예레미야 34

1바벨론 왕 느부갓네살과 그 모든 군대와 그 통치하에 있는 땅의 모든 나라와 모든 백성이 예루살렘과 그 모든 성읍을 칠 때에 말씀이 여호와께로서 예레미야에게 임하니라 가라사대 2이스라엘의 하나님 나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 너는 가서 유다 왕 시드기야에게 고하여 이르기를 여호와의 말씀에 보라 내가 이 성을 바벨론 왕의 손에 붙이리니 그가 이 성을 불사를 것이라 3네가 그 손에서 벗어나지 못하고 반드시 사로잡혀 그 손에 붙임을 입고 네 눈은 바벨론 왕의 눈을 볼 것이며 그 입은 네 입을 마주 대하여 말할 것이요 너는 바벨론으로 가리라 4그러나 유다 왕 시드기야여 나 여호와의 말을 들으라 나 여호와가 네게 대하여 이같이 말하노라 네가 칼에 죽지 아니하고 5평안히 죽을 것이며 사람이 너보다 먼저 있은 네 열조 선왕에게 분향하던 일례로 네게 분향하며 너를 위하여 애통하기를 슬프다 주여 하리니 이는 내가 말하였음이니라 여호와의 말이니라 6선지자 예레미야가 이 모든 말씀을 예루살렘에서 유다 왕 시드기야에게 고하니라 7때에 바벨론 왕의 군대가 예루살렘과 유다의 남은 모든 성을 쳤으니 곧 라기스와 아세가라 유다의 견고한 성읍 중에 이것들만 남았음이더라 8시드기야 왕이 예루살렘에 있는 모든 백성과 언약하고 자유를 선언한 후에 여호와께로서 말씀이 예레미야에게 임하니라 9그 언약은 곧 사람으로 각기 히브리 남녀 노비를 놓아 자유케 하고 그 동족 유다인으로 종을 삼지 못하게 한 것이라 10이 언약에 참가한 방백들과 모든 백성이 각기 노비를 자유케하고 다시는 종을 삼지 말라 함을 듣고 순복하여 놓았더니 11후에 그들의 뜻이 변하여 자유케 하였던 노비를 끌어다가 다시 복종시켜 노비를 삼았더라 12그러므로 여호와의 말씀이 여호와께로서 예레미야에게 임하니라 가라사대 13이스라엘 하나님 나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 내가 너희 선조를 애굽 땅 종 되었던 집에서 인도하여 낼 때에 그들과 언약을 세워 이르기를 14너희 형제 히브리 사람이 네게 팔렸거든 칠 년 만에 너희는 각기 놓으라 그가 육 년을 너를 섬겼은즉 그를 놓아 자유케 할지라 하였으나 너희 선조가 나를 듣지 아니하며 귀를 기울이지도 아니하였느니라 15그러나 너희는 이제 돌이켜 내 목전에 정당히 행하여 각기 이웃에게 자유를 선언하되 내 이름으로 일컬음을 받는 집에서 내 앞에서 언약을 세웠거늘 16너희가 뜻을 변하여 내 이름을 더럽히고 각기 놓아 그들의 마음대로 자유케 하였던 노비를 끌어다가 다시 너희에게 복종시켜서 너희 노비를 삼았도다 17그러므로 나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 너희가 나를 듣지 아니하고 각기 형제와 이웃에게 자유를 선언한 것을 실행치 아니하였은즉 내가 너희에게 자유를 선언하여 너희를 칼과 염병과 기근에 붙이리라 나 여호와의 말이니라 내가 너희를 세계 열방 중에 흩어지게 할 것이며 18송아지를 둘에 쪼개고 그 두 사이로 지나서 내 앞에 언약을 세우고 그 말을 실행치 아니하여 내 언약을 범한 너희를 19곧 쪼갠 송아지 사이로 지난 유다 방백들과 예루살렘 백성들과 환관들과 제사장들과 이 땅 모든 백성을 20내가 너희 원수의 손과 너희 생명을 찾는 자의 손에 붙이리니 너희 시체가 공중의 새들과 땅 짐승의 식물이 될 것이며 21또 내가 유다 왕 시드기야와 그 방백들을 그 원수의 손과 그 생명을 찾는 자의 손과 너희에게서 떠나간 바벨론 왕의 군대의 손에 붙이리라 22나 여호와가 말하노라 보라 내가 그들에게 명하여 이 성에 다시 오게 하리니 그들이 이 성을 쳐서 취하여 불사를 것이라 내가 유다 성읍들로 황무하여 거민이 없게 하리라

1The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying: 2Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 3and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon. 4Yet hear Yahweh’s word, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says Yahweh concerning you, You shall not die by the sword; 5you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh. 6Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities. 8The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them; 9that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that no one should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother. 10All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant, go free, that no one should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go: 11but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. 12Therefore Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 13Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, 14At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn’t listen to me, neither inclined their ear. 15You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 16but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids. 17Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. 18I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts; 19the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf; 20I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth. 21Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, who have gone away from you. 22Behold, I will command, says Yahweh, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

1Het woord, dat tot Jeremia geschied is van den HEERE (als Nebukadrezar, koning van Babel, en zijn ganse heir, en alle koninkrijken der aarde, die onder de heerschappij zijner hand waren, en al de volken tegen Jeruzalem streden, en tegen al haar steden), zeggende: 2Zo zegt de HEERE, de God Israels: Ga henen en spreek tot Zedekia, den koning van Juda, en zeg tot hem: Zo zegt de HEERE: Zie, Ik geef deze stad in de hand des konings van Babel, en hij zal ze met vuur verbranden. 3En gij zult van zijn hand niet ontkomen, maar zekerlijk gegrepen, en in zijn hand gegeven worden; en uw ogen zullen de ogen des konings van Babel zien, en zijn mond zal tot uw mond spreken, en gij zult te Babel komen. 4Maar hoor des HEEREN woord, o Zedekia, koning van Juda! zo zegt de HEERE van u: Gij zult door het zwaard niet sterven. 5Gij zult sterven in vrede, en naar de brandingen van uw vaderen, de vorige koningen, die voor u geweest zijn, alzo zullen zij over u branden, en u beklagen, zeggende: Och heer! want Ik heb het woord gesproken, spreekt de HEERE. 6En de profeet Jeremia sprak al deze woorden tot Zedekia, den koning van Juda, te Jeruzalem. 7Als het heir des konings van Babel streed tegen Jeruzalem, en tegen al de overgeblevene steden van Juda, tegen Lachis en tegen Azeka; want deze, zijnde vaste steden, waren overgebleven onder de steden van Juda. 8Het woord, dat tot Jeremia geschied is van den HEERE, nadat de koning Zedekia een verbond gemaakt had met het ganse volk, dat te Jeruzalem was, om vrijheid voor hen uit te roepen. 9Dat een iegelijk zijn knecht, en een iegelijk zijn maagd, zijnde een Hebreer of een Hebreinne, zou laten vrijgaan; zodat niemand zich van hen, van een Jood, zijn broeder, zou doen dienen. 10Nu hoorden al de vorsten en al het volk, die het verbond hadden ingegaan, dat zij, een iegelijk zijn knecht, en een iegelijk zijn maagd zouden laten vrijgaan, zodat zij zich niet meer van hen zouden doen dienen; zij hoorden dan, en lieten hen gaan; 11Maar zij keerden daarna wederom, en deden de knechten en maagden wederkomen, die zij hadden laten vrijgaan, en zij brachten hen ten onder tot knechten en tot maagden. 12Daarom geschiedde des HEEREN woord tot Jeremia, van den HEERE, zeggende: 13Zo zegt de HEERE, de God Israels: Ik heb een verbond gemaakt met uw vaderen, ten dage, als Ik hen uit Egypteland, uit het diensthuis uitvoerde, zeggende: 14Ten einde van zeven jaren zult gij laten gaan, een iegelijk zijn broeder, een Hebreer, die u zal verkocht zijn, en u zes jaren gediend heeft; gij zult hem dan van u laten vrijgaan; maar uw vaders hoorden niet naar Mij, en neigden hun oor niet. 15Gijlieden nu waart heden wedergekeerd, en hadt gedaan, dat recht is in Mijn ogen, vrijheid uitroepende, een iegelijk voor zijn naaste; en gij hadt een verbond gemaakt voor Mijn aangezicht, in het huis, dat naar Mijn Naam genoemd is. 16Maar gij zijt weder omgekeerd, en hebt Mijn Naam ontheiligd, en doen wederkomen, een iegelijk zijn knecht, en een iegelijk zijn maagd, die gij hadt laten vrijgaan naar hun lust; en gij hebt hen ten ondergebracht, om ulieden te wezen tot knechten en tot maagden. 17Daarom zegt de HEERE alzo: Gijlieden hebt naar Mij niet gehoord, om vrijheid uit te roepen, een iegelijk voor zijn broeder, en een iegelijk voor zijn naaste; ziet, zo roep Ik uit tegen ulieden, spreekt de HEERE, een vrijheid ten zwaarde, ter pestilentie, en ten honger, en zal u overgeven ter beroering allen koninkrijken der aarde. 18En Ik zal de mannen overgeven, die Mijn verbond hebben overtreden, die niet bevestigd hebben de woorden des verbonds, dat zij voor Mijn aangezicht gemaakt hadden, met het kalf, dat zij in tweeen hadden gehouwen, en waren tussen zijn stukken doorgegaan: 19De vorsten van Juda, en de vorsten van Jeruzalem, de kamerlingen, en de priesteren, en al het volk des lands, die door de stukken des kalfs zijn doorgegaan. 20Ja, Ik zal hen overgeven in de hand hunner vijanden, en in de hand dergenen, die hun ziel zoeken; en hun dode lichamen zullen het gevogelte des hemels en het gedierte der aarde tot spijze zijn. 21Zelfs Zedekia, den koning van Juda, en zijn vorsten, zal Ik overgeven in de hand hunner vijanden, en in de hand dergenen, die hun ziel zoeken, te weten, in de hand van het heir des konings van Babel, die van ulieden nu zijn opgetogen. 22Ziet, Ik zal bevel geven, spreekt de HEERE, en zal hen weder tot deze stad brengen, en zij zullen tegen haar strijden, en zullen ze innemen, en zullen ze met vuur verbranden; en Ik zal de steden van Juda stellen tot een verwoesting, dat er niemand in wone.