1Então Sefatias filho de Matã, Gedalias filho de Pasur, Jucal filho de Selemias, e Pasur filho de Melquias, ouviram as palavras que Jeremias falava a todo o povo, dizendo: 2Assim diz o SENHOR: Quem ficar nesta cidade morrerá pela espada, pela fome, ou pela pestilência; mas quem sair aos caldeus viverá, pois sua alma lhe será por despojo, e viverá. 3Assim diz o SENHOR: Certamente esta cidade será entregue nas mãos do exército do rei da Babilônia, que a tomará. 4E os príncipes disseram ao rei: Morra agora este homem; porque assim ele enfraquece as mãos dos homens de guerra que restaram nesta cidade, e as mãos de todo o povo, falando-lhes tais palavras; pois este homem não busca a paz deste povo, mas sim o mal. 5E disse o rei Zedequias: Eis que ele está em vossas mãos; pois o rei não poderia fazer contra vós coisa alguma. 6Então eles tomaram a Jeremias, e o lançaram na cisterna de Malquias filho de rei, que estava no pátio da guarda; e meteram a Jeremias com cordas. Porém na cisterna não havia água, mas sim lama; e Jeremias se atolou na lama. 7E Ebede-Meleque, o cuxita, um eunuco que estava na casa do rei, tendo ouvido que haviam posto Jeremias na cisterna, e estando o rei sentado à porta de Benjamim, 8Logo Ebede-Meleque saiu da casa do rei, e falou ao rei, dizendo: 9Ó rei, meu senhor o rei, estes homens fizeram o mal em tudo quanto têm feito com o profeta Jeremias, ao qual lançaram na cisterna; porque ali ele morrerá de fome, pois não há mais pão na cidade. 10Então o rei mandou a Ebede-Meleque, o cuxita, dizendo: Toma sob tuas ordens trinta homens daqui, e tira ao profeta Jeremias da cisterna, antes que morra. 11E Ebede-Meleque tomou sob suas ordens os homens, e foi à casa do rei, ao lugar debaixo da tesouraria, e tomou dali trapos velhos rasgados, e trapos velhos gastos; e os desceu a Jeremias com cordas na cisterna. 12E disse Ebede-Meleque o cuxita a Jeremias: Põe agora esses trapos velhos, rasgados, e gastos abaixo das axilas de teus braços, por debaixo das cordas. E Jeremias assim fez. 13E tiraram a Jeremias com as cordas, e o fizeram subir da cisterna; e Jeremias ficou no pátio da guarda. 14Então o rei Zedequias enviou, e mandou trazer a si ao profeta Jeremias à terceira entrada que estava na casa do SENHOR. E disse o rei a Jeremias: Pergunto-te uma coisa; não me encubras nada. 15E Jeremias disse a Zedequias: Se eu te declarar, por acaso não me matarás? E se eu te aconselhar, não me darás ouvido. 16Então o rei Zedequias jurou a Jeremias em segredo, dizendo: Vive o SENHOR que nos fez esta alma, que não te matarei, nem te entregarei nas mãos destes homens que buscam tirar tua vida. 17Então Jeremias disse a Zedequias: Assim diz o SENHOR Deus dos exércitos, Deus de Israel: Se voluntariamente saíres aos príncipes do rei de Babilônia, então tua alma viverá, e esta cidade não será queimada a fogo; e viverás tu e tua casa; 18Mas se não saíres aos príncipes do rei de Babilônia, então esta cidade será entregue nas mãos dos caldeus, e a queimarão a fogo; e tu não escaparás de suas mãos. 19E disse o rei Zedequias a Jeremias: Eu temo por causa dos judeus que se renderam aos caldeus; que não venham a me entregar em suas mãos, e me maltratem. 20E disse Jeremias: Não te entregarão. Ouve, por favor, a voz do SENHOR que eu te falo, e terás bem, e tua alma viverá. 21Mas se tu não quiseres sair, esta é a palavra que o SENHOR me mostrou: 22Eis que todas as mulheres que restaram na casa do rei de Judá serão levadas aos príncipes do rei da Babilônia; e elas mesmas dirão: Os teus amigos te enganaram, e prevaleceram contra ti; teus pés se atolaram na lama, e eles se viraram para trás. 23Assim todas as tuas mulheres e teus filhos serão levados aos caldeus, e tu não escaparás de suas mãos; ao contrário, pela mão do rei da Babilônia serás preso, e esta cidade será queimada a fogo. 24Então Zedequias disse a Jeremias: Ninguém saiba estas palavras, e então não morrerás. 25E se os príncipes ouvirem que eu falei contigo, vierem a ti, e te disserem: Declara-nos agora o que falaste com o rei; não nos escondas, e não te mataremos; dize também o que o rei te falou. 26Então tu lhes dirás: Supliquei ao rei que não me fizesse voltar a casa de Jônatas para eu não morrer ali. 27E depois vieram todos os príncipes a Jeremias, e lhe perguntaram; e ele lhes respondeu conforme toda as palavras que o rei tinha lhe mandado. Então lhe deixaram, pois a conversa não tinha sido ouvida. 28E Jeremias ficou no pátio da guarda até o dia em que Jerusalém foi tomada; e ali ainda estava quando Jerusalém foi tomada.
1Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying, 2Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live. 3Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 4Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.” 5Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you. 6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. 7Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin), 8Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying, 9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city. 10Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies. 11So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so. 13So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard. 14Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in Yahweh’s house: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me. 15Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me. 16So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life. 17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house. 18But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand. 19Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live. 21But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me: 22behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away back. 23They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire. 24Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die. 25But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you: 26then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. 27Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 28So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
1Als Sefatja, de zoon van Matthan, en Gedalia, de zoon van Pashur, en Juchal, de zoon van Selemja, en Pashur, de zoon van Malchia, de woorden hoorden, die Jeremia tot al het volk sprak, zeggende: 2Zo zegt de HEERE: Wie in deze stad blijft, zal door het zwaard, door den honger of door de pestilentie sterven; maar wie tot de Chaldeen uitgaat, die zal leven, want hij zal zijn ziel tot een buit hebben, en zal leven. 3Zo zegt de HEERE: Deze stad zal zekerlijk gegeven worden in de hand van het heir des konings van Babel, datzelve zal ze innemen; 4Zo zeiden de vorsten tot den koning: Laat toch dezen man gedood worden; want aldus maakt hij de handen der krijgslieden, die in deze stad zijn overgebleven, en de handen des gansen volks slap, alzulke woorden tot hen sprekende; want deze man zoekt den vrede dezes volks niet, maar het kwaad. 5En de koning Zedekia zeide: Ziet, hij is in uw hand; want de koning zou geen ding tegen u vermogen. 6Toen namen zij Jeremia en wierpen hem in den kuil van Malchia, den zoon van Hammelech, die in het voorhof der bewaring was, en zij lieten Jeremia af met zelen; in den kuil nu was geen water, maar slijk; en Jeremia zonk in het slijk. 7Als nu Ebed-melech, de Moorman, een der kamerlingen, die toen in des konings huis was, hoorde, dat zij Jeremia in den kuil gedaan hadden (de koning nu zat in de poort van Benjamin); 8Zo ging Ebed-melech uit het huis des konings uit, en hij sprak tot den koning, zeggende: 9Mijn heer koning! deze mannen hebben kwalijk gehandeld in alles, wat zij gedaan hebben aan den profeet Jeremia, dien zij in den kuil geworpen hebben; daar hij toch in zijn plaats zou gestorven zijn vanwege den honger, dewijl geen brood meer in de stad is. 10Toen gebood de koning den Moorman Ebed-melech, zeggende: Neem van hier dertig mannen onder uw hand, en haal den profeet Jeremia op uit den kuil, eer dat hij sterft. 11Alzo nam Ebed-melech de mannen onder zijn hand, en ging in des konings huis tot onder de schatkamer, en nam van daar enige oude verscheurde en oude versleten lompen; en hij liet ze met zelen af tot Jeremia in den kuil. 12En Ebed-melech, de Moorman, zeide tot Jeremia: Leg nu deze oude verscheurde en versleten lompen onder de oksels uwer armen, van onder aan de zelen. En Jeremia deed alzo. 13En zij trokken Jeremia bij de zelen, en haalden hem op uit de kuil; en Jeremia bleef in het voorhof der bewaring. 14Toen zond de koning Zedekia henen, en liet den profeet Jeremia tot zich halen, in den derden ingang, die aan des HEEREN huis was; en de koning zeide tot Jeremia: Ik zal u een ding vragen, verheel geen ding voor mij. 15En Jeremia zeide tot Zedekia: Als ik het u verklaren zal, zult gij mij niet zekerlijk doden? En als ik u raad zal geven, gij zult toch naar mij niet horen. 16Toen zwoer de koning Zedekia aan Jeremia in het verborgene, zeggende: Zo waarachtig als de HEERE leeft, Die ons deze ziel gemaakt heeft: Indien ik u zal doden, of indien ik u zal overgeven in de hand dezer mannen, die uw ziel zoeken! 17Jeremia dan zeide tot Zedekia: Zo zegt de HEERE, de God der heirscharen, de God Israels: Indien gij gewilliglijk tot de vorsten des koning van Babel zult uitgaan, zo zal uw ziel leven, en deze stad zal niet verbrand worden met vuur; en gij zult leven, gij en uw huis. 18Maar indien gij tot de vorsten des konings van Babel niet zult uitgaan, zo zal deze stad gegeven worden in de hand der Chaldeen, en zij zullen ze met vuur verbranden; ook zult gij van hunlieder hand niet ontkomen. 19En de koning Zedekia zeide tot Jeremia: Ik ben bevreesd voor de Joden, die tot de Chaldeen gevallen zijn, dat zij mij misschien in derzelver hand overgeven, en zij den spot met mij drijven. 20En Jeremia zeide: Zij zullen u niet overgeven; wees toch gehoorzaam aan de stem des HEEREN, naar dewelke ik tot u spreek; zo zal het u welgaan, en uw ziel zal leven. 21Maar indien gij weigert uit te gaan, zo is dit het woord, dat de HEERE mij heeft doen zien; 22Ziedaar, al de vrouwen, die in het huis des konings van Juda zijn overgebleven, zullen uitgevoerd worden tot de vorsten des konings van Babel; en dezelve zullen zeggen: Uw vredegenoten hebben u aangehitst, en hebben u overmocht; uw voeten zijn in den modder gezonken; zij zijn achterwaarts gekeerd! 23Zij zullen dan al uw vrouwen en al uw zonen tot de Chaldeen uitvoeren; ook zult gij zelf van hun hand niet ontkomen; maar gij zult door de hand des konings van Babel gegrepen worden, en gij zult deze stad met vuur verbranden. 24Toen zeide Zedekia tot Jeremia: Dat niemand wete van deze woorden, zo zult gij niet sterven. 25En als de vorsten zullen horen, dat ik met u gesproken heb, en tot u komen, en tot u zeggen: Verklaar ons nu, wat hebt gij tot den koning gesproken? verheel het niet voor ons, zo zullen wij u niet doden; en wat heeft de koning tot u gesproken? 26Zo zult gij tot hen zeggen: Ik wierp mijn smeking voor des konings aangezicht neder, dat hij mij niet zou weder laten brengen in Jonathans huis, om aldaar te sterven. 27Als dan al de vorsten tot Jeremia kwamen, en hem vraagden, verklaarde hij hun, naar al deze woorden, die de koning geboden had; en zij lieten van hem af, omdat de zaak niet was gehoord. 28En Jeremia bleef in het voorhof der bewaring tot op den dag, dat Jeruzalem werd ingenomen; en hij was er nog, als Jeruzalem was ingenomen.
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