Plannen voor vrede, na zeventig jaarA letter from far away

Brief aan de ballingen in Babel

¹Ito nga ang mga salita ng sulat na ipinadala ni Jeremias na propeta mula sa Jerusalem sa nalabi sa mga matanda sa pagkabihag, at sa mga saserdote, at sa mga propeta, at sa buong bayan, na dinalang bihag ni Nabucodonosor sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem: ²(Pagkatapos na makaalis sa Jerusalem si Jechonias na hari, at ang ina ng hari, at ang mga bating, at ang mga prinsipe sa Juda at sa Jerusalem, at ang mga manggagawa at ang mga mangbabakal;) ³Sa pamamagitan ng kamay ni Elasa na anak ni Saphan, at ni Gemarias na anak ni Hilcias, (na siyang sinugo sa Babilonia ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda kay Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia,) na nagsasabi, ⁴Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, sa lahat ng bihag na aking ipinadalang bihag sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem, ⁵Kayo'y mangagtayo ng mga bahay, at inyong tahanan; at kayo'y maghalamanan, at kanin ninyo ang bunga ng mga yaon. ⁶Magsipagasawa kayo, at kayo'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae; at ikuha ninyo ng mga asawa ang inyong mga anak na lalake, at inyong ibigay na asawa ang inyong mga anak na babae, upang sila'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae: at kayo'y magsidami roon, at huwag kayong magpakaunti. ⁷At inyong hanapin ang kapayapaan sa bayan na aking pinagdalhan sa inyong bihag, at inyong idalangin sa Panginoon: sapagka't sa kapayapaan niyaon ay magkakaroon naman kayo ng kapayapaan. ⁸Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Huwag kayong dayain ng mga propeta na nangasa gitna ninyo, at ng inyong mga manghuhula, o mangakinig man kayo sa inyong mga panaginip na inyong napapanaginip. ⁹Sapagka't sila'y nanganghuhulang may kasinungalingan sa inyo sa aking pangalan: hindi ko sinugo sila, sabi ng Panginoon. ¹⁰Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Pagkatapos na maganap ang pitong pung taon sa Babilonia, aking dadalawin kayo, at aking tutuparin ang aking mabuting salita sa inyo, sa pagpapabalik sa inyo sa dakong ito. ¹¹Sapagka't nalalaman ko ang mga pagiisip na aking iniisip sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, mga pagiisip tungkol sa kapayapaan, at hindi tungkol sa kasamaan, upang bigyan kayo ng pagasa sa inyong huling wakas. ¹²At kayo'y magsisitawag sa akin, at kayo'y magsisiyaon at magsisidalangin sa akin, at aking didinggin kayo. ¹³At inyong hahanapin ako, at masusumpungan ako, pagka inyong sisiyasatin ako ng inyong buong puso. ¹⁴At ako'y masusumpungan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, at aking ibabalik uli kayo na mula sa inyong pagkabihag, at aking pipisanin kayo mula sa lahat ng bansa, at mula sa lahat ng dako na aking pinagtabuyan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon; at aking ibabalik kayo uli sa dakong mula sa aking pinagdalhang bihag sa inyo.

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¹⁵Sapagka't inyong sinabi, Ang Panginoon ay nagbangon sa amin ng mga propeta sa Babilonia. ¹⁶Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa hari na nauupo sa luklukan ni David, at tungkol sa buong bayan na tumatahan sa bayang ito, sa inyo ngang mga kapatid na hindi nagsilabas na kasama ninyo sa pagkabihag; ¹⁷Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Narito, aking susuguin sa kanila ang tabak, ang kagutom at ang salot, at gagawin ko silang parang masamang igos, na hindi makakain, dahil sa nangapakasama. ¹⁸At aking hahabulin sila ng tabak, at kagutom, at ng salot, at aking ibibigay sila sa kakutyaan na paroo't parito sa gitna ng lahat na kaharian sa lupa, upang maging kasumpaan, at katigilan, at kasutsutan, at katuyaan, sa gitna ng lahat na bansa na aking pinagtabuyan sa kanila; ¹⁹Sapagka't hindi sila nangakinig sa aking mga salita, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking mga ipinasugo sa aking mga propeta, na ako'y bumangong maaga at sinugo ko sila; nguni't hindi ninyo dininig sila, sabi ng Panginoon. ²⁰Inyo ngang dinggin ang salita ng Panginoon, ninyong lahat na nasa pagkabihag, na aking itinaboy sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem. ²¹Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, tungkol kay Achab na anak ni Colias, at tungkol kay Sedechias na anak ni Maasias na nanghuhula ng kasinungalingan sa inyo sa aking pangalan, Narito, aking ibibigay sila sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia; at papatayin niya sila sa harap ng inyong mga mata;

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;

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.

¹Ito nga ang mga salita ng sulat na ipinadala ni Jeremias na propeta mula sa Jerusalem sa nalabi sa mga matanda sa pagkabihag, at sa mga saserdote, at sa mga propeta, at sa buong bayan, na dinalang bihag ni Nabucodonosor sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem: ²(Pagkatapos na makaalis sa Jerusalem si Jechonias na hari, at ang ina ng hari, at ang mga bating, at ang mga prinsipe sa Juda at sa Jerusalem, at ang mga manggagawa at ang mga mangbabakal;) ³Sa pamamagitan ng kamay ni Elasa na anak ni Saphan, at ni Gemarias na anak ni Hilcias, (na siyang sinugo sa Babilonia ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda kay Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia,) na nagsasabi, ⁴Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, sa lahat ng bihag na aking ipinadalang bihag sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem, ⁵Kayo'y mangagtayo ng mga bahay, at inyong tahanan; at kayo'y maghalamanan, at kanin ninyo ang bunga ng mga yaon. ⁶Magsipagasawa kayo, at kayo'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae; at ikuha ninyo ng mga asawa ang inyong mga anak na lalake, at inyong ibigay na asawa ang inyong mga anak na babae, upang sila'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae: at kayo'y magsidami roon, at huwag kayong magpakaunti. ⁷At inyong hanapin ang kapayapaan sa bayan na aking pinagdalhan sa inyong bihag, at inyong idalangin sa Panginoon: sapagka't sa kapayapaan niyaon ay magkakaroon naman kayo ng kapayapaan. ⁸Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Huwag kayong dayain ng mga propeta na nangasa gitna ninyo, at ng inyong mga manghuhula, o mangakinig man kayo sa inyong mga panaginip na inyong napapanaginip. ⁹Sapagka't sila'y nanganghuhulang may kasinungalingan sa inyo sa aking pangalan: hindi ko sinugo sila, sabi ng Panginoon. ¹⁰Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Pagkatapos na maganap ang pitong pung taon sa Babilonia, aking dadalawin kayo, at aking tutuparin ang aking mabuting salita sa inyo, sa pagpapabalik sa inyo sa dakong ito. ¹¹Sapagka't nalalaman ko ang mga pagiisip na aking iniisip sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, mga pagiisip tungkol sa kapayapaan, at hindi tungkol sa kasamaan, upang bigyan kayo ng pagasa sa inyong huling wakas. ¹²At kayo'y magsisitawag sa akin, at kayo'y magsisiyaon at magsisidalangin sa akin, at aking didinggin kayo. ¹³At inyong hahanapin ako, at masusumpungan ako, pagka inyong sisiyasatin ako ng inyong buong puso. ¹⁴At ako'y masusumpungan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, at aking ibabalik uli kayo na mula sa inyong pagkabihag, at aking pipisanin kayo mula sa lahat ng bansa, at mula sa lahat ng dako na aking pinagtabuyan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon; at aking ibabalik kayo uli sa dakong mula sa aking pinagdalhang bihag sa inyo.

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

¹Ito nga ang mga salita ng sulat na ipinadala ni Jeremias na propeta mula sa Jerusalem sa nalabi sa mga matanda sa pagkabihag, at sa mga saserdote, at sa mga propeta, at sa buong bayan, na dinalang bihag ni Nabucodonosor sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem: ²(Pagkatapos na makaalis sa Jerusalem si Jechonias na hari, at ang ina ng hari, at ang mga bating, at ang mga prinsipe sa Juda at sa Jerusalem, at ang mga manggagawa at ang mga mangbabakal;) ³Sa pamamagitan ng kamay ni Elasa na anak ni Saphan, at ni Gemarias na anak ni Hilcias, (na siyang sinugo sa Babilonia ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda kay Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia,) na nagsasabi, ⁴Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, sa lahat ng bihag na aking ipinadalang bihag sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem, ⁵Kayo'y mangagtayo ng mga bahay, at inyong tahanan; at kayo'y maghalamanan, at kanin ninyo ang bunga ng mga yaon. ⁶Magsipagasawa kayo, at kayo'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae; at ikuha ninyo ng mga asawa ang inyong mga anak na lalake, at inyong ibigay na asawa ang inyong mga anak na babae, upang sila'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae: at kayo'y magsidami roon, at huwag kayong magpakaunti. ⁷At inyong hanapin ang kapayapaan sa bayan na aking pinagdalhan sa inyong bihag, at inyong idalangin sa Panginoon: sapagka't sa kapayapaan niyaon ay magkakaroon naman kayo ng kapayapaan. ⁸Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Huwag kayong dayain ng mga propeta na nangasa gitna ninyo, at ng inyong mga manghuhula, o mangakinig man kayo sa inyong mga panaginip na inyong napapanaginip. ⁹Sapagka't sila'y nanganghuhulang may kasinungalingan sa inyo sa aking pangalan: hindi ko sinugo sila, sabi ng Panginoon. ¹⁰Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Pagkatapos na maganap ang pitong pung taon sa Babilonia, aking dadalawin kayo, at aking tutuparin ang aking mabuting salita sa inyo, sa pagpapabalik sa inyo sa dakong ito. ¹¹Sapagka't nalalaman ko ang mga pagiisip na aking iniisip sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, mga pagiisip tungkol sa kapayapaan, at hindi tungkol sa kasamaan, upang bigyan kayo ng pagasa sa inyong huling wakas. ¹²At kayo'y magsisitawag sa akin, at kayo'y magsisiyaon at magsisidalangin sa akin, at aking didinggin kayo. ¹³At inyong hahanapin ako, at masusumpungan ako, pagka inyong sisiyasatin ako ng inyong buong puso. ¹⁴At ako'y masusumpungan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, at aking ibabalik uli kayo na mula sa inyong pagkabihag, at aking pipisanin kayo mula sa lahat ng bansa, at mula sa lahat ng dako na aking pinagtabuyan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon; at aking ibabalik kayo uli sa dakong mula sa aking pinagdalhang bihag sa inyo.

Over wie achterbleef, en twee valse profeten

¹⁵Sapagka't inyong sinabi, Ang Panginoon ay nagbangon sa amin ng mga propeta sa Babilonia. ¹⁶Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa hari na nauupo sa luklukan ni David, at tungkol sa buong bayan na tumatahan sa bayang ito, sa inyo ngang mga kapatid na hindi nagsilabas na kasama ninyo sa pagkabihag; ¹⁷Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Narito, aking susuguin sa kanila ang tabak, ang kagutom at ang salot, at gagawin ko silang parang masamang igos, na hindi makakain, dahil sa nangapakasama. ¹⁸At aking hahabulin sila ng tabak, at kagutom, at ng salot, at aking ibibigay sila sa kakutyaan na paroo't parito sa gitna ng lahat na kaharian sa lupa, upang maging kasumpaan, at katigilan, at kasutsutan, at katuyaan, sa gitna ng lahat na bansa na aking pinagtabuyan sa kanila; ¹⁹Sapagka't hindi sila nangakinig sa aking mga salita, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking mga ipinasugo sa aking mga propeta, na ako'y bumangong maaga at sinugo ko sila; nguni't hindi ninyo dininig sila, sabi ng Panginoon. ²⁰Inyo ngang dinggin ang salita ng Panginoon, ninyong lahat na nasa pagkabihag, na aking itinaboy sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem. ²¹Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, tungkol kay Achab na anak ni Colias, at tungkol kay Sedechias na anak ni Maasias na nanghuhula ng kasinungalingan sa inyo sa aking pangalan, Narito, aking ibibigay sila sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia; at papatayin niya sila sa harap ng inyong mga mata; ²²At sa kanila kukuha ng kasumpaan sa lahat ng bihag sa Juda na nangasa Babilonia, na magsasabi, Gawin ka ng Panginoon na gaya ni Sedechias at gaya ni Achab, na iniihaw sa apoy ng hari sa Babilonia. ²³Sapagka't sila'y gumawang may kamangmangan sa Israel, at nangalunya sa mga asawa ng kanilang mga kapuwa, at nangagsalita ng mga salita sa aking pangalan na may kasinungalingan, na hindi ko iniutos sa kanila; at ako ang siyang nakakakilala, at ako'y saksi, sabi ng Panginoon.

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²⁴At tungkol kay Semaias na Nehelamita ay iyong sasalitain, na sasabihin, ²⁵Ganito ang sinasalita ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, na sinasabi, Sapagka't ikaw ay nagpadala ng mga sulat sa iyong sariling pangalan sa buong bayan na nasa Jerusalem, at kay Sophonias na anak ni Maasias na saserdote, at sa lahat na saserdote, na iyong sinasabi, ²⁶Ginawa kang saserdote ng Panginoon na kahalili ni Joiada na saserdote, upang kayo'y maging mga lingkod sa bahay ng Panginoon, sa bawa't tao na ulol, at nagpapanggap na propeta, upang iyong mailagay sa pangawan at sa mga tanikala. ²⁷Ngayon nga, bakit hindi mo sinaway si Jeremias na taga Anathoth, na nagpapanggap na propeta sa inyo, ²⁸Yamang siya'y nagsugo sa Babilonia, na nagsasabi, Ang pagkabihag ay malaon: kayo'y mangagtayo ng mga bahay at inyong tahanan; at kayo'y mangaghalaman, at inyong kanin ang bunga ng mga yaon? ²⁹At binasa ni Sophonia na saserdote ang sulat na ito sa mga pakinig ni Jeremias na propeta. ³⁰Nang magkagayo'y dumating ang salita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias, na nagsasabi, ³¹Ikaw ay magsugo sa kanilang lahat na nasa pagkabihag, na iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol kay Semaias na Nehelamita. Yamang nanghula si Semaias sa inyo, at hindi ko sinugo siya, at kaniyang pinatiwala kayo sa kasinungalingan. ³²Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, aking parurusahan si Semaias na Nehelamita, at ang kaniyang binhi; siya'y hindi magkakaroon ng lalake na tatahan sa gitna ng bayang ito, o mamamasdan man niya ang mabuti na gagawin ko sa aking bayan, sabi ng Panginoon, sapagka't siya'y nagsalita ng panghihimagsik laban sa Panginoon.

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.