1Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
1 Sefatiya Mattan izo da Gedaliya Pasur izo, da Yukal Selemiya izo, da Pasur Malciya izo maa sanney kaŋ Irimiya ci jama kulu se ka ne:
2Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
2 Yaa no Rabbi ci: Boro kaŋ goro gallo wo ra, takuba nda haray da balaaw no g'a koy wi. Amma boro kaŋ fatta ka koy Kaldancey do, a koy ga funa. A fundo ga ciya a se sanda wongu arzaka, a ga funa mo.
3Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
3 Yaa no Rabbi ci: Daahir i ga gallo wo daŋ Babila bonkoono wongu marga kambe ra, a g'a ŋwa mo.
4Then 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 the hurt.”
4 Kala faadancey ne bonkoono se: «Iri ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ i ma boro wo wi, za kaŋ a goono ga wongaarey kaŋ yaŋ cindi gallo ra bine-gaabo da jama kulu bine-gaabo zabu, kaŋ a goono ga sanni woone yaŋ dumi ci i se. Zama manti jama wo baani no bora din goono ga ceeci bo, amma i masiiba.»
5Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
5 Bonkoono Zedeciya mo ne: «Guna, a go araŋ kambe ra. Zama ay wo sinda dabari ay ma wangu araŋ se da hay kulu.»
6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
6 Kal i na Irimiya di k'a catu bonkoono izo Malciya guuso ra, kaŋ go batukoy windo ra. I na Irimiya zure nda korfoyaŋ. Guuso binde, hari si no a ra, kala botogo hinne. Irimiya binde sundu botoga ra.
7Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
7 Amma waato kaŋ Ebed-Melek, Etiyopi boro, mantaw fo no kaŋ go bonkoono windo ra, maa baaru i na Irimiya daŋ guuso ra, bonkoono binde goono ga goro Benyamin Meyo gaa,
8Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
8 kala Ebed-Melek fun bonkoono windo ra. A kaa ka salaŋ bonkoono se ka ne:
9My 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; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.
9 «Ya nin, bonkoono ay jine bora, hay kulu kaŋ borey wo te annabi Irimiya se ra, i na goy laalo te kaŋ i n'a catu guuso ra. A ga bu mo nango din kaŋ a go, hara kaŋ goono ga te sabbay se, zama buuru mana cindi gallo ra.»
10Then 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.
10 Waato din gaa no bonkoono na Ebed-Melek, Etiyopi bora donton. A ne: «Kala ni ma boro waranza sambu ni banda ka koy ka annabi Irimiya candi ka kaa guuso ra, za a mana bu.»
11So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
11 Ebed-Melek mo na boro fooyaŋ sambu nga banda ka koy ka furo bonkoono windo ra barma fo cire. A na zaara-zaara fooyaŋ da zaara fumbo-fumbo fooyaŋ sambu noodin k'i zure nda korfoyaŋ Irimiya do.
12Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.
12 Ebed-Melek Etiyopi bora binde ne Irimiya se: «Kala ni ma zaara-zaarey da zaara fumbo-fumbey din daŋ ni fatey cire korfey gaa.» Irimiya binde te yaadin.
13So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
13 I na Irimiya candi da korfey din k'a kaa taray guuso ra. Irimiya binde goro noodin batukoy windo ra.
14Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.
14 Kala bonkoono Zedeciya donton i ma annabi Irimiya sambu ka kande nga do Rabbi windo me hinzanta ra. Bonkoono binde ne Irimiya se: «Ay ga ba ya ni hã hay fo. Ma si hay kulu tugu ay se.»
15Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.
15 Irimiya mo ne Zedeciya se: «D'ay ci ni se, da cimi ni s'ay wi, wala? Amma baa ay na ni no saaware, ni s'a ta.»
16So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.
16 Bonkoono Zedeciya binde ze Irimiya se tuguyaŋ ra ka ne: «Ay ze da Rabbi fundikoono, nga kaŋ na fundi woone taka iri se, ay si ni wi. Ay si ni daŋ mo borey kaŋ goono ga ni fundo ceeci yaŋ kambe ra.»
17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: If you will go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.
17 Kala Irimiya ne Zedeciya se: «Yaa no Rabbi Kundeykoyo, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Hala day ni fatta ka koy Babila bonkoono mayraykoyey do, ni ga du ni fundo, i si gallo wo ton da danji mo. Nin da ni dumo, araŋ ga funa mo.
18But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.
18 Amma da ni wangu ka fatta ka koy Babila bonkoono mayraykoyey do, kulu i ga gallo wo daŋ Kaldancey kambe ra. I g'a ton da danji, ni bumbo mo si du ka yana i kambe ra bo.»
19Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
19 Bonkoono Zedeciya binde ne Irimiya se: «Ay ga humburu Yahudancey kaŋ yaŋ bare ka ye Kaldancey do haray, ay ma si furo i kambey ra, i m'ay taabandi mo.»
20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
20 Amma Irimiya ne: «I si ni nooyandi. Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, kala ni ma Rabbi sanno gana haŋ kaŋ ay ci ni se ra. Yaadin gaa no ni ga goro baani, ni ga funa mo.
21But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:
21 Amma da ni wangu ka fatta, sanno kaŋ Rabbi cab'ay se neeya:
22behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away back.
22 Guna, wayborey kulu kaŋ yaŋ cindi Yahuda bonkoono windo ra, i ga fatta nd'ey ka kond'ey Babila bonkoono mayraykoyey do. Wayborey din mo ga ne: ‹Ni amaana borey na ni fafagu hal i hin nin. Sohõ mo kaŋ ni cey tibi potor-potor ra, I na banda bare ni gaa.›
23They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
23 I ga ni wandey da ni izey kulu kaa taray ka kond'ey Kaldancey do. Ni mo, ni si du ka yana i kambe ra, amma Babila bonkoono kamba ga ni di. Ni mo no ga ciya gallo wo ton da danji yaŋo sabaabu.»
24Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
24 Kala bonkoono Zedeciya ne Irimiya se: «Boro kulu ma si bay sanni woone gaa, ni si bu mo.
25But 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 what the king said to you:
25 Amma da faadancey maa baaru kaŋ ay salaŋ da nin, hala mo i kaa ni do ka ne ni se: ‹Ma bangandi iri se sohõ haŋ kaŋ no ni ci bonkoono se. Ma si tugu iri se, iri mo, iri si ni wi. Ma ci iri se mo haŋ kaŋ no bonkoono ci ni se› --
26then 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.
26 kala ni ma ne i se: ‹Ay kond'ay hẽeno bonkoono do no, k'a ŋwaaray i ma si ye nd'ay Yonatan kwaara koyne hal ay ma si koy bu noodin.› »
27Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
27 Kala faadancey kulu kaa Irimiya do k'a hã. Nga mo ci i se sanney kulu boŋ kaŋ bonkoono na nga lordi nd'a. Ngey mo mana ye ka salaŋ d'a, zama boro kulu mana maa haŋ kaŋ i ci care se.
28So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
28 Irimiya binde goro batukoy windo ra kal a to hano kaŋ hane wongo na Urusalima ŋwa.