Jeremiah 28 – NIVUK & NASV

New International Version – UK

Jeremiah 28:1-17

The false prophet Hananiah

1In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people: 2‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3Within two years I will bring back to this place all the articles of the Lord’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and took to Babylon. 4I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin28:4 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon”, declares the Lord, “for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.” ’

5Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord. 6He said, ‘Amen! May the Lord do so! May the Lord fulfil the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the Lord’s house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon. 7Nevertheless, listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people: 8from early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied war, disaster and plague against many countries and great kingdoms. 9But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognised as one truly sent by the Lord only if his prediction comes true.’

10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it, 11and he said before all the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “In the same way I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.” ’ At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.

12After the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 13‘Go and tell Hananiah, “This is what the Lord says: you have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron. 14This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.” ’

15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, ‘Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. 16Therefore this is what the Lord says: “I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the Lord.” ’

17In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.

New Amharic Standard Version

ኤርምያስ 28:1-17

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።