Ontumwafo kaapongekwa
1 Onda nyolele aayambi, aahunganeki, aawiliki yoshigwana naayehe mboka Nebukadnezzar e ya fala oonkwatwa ya zi muJerusalem ya yi kuBabilon. 2 Onde yi nyola konima omukwaniilwa Jehoiakin, yina, omalenga, aawiliki yaJuda noyaJerusalem, omangomba naahambudhi yiiyedhilitho sho ya falwa muupongekwa. 3 Ontumwafo onde yi pe Elasa lyaShafan naGemarja gaHilkia, mboka ya tuminwe komukwaniilwa gwaJuda Sedekia, ya ye komukwaniilwa gwaBabilonia Nebukadnezzar. Otayi ti:
4 “Omuwa Omunankondoawike, Kalunga kaIsrael, ota lombwele aantu ayehe mboka a ziminine Nebukadnezzar e ya kuthe muJerusalem oonkwatwa noku ya fale kuBabilon: 5 ‘Dhikeni omagumbo, mu kale mo. Tsikeni iitsambe, mu lye iiyimati yayo. 6 Hokanathaneni, mu vale aanona. Hokanitheni aana yeni, opo ya vale aanona. Omu na okwiindjipala, mu ninge oyendji, hakushonopala. 7 Longeni uuwanawa wiilando mbyoka nde mu fala kuyo muupongekwa. Yi galikaneneni Omuwa, oshoka ngele oyi li melago, nane omu li melago. 8 Ongame, Omuwa, Kalunga kaIsrael, tandi mu londodha mwaa pitike mu kotokelwe kaahunganeki mboka ye li mokati keni, nenge kuyalwe mboka taa popi taa ti, otaa vulu okuhunganeka onakuyiwa. Inamu pupa ko koondjodhi dhawo. 9 Otaye mu lombwele iifundja medhina lyandje. Inandi ya tuma. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi.’
10 “Omuwa ota ti: ‘Omimvo dhomuBabilonia omilongo heyali nge dha piti po, otandi mu dhimbulukwa nokudhiginina euvaneko lyandje notandi mu galulile kegumbo. 11 Ongame awike ndi shi shoka nde mu dhiladhilila, omadhiladhilo gandje ogelago, hagomupya; otandi mu pe onakuyiwa netegameno. 12 Otamu ka ithana ndje. Otamu ke ya tamu galikana ndje, notandi ke mu yamukula. 13 Otamu ka konga ndje, notamu ka mona ndje, oshoka otamu ka konga ndje nomwenyo aguhe. 14 Eeno, otandi ti, otamu ka mona ndje, notandi ke mu tululula mevi lyeni. Otandi ke mu kongolola koshilongo kehe nokehala kehe nkoka nde mu halakanithile ko, notandi ke mu galulila mevi ndyoka nda li nde mu kutha mo, mu ye muupongekwa. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi.’
15 “Otamu ti, Omuwa okwe mu pe aahunganeki muBabilon. 16 Pulakeneni shoka Omuwa ta popi omukwaniilwa ngoka a kuutumba koshipangelapundi shaDavid naantu ayehe ya thigala mo moshilongo shika, aakweni mboka inaa ya muupongekwa pamwe nane. 17 Omuwa Omunankondoawike ota ti: ‘Otandi eta kuyo iita, ondjala nelega, otandi ke ya ninga ya fa oonkwiyu dho ola noitadhi liwa we.’ 18 Otandi ya landulitha iita, ondjala nelega, niigwana ayihe yomuuyuni otayi ka haluka kushoka tayi shi mono. Shaa nkoka nde ya halakanithile, aantu otaa kunkwa ya haluka kushoka she ya ningilwa. Aantu otaye ke ya nyonkela notaa tumbula edhina lyawo, ngele taa thingana. 19 Shika otashi ke ya ningilwa, oshoka inaa vulika koohapu ndhoka nda dhiginine oku dhi ya tumina maapiya yandje aahunganeki. Oya tindi okupulakena. 20 Ne amuhe mboka nda tumu muupongekwa muBabilon, pulakeneni shoka ngame, Omuwa, tandi ti.”
21 Omuwa Omunankondoawike, Kalunga kaIsrael, okwa popi Ahab yaKolajia naSedekia yaMaaseia, mboka taye mu lombwele iifundja medhina lye. Ota ti, ote ke ya gandja miikaha yomukwaniilwa gwaBabilonia Nebukadnezzar, ngoka te ke ya dhipagela montaneho yeni. 22 Uuna aapongekwa Aajuda yomuBabilonia taa ka thinga omuntu gwontumba, otaa ka tya: “Omuwa ne ku ninge wa fa Sedekia nAhab, mboka omukwaniilwa gwaBabilonia e ya kanga piikangwa ye na omwenyo!” 23 Eso lyawo osho tali ka kala lya tya ngaaka, oshoka oye na ondjo onenenene — oya hondele e taa popi iifundja medhina lyOmuwa. Shika osho okutsa ondumbo nOmuwa nehalo lye. Oku shi shi shoka ya ningi, oye onzapo yawo. Omuwa okwa popi.
Ontumwafo yaShemaja
24-25 Omuwa Omunankondoawike, Kalunga kaIsrael, okwa pe ndje elaka tali popi Shemaja yaNehelam, ngoka a tumu ontumwafo medhina lye mwene kAajerusalem ayehe nokomuyambi Sefania yaMaaseia nokaayambi ayehe. Montumwafo ndjika Shemaja okwa nyolele Sefania ta ti: 26 “Omuwa okwe ku langeke muuyambi peha lyaJehoiada, u kale omukuluntu motempeli. Osho oshilonga shoye okutala kutya omuyanankwengu kehe ti ihungunine okuninga omuhunganeki, na tulwe momalyenge nolugondo lwosheela mothingo ye. 27 Omolwashike inoo shi ningila Jeremia gwokuAnatot, ngoka tu uvithile aantu a fa omuhunganeki? 28 Oku na okumwenekwa, oshoka okwa lombwele aantu muBabilonia kutya onaa ka kala muupongekwa ethimbo ele noye na okutunga omagumbo okukala mo nokutsika iitsambe, ya mone iiyimati okulya.”
29 Sefania okwa leshele ndje ontumwafo ndjika. 30 Nena Omuwa okwa lombwele ndje, 31-32 ndi tumine aapongekwa ayehe muBabilon elaka ndika tali popi Shemaja tali ti: “Ongame, Omuwa, tandi ka geela Shemaja noluvalo lwe, oshoka okwe mu hunganekele, nando inandi mu tuma. Okwe mu lombwele iifundja. Ita ka kala e na oluvalo mokati keni. Ita ka kala e na omwenyo, a mone uuwanawa mboka tandi ka ningila aantu yandje, oshoka okwe ya uvithile, ya tse ondumbo nangame. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi.”
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