Plannen voor vrede, na zeventig jaarA letter from far away

Brief aan de ballingen in Babel

¹선지자 예레미야가 예루살렘에서 이같은 편지를 느부갓네살이 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 옮겨간 포로 중 남아 있는 장로들과 제사장들과 선지자들과 모든 백성에게 보내었는데 ²때는 여고니야 왕과 국모와 환관들과 및 유다와 예루살렘 방백들과 목공들과 철공들이 예루살렘에서 떠난 후라 ³유다 왕 시드기야가 바벨론으로 보내어 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살에게로 가게 한 사반의 아들 엘라사와 힐기야의 아들 그마랴의 손에 위탁하였더라 이렀으되 ⁴만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님 내가 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 사로잡혀 가게 한 모든 포로에게 이같이 이르노라 ⁵너희는 집을 짓고 거기 거하며 전원을 만들고 그 열매를 먹으라 ⁶아내를 취하여 자녀를 생산하며 너희 아들로 아내를 취하며 너희 딸로 남편을 맞아 그들로 자녀를 생산케 하여 너희로 거기서 번성하고 쇠잔하지 않게 하라 ⁷너희는 내가 사로잡혀 가게 한 그 성읍의 평안하기를 힘쓰고 위하여 여호와께 기도하라 이는 그 성이 평안함으로 너희도 평안할 것임이니라 ⁸만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 이같이 말하노라 너희 중 선지자들에게와 복술에게 혹하지 말며 너희가 꾼 바 꿈도 신청하지 말라 ⁹내가 그들을 보내지 아니하였어도 그들이 내 이름으로 거짓을 예언함이니라 여호와의 말이니라 ¹⁰나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 바벨론에서 칠십 년이 차면 내가 너희를 권고하고 나의 선한 말을 너희에게 실행하여 너희를 이곳으로 돌아오게 하리라 ¹¹나 여호와가 말하노라 너희를 향한 나의 생각은 내가 아나니 재앙이 아니라 곧 평안이요 너희 장래에 소망을 주려하는 생각이라 ¹²너희는 내게 부르짖으며 와서 내게 기도하면 내가 너희를 들을 것이요 ¹³너희가 전심으로 나를 찾고 찾으면 나를 만나리라 ¹⁴나 여호와가 말하노라 내가 너희에게 만나지겠고 너희를 포로된 중에서 다시 돌아오게 하되 내가 쫓아 보내었던 열방과 모든 곳에서 모아 사로잡혀 떠나게 하던 본 곳으로 돌아오게 하리라 여호와의 말이니라 하셨느니라

Over wie achterbleef, en twee valse profeten

¹⁵너희가 말하기를 여호와께서 바벨론에서 우리를 위하여 선지자들을 일으키셨다 하므로 ¹⁶여호와께서 다윗의 위에 앉은 왕과 이 성에 거하는 모든 백성 곧 너희와 함께 포로되어 가지 아니한 너희 형제에게 대하여 이같이 말씀하시느니라 ¹⁷만군의 여호와께서 이같이 말씀하시되 보라 내가 칼과 기근과 염병을 그들에게 보내어 그들로 악하여 먹을 수 없는 악한 무화과 같게 하겠고 ¹⁸내가 칼과 기근과 염병으로 그들을 따르게 하며 그들을 세계 열방 중에 흩어 학대를 당하게 할 것이며 내가 그들을 쫓아 보낸 열방 중에서 저줏거리와 놀램과 치소와 모욕거리가 되게 하리니 ¹⁹이는 내가 내 종 선지자들을 그들에게 보내되 부지런히 보내었으나 그들이 나 여호와의 말을 듣지 아니하며 듣지 아니함이니라 여호와의 말이니라 ²⁰그런즉 내가 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 보낸 너희 모든 포로여 나 여호와의 말을 들을지니라 ²¹만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님 내가 골라야의 아들 아합과 마아세야의 아들 시드기야에 대하여 말하노라 그들은 내 이름으로 너희에게 거짓을 예언한 자라 보라 내가 그들을 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살의 손에 붙이리니 그가 너희 목전에서 그들을 죽일 것이라

Brief aan de ballingen in Babel

¹Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, ²(after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem), ³by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying, ⁴Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: ⁵Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit. ⁶Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don’t be diminished. ⁷Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace. ⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Don’t let your prophets who are in your midst, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. ⁹For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says Yahweh. ¹⁰For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. ¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. ¹²You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. ¹⁴I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.

Over wie achterbleef, en twee valse profeten

¹⁵Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon; ¹⁶thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity; ¹⁷thus says Yahweh of Armies; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can’t be eaten, they are so bad. ¹⁸I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them; ¹⁹because they have not listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, says Yahweh. ²⁰Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. ²¹Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;

Brief aan de ballingen in Babel

¹Voorts zijn dit de woorden des briefs, dien de profeet Jeremia zond van Jeruzalem tot de overige oudsten, die gevankelijk waren weggevoerd, mitsgaders tot de priesteren, en tot de profeten, en tot het ganse volk, dat Nebukadnezar van Jeruzalem gevankelijk had weggevoerd naar Babel. ²(Nadat de koning Jechonia, en de koningin, en de kamerlingen, de vorsten van Juda en Jeruzalem, mitsgaders de timmerlieden en smeden van Jeruzalem waren uitgegaan); ³Door de hand van Elasa, den zoon van Safan, en Gemarja, den zoon van Hilkia, die Zedekia, de koning van Juda, naar Babel zond, tot Nebukadnezar, den koning van Babel, zeggende: ⁴Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, tot allen, die gevankelijk zijn weggevoerd, die Ik gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren van Jeruzalem naar Babel: ⁵Bouwt huizen en woont daarin, en plant hoven en eet de vrucht daarvan; ⁶Neemt vrouwen, en gewint zonen en dochteren, en neemt vrouwen voor uw zonen, en geeft uw dochteren aan mannen, dat zij zonen en dochteren baren; en wordt aldaar vermenigvuldigd, en wordt niet verminderd. ⁷En zoekt den vrede der stad, waarhenen Ik u gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren, en bidt voor haar tot den HEERE; want in haar vrede zult gij vrede hebben. ⁸Want zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Laat uw profeten en uw waarzeggers, die in het midden van u zijn, u niet bedriegen, en hoort niet naar uw dromers, die gij doet dromen. ⁹Want zij profeteren u valselijk in Mijn Naam; Ik heb hen niet gezonden, spreekt de HEERE. ¹⁰Want zo zegt de HEERE: Zekerlijk, als zeventig jaren te Babel zullen vervuld zijn, zal Ik ulieden bezoeken, en Ik zal Mijn goed woord over u verwekken, u wederbrengende tot deze plaats. ¹¹Want Ik weet de gedachten, die Ik over u denk, spreekt de HEERE, gedachten des vredes, en niet des kwaads, dat Ik u geve het einde en de verwachting. ¹²Dan zult gij Mij aanroepen, en henengaan, en tot Mij bidden; en Ik zal naar u horen. ¹³En gij zult Mij zoeken en vinden, wanneer gij naar Mij zult vragen met uw ganse hart. ¹⁴En Ik zal van ulieden gevonden worden, spreekt de HEERE, en Ik zal uw gevangenis wenden, en u vergaderen uit al de volken, en uit al de plaatsen, waarhenen Ik u gedreven heb, spreekt de HEERE; en Ik zal u wederbrengen tot de plaats, van waar Ik u gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren.

Over wie achterbleef, en twee valse profeten

¹⁵Omdat gij zegt: de HEERE heeft ons profeten naar Babel verwekt; ¹⁶Daarom zegt de HEERE alzo van den koning, die op Davids troon zit, en van al het volk, dat in deze stad woont, te weten, uw broederen, die met u niet zijn uitgegaan in de gevangenis; ¹⁷Alzo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen: Ziet, Ik zal het zwaard, den honger en de pestilentie onder hen zenden; en Ik zal ze maken als de afschuwelijke vijgen, die vanwege de boosheid niet kunnen gegeten worden. ¹⁸En Ik zal ze achterna jagen met het zwaard, met den honger en met de pestilentie; en Ik zal ze overgeven tot een beroering, allen koninkrijken der aarde, tot een vloek, en tot een schrik, en tot een aanfluiting, en tot een smaadheid, onder al de volken, waar Ik ze henengedreven zal hebben; ¹⁹Omdat zij naar Mijn woorden niet gehoord hebben, spreekt de HEERE, als Ik Mijn knechten, de profeten, tot hen zond, vroeg op zijnde en zendende; maar gijlieden hebt niet gehoord, spreekt de HEERE. ²⁰Gij dan, hoort des HEEREN woord, gij allen, die gevankelijk zijt weggevoerd, die Ik van Jeruzalem naar Babel heb weggezonden! ²¹Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, van Achab, zoon van Kolaja, en van Zedekia, zoon van Maaseja, die ulieden in Mijn Naam valselijk profeteren: Ziet, Ik zal hen geven in de hand van Nebukadrezar, den koning van Babel, en hij zal ze voor uw ogen slaan.

¹선지자 예레미야가 예루살렘에서 이같은 편지를 느부갓네살이 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 옮겨간 포로 중 남아 있는 장로들과 제사장들과 선지자들과 모든 백성에게 보내었는데 ²때는 여고니야 왕과 국모와 환관들과 및 유다와 예루살렘 방백들과 목공들과 철공들이 예루살렘에서 떠난 후라 ³유다 왕 시드기야가 바벨론으로 보내어 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살에게로 가게 한 사반의 아들 엘라사와 힐기야의 아들 그마랴의 손에 위탁하였더라 이렀으되 ⁴만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님 내가 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 사로잡혀 가게 한 모든 포로에게 이같이 이르노라 ⁵너희는 집을 짓고 거기 거하며 전원을 만들고 그 열매를 먹으라 ⁶아내를 취하여 자녀를 생산하며 너희 아들로 아내를 취하며 너희 딸로 남편을 맞아 그들로 자녀를 생산케 하여 너희로 거기서 번성하고 쇠잔하지 않게 하라 ⁷너희는 내가 사로잡혀 가게 한 그 성읍의 평안하기를 힘쓰고 위하여 여호와께 기도하라 이는 그 성이 평안함으로 너희도 평안할 것임이니라 ⁸만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 이같이 말하노라 너희 중 선지자들에게와 복술에게 혹하지 말며 너희가 꾼 바 꿈도 신청하지 말라 ⁹내가 그들을 보내지 아니하였어도 그들이 내 이름으로 거짓을 예언함이니라 여호와의 말이니라 ¹⁰나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 바벨론에서 칠십 년이 차면 내가 너희를 권고하고 나의 선한 말을 너희에게 실행하여 너희를 이곳으로 돌아오게 하리라 ¹¹나 여호와가 말하노라 너희를 향한 나의 생각은 내가 아나니 재앙이 아니라 곧 평안이요 너희 장래에 소망을 주려하는 생각이라 ¹²너희는 내게 부르짖으며 와서 내게 기도하면 내가 너희를 들을 것이요 ¹³너희가 전심으로 나를 찾고 찾으면 나를 만나리라 ¹⁴나 여호와가 말하노라 내가 너희에게 만나지겠고 너희를 포로된 중에서 다시 돌아오게 하되 내가 쫓아 보내었던 열방과 모든 곳에서 모아 사로잡혀 떠나게 하던 본 곳으로 돌아오게 하리라 여호와의 말이니라 하셨느니라

¹Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, ²(after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem), ³by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying, ⁴Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: ⁵Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit. ⁶Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don’t be diminished. ⁷Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace. ⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Don’t let your prophets who are in your midst, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. ⁹For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says Yahweh. ¹⁰For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. ¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. ¹²You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. ¹⁴I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.

¹Voorts zijn dit de woorden des briefs, dien de profeet Jeremia zond van Jeruzalem tot de overige oudsten, die gevankelijk waren weggevoerd, mitsgaders tot de priesteren, en tot de profeten, en tot het ganse volk, dat Nebukadnezar van Jeruzalem gevankelijk had weggevoerd naar Babel. ²(Nadat de koning Jechonia, en de koningin, en de kamerlingen, de vorsten van Juda en Jeruzalem, mitsgaders de timmerlieden en smeden van Jeruzalem waren uitgegaan); ³Door de hand van Elasa, den zoon van Safan, en Gemarja, den zoon van Hilkia, die Zedekia, de koning van Juda, naar Babel zond, tot Nebukadnezar, den koning van Babel, zeggende: ⁴Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, tot allen, die gevankelijk zijn weggevoerd, die Ik gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren van Jeruzalem naar Babel: ⁵Bouwt huizen en woont daarin, en plant hoven en eet de vrucht daarvan; ⁶Neemt vrouwen, en gewint zonen en dochteren, en neemt vrouwen voor uw zonen, en geeft uw dochteren aan mannen, dat zij zonen en dochteren baren; en wordt aldaar vermenigvuldigd, en wordt niet verminderd. ⁷En zoekt den vrede der stad, waarhenen Ik u gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren, en bidt voor haar tot den HEERE; want in haar vrede zult gij vrede hebben. ⁸Want zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Laat uw profeten en uw waarzeggers, die in het midden van u zijn, u niet bedriegen, en hoort niet naar uw dromers, die gij doet dromen. ⁹Want zij profeteren u valselijk in Mijn Naam; Ik heb hen niet gezonden, spreekt de HEERE. ¹⁰Want zo zegt de HEERE: Zekerlijk, als zeventig jaren te Babel zullen vervuld zijn, zal Ik ulieden bezoeken, en Ik zal Mijn goed woord over u verwekken, u wederbrengende tot deze plaats. ¹¹Want Ik weet de gedachten, die Ik over u denk, spreekt de HEERE, gedachten des vredes, en niet des kwaads, dat Ik u geve het einde en de verwachting. ¹²Dan zult gij Mij aanroepen, en henengaan, en tot Mij bidden; en Ik zal naar u horen. ¹³En gij zult Mij zoeken en vinden, wanneer gij naar Mij zult vragen met uw ganse hart. ¹⁴En Ik zal van ulieden gevonden worden, spreekt de HEERE, en Ik zal uw gevangenis wenden, en u vergaderen uit al de volken, en uit al de plaatsen, waarhenen Ik u gedreven heb, spreekt de HEERE; en Ik zal u wederbrengen tot de plaats, van waar Ik u gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren.

Brief aan de ballingen in Babel

¹선지자 예레미야가 예루살렘에서 이같은 편지를 느부갓네살이 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 옮겨간 포로 중 남아 있는 장로들과 제사장들과 선지자들과 모든 백성에게 보내었는데 ²때는 여고니야 왕과 국모와 환관들과 및 유다와 예루살렘 방백들과 목공들과 철공들이 예루살렘에서 떠난 후라 ³유다 왕 시드기야가 바벨론으로 보내어 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살에게로 가게 한 사반의 아들 엘라사와 힐기야의 아들 그마랴의 손에 위탁하였더라 이렀으되 ⁴만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님 내가 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 사로잡혀 가게 한 모든 포로에게 이같이 이르노라 ⁵너희는 집을 짓고 거기 거하며 전원을 만들고 그 열매를 먹으라 ⁶아내를 취하여 자녀를 생산하며 너희 아들로 아내를 취하며 너희 딸로 남편을 맞아 그들로 자녀를 생산케 하여 너희로 거기서 번성하고 쇠잔하지 않게 하라 ⁷너희는 내가 사로잡혀 가게 한 그 성읍의 평안하기를 힘쓰고 위하여 여호와께 기도하라 이는 그 성이 평안함으로 너희도 평안할 것임이니라 ⁸만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 이같이 말하노라 너희 중 선지자들에게와 복술에게 혹하지 말며 너희가 꾼 바 꿈도 신청하지 말라 ⁹내가 그들을 보내지 아니하였어도 그들이 내 이름으로 거짓을 예언함이니라 여호와의 말이니라 ¹⁰나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 바벨론에서 칠십 년이 차면 내가 너희를 권고하고 나의 선한 말을 너희에게 실행하여 너희를 이곳으로 돌아오게 하리라 ¹¹나 여호와가 말하노라 너희를 향한 나의 생각은 내가 아나니 재앙이 아니라 곧 평안이요 너희 장래에 소망을 주려하는 생각이라 ¹²너희는 내게 부르짖으며 와서 내게 기도하면 내가 너희를 들을 것이요 ¹³너희가 전심으로 나를 찾고 찾으면 나를 만나리라 ¹⁴나 여호와가 말하노라 내가 너희에게 만나지겠고 너희를 포로된 중에서 다시 돌아오게 하되 내가 쫓아 보내었던 열방과 모든 곳에서 모아 사로잡혀 떠나게 하던 본 곳으로 돌아오게 하리라 여호와의 말이니라 하셨느니라

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¹⁵너희가 말하기를 여호와께서 바벨론에서 우리를 위하여 선지자들을 일으키셨다 하므로 ¹⁶여호와께서 다윗의 위에 앉은 왕과 이 성에 거하는 모든 백성 곧 너희와 함께 포로되어 가지 아니한 너희 형제에게 대하여 이같이 말씀하시느니라 ¹⁷만군의 여호와께서 이같이 말씀하시되 보라 내가 칼과 기근과 염병을 그들에게 보내어 그들로 악하여 먹을 수 없는 악한 무화과 같게 하겠고 ¹⁸내가 칼과 기근과 염병으로 그들을 따르게 하며 그들을 세계 열방 중에 흩어 학대를 당하게 할 것이며 내가 그들을 쫓아 보낸 열방 중에서 저줏거리와 놀램과 치소와 모욕거리가 되게 하리니 ¹⁹이는 내가 내 종 선지자들을 그들에게 보내되 부지런히 보내었으나 그들이 나 여호와의 말을 듣지 아니하며 듣지 아니함이니라 여호와의 말이니라 ²⁰그런즉 내가 예루살렘에서 바벨론으로 보낸 너희 모든 포로여 나 여호와의 말을 들을지니라 ²¹만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님 내가 골라야의 아들 아합과 마아세야의 아들 시드기야에 대하여 말하노라 그들은 내 이름으로 너희에게 거짓을 예언한 자라 보라 내가 그들을 바벨론 왕 느부갓네살의 손에 붙이리니 그가 너희 목전에서 그들을 죽일 것이라 ²²너희 바벨론에 있는 유다 모든 포로가 그들로 저줏거리를 삼아서 이르기를 여호와께서 너로 바벨론 왕이 불살라 죽인 시드기야와 아합 같게 하시기를 원하노라 하리니 ²³이는 그들이 이스라엘 중에서 망령되이 행하여 그 이웃의 아내와 행음하며 내가 그들에게 명하지 아니한 거짓을 내 이름으로 말함이니라 나는 아는 자요 증거인이니라 여호와의 말이니라 하셨다 하였더라

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²⁴너는 느헬람 사람 스마야에게 이같이 말하여 이르라 ²⁵만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 이같이 말씀하여 가라사대 네가 네 이름으로 예루살렘에 있는 모든 백성과 제사장 마아세야의 아들 스바냐와 모든 제사장에게 글을 보내어 이르기를 ²⁶여호와께서 너로 제사장 여호야다를 대신하여 제사장을 삼아 여호와의 집 유사로 세우심은 무릇 미친 자와 자칭 선지자를 착고에 채우며 칼을 메우게 하심이어늘 ²⁷이제 네가 어찌하여 너희 중에 자칭 선지자라 하는 아나돗 사람 예레미야를 책망하지 아니하느냐 ²⁸대저 그가 바벨론에 있는 우리에게 편지하기를 때가 오래리니 너희는 집을 짓고 거기 거하며 전원을 만들고 그 열매를 먹으라 하였다 하였느니라 ²⁹제사장 스바냐가 스마야의 글을 선지자 예레미야에게 읽어 들릴 때에 ³⁰여호와의 말씀이 예레미야에게 임하여 가라사대 ³¹너는 모든 포로에게 글을 보내어 이르기를 여호와께서 느헬람 사람 스마야에 대하여 이같이 말씀하시되 내가 스마야를 보내지 아니하였거늘 그가 너희에게 예언하고 너희로 거짓을 믿게 하였도다 ³²그러므로 나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 보라 내가 느헬람 사람 스마야와 그 자손을 벌하리니 그가 나 여호와께 패역한 말을 하였음을 인하여 이 백성 중에 거할 그의 사람이 하나도 없을 것이라 내가 내 백성에게 행하려 하는 선한 일을 그가 보지 못하리라 하셨다 하라 여호와의 말이니라

Brief aan de ballingen in Babel

¹Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, ²(after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem), ³by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying, ⁴Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: ⁵Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit. ⁶Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don’t be diminished. ⁷Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace. ⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Don’t let your prophets who are in your midst, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. ⁹For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says Yahweh. ¹⁰For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. ¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. ¹²You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. ¹⁴I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.

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¹⁵Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon; ¹⁶thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity; ¹⁷thus says Yahweh of Armies; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can’t be eaten, they are so bad. ¹⁸I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them; ¹⁹because they have not listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, says Yahweh. ²⁰Hear therefore Yahweh’s word, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. ²¹Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes; ²²and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; ²³because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh.

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²⁴Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying, ²⁵Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying, ²⁶Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in Yahweh’s house, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles. ²⁷Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you, ²⁸because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit? ²⁹Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. ³⁰Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying, ³¹Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie; ³²therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.

Brief aan de ballingen in Babel

¹Voorts zijn dit de woorden des briefs, dien de profeet Jeremia zond van Jeruzalem tot de overige oudsten, die gevankelijk waren weggevoerd, mitsgaders tot de priesteren, en tot de profeten, en tot het ganse volk, dat Nebukadnezar van Jeruzalem gevankelijk had weggevoerd naar Babel. ²(Nadat de koning Jechonia, en de koningin, en de kamerlingen, de vorsten van Juda en Jeruzalem, mitsgaders de timmerlieden en smeden van Jeruzalem waren uitgegaan); ³Door de hand van Elasa, den zoon van Safan, en Gemarja, den zoon van Hilkia, die Zedekia, de koning van Juda, naar Babel zond, tot Nebukadnezar, den koning van Babel, zeggende: ⁴Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, tot allen, die gevankelijk zijn weggevoerd, die Ik gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren van Jeruzalem naar Babel: ⁵Bouwt huizen en woont daarin, en plant hoven en eet de vrucht daarvan; ⁶Neemt vrouwen, en gewint zonen en dochteren, en neemt vrouwen voor uw zonen, en geeft uw dochteren aan mannen, dat zij zonen en dochteren baren; en wordt aldaar vermenigvuldigd, en wordt niet verminderd. ⁷En zoekt den vrede der stad, waarhenen Ik u gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren, en bidt voor haar tot den HEERE; want in haar vrede zult gij vrede hebben. ⁸Want zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels: Laat uw profeten en uw waarzeggers, die in het midden van u zijn, u niet bedriegen, en hoort niet naar uw dromers, die gij doet dromen. ⁹Want zij profeteren u valselijk in Mijn Naam; Ik heb hen niet gezonden, spreekt de HEERE. ¹⁰Want zo zegt de HEERE: Zekerlijk, als zeventig jaren te Babel zullen vervuld zijn, zal Ik ulieden bezoeken, en Ik zal Mijn goed woord over u verwekken, u wederbrengende tot deze plaats. ¹¹Want Ik weet de gedachten, die Ik over u denk, spreekt de HEERE, gedachten des vredes, en niet des kwaads, dat Ik u geve het einde en de verwachting. ¹²Dan zult gij Mij aanroepen, en henengaan, en tot Mij bidden; en Ik zal naar u horen. ¹³En gij zult Mij zoeken en vinden, wanneer gij naar Mij zult vragen met uw ganse hart. ¹⁴En Ik zal van ulieden gevonden worden, spreekt de HEERE, en Ik zal uw gevangenis wenden, en u vergaderen uit al de volken, en uit al de plaatsen, waarhenen Ik u gedreven heb, spreekt de HEERE; en Ik zal u wederbrengen tot de plaats, van waar Ik u gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren.

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¹⁵Omdat gij zegt: de HEERE heeft ons profeten naar Babel verwekt; ¹⁶Daarom zegt de HEERE alzo van den koning, die op Davids troon zit, en van al het volk, dat in deze stad woont, te weten, uw broederen, die met u niet zijn uitgegaan in de gevangenis; ¹⁷Alzo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen: Ziet, Ik zal het zwaard, den honger en de pestilentie onder hen zenden; en Ik zal ze maken als de afschuwelijke vijgen, die vanwege de boosheid niet kunnen gegeten worden. ¹⁸En Ik zal ze achterna jagen met het zwaard, met den honger en met de pestilentie; en Ik zal ze overgeven tot een beroering, allen koninkrijken der aarde, tot een vloek, en tot een schrik, en tot een aanfluiting, en tot een smaadheid, onder al de volken, waar Ik ze henengedreven zal hebben; ¹⁹Omdat zij naar Mijn woorden niet gehoord hebben, spreekt de HEERE, als Ik Mijn knechten, de profeten, tot hen zond, vroeg op zijnde en zendende; maar gijlieden hebt niet gehoord, spreekt de HEERE. ²⁰Gij dan, hoort des HEEREN woord, gij allen, die gevankelijk zijt weggevoerd, die Ik van Jeruzalem naar Babel heb weggezonden! ²¹Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, van Achab, zoon van Kolaja, en van Zedekia, zoon van Maaseja, die ulieden in Mijn Naam valselijk profeteren: Ziet, Ik zal hen geven in de hand van Nebukadrezar, den koning van Babel, en hij zal ze voor uw ogen slaan. ²²En van hen zal een vloek genomen worden bij al de gevankelijk weggevoerden van Juda, die in Babel zijn, dat men zegge: De HEERE stelle u als Zedekia, en als Achab, die de koning van Babel aan het vuur braadde; ²³Omdat zij een dwaasheid deden in Israel, en overspel bedreven met de vrouwen hunner naasten, en spraken het woord valselijk in Mijn Naam, dat Ik hun niet geboden had; en Ik ben Degene, Die het weet, en een getuige daarvan, spreekt de HEERE.

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²⁴Tot Semaja nu, den Nechelamiet, zult gij spreken, zeggende: ²⁵Zo spreekt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, zeggende: Omdat gij brieven in uw naam gezonden hebt tot al het volk, dat te Jeruzalem is, en tot Zefanja, den zoon van Maaseja, den priester, en tot al de priesteren, zeggende: ²⁶De HEERE heeft u tot priester gesteld, in plaats van den priester Jojada, dat gij opzieners zoudt zijn in des HEEREN huis over allen man, die onzinnig is, en zich voor een profeet uitgeeft, dat gij dien stelt in de gevangenis en in den stok. ²⁷Nu dan, waarom hebt gij Jeremia, den Anathothiet, niet gescholden, die zich bij ulieden voor een profeet uitgeeft? ²⁸Want daarom heeft hij tot ons naar Babel gezonden, zeggende: Het zal lang duren; bouwt huizen, en woont daarin en plant hoven, en eet de vrucht daarvan. ²⁹Zefanja nu, de priester, had dezen brief gelezen voor de oren van den profeet Jeremia. ³⁰Daarom geschiedde des HEEREN woord tot Jeremia, zeggende: ³¹Zend henen tot allen, die gevankelijk weggevoerd zijn, zeggende: Zo zegt de HEERE van Semaja, den Nechelamiet: Omdat Semaja ulieden geprofeteerd heeft, daar Ik hem niet gezonden heb, en heeft gemaakt, dat gij op leugen vertrouwt; ³²Daarom zegt de HEERE alzo: Ziet, Ik zal bezoeking doen over Semaja, den Nechelamiet, en over zijn zaad; hij zal niemand hebben, die in het midden dezes volks wone, en zal het goede niet zien, dat Ik Mijn volke doen zal, spreekt de HEERE; want hij heeft een afval gesproken tegen den HEERE.