1Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
1Laj Jeremías quixtzßîba jun li hu nak cuan Jerusalén ut quixtakla Babilonia riqßuineb laj tij ut eb laj cßamol be, joß eb ajcuiß li profeta ut chixjunileb li tenamit li queßcßameß chi prêxil xban laj Nabucodonosor.
2(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
2Quixtzßîba li hu aßan nak ac queßchapeß ut queßcßameß Babilonia li rey Jeconías ut lix naß, ut eb li nequeßcßanjelac saß li palacio, joß eb ajcuiß li cuanqueb xcuanquil aran Jerusalén ut Judá, rochbeneb laj pechß ut laj tßenol chßîchß li nequeßxnau trabajic chi us.
3By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
3Laj Sedequías, lix reyeb laj Judá, quixtaklaheb laj Elasa li ralal laj Safán ut laj Gemarías li ralal laj Hilcías chi âtinac riqßuin laj Nabucodonosor, lix reyeb laj Babilonia. Laj Jeremías quixtakla jun li hu chirixeb nak queßcôeb Babilonia. Li hu li quixtakla naxye chi joßcaßin:
4Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
4Joßcaßin naxye li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb laj Israel êre lâex chêjunilex li quexchapeß Jerusalén ut quexcßameß Babilonia:
5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
5Têyîb lê rochoch re texcuânk cuiß ut tex-âuk re têtzaca ru lê racuîmk.
6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
6Chexsumlâk re teßcuânk êralal êcßajol. Sicßomak li rixakileb lê ralal ut qßuehomakeb lê rabin chi sumlâc re nak teßcuânk ajcuiß li ralal xcßajoleb. Chexnabalokß ut chexqßuiânk.
7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
7Chexcuânk saß xyâlal re nak us teßêlk li tenamit li xeßchapoc êre. Chetzßâma li rusilal li Dios saß xbên li naßajej aßin xban nak cui us na-el li naßajej, us ajcuiß tex-êlk lâex.
8For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
8Joßcaßin xye li Kâcuaß li nimajcual Dios, lix Dioseb laj Israel: Mêqßue êrib chixbalakßi eb li profeta ut eb laj kße li cuanqueb saß êyânk, chi moco têrabi li cßaßru nequeßxye li nequeßmatqßuec.
9For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
9Eb aßan nequeßxye ticßtiß saß incßabaß. Moco yâl ta nak lâin xintaklan reheb.
10For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
10Li Kâcuaß quixye ajcuiß: —Nak ac xnumeß li lajêb xcâcßâl chihab nak xexinqßue chi cuânc rubel xcuanquileb laj Babilonia, lâin tincuil xtokßobâl êru ut texinqßue chi sukßîc cuißchic saß lê naßaj joß xinye êre.
11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
11Caßaj cuiß lâin ninnau cßaßru xincßûb ru xbânunquil chokß êre. Xincßûb ru êtenkßanquil. Mâcuaß raylal tinbânu êre. Usilal ban tinbânu êre, joß yôquex chiroybeninquil.
12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
12Saß eb li cutan aßan lâex textijok ut textzßâmânk chicuu, ut lâin tincuabi lê tij.
13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
13Nak tinêsicß, tinêtau xban nak tinêsicß chi anchal êchßôl.
14And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
14Nak tinêsicß tinêtau. Lâin texinqßue chi sukßîc saß lê naßaj. Lâin texinchßutub saß chixjunileb li naßajej li xinjeqßui cuiß êru. Texcuisi chak saß li naßajej li xexcßameß cuiß, chan li Kâcuaß.
15Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
15Lâex nequeye nak li Kâcuaß xqßue li profetas chi cßanjelac saß êyânk aran Babilonia.
16Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
16Cheqßuehak retal li cßaßru naxye li Kâcuaß chirix li rey li quicßojla saß xnaßaj li rey David ut chirixeb li cuanqueb saß li tenamit aßin, lê rech tenamitil li incßaß queßcßameß chi prêxil êrochben.
17Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
17Li Kâcuaß li nimajcual Dios naxye chi joßcaßin: —Lâin tintakla li plêt, li cueßej, ut li caki yajel saß xbêneb. Tincanabeb chi mâcßaß chic xcuanquileb. Chanchanakeb li higo li kßaynak, li incßaß chic naru xloubal xban xkßaynakil.
18And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
18Junelic tintakla li plêt, li cueßej ut li caki yajel saß xbêneb. Chixjunileb li cuanqueb saß ruchichßochß teßsachk xchßôl chirilbaleb. Teßhobekß ut teßseßêk. Yalak bar tebintakla, teßetzßûk ut teßmajecuâk.
19Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
19Teßxcßul chi joßcan xban nak incßaß queßxpâb li cuâtin li quiyeheß reheb junelic xbaneb lin profetas li queßcßanjelac chicuu. Joßcan ajcuiß lâex. Chi moco lâex li quexcßameß chi najt xerabi li cuâtin, chan li Kâcuaß.
20Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
20Joßcan ut cherabihak li cßaßru naxye li Kâcuaß lâex li quexchapeß aran Jerusalén ut quexcßameß Babilonia.
21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
21Li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb laj Israel naxye chi joßcaßin chirix laj Acab li ralal laj Colaías ut chirix ajcuiß laj Sedequías li ralal laj Maasías li queßxye ticßtiß saß xcßabaß li Dios, “Lâin tinkßaxtesiheb saß rukß laj Nabucodonosor lix reyeb laj Babilonia. Laj Nabucodonosor tixtakla xcamsinquileb chêru lâex,” chan li Dios.
22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
22Xmâqueb aßan nak chixjunileb laj Judá li cuanqueb Babilonia teßxye chi joßcaßin nak teßmajecuânk, “Li Kâcuaß tixbânu âcue joß quixbânu reheb laj Sedequías ut laj Acab li queßcßateß xban li rey Nabucodonosor.”
23Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
23Cßajoß li mâusilal queßxbânu aran Israel. Queßxmux ru lix sumlajiqueb nak queßxchßic ribeb riqßuineb li rixakileb li ras rîtzßin. Xeßxye ticßtiß saß incßabaß. Mâcuaß lâin xintaklan reheb. Lâin ninnau nak incßaß us yôqueb. Incßaß us lix naßlebeb, chan li Kâcuaß.
24Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
24Li Kâcuaß quixye re laj Jeremías nak tixye chi joßcaßin re laj Semaías, Nehelam xtenamit:
25Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
25Li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb laj Israel naxye chi joßcaßin: —Lâat xataklaheb li hu saß âcßabaß lâat reheb li cuanqueb Jerusalén ut re laj Sofonías laj tij li ralal laj Maasías ut reheb ajcuiß chixjunileb laj tij. Ut xaye re laj Sofonías chi joßcaßin:
26The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
26Li Kâcuaß xxakaban âcue chokß aj tij chokß rêkaj laj Joiada. Ut lâat chic tattaklânk saß li templo. Ut chixjunileb li cuînk li teßlôcokß ru ut teßxye nak aßaneb profeta, tâqßueheb saß tzßalam ut tâbaqßueb riqßuin cadena.
27Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
27¿Cßaßut nak incßaß xakßus laj Jeremías li xchal Anatot? Aßan yô chixqßuebal rib chokß profeta.
28For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
28Laj Jeremías quixtakla chak xyebal ke arin Babilonia nak najt tocuânk arin. Takayîb li kochoch re tocuânk cuiß ut toâuk re takatzaca ru li kacuîmk, chan saß lix hu.
29And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
29Ut laj Sofonías laj tij quiril xsaß li hu chiru li profeta Jeremías.
30Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
30Ut li Dios quiâtinac riqßuin laj Jeremías ut quixye re:
31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
31—Takla li esilal aßin reheb chixjunileb li queßcßameß Babilonia ut tâye reheb: Joßcaßin xye li Kâcuaß chirix laj Semaías, Nehelam xtenamit. Laj Semaías xexbalakßi nak xye êre nak saß incßabaß x-âtinac. Ut aßan moco yâl ta xban nak mâcuaß lâin xintaklan re.Joßcan nak lâin li Kâcuaß tinqßue laj Semaías chixtojbal xmâc. Incßaß teßcuânk li ralal xcßajol saß êyânk, chi moco târil laj Semaías li usilal li tinbânu reheb lin tenamit xban nak laj Semaías quixcßam xbeheb li tenamit chixkßetkßetinquil ribeb chicuu, chan li Kâcuaß.
32Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
32Joßcan nak lâin li Kâcuaß tinqßue laj Semaías chixtojbal xmâc. Incßaß teßcuânk li ralal xcßajol saß êyânk, chi moco târil laj Semaías li usilal li tinbânu reheb lin tenamit xban nak laj Semaías quixcßam xbeheb li tenamit chixkßetkßetinquil ribeb chicuu, chan li Kâcuaß.