ሐሰተኛው ነቢይ ሐናንያ
1በዚያው ዓመት የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ሴዴቅያስ እንደ ነገሠ በአራተኛው ዓመት፣ አምስተኛ ወር፣ የገባዖኑ ሰው የዓዙር ልጅ ነቢዩ ሐናንያ በእግዚአብሔር ቤት፣ በካህናቱና በሕዝቡ ሁሉ ፊት እንዲህ አለኝ፤ 2“የእስራኤል አምላክ የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘የባቢሎን ንጉሥ የጫነባችሁን ቀንበር እሰብራለሁ፤ 3የባቢሎን ንጉሥ ናቡከደነፆር ከእግዚአብሔር ቤት ወደ ባቢሎን የወሰዳቸውን ዕቃዎች ሁሉ በሁለት ዓመት ጊዜ ውስጥ መልሼ አመጣለሁ። 4የይሁዳንም ንጉሥ የኢዮአቄምን ልጅ ኢኮንያንን፣28፥4 ወይም ኢዮአኪን ይላል። ሌሎች ከይሁዳ ወደ ባቢሎን ተማርከው የተወሰዱትንም ሁሉ ወደዚህ ስፍራ እመልሳለሁ’ ይላል እግዚአብሔር፤ ‘የባቢሎን ንጉሥ የጫነባቸውን ቀንበር እሰብራለሁና።’ ”
5ነቢዩ ኤርምያስም በካህናቱና በእግዚአብሔር ቤት ቆመው በነበሩት ሕዝብ ሁሉ ፊት፣ ለነቢዩ ለሐናንያ እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰለት፤ 6“አሜን፤ እግዚአብሔር ያድርገው፤ የእግዚአብሔርን ቤት ዕቃ ሁሉ፣ ተማርከው የተወሰዱትንም ምርኮኞች ሁሉ ከባቢሎን በመመለስ፣ እግዚአብሔር የተናገርኸውን ቃል ይፈጽም። 7ነገር ግን ለአንተም ለዚህም ሕዝብ የምናገረውን ቃል ስማ፤ 8ከአንተና ከእኔ በፊት ጥንት የተነሡ ነቢያት፣ በብዙ አገሮችና በታላላቅ መንግሥታት ላይ ስለ ጦርነት፣ ስለ ጥፋትና ስለ መቅሠፍት ትንቢት ተናግረዋል። 9ነገር ግን ስለ ሰላም ትንቢት የተናገረ ነቢይ እግዚአብሔር በእውነት እንደ ላከው የሚታወቀው የተናገረው ትንቢት ሲፈጸም ነው።”
10ነቢዩም ሐናንያ ቀንበሩን ከነቢዩ ኤርምያስ ዐንገት ወስዶ ሰበረው፤ 11በሕዝቡም ፊት፣ “እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘በሁለት ዓመት ጊዜ ውስጥ የባቢሎንን ንጉሥ የናቡከደነፆርን ቀንበር ከሕዝቡ ሁሉ ጫንቃ ላይ ልክ እንደዚህ እሰብራለሁ’ ” አለ። በዚህ ጊዜ፣ ነቢዩ ኤርምያስ ትቶት መንገዱን ቀጠለ።
12ነቢዩም ሐናንያ ቀንበሩን ከነቢዩ ከኤርምያስ ዐንገት ወስዶ ከሰበረ ከጥቂት ጊዜ በኋላ፣ የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ወደ ኤርምያስ እንዲህ ሲል መጣ፤ 13“ሄደህ ለሐናንያ እንዲህ ብለህ ንገረው፤ ‘እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ አንተ የዕንጨት ቀንበር ሰብረሃል፤ እኔ ግን በምትኩ የብረት ቀንበር እሠራለሁ። 14የእስራኤል አምላክ የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ የባቢሎንን ንጉሥ ናቡከደነፆርን እንዲያገለግሉ፣ በእነዚህ ሕዝቦች ላይ የብረት ቀንበር አደርጋለሁ፤ እነርሱም ይገዙለታል፤ በዱር አራዊት ላይ እንኳ ሥልጣን እሰጠዋለሁ።’ ”
15ነቢዩ ኤርምያስም ለነቢዩ ሐናንያ እንዲህ አለው፤ “ሐናንያ ሆይ፤ ስማ! እግዚአብሔር ሳይልክህ ይህ ሕዝብ በሐሰት እንዲታመን አድርገሃል፤ 16ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘ከምድር ገጽ አስወግድሃለሁ፤ በእግዚአብሔርም ላይ ዐመፅ ተናግረሃልና፣ በዚህ ዓመት ትሞታለህ።’ ”
17ነቢዩም ሐናንያ በዚያው ዓመት በሰባተኛው ወር ሞተ።
1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:28.3 two…: Heb. two years of days 4And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.28.4 captives: Heb. captivity
5¶ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, 6Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. 7Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; 8The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 9The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.
10¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it. 11And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 14For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
15¶ Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. 16Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.28.16 rebellion: Heb. revolt 17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
