Omuxunganeki Jeremia ta ifanenwa oshilonga shomuxunganeki kuKalunga
1 Eendjovo daJeremia, omona waHilkia womovapristeli vokuAnatot, medu laBenjamin, 2 ou a hangika kondjovo yOmwene momafiku aJosia yaAmon, ohamba yaJuda momudo omutimulongo nomutitatu wepangelo laye, 3 nokwa hangikululwa momafiku aJehoiakim yaJosia, ohamba yaJuda, fiyo okexulilo lomudo omutimulongo nowotete waSedekia yaJosia, ohamba yaJuda, fiyo Ovajerusalem va twalwa moupika mohani onhinhano.
4 Ame onda hangika kondjovo yOmwene tai ti: 5 “Ame onde ku hoolola nokuli fimbo inandi ku shitila medimo lanyoko, nonde ku yapula, fimbo ino dja mo medimo lanyoko, ndele nde ku ninga omuxunganeki woiwana.” 6 Opo nee ame onda tya: “Akutu Omwene Kalunga! Tala, ame kandi shii kupopya, osheshi aame omunyasha.” 7 Ndelenee Omwene okwa lombwela nge, ta ti: “Ino tya: ‘Aame omunyasha,’ osheshi keshe apa handi ku tumu ou nokuya po, nakeshe eshi handi shi ku lombwele ou noku shi popya. 8 Ino va tila, osheshi Ame ondi li pamwe naave ndele handi ku xupifa.” Omwene osho ta ti. 9 Opo nee Omwene okwa nana eke laye nokwa kuma nge kokanya. Ndele Omwene okwa tya kwaame: “Tala, ohandi tula eendjovo dange mokanya koye. 10 Tala, nena eli ohandi ku tula po kombada yoiwana noyomauhamba oku i dikula po noku i nyona po, noku i hanauna po noku i tunga noku i twika.”
11 Ondjovo yOmwene oya hanga nge vali, ndele tai ti: “Jeremia, ove u wete shike?” Ndele nda nyamukula: Ondi wete oshitai shomuti waamandel. 12 Opo Omwene okwa lombwela nge: “Heeno, ou shi wete shili, osheshi Ame ohandi kala nokupashukila ondjovo yange ndi i wanife.”
13 Ndele ame nda hangika lutivali kondjovo yOmwene, ya tya: “Ove u wete shike?” Ndele ame nda nyamukula: “Ondi wete ombiya ya fuluka ya taalela koumbangalanhu.” 14 Opo Omwene okwa lombwela nge: “Oumbangalanhu oko taku di omupya tau hange oonakukalamo aveshe vomoshilongo. 15 Osheshi tala, Ame ohandi ifana oiwana aishe yomauhamba okoumbangalanhu, Omwene osho ta ti. Ndele vo otave uya ndele tave liyalele omalukalwapangelo, keshe umwe olukalwa laye, poivelo yaJerusalem nopeehotekuma adishe tadi shi dingilile, noilando aishe yaJuda. 16 Ndele Ame onda hala oku va hololela omatokolo ange molwowii wavo aushe, eshi ve liteeka nge, ndele va twimina oikalunga imwe ndele ve linyongamena koilonga yomake avo vene. 17 Ove hano limangeleka moshiya shoye, fikama u tonge kuvo adishe handi di ku lombwele. Ino va tila, opo Ame ndihe ku halukife moipafi yavo. 18 Osheshi tala, onena tuu eli ohandi ku ningi ohotengulu ya pama nongudi yoshivela nekumahote loshikushu okukondjifa oshilongo ashishe, eehamba daJuda, omalenga aye omakulunhu, ovapristeli noshiwana shomoshilongo. 19 Ndele vo otave ke ku lwifa, ndelenee itave ku dulu nande, osheshi Ame ondi li pwoove nohandi ku xupifa,” Omwene osho ta ti.
1 My name is Jeremiah. I am a priest, and my father Hilkiah and everyone else in my family are from Anathoth in the territory of the Benjamin tribe. This book contains the things that the Lord told me to say. 2 The Lord first spoke to me in the thirteenth year that Josiah was king of Judah, 3 and he continued to speak to me during the rule of Josiah's son Jehoiakim. The last time the Lord spoke to me was in the fifth month of the eleventh year that Josiah's son Zedekiah was king. That was also when the people of Jerusalem were taken away as prisoners.
The Lord Chooses Jeremiah
4 The Lord said:
5 “Jeremiah, I am your Creator,
and before you were born,
I chose you to speak for me
to the nations.”
6 I replied, “I'm not a good speaker, Lord, and I'm too young.”
7 “Don't say you're too young,” the Lord answered. “If I tell you to go and speak to someone, then go! And when I tell you what to say, don't leave out a word! 8 I promise to be with you and keep you safe, so don't be afraid.”
9 The Lord reached out his hand, then he touched my mouth and said, “I am giving you the words to say, 10 and I am sending you with authority to speak to the nations for me. You will tell them of doom and destruction, and of rising and rebuilding again.”
11 The Lord showed me something in a vision. Then he asked, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I answered, “A branch of almonds that ripen early.”
12 “That's right,” the Lord replied, “and I always rise early to keep a promise.”
13 Then the Lord showed me something else and asked, “What do you see now?”
I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water in the north, and it's about to spill out toward us.”
14 The Lord said:
I will pour out destruction
all over the land.
15 Just watch while I send
for the kings of the north.
They will attack and capture
Jerusalem and other towns,
then set up their thrones
at the gates of Jerusalem.
16 I will punish my people,
because they are guilty
of turning from me
to worship idols.
17 Jeremiah, get ready!
Go and tell the people
what I command you to say.
Don't be frightened by them,
or I will make you terrified
while they watch.
18 My power will make you strong
like a fortress
or a column of iron
or a wall of bronze.
You will oppose all of Judah,
including its kings and leaders,
its priests and people.
19 They will fight back,
but they won't win.
I, the Lord, give my word—
I won't let them harm you.
