Babilon tashi teka po
1 Ndika olyo elaka ndyoka Omuwa e li pe ndje tali popi oshilando Babilon naantu yasho.
2 “Hokololeleni iigwana onkundana! Yi uvitheni!
Yelutheni ombaaneli, mu tomone onkundana!
Inamu yi holeka nando!
Babilon osha teka po!
Kalunga kasho Merodak okwa nyankulwa po!
Iimenka yaBabilon oya sithwa ohoni,
iiyelekela yasho iinyanyalithi ya singulwa po!
3 “Oshigwana tashi zi kuumbangalantu, otashi ya okuponokela Babilonia notashi shi ningi ombuga. Aantu niinamwenyo otayi yi ontuku, nokape na ngoka ta kala mo.”
Egaluko lyaIsrael
4 Omuwa ota ti: “Ethimbo otali ya, uuna Aaisraeli nAajuda ayehe taa ke ya taa lili, taa kongo ndje, Kalunga kawo. 5 Otaa ka pula ondjila yu uka kuSion notaye yi landula. Otaa ka hangana nangame ehangano lyaaluhe noitaye li yono we.
6 “Aantu yandje oya fa oonzi ndhoka omusita e dhi kanithile moondundu. Oye endaenda ya fa oonzi tadhi londakana oondundu, noya dhimbwa kaandjawo. 7 Oya ponokelwa kwaayehe ye ya mono. Aatondi yawo otaa ti: ‘Oya yono kOmuwa, onkee shoka twa ningi, oshi li mondjila. Oohekulu oyi inekele Omuwa, nayo yene oya li ye na oku mu inekela.’
8 “Aaisraeli ne, zii mo muBabilonia! Shi thigii po! Ningeni shanamutango oku shi thiga po! 9 Otandi ka sikumudha engathithi lyiigwana muumbangalantu noku yi ponokelitha Babilonia. Otaa ka tsa ompola molugodhi, ya kondjithe oshilongo noku shi lala. Oyo oondjumbeta oonkulungu, aashoneki yiikuti ihaayi palutha. 10 Babilonia otashi ka luwa po, naamboka taye shi lu po, otaa ka kagunyuna po ashihe ye shi hala. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi.”
Etekopo lyaBabilon
11 Omuwa ota ti: “Aababilonia ne, omwa yugu oshigwana shandje. Omu na elago mwa nyanyukwa mwa fa ondema tayi yungula olupale, tamu hehema mwa fa okakambe okatsezi, 12 ihe oshilando sheni oshinene otashi ka fupipikwa nokusithwa ohoni. Babilonia otashi ka ninga oshishona shi vulike kiigwana ayihe; otashi ka notelwa nokumbugala. 13 Molwondjahi yandje kape na ngoka ta ka kala mo muBabilon; otashi ka kumuka po, naamboka taa ka pita pusho, otaa ka haluka nokukumwa.
14 “Ondjumbeta, tseni ompola, mu kondeke Babilon. Hwanunineni iikuti yeni ayihe kuBabilon, oshoka osha yono kungame, Omuwa. 15 Tseni onkalu koombinga adhihe dhoshilando! Babilon otashi igandja. Omadhingililokuma gasho otaga kumunwa po. Otandi polithile ondjahi yandje mAababilonia. Onkee polithileni ondjahi yeni muyo, mu ya ninge, ngaashi ya ningile aantu ooyakwawo. 16 Inamu etha ombuto yi kunwe moshilongo shoka nenge eteyo li teywe. Omukwiilongo kehe a kala mo, ota ka haluka kehomono lyaahanaguli e ta ka shuna koshilongo shaandjawo.”
Egaluko lyaIsrael
17 Omuwa ota ti: “Aaisraeli oya fa oonzi dha kukuma nodha halakanithwa koonime. Tango oya ponokelwa komupangeli gwaAssur. Opo ihe Nebukadnezzar, omukwaniilwa gwaBabilon, okwa kunya omasipa gawo. 18 Molwashika ngame, Omuwa Omunankondoawike, otandi ka geela omukwaniilwa Nebukadnezzar noshilongo she, naanaa ngaashi nda geelele omupangeli gwaAssur. 19 Otandi ka galulila Aaisraeli kevi lyawo. Otaa ka lya iikulya ya mena kondundu Karmel nomoshikandjo Baasha notaa ka kutitha ondjala yawo niilikolwa tayi zi miikandjo yaEfraim naGilead. 20 Ethimbo nge lya thikana, muIsrael itamu ka monika we ombedhi nuukolokoshi muJuda, oshoka otandi ka dhimina po aantu mboka nde ya hupitha ko. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi.”
Kalunga ta geele Babilonia
21 Omuwa ota ti: “Ponokeleni aantu muMeratajim nomuPekod. Ya yapulileni Omuwa nokugana, mu ya dhipage noku ya hanagula po sheke. Gwanitheni ashihe tandi mu lombwele. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi. 22 Oshihomo sholugodhi otashi uvika moshilongo, noku na ehanagulo enene. 23 Babilonia osha nyankagula po uuyuni auhe, ngashingeyi osilwa ndjoka oya nyanyagulwa po! Iigwana ayihe oya haluka kushoka sha ningilwa oshilongo shoka. 24 Babilonia, owa kondjitha ndje, nowa kwatwa komwigo ngoka nde ku tegele, nando ino shi tseya. 25 Onde egulula ompungulilo yandje yomatati nomondjahi yandje onde ga kutha mo, oshoka ngame, Omupangeliawike, Omuwa Omunankondoawike, ondi na iilonga tandi yi longo muBabilon. 26 Shi matukileni tamu ziilile koombinga adhihe. Matuleni iigandhi yasho. Iihakanwa yi ndumbileni ondumba ya fa ondumba yiilya. Hanagulii po oshilongo. Inamu thiga po nando oluthipa. 27 Dhipagii po aakwiita ayehe. Ya faleni konakupila. Yaye Aababilonia! Ethimbo olya thikana, ya geelwe.”
28 (Oontauki ndhoka dha zi muBabilonia nodhe ya kuJerusalem, odha hokolola, nkene Omuwa Kalunga ketu a polithile ondjahi ye mAababilonia, mboka ya hanagula po otempeli ye.)
29 “Lombweleni oondjumbeta, ya ponokele Babilon. Tumii ko mboka ye shi okushoneka nawa iikuti. Kondekeni oshilando, inamu etha mu ze nando omuntu. Shi peni ondjambi ndjoka she yi ilongele; shi ningeni ngaashi sha ningi yakwawo, oshoka osha shongo ndje, ongame, Omuyapuki gwaIsrael. 30 Onkee ano aagundjuka yasho otaa ka sila momapandaanda goshilando, naakwiita yasho ayehe otaa ka kombwa po esiku ndyoka. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi.
31 “Babilonia, owa kinga unene, onkee ngame, Omuwa Omunankondoawike, onda tsa ondumbo nangoye. Ethimbo olya thiki, ndi ku geele. 32 Shigwana ngoye ho inomo, oto ka punduka; oto gwile po, nokaku na ngoka te ku kwatha. Iilando yoye otandi ke yi tomeka omulilo, noshaa shoka she ku kunduka, otashi ka hanagulwa po.”
33 Omuwa Omunankondoawike ota ti: “Aaisraeli nAajuda oya hepekwa. Ayehe mboka ye ya kwata po, oye ya thitikinine mo noinaye ya etha we. 34 Ihe omumangululi gwawo oye omunankondo — edhina lye oye Omuwa Omunankondoawike. Oye mwenemwene ti ikwatele ko nota ka eta ombili kombanda yevi, ihe kAababilonia omalwa.”
35 Omuwa ota ti:
“Nakusa oBabilon!
Oonakusa aantu yasho, aaleli yasho naanongo yasho.
36 Oonakusa aahunganeki yasho yiifundja —
oya goyapala ngiini!
Oonakusa aakwiita yasho —
oya haluka ngiini!
37 Hanagulii po uukambe nomatembakwiita gasho.
Oonakusa aakwiita yasho aahehelwa —
oyo aambanda ngiini!
Hanagulii po omaliko gasho;
hakaneni iihakanwa.
38 Oluteni nalu kalaganye,
omilonga dhi pwine.
Babilonia evi lyiimenka iitilithi,
mbyoka ya thethepaleke aantu.
39 “Babilon otashi ka kalwa koombidhi, komambungu nokoondhila dha nyata. Itamu ka kala we aantu, sigo aluhe. 40 Babilon otashi ka ningwa ngaashi Sodom naGomorra, sho nde ya hanagula nomikunda dhopuushiinda wayo. Kaku na we ngoka na ka kala mo. Ongame, Omuwa, nda popi.
41 “Oku na aantu taa ziilile koshilongo shokuumbangalantu,
oshigwana oshinankondo otashi zi kokule;
aakwaniilwa oyendji otaa ilongekidhile iita.
42 Oya homata omatati nomagonga;
oyo aananyanya, kaa na nando onge.
Oshihomo shawo osha fa efuta tali pupu,
sho ya kayila uukambe wawo.
Oyi ilongekidhila okuhomona Babilonia.
43 Omukwaniilwa gwaBabilonia sho tu uvu onkundana,
omaako ge otaga gonwa.
Ye mwene ota kwatwa komahwilili
a fa omukiintu ta thetwa.
44 “Otandi ke ya nda fa onime ya hituluka mongoya yomugulu gwaJordan tayi ya melundu lyuunapelo, nohaluka otandi ka yitha Aababilonia ontuku, ya thige po oshilando shawo. Nena omupangeli ngoka tandi hogolola, ota ka lela oshigwana. Olye ta yelekwa nangame? Olye ti itakeke ndje? Omupangeli lye ta kondjitha ndje? 45 Onkee ano pulakeneni shoka nda dhiladhilile oshilando Babilon, naashoka nda sheya okuningila aantu yasho. Nokuli naanona yawo otaa ka kookololwa po, noshaa ngoka ota ka haluka. 46 Uuna Babilon tashi teka po, otaku ka kala endundumo enene tali kakamitha evi alihe, nekugagano lyehaluko otali ka uvika kiigwana.”
1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
4 ¶ In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying , Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. 8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
9 ¶ For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. 15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
17 ¶ Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21 ¶ Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. 25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
33 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 ¶ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men . 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there , and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
