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Dey Throw Jeremiah Inside One Hole
1 Shefatiah, Mattan boy, Gedaliah, Pash-Hur boy, Jehucal, Shelemiah boy, an da odda Pash-Hur, Malkijah boy, dey hear wat Jeremiah stay tell all da peopo. Jeremiah tell: 2 “Dis wat Da One In Charge tell: ‘Whoeva stay inside dis town goin mahke cuz a da war, cuz no mo food, o cuz a da real bad kine sick. But whoeva go outside Jerusalem town by da Babylon guys, dis wat goin happen: dey goin stay alive!’ 3 Da One In Charge tell dis too: ‘Fo shua Da One In Charge goin give dis town to da army guys fo da Babylon king, an he goin take um ova.’ ”
4 Den da leada guys tell da king: “You gotta kill dis Jeremiah guy! He make oua army guys dat still stay inside dis town lose fight, an same ting fo all da odda peopo, cuz a wat he tell dem. He no give a rip fo make good kine stuff happen to da Jerusalem peopo. He ony like bad kine stuff happen.”
5 King Zedekiah tell dem, “Do wateva you like to him. I da king, but I no can do notting fo stop you guys fo wateva you like do.”
6 So dey take Jeremiah an put him down inside one big hole fo keep watta. Malkijah, da king boy, own da hole, dat stay inside da open lanai wea get da security guards. Dey put Jeremiah down inside da hole wit ropes. But dat big hole, no mo watta inside um dat time. Ony get mud, an Jeremiah sink down inside da mud.
7 But Ebed-Melek, from Sudan, one a da king palace guys, hear dat dey wen put Jeremiah inside da big hole fo watta. Da king stay sit by da Benjamin Gate dat time. 8 So Ebed-Melek go outside da palace, an tell da king, 9 “Eh, you my king an you da boss! Dese guys wen do one real bad ting to Jeremiah, da guy dat talk fo Da One In Charge! Dey wen put him down inside one big hole fo watta. He goin mahke down dea cuz no mo notting fo eat. Right now, no mo bread inside Jerusalem town, you know.”
10 Den da king tell Ebed-Melek, da Sudan guy, “Take thirty guys from hea wit you, an go pull up Jeremiah from da big hole fo store watta befo he mahke.”
11 So Ebed-Melek take da guys wit him, an go by one room inside da palace, undaneat da room wea dey stash da rich kine stuffs. He take some boros kine clotheses from dea, an let dem down wit ropes inside da big hole fo Jeremiah. 12 Ebed-Melek tell Jeremiah, “Put dese boros kine clotheses unda yoa arms so da rope no goin hurt you.” So Jeremiah do dat. 13 Den dey pull um up wit da rope, an take him outa da big hole. From den, Jeremiah stay inside da palace open lanai wea get security guards.
King Zedekiah Aks Jeremiah
One Question One Mo Time
14 Den King Zedekiah sen guys one mo time fo bring Jeremiah da guy dat talk fo God, by him. He tell his guys fo bring him by da numba three gate fo da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. Da king tell Jeremiah: “I goin aks you someting. No hide notting from me.”
15 Jeremiah tell Zedekiah, “If I tell you dis, fo shua you goin tell yoa guys fo kill me. No matta I tell you wat fo do, you no goin lissen me.”
16 But da king make one secret kine strong promise to Jeremiah. He tell: “Jalike fo shua Da One In Charge stay alive, an he da One make us guys stay alive too, same ting I stay shua I make dis strong promise: I no goin kill you o give you to da guys dat like kill you.”
17 Den Jeremiah tell Zedekiah, “Dis wat Da One In Charge tell, da God Ova All Da Armies, da God fo da Israel peopo: ‘If you give up to da officer guys fo da Babylon king, den you goin stay alive, an dey no goin burn down dis town. You an yoa ohana guys goin stay alive. 18 But if you no goin give up to da officer guys fo da Babylon king, den dis town goin go to da Babylon guys, an dey goin burn um down. An no ways you goin get away from dem!’ ”
19 King Zedekiah tell Jeremiah, “I sked a da Judah guys dat wen go ova da Babylon guys side. Cuz maybe da Babylon guys goin turn me ova to dose Judah guys, an dey goin make any kine to me.”
20 Jeremiah tell him, “Dey no goin turn you ova to da Judah guys. Lissen to Da One In Charge, an do wat I tell you fo do. Den eryting goin go good fo you, an you goin stay alive. 21 But if you no give up, dis wat Da One In Charge wen show me jalike in one dream: 22 Da Babylon army guys goin bring outside all da wahines dat still stay alive inside da Judah king palace. Dey goin give um to da leada guys fo da Babylon king. Dose same wahines goin tell you:
“ ‘Ahana kokolele!
Yoa frenz dat you tink was tight wit you,
Dey wen bulai you an make you follow dem!
But den, yoa frenz wen bag from you,
Jalike yoa feets stay stuck inside da mud awready!’
23 “Da Babylon guys goin take away all yoa wifes an kids. Dea king goin tell his guys fo capcha you. Az why you no can run away from dem. An dey goin burn down dis town.”
24 Den Zedekiah tell Jeremiah, “No let nobody know wat we tell each odda so you no mahke. 25 If da leada guys hear I wen talk wit you, dey goin come by you an tell, ‘Tell us wat you wen tell da king, an wat da king tell you. No hide notting from us o we goin kill you.’ 26 Den you goin tell dem, ‘I stay beg da king fo no sen me back Jonathan house, wea get da big hole fo mahke ova dea.’ ”
27 An fo shua, all da leada guys come by Jeremiah fo aks him wat he wen tell da king. An he tell dem eryting da king wen tell him fo tell. So dey neva aks him bout odda stuff, cuz neva have anodda guy wen hear wat him an da king wen talk bout.
28 ✡So Jeremiah stay inside da patio in da middo a da guard guys building, till da time wen da Babylon guys take ova Jerusalem.
✡ 38:28 38:28: Ezek 33:21