예레미야 46

1열국에 대하여 선지자 예레미아에 임한 여호와의 말씀이라 2애굽을 논한 것이니 곧 유다 왕 요시야의 아들 여호야김 제사년에 유부라데 하숫가 갈그미스에서 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살에게 패한 애굽 왕 바로느고의 군대에 대한 말씀이라 3너희는 큰 방패, 작은 방패를 예비하고 나가서 싸우라 4너희 기병이여 말에 안장을 지워 타며 투구를 쓰고 나서며 창을 갈며 갑옷을 입으라 5여호와께서 가라사대 내가 본즉 그들이 놀라 물러가며 그들의 용사는 패하여 급히 도망하며 뒤를 돌아보지 아니함은 어찜인고 두려움이 그들의 사방에 있음이로다 하셨나니 6발이 빠른 자도 도망하지 못하며 용맹이 있는 자도 피하지 못하고 그들이 다 북방에서 유브라데 하숫가에 넘어지며 엎드러지는도다 7저 나일의 창일함과 강물의 흉용함 같은 자 누구뇨 8애굽이 나일의 창일함과 강물의 흉용함 같도다 그가 가로되 내가 일어나 땅을 덮어 성읍들과 그 거민을 멸할 것이라 9말들아 달리라 병거들아 급히 동하라 용사여 나오라 방패 잡은 구스인과 붓인과 활을 당기는 루딤인이여 나올지니라 하거니와 10그 날은 주 만군의 여호와께서 그 대적에게 원수 갚는 보수일이라 칼이 배부르게 삼키며 그들의 피를 가득히 마시리니 주 만군의 여호와께서 북편 유브라데 하숫가에서 희생을 내실 것임이로다 11처녀 딸 애굽이여 길르앗으로 올라가서 유향을 취하라 네가 많은 의약을 쓸지라도 무효하여 낫지 못하리라 12네 수치가 열방에 들렸고 네 부르짖음은 땅에 가득하였나니 용사가 용사에게 부딪쳐 둘이 함께 엎드러졌음이니라 13바벨론 왕 느부갓네살이 와서 애굽 땅을 칠 일에 대하여 선지자 예레미아에게 이르신 여호와의 말씀이라 14너희는 애굽에 선포하며 믹돌과 놉과 다바네스에 선포하여 말하기를 너희는 굳게 서서 예비하라 네 사방이 칼에 삼키웠느니라 15너희 장사들이 쓰러짐은 어찜이뇨 그들의 서지 못함은 여호와께서 그들을 몰아내신 연고니라 16그가 많은 자로 넘어지게 하시매 사람이 사람 위에 엎드러지며 이르되 일어나라 우리가 포악한 칼을 피하여 우리 민족에게로, 우리 고토로 돌아가자 하며 17거기서 부르짖기를 애굽 왕 바로가 망하였도다 그가 시기를 잃었도다 18만군의 여호와라 일컫는 왕이 가라사대 나의 삶으로 맹세하노니 그가 과연 산들 중의 다볼 같이, 해변의 갈멜 같이 오리라 19애굽에 사는 딸이여 너는 너를 위하여 포로의 행리를 준비하라 놉이 황무하며 불에 타서 거민이 없을 것임이니라 20애굽은 심히 아름다운 암송아지라도 북에서부터 멸망에 이르렀고 이르렀느니라 21또 그 중의 고용꾼은 외양간의 송아지 같아서 돌이켜 함께 도망하고 서지 못하였나니 재난의 날이 이르렀고 벌 받는 때가 왔음이라 22애굽의 소리가 뱀의 소리 같으리니 이는 그들의 군대가 벌목하는 자 같이 도끼를 가지고 올 것임이니라 23나 여호와가 말하노라 그들이 황충보다 많고 계수할 수 없으므로 조사할 수 없는 그의 수풀을 찍을 것이라 24딸 애굽이 수치를 당하여 북방 백성의 손에 붙임을 입으리로다 25나 만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 말하노라 보라 내가 노의 아몬과 바로와 애굽과 애굽 신들과 왕들 곧 바로와 및 그를 의지하는 자들을 벌할 것이라 26내가 그들의 생명을 찾는 자의 손 곧 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살의 손과 그 신하들의 손에 붙이리라 그럴지라도 그 후에는 그 땅이 여전히 사람 살 곳이 되리라 여호와의 말이니라 27내 종 야곱아 두려워 말라 이스라엘아 놀라지 말라 보라 내가 너를 원방에서 구원하며 네 자손을 포로된 땅에서 구원하리니 야곱이 돌아와서 평안히, 정온히 거할것이라 그를 두렵게 할 자 없으리라 28나 여호와가 말하노라 내 종 야곱아 내가 너와 함께 하나니 두려워 말라 내가 너를 흩었던 그 열방은 다 멸할지라도 너는 아주 멸하지 아니하리라 내가 너를 공도로 징책할 것이요 결코 무죄한 자로 여기지 아니하리라

1Yahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. 2Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah. 3Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle! 4Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail. 5Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don’t look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh. 6Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen. 7Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? 8Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants. 9Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow. 10For that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. 11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you. 12The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together. 13The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt. 14Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you. 15Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them. 16He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword. 17They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by. 18As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. 19You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant. 20Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come, it has come. 21Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn’t stand: for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation. 22The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters. 23They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. 24The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. 25Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him: 26and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh. 27But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and no one shall make him afraid. 28Don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

1Het woord des HEEREN, dat tot den profeet Jeremia geschied is tegen de heidenen. 2Tegen Egypte; tegen het heir van Farao Necho, koning van Egypte, dat aan de rivier Frath, bij Karchemis was, dat Nebukadrezar, de koning van Babel, sloeg, in het vierde jaar van Jojakim, den zoon van Josia, den koning van Juda. 3Rust het schild en de rondas toe, en nadert tot den strijd! 4Spant de paarden aan, en klimt op, gij ruiters! en stelt u met helmen; vaagt de spiesen, trekt de pantsiers aan! 5Waarom zie Ik, dat zij versaagd en achterwaarts gedreven zijn? Zelfs hun helden zijn verslagen, en nemen de vlucht, en zien niet om; er is schrik van rondom, spreekt de HEERE. 6De snelle ontvliede niet, en de held ontkome niet; tegen het noorden, aan den oever der rivier Frath zijn zij gestruikeld en gevallen. 7Wie is deze, die optrekt als een stroom, wiens wateren zich bewegen als de rivieren? 8Egypte trekt op als een stroom, en zijn wateren bewegen zich als de rivieren; en hij zegt: Ik zal optrekken, ik zal de aarde bedekken, ik zal de stad, en die daarin wonen, verderven. 9Trekt op, gij paarden! en raast, gij wagens! en laat de helden uittrekken: de Moren, en de Puteers, die het schild handelen, en de Lydiers, die den boog handelen en spannen. 10Maar deze dag is des HEEREN, des HEEREN der heirscharen, een dag der wrake, dat Hij zich wreke van Zijn wederpartijders, en het zwaard zal vreten, en verzadigd, en dronken worden van hun bloed; want de Heere, HEERE der heirscharen, heeft een slachtoffer in het land van het noorden, aan de rivier Frath. 11Ga henen op naar Gilead, en haal balsem, gij jonkvrouw, dochter van Egypte! Tevergeefs vermenigvuldigt gij de medicijnen, er is geen heling voor u. 12De volken hebben uw schande gehoord, en het land is vol van uw gekrijt; want zij hebben zich gestoten, held tegen held, zij zijn beiden te zamen gevallen. 13Het woord, dat de HEERE tot den profeet Jeremia sprak, van de aankomst van Nebukadrezar, den koning van Babel, om Egypteland te slaan. 14Verkondigt in Egypte, en doet het horen te Migdol; doet het ook horen te Nof en Tachpanhes; zegt: Stelt er u naar, en maakt u gereed, want het zwaard heeft verteerd, wat rondom u is. 15Waarom zijn uw sterken weggeveegd? Zij stonden niet, omdat hen de HEERE voortdreef. 16Hij maakte der struikelenden veel; ja, de een viel op den ander; zodat zij zeiden: Staat op en laat ons wederkeren tot ons volk, en tot het land onzer geboorte, vanwege het verdrukkende zwaard. 17Daar riepen zij: Farao, de koning van Egypte, is maar een gedruis; hij heeft den gezetten tijd laten voorbijgaan. 18Zo waarachtig als Ik leef, spreekt de Koning, Wiens Naam is HEERE der heirscharen; hij zal voorzeker, als Thabor onder de bergen, en als Karmel bij de zee, aankomen! 19Maak voor u gereedschap der gevankelijke wegvoering, gij inwoneres, gij dochter van Egypte! want Nof zal ter verwoesting worden, en zal verbrand worden, dat er niemand in wone. 20Egypte is een zeer schone vaarze; de slachter komt, hij komt van het noorden. 21Zelfs haar gehuurden in haar midden zijn als gemeste kalveren; maar die hebben zich ook gewend, zij zijn te zamen gevlucht, zij hebben niet gestaan; want de dag huns verderfs is over hen gekomen, de tijd hunner bezoeking. 22Haar stem zal gaan als van een slang; want zij zullen met krijgsmacht daarhenen trekken, en tot haar met bijlen komen, gelijk houthouwers. 23Zij hebben haar woud afgehouwen, spreekt de HEERE, hoewel het niet is te onderzoeken; want zij zijn meerder dan de sprinkhanen, zodat men hen niet tellen kan. 24De dochter van Egypte is beschaamd; zij is gegeven in de hand des volks van het noorden. 25De HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, zegt: Ziet, Ik zal bezoeking doen over de menigte van No, en over Farao, en over Egypte, en over haar goden, en over haar koningen, ja, over Farao, en over degenen, die op hem vertrouwen. 26En Ik zal hen geven in de hand dergenen, die hunlieder ziel zoeken, en in de hand van Nebukadrezar, den koning van Babel, en in de hand zijner knechten. Maar daarna zal zij bewoond worden als in de dagen van ouds, spreekt de HEERE. 27Maar gij, Mijn knecht Jakob! vrees niet, en ontzet u niet, o Israel! want zie, Ik zal u verlossen uit verre landen, en uw zaad uit het land hunner gevangenis; en Jakob zal wederkomen, en stil en gerust zijn, en niemand zal hem verschrikken. 28Gij dan Mijn knecht Jakob! vrees niet, spreekt de HEERE; want Ik ben met u; want Ik zal een voleinding maken met al de heidenen, waarhenen Ik u gedreven zal hebben, doch met u zal Ik geen voleinding maken, maar u kastijden met mate, en u niet gans onschuldig houden.