JEREMIA 40

₁Lefoko le le tlileng kwa go Jeremia le tswa mo Moreneng, fa Nebusaratane, tlhogo ya bafemedi ba kgosi, a sena go mo golola kwa Rama ka go mo tsaya a ntse a golegilwe ka dikeetane a le mo gare ga batshwarwi botlhe ba Jerusalema le ba Juta ba ba isiwang mo botshwarong kwa Babele.

₂Mookamedi wa bafemedi ba kgosi o ne a roma, a tsaya Jeremia, a mo raya a re: “Morena, Modimo wa gago, o bôpetse felo fano tatlhego e. ₃Le gona Morena o e tlisitse, a e dirafatsa jaaka a buile; gonne lo leofetse Morena, lwa se ka lwa utlwa lentswe la gagwe. Ke ka moo e lo wetseng. ₄Jaanong bona, ke go bofolola mo dikeetaneng kajeno tse di mo diatleng tsa gago. Fa go le molemo mo matlhong a gago go ya le nna kwa Babele, tlaya, ke tla go tlhokomela; mme fa go sa siama mo matlhong a gago go ya le nna kwa Babele, lesa! Bona, lefatshe lotlhe le fa pele ga gago, yaa kwa go leng molemo mo matlhong a gago le kwa go go siametseng.”

₅Jaanong ya re Jeremia a ise a boe, a re: “Boela kwa go Ketalea, morwa Ahikame, morwa Safane, yo kgosi ya Babele e mo laodisitseng metse ya Juta, o nne nae mo gare ga batho, kampo o ye kwa gongwe le gongwe, fa go siameng mo matlhong a gago go ya teng.” Le gona mookamedi wa bafemedi ba kgosi a mo naya mfago le neo, a ba a mo letlelela go tsamaya. ₆Mme Jeremia a fitlha kwa go Ketalea, morwa Ahikame, kwa Mitsepha, a nna nae mo gare ga batho ba ba setseng mo lefatsheng.

₇Jaanong balaodi botlhe ba batlhabani ba ba neng ba le kwa nageng, bone le banna ba bone ba utlwa fa kgosi ya Babele e laodisitse Ketalea, morwa Ahikame, lefatshe. Ba be ba utlwa fa e mo dirile mookamedi wa banna le basadi le bana, e bong ba e leng batho fela ba lefatshe ba ba sa isiwang mo botshwarong kwa Babele. ₈Bao ba tla ka go Ketalea kwa Mitsepha, e bong Isemaele, morwa Nethanya, le Johanane le Jonathane, bomorwa Karea, le Seraya, morwa Thanumethe, le bomorwa Efai wa kwa Netofa, le Jesanya, morwa Maaga, bone le banna ba bone. ₉Mme Ketalea, morwa Ahikame, morwa Safane, a ba ikanela le banna ba bone a re: “Se boifeng go direla Bakalatea! Nnang mo lefatsheng, lo direle kgosi ya Babele; foo lo tla phela sentle. ₁₀Bonang nna ka nosi ke nna mono Mitsepha go nna mosiamisi fa gare ga lona le Bakalatea, mme lona phuthang weine le maungo a selemo le lookwane, lo di bee mo dinkgong tsa lona, lo nne mo metseng ya lona e lo e gapileng.” ₁₁E bile Bajuta botlhe ba ba kwa Moabe le kwa Baamoneng le kwa Etomo le ba ba kwa mafatsheng otlhe a mangwe, e rile ba utlwa fa kgosi ya Babele e tlogeletse Juta masalela, e bile e ba laodisitse Ketalea, morwa Ahikame, morwa Safane, ₁₂Bajuta botlhe ba boa mo mafelong otlhe kwa ba leleketsweng gona, ba tla mo lefatsheng la Juta kwa go Ketalea kwa Mitsepha, ba phutha weine le maungo a selemo a mantsi thata.

₁₃Mme Johanane, morwa Karea, le balaodi botlhe ba batlhabani ba ba neng ba le kwa nageng, ba tla kwa go Ketalea kwa Mitsepha, ₁₄ba mo raya ba re: “A o a itse gore Baalese, kgosi ya Baamone, o romile Isemaele, morwa Nethanya gore a go bolae?” Mme Ketalea, morwa Ahikame, a se ka a ba dumela. ₁₅Mme Johanane, morwa Karea, a raya Ketalea mo sephiring kwa Mitsepha a re: “Nte ke ye, ke bolae Isemaele, morwa Nethanya, go sa itse ope. Kana o tla bo a go bolaelang gore Bajuta botlhe ba ba phuthegetseng kwa go wena ba faladiwe, le masalela a Juta a nyelele?”

₁₆Mme Ketalea, morwa Ahikame, a raya Johanane, morwa Karea, a re: “O se ka wa dira jalo! Gonne o bua maaka ka ga Isemaele.”