Jeremiah 38

1 Shephatiah wen natul Mattan, ac Gedaliah wen natul Pashhur, ac Jehucal wen natul Shelemiah, ac Pashhur wen natul Malchiah, elos lohngak lah nga fahk nu sin mwet uh lah

Now Saphatias the son of Mathan, and Gedelias the son of Phassur, and Juchal the son of Selemias, and Phassur the son of Melchias heard the words that Jeremias spoke to all the people, saying:

2 LEUM GOD El fahk mu, “Kutena mwet su mutana in siti uh fah misa ke mweun ku ke masrinsral ku ke mas upa. A kutena mwet su illa ac sifacna eisalosyang nu inpoun mwet Babylonia fah tia anwuki — elos ac mukaimtalla tuh elos ac moul.”

Thus saith the Lord: Whosoever shell remain in this city, shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence: but he that shall go forth to the Chaldeans, shall live, and his life shall be safe, and he shall live.

3 Nga oayapa fahk nu selos lah LEUM GOD El fahk, “Nga fah sang siti se inge nu inpoun mwet mweun lun Babylonia, ac elos fah eisla.”

Thus saith the Lord: This city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

4 Na mwet leum elos som nu yorol tokosra ac fahk, “Enenu mwet se inge in anwuki. Ke el kaskas ouinge el akmunasye insien mwet mweun in siti uh, ac el oayapa akmunasye insien mwet nukewa ma lula in siti uh. El tia srike elan kasru mwet uh; el lungsena fahk ma in akkolukyalos.”

And the princes said to the king: We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.

5 Na Tokosra Zedekiah el topuk, “Wona. Oru ma kowos lungse oru nu sel an. Nga ac tia ikolkowosi.”

And king Sedecias said: Behold he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing.

6 Ouinge elos usyula ac kukinyuwi ke sucl nu in lufin kof se lal Fisrak Malchiah, ma oan inkul sin tokosra. Wangin kof in luf sac, a fohk furarrar na, ac nga tili nu loac.

Then they took Jeremias and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in the entry of the prison: and they let down Jeremias by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there was no water, but mire. And Jeremias sunk into the mire.

7 Ebedmelech, sie mwet Ethiopia ac el sie eunuch su orekma inkul fulat sin tokosra, el lohng lah elos filiyuwi in lufin kof uh. In pacl sac tokosra el muta ke nien nununku ke Mutunpot Benjamin.

Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon: but the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin.

8 Ouinge Ebedmelech el som nu we ac fahk nu sel tokosra,

And Abdemelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying:

9 “Leum Fulat luk, arulana koluk ma mwet inge oru ke elos kukinilya mwet palu Jeremiah nu in lufin kof sac. El ac misa we ke masrinsral, mweyen wanginla mongo in siti uh.”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremias the prophet, casting him into the dungeon to die there with hunger, for there is no more bread in the city.

10 Na tokosra el sapkin nu sel Ebedmelech elan eis tolu mwet in welul amakinyuyak liki luf sac meet liki nga misa.

Then the king commanded Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying: Take from hence thirty men with thee, and draw up Jeremias the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

11 Ouinge Ebedmelech el us mwet inge som nu nien filma ke lohm sin tokosra, ac eis kutu mahn nuknuk ac kwiya ke sucl nu yuruk.

So Abdemelech taking the men with him, went into the king’s house that was under the storehouse: and he took from thence old rags, and old rotten things, and he let them down by cords to Jeremias into the dungeon.

12 El sap nga in sang mahn nuknuk ah nu ye pouk, sucl ah in tia kanteyuwi. Nga oru oana,

And Abdemelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremias: Put these old rags and these rent and rotten things under thy arms, and upon the cords: and Jeremias did so.

13 ac elos amakinyuyak liki luf sac. Toko elos sap nga muta ke kalkal lun mwet san ke inkul lun tokosra.

And they drew up Jeremias with the cords, and brought him forth out of the dungeon. And Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison.

14 Ke sie pac pacl ah, Tokosra Zedekiah el sap in utuku nga nu yorol, ke nien utyak se aktolu nu in Tempul, ac el fahk, “Oasr ma nga ke siyuk sum, na kom in fahkma nufon pwayeiya uh.”

And king Sedecias sent, and took Jeremias the prophet to him to the third gate, that was in the house of the Lord: and the king said to Jeremias: I will ask thee a thing, hide nothing from me.

15 Na nga topuk, “Nga fin fahkot in suwohs, kom ac uniyuwi. Ac nga finne sot kas in kasrekom, kom ac tiana lohang nu kac.”

Then Jeremias said to Sedecias: If I shall declare it to thee, wilt thou not put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken to me.

16 Na Tokosra Zedekiah el wulema nu sik in lukma, “Nga fulahk ke Inen God moul, God se su ase moul nu sesr, lah nga fah tia unikomi ku eiskomyang nu inpoun mwet ma kena unikomi.”

Then king Sedecias swore to Jeremias, in private, saying: As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of these men that seek thy life.

17 Na nga fahkang nu sel Zedekiah lah LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El fahk, “Kom fin sifacna eiskomyang nu sin Tokosra Babylonia ac mwet lal, kom ac tia misa, ac siti se inge ac tia isisyak. Kom, ac sou lom kewa, ac fah moul.

And Jeremias said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: If thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire: and thou shalt be safe, and thy house.

18 Tusruktu kom fin tia eiskomyang nu selos, na siti se inge ac fah itukyang nu inpaolos, ac elos ac fah esukak, na kom ac tia ku in kaingla lukelos.”

But if thou wilt not go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, this city shall be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire: and thou shalt not escape out of their hands.

19 Tusruktu tokosra el fahk, “Nga sangeng sin mwet lasr ma som liki kut nu yurin mwet Babylonia. Sahp ac ku in itukyang nga nu selos ac elos ac akkeokyeyu.”

And king Sedecias said to Jeremias: I am afraid because of the Jews that are fled over to the Chaldeans: lest I should be delivered into their hands, and they should abuse me.

20 Na nga fahk, “Kom ac fah tia itukyang nu inpaolos. Nga kwafe sum kom in akos kas lun LEUM GOD; na ma nukewa ac fah wo nu sum, ac kom ac moulna.

But Jeremias answered: They shall not deliver thee: hearken, I beseech thee, to the word of the Lord, which I speak to thee, and it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.

21 Tusruktu LEUM GOD El akkalemye nu sik in sie aruruma ma ac sikyak kom fin srunga eiskomyang nu selos.

But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:

22 In aruruma sac nga liye mutan lula nukewa inkul fulat sin tokosra Judah, kokola elos nu yurin mwet fulat lun Tokosra Babylonia. Porongo ma elos fahk ke elos fahla: ‘Mwet kawuk saok lun tokosra kifasulla, Elos toanya ma el nunku. Ac inge, ke nial tilla in fohk furarrar, Mwet kawuk lal elos som lukel.’”

Behold all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda, shall be brought out to the princes of the king of Babylon: and they shall say: Thy men of peace have deceived thee, and have prevailed against thee, they have plunged thy feet in the mire, and in a slippery place, and they have departed from thee.

23 Na nga tafwela ac fahk, “Mutan kiom nukewa ac tulik nutum nukewa ac fah utukla nu yurin mwet Babylonia, ac kom sifacna fah tia ku in kaingla lukelos. Kom ac fah utukla mwet kapir sin tokosra lun Babylonia, ac siti se inge ac fah isisyak nwe ke apatla.”

And all thy wives, and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape their hands, but thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and he shall burn this city with fire.

24 Zedekiah el topuk, “Nimet srumun nu sin mwet saya ma kut sramsram kac inge, na kom fah tia fosrnga ke moul lom.

Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.

25 Mwet leum inge fin lohng lah nga sramsram nu sum, elos ac tuku siyuk sum lah mea kut srumun ah. Elos ac wuleot mu elos ac tia unikomi kom fin fahkang ma nukewa nu selos.

But if the princes shall hear that I have spoken with thee, and shall come to thee, and say to thee: Tell us what thou hast said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not kill thee: and also what the king said to thee:

26 Fahk na nu selos mu kom kwafe nga in tia folokinkomla nu in presin in lohm sel Jonathan, mweyen kom ac tuh misa we.”

Thou shalt say to them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not command me to be carried back into the house of Jonathan, to die there.

27 Na mwet leum nukewa elos tuku siyuk sik, na nga fahk oana ma tokosra el fahk nga in tuh fahk ah. Wangin ma elos ku in oru, mweyen wangin mwet lohng sramsram se lasr ah.

So all the princes came to Jeremias, and asked him: and he spoke to them according to all the words that the king had commanded him: and they left him: for nothing had been heard.

28 Na filiyuki nga in kalkal lun mwet san ke inkul sin tokosra nwe ke na len se ma sruoh acn Jerusalem.

But Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and it came to pass that Jerusalem was taken.