የይሁዳ በናቡከደነፆር ሥር መውደቅ
1በይሁዳ ንጉሥ፣ በኢዮስያስ ልጅ በሴዴቅያስ27፥1 ጥቂት የዕብራይስጥ ጽሑፎችና የሱርሰት ትርጕም (ኤር 27፥3፡12 እና 28፥1 ይመ)፣ አንዳንድ የዕብራይስጥ ጽሑፎች ኢዮአቄም ይላሉ (አብዛኛዎቹ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕሞች ይህ ጥቅስ ቍጥር የላቸውም)። ዘመነ መንግሥት መጀመሪያ ላይ ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ወደ ኤርምያስ መጣ፤ 2እግዚአብሔርም እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “የዕንጨት ቀንበር ሠርተህ በጠፍር ማነቆ አያይዘውና በዐንገትህ አስገባው፤ 3ወደ ይሁዳ ንጉሥ ወደ ሴዴቅያስ፣ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በመጡት ሰዎች በኩል ለኤዶም፣ ለሞዓብ፣ ለአሞን፣ ለጢሮስና ለሲዶና ነገሥታት መልእክት ላክ። 4ለጌቶቻቸውም እንዲያሳውቁ እንዲህ ብለህ ንገራቸው፤ ‘የእስራኤል አምላክ የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ “ለጌቶቻችሁ ይህን ንገሯቸው፤ 5በታላቁ ኀይሌና በተዘረጋው ክንዴ ምድርን፣ በላይዋ የሚኖሩትን ሰዎችና እንስሳት ፈጥሬአለሁ፤ ለምወድደውም እሰጣለሁ። 6አሁንም እነዚህን አገሮች ሁሉ ለአገልጋዬ ለባቢሎን ንጉሥ ለናቡከደነፆር አሳልፌ እሰጣለሁ፤ የዱር አራዊት እንኳ እንዲገዙለት አደርጋለሁ። 7የእርሱ አገር በተራው ለሌሎች እስከሚገዛበት ጊዜ ድረስ፣ ሕዝቦች ሁሉ ለእርሱ፣ ለልጁና ለልጅ ልጁ ይገዛሉ፤ በዚያን ጊዜ ብዙ ሕዝቦችና ታላላቅ ነገሥታት እርሱን ይገዙታል።
8“ ‘ “ነገር ግን ለባቢሎን ንጉሥ ለናቡከደነፆር የማይገዛ፣ ዐንገቱንም ከቀንበሩ በታች ዝቅ የማያደርግ ማንኛውንም ሕዝብ ወይም መንግሥት በእጁ እስከማጠፋው ድረስ በሰይፍና በራብ፣ በመቅሠፍትም እቀጣዋለሁ፤ ይላል እግዚአብሔር፤ 9ስለዚህ፣ ‘የባቢሎንን ንጉሥ አታገለግሉም’ የሚሏችሁን ነቢያታችሁን፣ ሟርተኞቻችሁን፣ ሕልመኞቻችሁን፤ መናፍስት ጠሪዎቻችሁንና መተተኞቻቸሁን አትስሙ፤ 10ከምድራችሁ እንድትፈናቀሉ፣ እኔም እንዳሳድዳችሁና እንዳጠፋችሁ የሐሰት ትንቢት ይነግሯችኋልና። 11ነገር ግን ከባቢሎን ንጉሥ ቀንበር በታች ዐንገቱን ዝቅ የሚያደርገውንና የሚያገለግለውን ማንኛውንም ሕዝብ በገዛ ምድሩ እንዲቀርና እያረሰም በዚያ እንዲኖር አደርገዋለሁ፤ ይላል እግዚአብሔር።” ’ ”
12ለይሁዳ ንጉሥ ለሴዴቅያስም ይህንኑ መልእክት እንዲህ ብዬ ነገርሁት፤ “ዐንገታችሁን ከባቢሎን ንጉሥ ቀንበር በታች ዝቅ አድርጉ፤ እርሱንና ሕዝቡን አገልግሉ፤ በሕይወትም ትኖራላችሁ። 13አንተና ሕዝብህ፣ እግዚአብሔር ለባቢሎን ንጉሥ አልገዛም ያለውን ሕዝብ ባስጠነቀቀበት በሰይፍ፣ በራብና በመቅሠፍት ለምን ታልቃላችሁ? 14ሐሰተኛ ትንቢት ስለሚነግሯችሁ፣ ‘የባቢሎንን ንጉሥ አታገለግሉም’ የሚሏችሁን ነቢያት አትስሙ፤ 15‘እኔ አልላክኋቸውም’ ይላል እግዚአብሔር ‘የሐሰት ትንቢት በስሜ ይናገራሉ፤ ስለዚህ እናንተንና ትንቢት የሚናገሩላችሁን ነቢያት አሳድዳለሁ፤ እናንተም ትጠፋላችሁ።’ ”
16እኔም ለካህናቱና ለዚህ ሕዝብ ሁሉ እንዲህ አልሁ፤ “እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘የእግዚአብሔር ቤት ዕቃ ከባቢሎን ቶሎ ይመለሳል’ የሚሏችሁን ነቢያት አትስሟቸው፤ የሚነግሯችሁ የሐሰት ትንቢት ነውና። 17ስለዚህ እነርሱን መስማት ትታችሁ ለባቢሎን ንጉሥ ተገዙ፤ በሕይወትም ትኖራላችሁ፤ ባለመታዘዛችሁስ ይህች ከተማ ለምን ትፈራርስ? 18እውነተኞች ነቢያት ከሆኑና በርግጥ የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ካላቸው፣ በእግዚአብሔር ቤትና በይሁዳ ንጉሥ ቤተ መንግሥት በኢየሩሳሌምም የቀሩት ዕቃዎች ወደ ባቢሎን እንዳይወሰዱ ወደ ሰራዊት ጌታ ወደ እግዚአብሔር እስቲ ይማልዱ! 19የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር በዚህች ከተማ ስለ ቀሩት ዐምዶች፣ ከናስ ስለ ተሠራው ትልቁ ገንዳ፣ ስለ ተንቀሳቃሽ ማስቀመጫዎችና ስለ ሌሎቹም ዕቃዎች እንዲህ ይላልና፤ 20የባቢሎን ንጉሥ ናቡከደነፆር የይሁዳን ንጉሥ የኢዮአቄምን ልጅ ኢኮንያንን፣27፥20 ኢኮንያን የኢዮአኪን ሌላው አቻ ስም ነው። ከኢየሩሳሌምና ከይሁዳ መኳንንት ጋር ማርኮ ወደ ባቢሎን በወሰደ ጊዜ እነዚህ በከተማዪቱ የቀሩ ዕቃዎች ስለሆኑ፣ 21በእግዚአብሔር ቤትና በይሁዳ ንጉሥ ቤተ መንግሥት በኢየሩሳሌምም ስለ ቀሩት ዕቃዎች፣ የእስራኤል አምላክ የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ 22‘ወደ ባቢሎን ይወሰዳሉ፤ እስከምጐበኛቸውም ቀን ድረስ በዚያ ይቀመጣሉ’ ይላል እግዚአብሔር፤ ‘በዚያ ጊዜም እመልሳቸዋለሁ፤ ወደዚህም ስፍራ አመጣቸዋለሁ።’ ”
1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,27.2 saith…: or, hath the LORD said 3And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 4And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;27.4 to say…: or, concerning their masters, saying 5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. 7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. 8And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:27.9 dreamers: Heb. dreams 10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. 11But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 15For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.27.15 a lie: Heb. in a lie, or, lyingly 16Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 18But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
19¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 20Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 21Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 22They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
