1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them , but ye have not hearkened; 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
8 ¶ Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
10 ¶ When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house . 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
12 ¶ Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. 13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
16 ¶ Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: 21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely , Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. 23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. 24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Jeremia ta pangulwa
1 Petameko lyelelo lyomukwaniilwa Jehoiakim yaJosia, omukwaniilwa gwaJuda, oohapu dhOmuwa odhe ya kungame. 2 Omuwa okwa lombwele ndje a ti: “Thikama mehale lyotempeli, u uvithe oohapu adhihe nde ku lombwele u dhi lombwele aantu mboka taa zi komikunda dhaJuda ye ya kelongelokalunga. Ino thiga po sha. 3 Pamwe aantu taa pulakene, ye ethe oondjila dhawo oombwinayi. Ngele taye shi ningi, otandi ki itedhulula kombinga yehanagulo ndyoka nde ya dhiladhilile molwiilonga yawo yuukolokoshi.”
4 Omuwa okwa lombwele ndje, ndi lombwele aantu ndi tye: “Ongame, Omuwa, nda ti, vulikeni kungame ne mu dhiginine ompango yandje nde yi mu pe. 5 Pulakeneni oohapu dhaapiya yandje aahunganeki, mboka nda dhiginine oku mu tumina, nando inamu vulika kushoka ya popi. 6 Ngele otamu tsikile okwaavulika, nena otempeli ndjika otandi ke yi ninga, ngaashi nda ningi Shilo, niigwana ayihe yomuuyuni otayi ka tumbula edhina lyoshilando shika, ngele tayi thingana.”
7 Aayambi, aahunganeki naantu ayehe oyu uvu ndje tandi uvitha iinima mbika motempeli. 8 Sho nda hulitha ayihe mbyoka Omuwa a lombwele ndje, ndi yi popye, oya kwata ndje noyi igidha ya ti: “Ou na okudhipagwa! 9 Omolwashike to popi medhina lyOmuwa kutya otempeli ndjika otayi ka fa Shilo, noshilando shika otashi ka hanagulwa po nokaku na ngoka ta ka kala mo?” Aantu noya gongalele ndje.
10 Aawiliki yaJuda sho ye shi uvu, oya zi ko kuuwa, ye ya kotempeli e taa kuutumba pOsheelo oshipe. 11 Aayambi naahunganeki oya lombwele aawiliki naantu ayehe taa ti: “Omulumentu nguka okwi ilongele egeelo lyokusa, oshoka ota hunganeke a tsa ondumbo noshilando shetu. Omwe mu uvu nomakutsi geni yene.”
12 Ngame onda ti: “Omuwa okwa tumu ndje, ndi uvithe ashihe shoka mu uvu tashi popi otempeli ndjika noshilando shika. 13 Opalekeni ano ngashingeyi omikalo niilonga yeni, ne mu vulike kOmuwa, Kalunga keni. Ngele otamu shi ningi, Omuwa oti itedhulula noite mu etele ehanagulo ndyoka a li e li dhiladhila. 14 Kombinga yandje, ondi li miikaha yeni! Ningii ndje shoka sho opala noshu uka momeho geni. 15 Ihe shi tseyeni ashike, ngele otamu dhipaga ndje, one naantu yomoshilando shika otamu kala mu na ondjo yedhipago lyomukeenandjo, oshoka Omuwa oye a tumu ndje, ndi mu pe elondodho ndika.”
16 Nena aawiliki naantu ayehe oya lombwele aayambi naahunganeki taa ti: “Omulumentu nguka okwe tu uvithile medhina lyOmuwa Kalunga ketu; ke na okudhipagwa andola.”
17 Konima yaambika yamwe yomaawiliki oya thikama e taa lombwele aantu mboka ya li ya gongala taa ti: 18 “Hiskia sho a li omukwaniilwa gwaJuda, omuhunganeki Mika gwokuMoreshet okwa lombwelele aantu ayehe kutya Omuwa Omunankondoawike okwa ti:
‘Sion ota papulwa a fa eputa,
Jerusalem otashi ka ninga ondumba yomakulukuma,
nondundu yotempeli otayi ka shituka okuti.’
19 Omukwaniilwa Hiskia nAajuda inaa dhipaga Mika. Peha lyasho Hiskia okwa tila Omuwa nokwe mu geulukitha. Omuwa nokwi itedhulula ye ine eta oshiponga shoka kwa li e na oku ya undulila. Ngashingeyi otatu iyetele oshiponga oshinene tse yene.”
20 (Okwa li ku na omulumentu gulwe, edhina lye Uria waShemaja gwokuKiriat Jearim, ngoka a popi medhina lyOmuwa nokutsa ondumbo noshilando noshigwana, ngaashi naanaa Jeremia a ningi. 21 Omukwaniilwa Jehoiakim, aakwiita ye nomalenga sho yu uvu Uria shoka a ti, omukwaniilwa okwa kambadhala oku mu dhipagitha. Ihe Uria okwe shi uvu, okwa tila e ta yi ontuku kuEgipiti. 22 Omukwaniilwa Jehoiakim okwa tumu Elnatan lyaAkbor naalumentu yamwe, ya ka tale ko Uria kuEgipiti. 23 Oye mu eta komukwaniilwa Jehoiakim, ngoka e mu dhipagitha, nomudhimba gwe ogu umbilwa moombila dhaantu yowala.)
24 Ihe molwashoka nda li megameno lyaAhikam yaShafan, inandi gandjwa miikaha yaantu, ndi dhipagwe.
