Etokolo lya Sedekia
1 Nebukadnezzar, omukwaniilwa gwaBabilon, okwa kwaniileke Sedekia yaJosia peha lyaJehoiakin yaJehoiakim. 2 Ihe Sedekia, omalenga ge nenge oshigwana inashi vulika koohapu dhOmuwa ndhoka e dhi lombwele ndje.
3 Omukwaniilwa Sedekia okwa tumu Jukal yaShelemia nomuyambi Sefania yaMaaseia, ya indile ndje, ndi galikanene oshigwana shetu kOmuwa Kalunga ketu. 4 Onda li inaandi tulwa manga mondjedhililo nonda li tandi vulu okwiinyenga nemanguluko mokati kaantu. 5 Etangakwiita lyaBabilonia olya li lya kondeke Jerusalem, ihe sho lya kundana kutya etangakwiita lyaEgipiti olya tokola ongamba yaEgipiti, olye etha ekondeka.
6 Nena Omuwa, Kalunga kaIsrael, okwa lombwele ndje, 7 ndi ka lombwele Sedekia ndi tye: “Etangakwiita lyaEgipiti oli li mondjila tali ya li mu kwathe, ihe otali ka shuna. 8 Aababilonia otaa galuka, otaa ponokele oshilando, otaye shi kwata po e taye shi fike po. 9 Ongame, Omuwa, tandi mu londodha, mwaa ifundjaleke mu dhiladhile kutya Aababilonia itaa galuka we, oshoka otaa ke ya. 10 Nokuli nando mu sinde etangakwiita alihe lyaBabilon, pu hupe oomwahe dhowala dha lala momatsali gadho, otadhi ka penduka po e tadhi fike po oshilando shika.”
Jeremia ta kwatwa
11 Etangakwiita lyaBabilonia olya zi po puJerusalem, oshoka etangakwiita lyaEgipiti olya li tali hedha kulyo. 12 Onda zi muJerusalem, ndi ye koshikandjo shaBenjamin ndi ka taambe uuthiga, oshitendelwa shandje sheyana shomezimo. 13 Ihe sho nda thiki posheelo shaBenjamin, omukuluntu gwaalangeli, edhina lye Jirija yaShelemia, omutekulu gwaHanania, okwa kankeke ndje e ta ti: “Ngoye oto iyakele kAababilonia!”
14 Onda yamukula nda ti: “Hasho sho! Itandi iyaka.” Ihe Jirija ina hala okupulakena ndje. Okwa kwata ndje e ta fala ndje komalenga. 15 Oga geele ndje noonkondo, oga dhengitha ndje noge edhilile ndje mongulu yamushangampangu Jonatan. Ongulu ye oya li ya shitukithwa ondjedhililo. 16 Onda tulwa melambo nonda kala mo olule.
17 Omukwaniilwa Sedekia okwa tumu ihe, ndi ye kuye muuwa, e ta pula ndje ongumitila ta ti: “Inaku za elaka lyasha kOmuwa?”
Onda yamukula nda ti: “Okwa za, ngoye oto ka gandjwa miikaha yomukwaniilwa gwaBabilon.” 18 Onda pula nda ti: “Onda yono ano shike kungoye nenge komalenga goye nenge koshigwana, sho wa tula ndje mondjedhililo? 19 Aahunganeki yeni mboka ye mu lombwele kutya Aababilonia itaye mu homona, nenge ya homone oshilongo shika, oya ningwa ngiini? 20 Nkeyama, otandi ku galikana, u pulakene ndje ngoye u ninge shoka tandi ku pula nda gwaya evi, ino shuna ndje we maandja Jonatan. Ngele oto shi ningi, otandi ka sila mo shili.”
21 Osho ngaaka omukwaniilwa u utha, ndi edhililwe molugumbo lwomalangelo muuwa, nonda li handi pewa oshipambu shoshikwiila esiku kehe sha zi mombeka, sigo iikwiila ayihe ya pu po thilu moshilando.
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