Jerusalem's Defeat Is Predicted
1 King Zedekiah of Judah sent to me Pashhur son of Malchiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah with this request: 2 “Please speak to the Lord for us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his army are besieging the city. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles for us and force Nebuchadnezzar to retreat.”
3 Then the Lord spoke to me, and I told those who had been sent to me 4 to tell Zedekiah that the Lord, the God of Israel, had said, “Zedekiah, I am going to defeat your army that is fighting against the king of Babylonia and his army. I will pile up your soldiers' weapons in the center of the city. 5 I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury. 6 I will kill everyone living in this city; people and animals alike will die of a terrible disease. 7 But as for you, your officials, and the people who survive the war, the famine, and the disease—I will let all of you be captured by King Nebuchadnezzar and by your enemies, who want to kill you. Nebuchadnezzar will put you to death. He will not spare any of you or show mercy or pity to any of you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
8 Then the Lord told me to say to the people, “Listen! I, the Lord, am giving you a choice between the way that leads to life and the way that leads to death. 9 Anyone who stays in the city will be killed in war or by starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians, who are now attacking the city, will not be killed; they will at least escape with their life. 10 I have made up my mind not to spare this city, but to destroy it. It will be given over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it to the ground. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
Judgment on the Royal House of Judah
11-12 The Lord told me to give this message to the royal house of Judah, the descendants of David: “Listen to what I, the Lord, am saying. See that justice is done every day. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating him. If you don't, the evil you are doing will make my anger burn like a fire that cannot be put out. 13 You, Jerusalem, are sitting high above the valleys, like a rock rising above the plain. But I will fight against you. You say that no one can attack you or break through your defenses. 14 But I will punish you for what you have done. I will set your palace on fire, and the fire will burn down everything around it. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
Jeremia ta lombwele Sedekia ehanauno laJerusalem
1 Ondjovo ya dja kOmwene ya hanga Jeremia, ohamba Sedekia eshi a tuma kuye Pashur yaMalkia naSefania yaMaasea, omupristeli, ndele ta ti: 2 “Tu pulila Omwene, osheshi Nebukadnesar ohamba yaBabilon ote tu lwifa. Kashiimba Omwene te tu ningile oshikumwifalonga shi fike poikumwifalonga yaye aishe, ndele ou te tu fii po, ta i.” 3 Opo nee Jeremia okwe va lombwela: Lombweleni Sedekia ngaha: 4 Omwene Kalunga kaIsrael ota ti ngaha: “Taleni, oilwifo ei i li momake eni ndele tamu kala noku i lwifa ovakondekeli veni, ohamba yaBabilon nOvakaldea pondje yohotekuma, ohandi ke i ongela meni loshilando. 5 Ndele Ame mwene ohandi ke mu lwifa neke la yeluka nokwooko ku neenghono; heeno, mehandu nomexwamo linene lehandu. 6 Ndele oonakukalamo moshilando eshi, ovanhu noimuna ohandi ke i hanauna po. Otava ka fya koudu wolutapo. 7 Ndele konima yoinima ei, Omwene osho ta ti, Ame ohandi ka yandja Sedekia, ohamba yaJuda, pamwe novapiya vaye noshiwana naava va xupa mo moshilando eshi, va xupa koudu wolutapo nokeongamukonda nokondjala, ohandi ke va yandja meke lohamba yaBabilon, Nebukadnesar, nomeke lovatondadi vavo nomeke laava hava nangele eemwenyo davo. Ndele oye ote ke va dipaifa eongamukonda. Ye ite ke va udila olukeno ile oku va xupifa ngaashi ite ke va fila onghenda.”
8 Ndele lombwela oshiwana eshi u tye: Omwene ota ti ngaha: “Taleni, Ame ohandi tula komesho eni ondjila yomwenyo nondjila yefyo: 9 Ou ta fyaala moshilando eshi ye ota ka fya keongamukonda nokondjala nokoudu wolutapo. Ndelenee ou ta di mo ndele ta i kOvakaldea, ava tave mu kondekele, ye ota ka kala nomwenyo, ta hakana omwenyo waye. 10 Osheshi oshipala shange onde shi yelulila oshilando eshi oshiponga, hauwa, Omwene osho ta ti. Oshilando eshi otashi ka yandjwa momake ohamba yaBabilon, ye ote shi xwike po nomundilo.”
11 Ndele keumbo lohamba yaJuda, tya: “Pwilikineni ondjovo yOmwene: 12 Eumbo laDavid! Omwene osho ta ti: ‘Ongula keshe tokoleni omatokolo a yuka, xupifeni onakunyekwa meke lomuhepeki, opo ehandu lange liha teme ngaashi omundilo ndiha xwame molwowii woilonga yeni, ndele puha kale omudimi.’
13 “Tala, handi ku lotokele, oove onakukala mefilu, oove emanyahote lomehenene, Omwene osho ta ti. Onye tuu ovo tamu ti: Olyelye ta ka dula okukulukila noku tu tondokela nolyelye ta ka dula okupumina mo momaumbo etu? 14 Ndele Ame ohandi ke mu handukilila paoimati yoilonga yeni, Omwene osho ta ti. Ndele Ame ohandi ka tema omundilo momufitu washo, ndele oo tau ka xwika po ashishe eshi she shi dingilila.”
