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Ginpatawag ni Zedekia si Jeremias

37 Si Zedekia nga anak ni Josia ginhimo ni Haring Nebucadnezar sang Babilonia nga hari sang Juda bilang bulos kay Jehoyakin nga anak ni Jehoyakim. Pero si Zedekia kag ang iya mga opisyal, kag ang mga tawo nga iya ginadumalahan, wala magpamati sa mensahi sang Ginoo nga ginhambal ni Propeta Jeremias.

Karon, ginsugo ni Haring Zedekia si Jehucal nga anak ni Shelemia kag ang pari nga si Zefanias nga anak ni Maasea nga magkadto kay Propeta Jeremias sa pagpangabay sa iya nga magpangamuyo siya sa Ginoo nga ila Dios para sa ila. Sadto nga tion wala pa si Jeremias napriso, gani hilway siya sa pagkadto bisan diin. Sa sina man nga tion nagasalakay ang mga taga-Babilonia[a] sa Jerusalem, pero sang mabatian nila nga nagapadulong na ang mga soldado sang hari sang Egipto,[b] nag-untat sila sa pagsalakay.

6-7 Dayon nagsiling ang Ginoo, ang Dios sang Israel, kay Jeremias, “Silinga si Haring Zedekia sang Juda nga nagsugo sa imo sa pagpamangkot sa akon kon ano ang matabo, ‘Nagapadulong ang mga soldado sang hari sang Egipto sa pagbulig sa inyo, pero magabalik sila sa Egipto. Dayon magabalik ang mga taga-Babilonia sa sini nga siyudad. Sakupon nila ini kag dayon sunugon. Amo pa gid ini ang ginasiling sang Ginoo: Indi ninyo pagdayai ang inyo kaugalingon paagi sa paghunahuna nga indi na magbalik ang mga taga-Babilonia. Kay magabalik gid sila. 10 Bisan mapierdi pa ninyo ang bug-os nga kasoldaduhan sang Babilonia nga nagasalakay sa inyo, kag ang nabilin lang sa ila amo ang pilason nga ara sa ila mga tolda, magasalakay gihapon sila sa inyo kag sunugon nila ini nga siyudad.’ ”

Ang Pagpriso kay Jeremias

11 Sang magpalagyo ang mga soldado sang Babilonia halin sa Jerusalem tungod sa mga soldado sang hari sang Egipto, 12 naghalin si Jeremias sa Jerusalem kag nagkadto sa duta ni Benjamin sa pagkuha sang iya bahin sa duta sang iya pamilya. 13 Pero pag-abot niya sa Puwertahan ni Benjamin, gindakop siya sang kapitan sang mga guwardya nga si Iria nga anak ni Shelemia kag apo ni Hanania. Ginsilingan siya sang kapitan, “Nagaapin ka sa mga taga-Babilonia!” 14 Nagsabat si Jeremias, “Indi ina matuod! Wala ako nagaapin sa mga taga-Babilonia.” Pero indi gid magpati si Iria, gani gindakop niya si Jeremias kag gindala sa mga opisyal. 15 Naakig sila kay Jeremias, kag ginpahanot nila siya kag dayon ginpriso didto sa balay ni Jonatan nga sekretaryo. Ato nga balay ginhimo nila nga prisohan. 16 Ginsulod nila si Jeremias sa selda nga ara sa idalom sang duta kag dugay siya didto.

17 Sang ulihi ginpakuha siya ni Haring Zedekia kag gindala sa palasyo. Nagpamangkot si Zedekia sa iya sa sekreto, “May mensahi ka bala halin sa Ginoo?” Nagsabat si Jeremias, “Huo, may ara. Itugyan ka sa hari sang Babilonia.”

18 Dayon nagpamangkot si Jeremias sa hari, “Ano bala ang sala nga akon nahimo sa imo, sa imo mga opisyal, kag sa mga tawo nga ginpapriso mo ako? 19 Diin na bala ang inyo mga propeta nga nagpanagna nga indi pagsalakayon sang hari sang Babilonia ang ini nga siyudad? 20 Mahal nga Hari, kon mahimo pamatii man ako. Nagapakitluoy ako sa imo nga indi na ako pag-ibalik didto sa balay ni Jonatan nga sekretaryo, kay mapatay gid ako didto.”

21 Gani nagmando si Haring Zedekia nga ibutang na lang si Jeremias didto sa lagwerta sang mga guwardya sang palasyo. Nagmando man ang hari nga hatagan si Jeremias sang tinapay kada adlaw samtang may nabilin pa nga tinapay sa siyudad. Gani nagpabilin nga priso si Jeremias didto sa lagwerta sang mga guwardya.

Footnotes

  1. 37:5 taga-Babilonia: sa literal, Kaldeanhon. Amo man sa bersikulo 8, 9, 11, 13 kag 14.
  2. 37:5 hari sang Egipto: sa Hebreo, Faraon. Amo man sa bersikulo 6 kag 11.

Jeremiah in Prison

37 Zedekiah(A) son of Josiah was made king(B) of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he reigned in place of Jehoiachin[a](C) son of Jehoiakim. Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention(D) to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

King Zedekiah, however, sent(E) Jehukal(F) son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah(G) son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray(H) to the Lord our God for us.”

Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.(I) Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt,(J) and when the Babylonians[b] who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew(K) from Jerusalem.(L)

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire(M) of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched(N) out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt.(O) Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture(P) it and burn(Q) it down.’

“This is what the Lord says: Do not deceive(R) yourselves, thinking, ‘The Babylonians will surely leave us.’ They will not! 10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[c] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(S) this city down.”

11 After the Babylonian army had withdrawn(T) from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, 12 Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property(U) among the people there. 13 But when he reached the Benjamin Gate,(V) the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, arrested him and said, “You are deserting to the Babylonians!”(W)

14 “That’s not true!” Jeremiah said. “I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested(X) Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. 15 They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten(Y) and imprisoned(Z) in the house(AA) of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.

16 Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time. 17 Then King Zedekiah sent(AB) for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked(AC) him privately,(AD) “Is there any word from the Lord?”

“Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered(AE) into the hands of the king of Babylon.”

18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What crime(AF) have I committed against you or your attendants or this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Where are your prophets(AG) who prophesied to you, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’? 20 But now, my lord the king, please listen. Let me bring my petition before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, or I will die there.”(AH)

21 King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread(AI) in the city was gone.(AJ) So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.(AK)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:1 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin
  2. Jeremiah 37:5 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 9, 13 and 14
  3. Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11

37 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,

Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.