Jeremiah 38
1 Ṣefatia ọmọ Mattani, Gedaliah ọmọ Paṣuri, Jehukali ọmọ Ṣelemiah, àti Paṣuri ọmọ Malkiah, gbọ́ ohun tí Jeremiah ń sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn nígbà tí ó sọ wí pé,
Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
2 “Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: ‘Ẹnikẹ́ni tó bá dúró nínú ìlú yìí yóò kú nípa idà, ìyàn àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn; ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tó bá lọ sí Babeli yóò yè; yóò sá àsálà, yóò sì yè.’
“The LORD says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out to the Kasdim will live. He will escape with his life and he will live.’
3 Àti pé èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: ‘Ìdánilójú wà wí pé a ó fi ìlú náà lé ọwọ́ àwọn ọmọ-ogun ọba Babeli; tí yóò sì kó wa nígbèkùn.’”
The LORD says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’”
4 Nígbà náà ni àwọn ìjòyè wí fún ọba pé, “Ó yẹ kí a pa ọkùnrin yìí; ó ń kó ìrẹ̀wẹ̀sì bá àwọn ọmọ-ogun tókù nínú ìlú pẹ̀lú gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn nípa ohun tí ó ń sọ fún wọn. Ọkùnrin yìí kò fẹ́ ìre fún àwọn ènìyàn bí kò ṣe ìparun.”
Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”
5 Sedekiah ọba sì wí pé, “Ó wà lọ́wọ́ yín. Ọba kò lè ṣe ohunkóhun láti takò yín.”
Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
6 Wọ́n gbé Jeremiah sọ sínú ihò Malkiah, ọmọ ọba, tí ó wà ní àgbàlá ilé túbú; wọ́n fi okùn sọ Jeremiah kalẹ̀ sí ìsàlẹ̀ ihò; kò sì ṣí omi nínú ihò náà bí kò ṣe ẹrọ̀fọ̀, Jeremiah sì rì sínú ẹrọ̀fọ̀ náà.
Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n, Ebedimeleki, ará Kuṣi ìjòyè nínú ààfin ọba gbọ́ pé wọ́n ti ju Jeremiah sínú kànga. Nígbà tí ọba jókòó ní ẹnu-bodè Benjamini.
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),
8 Ebedimeleki jáde kúrò láàfin ọba, ó sì sọ fún un pé,
Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
9 “Olúwa mi ọba, àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí ti ṣe ohun búburú sí Jeremiah wòlíì Ọlọ́run. Wọ́n ti gbé e sọ sínú kànga níbi tí kò sí oúnjẹ kankan nínú ìlú mọ́.”
“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon. He is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.”
10 Nígbà náà ni ọba pàṣẹ fún Ebedimeleki ará Kuṣi pé, “Mú ọgbọ̀n ọkùnrin láti ibí pẹ̀lú rẹ, kí ẹ sì fa wòlíì Jeremiah sókè láti inú ihò, kí ó tó kú.”
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.”
11 Ebedimeleki kó àwọn ọkùnrin náà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, wọ́n lọ sínú yàrá kan nínú ààfin ọba. Ó mú àwọn aṣọ àkísà àti okùn tọ Jeremiah lọ nínú kànga.
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 Ebedimeleki ará Kuṣi sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Fi àkísà àti okùn bọ abẹ́ abíyá rẹ, Jeremiah sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀.”
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords.” Jeremiah did so.
13 Báyìí ni wọ́n ṣe fi okùn yọ Jeremiah jáde, wọ́n sì mu un gòkè láti inú ihò wá, Jeremiah sì wà ní àgbàlá ilé túbú.
So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
14 Nígbà náà ni ọba Sedekiah ránṣẹ́ pe, Jeremiah òjíṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run àti láti mú un wá sí ẹnu ibodè kẹta nílé Olúwa. Ọba sì sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Èmi yóò bi ọ́ ní ohun kan; má sì ṣe fi ohun kan pamọ́ fún mi.”
Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to himself into the third entry that is in the LORD’s house. Then the king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.”
15 Jeremiah sì sọ fún Sedekiah pé, “Tí mo bá fún ọ ní èsì, ṣé o kò nípa mí? Tí mo bá gbà ọ́ nímọ̀ràn, o kò ní gbọ́ tèmi.”
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? If I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”
16 Ṣùgbọ́n ọba Sedekiah búra ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ fún Jeremiah wí pé, “Dájúdájú bí Olúwa ti ń bẹ, ẹni tí ó fún wa ní ẹ̀mí, èmi kò nípa ọ́ tàbí fà ọ́ fún àwọn tó ń lépa ẹ̀mí rẹ.”
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”
17 Nígbà náà ni Jeremiah sọ fún Sedekiah pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run alágbára, Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí: ‘Àyàfi bí o bá jọ̀wọ́ ara rẹ fún àwọn olóyè ọba Babeli, a ó dá ẹ̀mí rẹ sí àti pé ìlú yìí kò ní di jíjó ní iná; ìwọ àti ilé rẹ yóò sì wà láààyè.
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “The LORD, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul will live, and this city will not be burnt with fire. You will live, along with your house.
18 Ṣùgbọ́n tí o kò bá jọ̀wọ́ ara rẹ fún àwọn ìjòyè ọba Babeli, a ó fa ìlú yìí lé ọwọ́ àwọn Babeli. Wọn yóò sì fi iná sun ún, ìwọ gan an kò ní le sá mọ́ wọn lọ́wọ́.’”
But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city will be given into the hand of the Kasdim, and they will burn it with fire, and you won’t escape out of their hand.’”
19 Ọba Sedekiah sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Mò ń bẹ̀rù àwọn Júù tó ti sálọ sí ilẹ̀ Babeli, nítorí pé àwọn ará Babeli lè fà mí lé wọn lọ́wọ́ láti fìyà jẹ mí.”
Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Kasdim, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.”
20 Jeremiah sì dáhùn wí pé, “Wọn kò ní fi ọ́ lé e lọ́wọ́. Pa ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa mọ́ nípa ṣíṣe ohun tí mo sọ fún ọ; yóò sì dára fún ọ, ẹ̀mí rẹ yóò sì wà.
But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the LORD’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live.
21 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìwọ bá kọ̀ láti jọ̀wọ́ ara rẹ, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa ti fihàn mí.
But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
22 Gbogbo àwọn obìnrin tókù ní ààfin ọba Juda ni wọn yóò kó jáde fún àwọn ìjòyè ọba Babeli. Àwọn obìnrin náà yóò sì sọ fún ọ pé: “‘Àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ tàn ọ́ jẹ, wọ́n sì borí rẹ. Ẹsẹ̀ rẹ rì sínú ẹrọ̀fọ̀; àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ ti fi ọ́ sílẹ̀.’
‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say, “Your familiar friends have turned on you, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away from you.”
23 “Wọn yóò kó àwọn ìyàwó àti ọmọ rẹ wá sí Babeli. Ìwọ gan an kò ní bọ́ níbẹ̀, ọba Babeli yóò mú ọ, wọn yóò sì jó ìlú yìí kanlẹ̀.”
They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Kasdim. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burnt with fire.’”
24 Nígbà náà ni Sedekiah sọ fún Jeremiah pé, “Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni mọ̀ nípa ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, tàbí kí o kú.
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die.
25 Tí àwọn ìjòyè bá mọ̀ pé mo bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀, tí wọ́n bá wá bá ọ wí pé, ‘Sọ fún wa ohun tí o bá ọba sọ tàbí ohun tí ọba sọ fún ọ; má ṣe fi pamọ́ fún wa tàbí kí a pa ọ́,’
But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also tell us what the king said to you;’
26 nígbà náà kí o sọ fún wọn, ‘Mò ń bẹ ọba láti má jẹ́ kí n padà lọ sí ilé Jonatani láti lọ kú síbẹ̀.’”
then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’”
27 Gbogbo àwọn olóyè sì wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Jeremiah láti bi í léèrè, ó sì sọ gbogbo ohun tí ọba ní kí ó sọ. Wọn kò sì sọ ohunkóhun mọ́, nítorí kò sí ẹni tí ó gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ tí òun àti ọba jọ sọ.
Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived.
28 Jeremiah wà nínú àgbàlá àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ títí di ọjọ́ tí wọ́n fi kó Jerusalẹmu:
So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
