15 While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him: 16 "Go and tell Ebed-Melek the Cushite, 'This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city—words concerning disaster, not prosperity.
15 Yeremia alipokuwa amefungwa katika ua wa walinzi, neno la Yehova likamjia, kusema, 16 “Nenda ukamwambie Ebed-Meleki, Mkushi, ‘Hili ndilo BWANA Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mungu wa Israeli, asemavyo: Mimi ni. karibu kutimiza maneno yangu juu ya mji huu—maneno kuhusu maafa, wala si mafanikio.