Jehoiakim Burns Up Jeremiah’s Scroll
1A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It came in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. He was the son of Josiah. The message said, 2“Get a scroll. Write on it all the words I have spoken to you. Write down what I have said about Israel, Judah and all the other nations. Write what I have said to you from the time of King Josiah until now. 3The people of Judah will hear about all the trouble I plan to bring on them. Maybe then each of them will turn from their evil ways. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the evil things they have done.”
4So Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah. Jeremiah told him to write down all the words the Lord had spoken to him. And Baruch wrote them on the scroll. 5Then Jeremiah said to him, “I’m not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple. 6So you go there. Go on a day when the people are fasting. Read to them from the scroll. Read the words of the Lord you wrote down as I gave them to you. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns. 7They will hear what the Lord will do to them when his burning anger blazes out against them. Then perhaps they will pray to him. And maybe each of them will turn from their evil ways.”
8Baruch, the son of Neriah, did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do. He went to the Lord’s temple. There he read the words of the Lord from the scroll. 9It was in the fifth year that Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, was king of Judah. It was the ninth month of that year. A time of fasting at the Lord’s temple had been ordered. All the people in Jerusalem were told to take part in it. So were those who had come in from the towns of Judah. 10Baruch read to all the people who were at the Lord’s temple. He read Jeremiah’s words from the scroll. He was in the room of Gemariah the secretary. It was located in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple. Gemariah was the son of Shaphan.
11Micaiah was the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan. Micaiah heard Baruch reading all the Lord’s words that were written on the scroll. 12Then he went down to the secretary’s room in the royal palace. All the officials were sitting there. They included the secretary Elishama and Delaiah, the son of Shemaiah. Elnathan, the son of Akbor, was also there. So was Gemariah, the son of Shaphan. Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, was there too. And so were all the other officials. 13Micaiah told all of them what he had heard. He told them everything Baruch had read to the people from the scroll. 14All the officials sent Jehudi to speak to Baruch, the son of Neriah. Jehudi was the son of Nethaniah. Nethaniah was the son of Shelemiah. Shelemiah was the son of Cushi. Jehudi said to Baruch, “Come. Bring the scroll you have read to the people.” So Baruch went to them. He carried the scroll with him. 15The officials said to him, “Please sit down. Read the scroll to us.”
So Baruch read it to them. 16They heard all its words. Then they looked at one another in fear. They said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” 17They said to Baruch, “Tell us. How did you happen to write all these things? Did Jeremiah tell you to do this?”
18“Yes,” Baruch replied. “He told me to write down all these words. So I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
19Then the officials spoke to Baruch. They said, “You and Jeremiah must go and hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
20The officials put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary. Then they went to the king in the courtyard. They reported everything to him. 21The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary. Jehudi read it to the king. All the officials were standing beside the king. So they heard it too. 22It was the ninth month. The king was sitting in his winter apartment. A fire was burning in the fire pot in front of him. 23Jehudi read three or four sections from the scroll. Then the king cut them off with a secretary’s knife. He threw them into the fire pot. He did that until the entire scroll was burned up in the fire. 24The king and some of his attendants heard all these words. But they weren’t afraid. They didn’t tear their clothes. 25Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll. But he wouldn’t listen to them. 26Instead, the king commanded three men to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them. The three men were Jerahmeel, Seraiah and Shelemiah. Jerahmeel was a member of the royal court. Seraiah was the son of Azriel. And Shelemiah was the son of Abdeel.
27A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It came after the king burned the scroll. On the scroll were the words Baruch had written down. Jeremiah had told him to write them. The message said, 28“Get another scroll. Write on it all the words that were on the first one. King Jehoiakim burned that one up. 29Also tell King Jehoiakim, ‘The Lord says, “You burned that scroll. You said to Baruch, ‘Why did you write that the king of Babylon would certainly come? Why did you write that he would destroy this land? And why did you write that he would remove from it people and animals alike?’ ” 30So now the Lord has something to say about Jehoiakim, the king of Judah. He says, “No one from Jehoiakim’s family line will sit on David’s throne. Jehoiakim’s body will be thrown out. It will lie outside in the heat by day and in the frost at night. 31I will punish him and his children and his attendants. I will punish them for their sinful ways. I will bring on them all the trouble I said I would. And I will bring it on the people of Jerusalem and Judah. They have not listened to me.” ’ ”
32So Jeremiah got another scroll. He gave it to Baruch the secretary. He was the son of Neriah. Jeremiah told Baruch what to write on it. Baruch wrote down all the words that were on the scroll King Jehoiakim had burned up in the fire. And many more words were written on it. They were similar to those that had already been written.
Ginbasa ni Baruc ang Mensahi sang Dios
1Sang ikaapat nga tuig sang paghari ni Jehoyakim nga anak ni Josia sa Juda, nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Jeremias, 2“Magkuha ka sang linukot nga sululatan36:2 linukot nga sululatan: sa English, scroll. kag isulat ang tanan nga ginsiling ko sa imo parte sa Israel, Juda kag sa tanan nga nasyon. Isulat ang tanan nga ginsiling ko halin sang nahauna nga tion nga nagpakighambal ako sa imo, sang si Josia pa ang hari sang Juda, hasta subong. 3Basi pa lang magbiya sa ila malaot nga pagginawi ang katawhan sang Juda kon mabatian nila ang mga kalaglagan nga ginplano ko nga himuon kontra sa ila. Kon matabo ini, patawaron ko sila sa ila mga kalautan kag mga sala.”
4Gani ginpatawag ni Jeremias si Baruc nga anak ni Neria kag gindikta sa iya ang tanan nga ginsiling sang Ginoo, kag ginsulat ini ni Baruc sa linukot nga sululatan. 5Nagsiling dayon si Jeremias kay Baruc, “Ginadilian ako sa pagkadto sa templo sang Ginoo. 6Gani ikaw na lang ang magkadto sa templo sa adlaw sang pagpuasa. Magatipon didto ang katawhan sang Juda halin sa ila mga banwa. Basahon mo sa ila ang mensahi sang Ginoo sa sini nga kasulatan nga ginsulat mo samtang ginadikta ko sa imo. 7Basi pa lang paagi sini magdangop sila sa Ginoo, kag magbiya na sila sa ila malaot nga pagginawi. Kay ginpaandaman na sila sang Ginoo nga silutan sila sa iya puwerte nga kaakig.”
8Gani ginbasa ni Baruc ang mensahi sang Ginoo didto sa templo subong sang ginsugo sa iya ni Jeremias. 9Natabo ini sang adlaw sang pagpuasa sa presensya sang Ginoo, sadtong ikasiyam nga bulan sang ikalima nga tuig sang paghari ni Jehoyakim nga anak ni Josia sa Juda. Nagtipon didto sa templo ang mga pumuluyo sang Jerusalem kag sang mga banwa sang Juda. 10Ginbasa ni Baruc sa mga tawo ang mensahi ni Jeremias nga nasulat sa linukot nga kasulatan. Ginhimo ini ni Baruc didto sa templo, sa may kuwarto ni Gemaria nga sekretaryo nga anak ni Shafan. Ining kuwarto ni Gemaria ara sa ibabaw nga lagwerta sang templo, malapit sa alagyan sang Bag-o nga Puwertahan.
11Sang mabatian ni Micaya nga anak ni Gemaria kag apo ni Shafan ang mensahi sang Ginoo nga ginbasa ni Baruc, 12nagkadto siya sa palasyo, didto sa kuwarto sang sekretaryo nga sa diin nagatipon ang tanan nga opisyal. Ato didto si Elishama nga sekretaryo, si Delaya nga anak ni Shemaya, si Elnatan nga anak ni Acbor, si Gemaria nga anak ni Shafan, si Zedekia nga anak ni Hanania, kag ang iban pa nga mga opisyal. 13Ginsugid sa ila ni Micaya ang tanan nga iya nabatian nga ginbasa ni Baruc sa mga tawo. 14Dayon ginsugo sang mga opisyal si Jehudi nga anak ni Netania kag apo ni Shelemia kag apo sa tuhod ni Cushi sa pagkadto kay Baruc kag sa pagsiling, “Dal-a ang kasulatan nga imo ginbasa sa katawhan kag magkadto ka diri sa amon.” Gani nagkadto didto si Baruc dala ang kasulatan.
15Pag-abot ni Baruc, nagsiling ang mga opisyal sa iya, “Pungko kag basaha sa amon ang linukot nga kasulatan.” Gani ginbasa ato ni Baruc sa ila. 16Pagkabati nila sini tanan nagtinulukay sila sa kahadlok kag nagsiling kay Baruc, “Kinahanglan nga ibalita ta ini sa hari.” 17Dayon ginpamangkot nila si Baruc, “Abi sugiri kami kon paano mo ini ginsulat. Gindiktahan ka bala ni Jeremias?”
18Nagsabat si Baruc, “Huo, gindikta ini tanan sa akon ni Jeremias, kag ginsulat ko ini sa tinta sa sini nga kasulatan.” 19Dayon nagsiling ang mga opisyal kay Baruc, “Magpanago kamo ni Jeremias kag indi kamo magsugid sa kay bisan sin-o kon diin kamo.”
20Ginbutang sang mga opisyal ang linukot nga kasulatan didto sa kuwarto ni Elishama nga sekretaryo kag nagkadto dayon sila sa hari didto sa lagwerta sang palasyo, kag ginbalita ang tanan. 21Ginsugo dayon sang hari si Jehudi nga kuhaon ang linukot nga kasulatan. Ginkuha ini ni Jehudi didto sa kuwarto ni Elishama kag ginbasa sa hari kag sa tanan nga opisyal nga nagatindog sa iya tupad. 22Tigtulugnaw sadto, kag ang hari didto sa iya kuwarto nga para sa tigtulugnaw, kag nagapungko siya nga nagaatubang sa kalayo. 23Kada makatapos basa si Jehudi sing tatlo ukon apat ka dinalan, ginautod dayon sang hari ang ato nga parte paagi sa kutsilyo kag ginahaboy sa kalayo, hasta nga naubos sunog ang bug-os nga kasulatan. 24Wala gid mahadlok ang hari kag ang iya mga opisyal sang mabatian nila ang mensahi sang kasulatan. Wala gani nila paggisia ang ila mga bayo bilang tanda sang pagpangasubo. 25Bisan pa nagpangabay sila ni Elnatan, Delaya, kag Gemaria sa hari nga indi pagsunugon ang kasulatan, wala gid magpamati ang hari. 26Sa baylo, ginmanduan sang hari si Jerameel nga iya anak, si Seraya nga anak ni Azriel, kag si Shelemia nga anak ni Abdeel sa pagdakop kay Baruc nga sekretaryo kag kay Propeta Jeremias. Pero gintago sila sang Ginoo.
27Sa tapos masunog sang hari ang linukot nga kasulatan nga may mensahi nga gindikta ni Jeremias kay Baruc, nagsiling ang Ginoo kay Jeremias, 28“Magkuha ka sang isa pa ka sululatan kag isulat liwat ang tanan nga nasulat sa nahauna nga kasulatan nga ginsunog ni Haring Jehoyakim sang Juda. 29Silinga dayon ang hari nga amo ini ang akon ginasiling, ‘Ginsunog mo ang linukot nga kasulatan kay nagasiling didto nga laglagon gid sang hari sang Babilonia ang ini nga duta kag pamatyon ang mga tawo kag mga kasapatan. 30Gani amo ini ang akon ginasiling parte sa imo, Haring Jehoyakim sang Juda: Wala ka sing kaliwat nga maghari sa ginharian ni David. Patyon ka, kag ang imo bangkay ihaboy lang nga mainitan kon adlaw kag matun-ugan kon gab-i. 31Silutan ko ikaw kag ang imo mga anak, pati ang imo mga opisyal tungod sa inyo kalautan. Ipaagom ko sa inyo kag sa katawhan sang Jerusalem kag Juda ang tanan nga kalaglagan nga akon ginsiling kontra sa inyo tungod kay wala kamo magpamati sa akon.’ ”
32Gani nagkuha si Jeremias sang isa pa ka sululatan kag ginhatag ini kay Baruc, kag ginsulat ni Baruc ang tanan nga gindikta sa iya ni Jeremias, subong sang ginhimo nila sa nahauna nga kasulatan nga ginsunog ni Haring Jehoyakim sang Juda. Pero madamo pa sang gindugang si Jeremias nga mensahi nga pulopareho sa una nga ginsulat.
