqorka Baabuloon u bixin, markaas magaaladan waxaa lagu ridi doonaa gacanta reer Kaldayiin, oo dab bay ku gubi doonaan, adiguna gacantooda kama baxsan doontid.
But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.’”
19 Markaas Sidqiyaah wuxuu Yeremyaah ku yidhi, Waxaan ka cabsanayaa Yuhuuddii reer Kaldayiin u gashay waaba intaasoo ay gacantooda i geliyaan oo ay iyana igu majaajiloodaan.
The king replied, “But I am afraid [to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon], because their officers may hand me over to the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me.”
20 Laakiinse Yeremyaah wuxuu ku yidhi, Iyagu kuma ay gacangelin doonaan. Waan ku baryayaaye addeec codka Rabbiga ee aan kugula hadlay, waanad nabdoonaan doontaa oo naftaaduna way sii noolaan doontaa.
I replied, “If you obey Yahweh by doing what I tell you to do, they will not hand you over to our people. Things will go well for you, and you will remain alive.
21 Laakiinse haddaad diiddo inaad baxdo, kanu waa eraygii Rabbigu i tusay,
But if you refuse to surrender, this is what Yahweh has revealed to me:
22 Bal ogow, naagaha guriga boqorka dalka Yahuudah ku hadhay dhammaantood waxaa loo bixin doonaa amiirrada boqorka Baabuloon, oo naagahaasi waxay odhan doonaan, Saaxiibbadaa ayaa ku khiyaaneeyey oo way kaa adkaadeen oo haddana cagahaagii waxay ku dhex tiimbadeen dhoobada, oo iyana dib bay kaaga noqdeen.
All the women who remain in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the king of Babylon. Then those women will say to you: ‘You had friends whom [you thought] you could trust, but they have deceived you and caused you to make a wrong decision. Now [it is as though] you are stuck in mud, and your friends have abandoned you.’
23 Markaasay naagahaaga oo dhan iyo carruurtaadaba reer Kaldayiin u bixin doonaan, oo adiguna gacantooda sina ugama baxsan doontid, laakiinse waxaa ku qabsan doonta gacanta boqorka Baabuloon, oo magaaladanna dab baa lagu gubi doonaa.
All of your wives and children [in the city] will be led out to the soldiers from Babylonia, and you also will not escape. [The soldiers of] the King of Babylon will seize you, and they will burn down this city.”
24 Markaas Sidqiyaah wuxuu Yeremyaah ku yidhi, Ninna yuusan erayadan ogaanin, oo adiguna dhiman maysid.
Then Zedekiah said to me, “Do not tell anyone what you told me; if you tell anyone, my officials may kill you.
25 Laakiinse hadday amiirradu maqlaan inaan kula hadlay, oo ay kuu yimaadaan oo ay kugu yidhaahdaan, Wixii aad boqorka ku tidhi noo sheeg, oo weliba wixii boqorku kugu yidhi ha naga qarin, oo annana ku dili mayno,
If my officials find out that I talked to you, perhaps they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you do not tell us, we will kill you.’
26 markaas waxaad iyaga ku tidhaahdaa, Baryootankaygii ayaan boqorka hor dhigay, inuusan gurigii Yoonaataan igu celin, oo aanan halkaas ugu dhiman.
If that happens, [just] tell them that you pleaded with me not to send you back to the [dungeon/cell in] Jonathan’s house, [because you were afraid that] you would die [if you were put there again].”
27 Markaasay amiirradii oo dhammu Yeremyaah u yimaadeen oo wax bay weyddiiyeen, oo isna wuxuu u wada sheegay erayadii boqorku ku amray oo dhan. Markaasay lahadliddiisii iska daayeen, waayo, xaalkaas ciduna ma maqlin.
And [that is what happened]. The king’s officials came to me and asked [why the king had summoned me. But] I told them what the king told me to tell them. So they did not ask me any more [questions], because no one had heard what the king and I had said to each other.
28 Oo Yeremyaah wuxuu joogay barxaddii waardiyayaasha ilaa maalintii Yeruusaalem la qabsaday.
So I remained being guarded in the courtyard [of the palace], until the day that [the army of Babylonia] captured Jerusalem.
