Yeremyaah 40
1 Kanu waa eraygii Yeremyaah xagga Rabbiga uga yimid markii Nebuusaradaan oo sirkaalkii waardiyayaasha ahaa uu Yeremyaah oo silsilado ku xidhan iyo dadka Yeruusaalem iyo kuwa dalka Yahuudah maxaabiis ahaan Baabuloon ugu kaxaynayay oo uu Yeremyaah Raamaah ku sii daayay.
[The soldiers from Babylonia] captured me and many other people from Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah. They [planned to] take us to Babylon. So they fastened chains around our wrists and took us to Ramah [town north of Jerusalem]. While we were there, I was released. [This is how it happened]:
2 Sirkaalkii waardiyayaashu Yeremyaah ayuu soo kexeeyey, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ah ayaa masiibadan meeshan kaga hadlay.
[Nebuzaradan, ] the captain of the [king’s] bodyguards, [found that I was there]. He summoned me and said to me, “Yahweh your God said that he would cause this land to experience a disaster.
3 Haddaba Rabbigu wuu dejiyey, oo wuxuu u sameeyey siduu ku hadlay, maxaa yeelay, Rabbigaad ku dembaabteen, oo codkiisiina ma aydaan addeecin, oo sidaas daraaddeed ayaa waxanu idiinku dheceen.
And now he has caused it to happen. He has done just what he said [that he would do], because you people sinned against Yahweh and refused to obey him.
4 Haddaba bal eeg, maanta silsiladihii gacanta kaaga xidhnaa waan kaa furay. Hadday kula wanaagsan tahay inaad Baabuloon ii raacdid, kaalay oo aniguna si wanaagsan baan kuu dhaqaalayn doonaa, laakiinse hadday kula xun tahay inaad Baabuloon ii raacdid, iska dhaaf. Bal eeg, dalkii oo dhammu adiguu ku hor yaal. Haddaba meel alla meeshii kula wanaagsan ee kula habboon inaad tagtid, tag.
But today I am going to take the chains off your wrists and release you. If you want to come with me to Babylon, [that will be fine]. I will take care of you. But if you do not want to come with me, do not come. [Stay here]. Look, the entire country is available; you can choose whatever part you want to go to. You can go wherever you wish.” [Then he took the chains off my wrists].
5 Oo weliba intuusan dib u noqonin ayuu ku yidhi, Waxaad ku noqotaa Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam oo ahaa ina Shaafaan oo boqorkii Baabuloon uu taliye uga dhigay magaalooyinkii dalka Yahuudah, oo isaga la joog dadka dhexdiisa, amase waxaad tagtaa meel alla meeshii kula habboon inaad tagtid. Markaas sirkaalkii waardiyayaashu wuxuu isagii siiyey sahay iyo hadiyad, kolkaasuu iska sii daayay.
He said, “If you [decide to] stay here, go to Gedaliah. The King of Babylon appointed him to be the governor of Judah. [You will be allowed to] stay here with the people [that he is governing]. But you can do whatever you want to.” Then Nebuzaradan gave me some food and some money, and he allowed me to go.
6 Markaas Yeremyaah wuxuu Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam ugu tegey Misfaah, oo isaguu la dhex degay dadkii dalka ku hadhay.
I returned to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and I stayed in Judah with the people who still remained in the land.
7 Oo saraakiishii ciidammadii duurka ku jiray oo dhan iyo raggoodiiba markay maqleen in boqorkii Baabuloon uu dalkii taliye uga dhigay Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam, oo uu isagii u dhiibay rag, iyo naago, iyo carruurba, kuwaasoo ahaa masaakiintii dalka ku hadhay oo aan Baabuloon maxaabiis ahaan loogu kaxaysan,
The [Israeli] soldiers [who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia] were roaming around in the countryside. Then their leaders heard someone say that the King of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor of the very poor people [who were still in Judah], who had not been taken to Babylon.
8 ayay Gedalyaah ugu yimaadeen Misfaah, waxayna ahaayeen Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah, iyo Yooxaanaan iyo Yoonaataan oo ahaa ilma Qaaree'ax, iyo Seraayaah ina Tanxumed, iyo ilma Ceefay oo ahaa reer Netofaah iyo Yesanyaah oo ahaa wiilkii kii reer Macakaah, iyagii iyo raggoodii oo dhammuba.
So they went [to talk] to Gedaliah at Mizpah. [Those who went included] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai from Netophath, and Jezaniah from Maacah, and the soldiers who were with them.
9 Markaasaa Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam oo ahaa ina Shaafaan wuxuu dhaar u maray iyagii iyo raggoodiiba, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Ha ka cabsanina inaad reer Kaldayiin u adeegtaan. Haddaba dalka iska degganaada, oo boqorka Baabuloon u adeega, oo idinna waad nabdoonaan doontaan.
Gedaliah solemnly promised that the soldiers from Babylonia would not harm them. He said, “Do not be afraid to do things for them. Stay [here] in this land and do things for the King of Babylon. If you do that, things will go well for you.
10 Aniguna waxaan degganaan doonaa Misfaah, si aan ugu joogo reer Kaldayiinka hadba noo imanaya, idinkuse waxaad urursataan khamri, iyo midhaha beergoosadka, iyo saliid, oo weelashiinna ku shubta, oo waxaad degganaataan magaalooyinkii aad qabsateen.
As for me, I will stay [here] at Mizpah to be your representative to the [officials from] Babylonia who come to [talk with] us. But you should [return to your towns, and eat the things that are produced on your land]. Harvest the grapes and the fruit [that ripen in] the (summer/hot season) and the olives, [make wine and olive oil, ] and store it.”
11 Sidaas oo kalena Yuhuuddii reer Moo'aab, iyo reer Cammoon, iyo reer Edom dhex joogtay oo dhan, iyo kuwii dalalka kale joogay oo dhammuba markay maqleen in boqorkii Baabuloon uu qaar kaga tegey dalkii Yahuudah iyo inuu iyagii madax uga dhigay Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam oo ahaa ina Shaafaan
Then the Jews who had fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other [nearby] countries heard people say that the King of Babylon had allowed a few people [to remain] in Judah, and that he had appointed Gedaliah to be their governor.
12 ayay Yuhuuddii oo dhammu ka soo wada noqdeen meelihii loo kala eryay oo dhan, oo waxay yimaadeen dalkii Yahuudah, oo Gedalyaah bay ugu yimaadeen Misfaah, markaasay soo ururiyeen khamri iyo midhaha beergoosadka oo fara badan.
So they [began to] return to Judah. They stopped at Mizpah to [talk with] Gedaliah. Then [they went to various places in Judea, and] they harvested a great amount of grapes and summer fruit.
13 Oo weliba Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax iyo saraakiishii ciidammadii duurka ku jiray oo dhammuba waxay Gedalyaah ugu yimaadeen Misfaah
[Some time later, ] Johanan and all the [other] leaders of the Israeli soldiers [who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia] came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.
14 oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Ma og tahay in Bacaliis oo ah boqorka reer Cammoon uu Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah u soo diray inuu ku dilo? Laakiinse Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam ma uu rumaysan.
They said to him, “Do you know that Baalis, the king of the Ammon [people-group], has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to assassinate you?” But Gedaliah did not believe what they said.
15 Markaasaa Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax si qarsoodi ah Gedalyaah ugula hadlay Misfaah, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Waan ku baryayaaye inaan tago ii fasax, Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah aan soo dilee oo ciduna ma ogaan doonto. Bal muxuu kuu dilayaa oo ay Yuhuuddii kugu soo wada ururtay oo dhammu u kala firdhaan, oo intii dadka dalka Yahuudah ka hadhayna ay u dhintaan?
Later Johanan talked with Gedaliah privately. He said, “Allow me to go and murder Ishmael secretly. It would not be good [RHQ] to allow him to come and murder you! If you are killed, what will happen to all the Jews who have returned to this area? They will be scattered, and the other people who remain in Judah will all be killed!”
16 Laakiinse Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam wuxuu Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax ku yidhi, Adigu waxan waa inaadan innaba samayn, waayo, been baad Ismaaciil ka sheegaysaa.
But Gedaliah said to Johanan, “[No], I will not allow you to do that. [I think that] you are lying about Ishmael.”
