26
Some Peopo Tell Jeremiah
Dey Goin Kill Him
1 ✡Da firs year afta Jehoiakim, Josiah boy, come da king fo da Judah peopo, had dis message from Da One In Charge fo me, Jeremiah. 2 Dis wat Da One In Charge tell: “Go stan in front da lanai fo da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. Talk to all da peopo from da towns inside Judah dat come my Temple fo go down in front me fo show love an respeck fo me, Da One In Charge. Tell dem eryting I tell you. No hold back notting I tell you. 3 Maybe dey goin lissen, an no do da bad kine stuff all a dem stay do. If dey do dat, I goin change da way I goin make to dem. I goin hold back da bad kine stuff I wen plan fo do to dem cuz a da bad kine stuff dey stay do. 4 Tell dem dat Da One In Charge tell dis: If you guys no lissen me, an no live da way I teach in front all you guys, dis wat goin happen: 5 My worka guys tell you guys fo lissen. Dey da ones dat talk fo me. I stay sen um by you guys ova an ova, but you guys still no lissen dem. An if you guys no lissen, 6 ✡den I goin make dis Temple come one uku pile a rocks jalike Shiloh town! I goin make dis Jerusalem town da kine place dat all da peopos on top da earth goin talk bad bout wen dey put kahuna on top somebody an tell, ‘I like you come all bus up, jalike Jerusalem town!’ ”
7 Da pries guys, an da guys dat tell dey talk fo God, an all da peopo, dey wen hear all dis stuff dat Jeremiah tell in da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. 8 But wen Jeremiah pau tell all da stuff Da One In Charge tell him fo tell, da pries guys, da guys dat tell dey talk fo God, an all da peopo grab him, an tell, “You gotta mahke! 9 How come you stay use Da One In Charge name an tell dat you stay talk fo him, but you stay tell dat dis Temple goin come jalike Shiloh town, an dat dis Jerusalem town goin come wipe out an no mo nobody goin live hea?!” An all da peopo wen come togedda agains Jeremiah in front da Temple Fo Da One In Charge.
10 Wen da Judah leadas hear bout all dis, dey go up from da king palace to da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, an stan by da New Gate fo da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. 11 Den da pries guys an da guys dat tell dey talk fo God, dey tell da leadas an da peopo, “Dis guy gotta mahke, cuz he tell he talk fo God, but he grumble bout dis town. You guys wen hear wat he wen tell!”
12 Den Jeremiah tell all da leada guys an da peopo, “Was Da One In Charge dat wen sen me hea fo talk fo him, an fo tell wat word you guys wen hear agains dis Temple an dis town. 13 Now go change how you guys ack! Start fo lissen wat yoa God tell, Da One In Charge. Den Da One In Charge goin change da way he make to you guys. He no goin make all da bad kine stuff happen dat he wen tell goin happen fo hurt you guys. 14 But fo me, you guys get da powa ova me. Do wateva you like dat you tink stay good an right. 15 But you gotta know dis fo shua—if you guys da ones goin kill me, you guys an erybody dat live inside dis town goin get da blame fo kill somebody dat neva do notting wrong. Cuz az true dat Da One In Charge wen sen me by you guys fo tell all dis stuff I stay tell fo you guys hear um.”
16 Den da leadas an da peopo tell da pries guys an da guys dat tell dey talk fo God, “Dis guy not suppose to mahke, cuz oua God, dass Da One In Charge a us, wen use dis guy fo talk to us.”
17 Some a da older leada guys dea from da land stan up in front all da peopo dat come togedda, an tell: 18 ✡“Wen Hezekiah stay da Judah king, Micah from Moreshet wen talk fo God. He tell all da Judah peopo, ‘Dis wat Da One In Charge, da God Ova All Da Armies, tell: “Zion Hill wea da Temple stay goin come jalike one field somebody wen plow. Jerusalem town goin come jalike one big rubbish pile! Da hill fo da Temple goin come one hill wit plenny trees all ova.” ’ 19 You tink Hezekiah da Judah king an his peopo wen kill Micah cuz he talk lidat?! No ways! Dey no do bad kine stuff. Dey show choke respeck fo Da One In Charge. Dey beg Da One In Charge fo give chance. Cuz a dis, Da One In Charge no do wat he was goin do befo time. He no put da bad kine stuff on top dem dat he wen tell befo time he goin do. But wat goin happen to us guys if we kill dis guy Jeremiah!”
Anodda Guy Dat Talk Fo God Get Kill
20 Had anodda guy Uriah, Shemaiah boy, from Kiriat-Jearim, dat use Da One In Charge name an talk fo him. He tell da same tings agains Jerusalem town an dis land dat Jeremiah stay tell. 21 Wen King Jehoiakim an all his main army guys an leada guys hear wat Uriah tell, da king sen somebody fo go find Uriah an kill um. But Uriah hear dis, an he come sked an run away Egypt side. 22 But King Jehoiakim sen Elnatan, Akbor boy, Egypt side wit some odda guys. 23 Dey catch Uriah an bring um back from Egypt, an take him by King Jehoiakim. An Jehoiakim tell his guys fo kill Uriah wit dea swords. Den dey throw his body wea dey bury da regula peopo.
24 But Ahikam, Shafan boy, he get da powa fo back up Jeremiah, so he no let da peopo grab um fo kill um.
✡ 26:1 26:1: 2Kings 23:36–24:6; 2Rec 36:5-7 ✡ 26:6 26:6: Josh 18:1; Songs 78:60; Jer 7:12-14 ✡ 26:18 26:18: Micah 3:12