Binasa ni Baruc ang Pahayag ng Panginoon
1Noong ikaapat na taon ng paghahari ni Jehoyakim na anak ni Haring Josia ng Juda, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Jeremias, 2“Kumuha ka ng masusulatan at isulat mo ang lahat ng sinabi ko sa iyo tungkol sa Israel, Juda, at sa lahat ng bansa. Isulat mo ang lahat ng sinabi ko, mula nang una kitang kausapin sa panahon ni Haring Josia hanggang ngayon. 3Baka sakaling magsisi ang mga mamamayan ng Juda kapag narinig nila ang kapahamakang binabalak kong gawin sa kanila at talikuran nila ang masasama nilang ugali. At kapag nangyari ito, patatawarin ko sila sa mga kasamaan at kasalanan nila.”
4Kaya ipinatawag ni Jeremias si Baruc na anak ni Neria at idinikta sa kanya ang lahat ng sinabi ng Panginoon, at isinulat naman ni Baruc sa nakarolyong sulatan. 5Pagkatapos, sinabi ni Jeremias kay Baruc, “Pinagbabawalan akong pumunta sa templo ng Panginoon. 6Kaya ikaw na lang ang pumunta roon sa araw ng pag-aayuno. Magtitipon doon ang mga mamamayan ng Juda galing sa bayan nila. Basahin mo sa kanila ang sinasabi ng Panginoon sa kasulatang ito na isinalaysay ko sa iyo. 7Baka sakaling sa pamamagitan nitoʼy lumapit sila sa Panginoon at talikuran nila ang masasama nilang pag-uugali. Sapagkat binigyan na sila ng babala ng Panginoon na silaʼy parurusahan niya dahil sa matindi niyang galit sa kanila.”
8Ginawa ni Baruc ang iniutos sa kanya ni Jeremias. Binasa nga niya roon sa templo ang ipinapasabi ng Panginoon. 9Nangyari ito noong araw ng pag-aayuno sa presensya ng Panginoon, nang ikasiyam na buwan nang ikalimang taon ng paghahari ni Jehoyakim na anak ni Haring Josia ng Juda. Nagtipon sa templo ang mga mamamayan ng Jerusalem at ng mga bayan ng Juda. 10Binasa ni Baruc ang mga sinabi ni Jeremias na nakasulat sa nakarolyong sulatan sa templo malapit sa silid ni Gemaria na kalihim na anak ni Shafan. Ang silid ni Gemaria ay nasa itaas ng bulwagan ng templo, malapit sa dinadaanan sa Bagong Pintuan. 11Nang marinig ni Micaya na anak ni Gemaria at apo ni Shafan ang mensahe ng Panginoon na binasa ni Baruc, 12pumunta siya sa palasyo, doon sa silid ng kalihim, kung saan nagtitipon ang lahat ng mga pinuno. Naroon sina Elishama na kalihim, si Delaya na anak ni Shemaya, si Elnatan na anak ni Acbor, si Gemaria na anak ni Shafan, si Zedekia na anak ni Hanania, at ang iba pang mga pinuno. 13Isinalaysay ni Micaya ang lahat ng narinig niya sa binasa ni Baruc sa mga tao. 14Kaya inutusan agad ng mga pinuno si Jehudi na anak ni Netanias at apo ni Shelemia, at apo sa tuhod ni Cushi na puntahan si Baruc at sabihing dalhin niya ang nakarolyong kasulatan na binasa niya sa mga tao, at pumunta sa kanila. Kaya pumunta si Baruc na dala ang kasulatang iyon.
15Pagdating ni Baruc, sinabi ng mga pinuno, “Maupo ka at basahin mo sa amin ang kasulatan.” Kaya binasa naman ni Baruc ang kasulatan sa kanila. 16Nang marinig nila ang lahat ng nakasulat doon, nagtinginan sila sa takot at sinabi nila kay Baruc, “Kailangan natin itong sabihin sa hari.” 17Tinanong nila si Baruc, “Sabihin mo sa amin, paano mo naisulat ang lahat ng ito? Sinabi ba ito sa iyo ni Jeremias?”
18Sumagot si Baruc, “Oo, sinabi sa akin ni Jeremias ang bawat salita sa nakarolyong ito at isinulat ko naman sa pamamagitan ng tinta.” 19Sinabi ng mga pinuno kay Baruc, “Magtago na kayo ni Jeremias at huwag ninyong ipaalam kaninuman kung nasaan kayo.”
20Inilagay ng mga pinuno ang kasulatang iyon doon sa silid ni Elishama na kalihim at pumunta sila sa hari roon sa bulwagan ng palasyo, at sinabi nila sa kanya ang lahat. 21Kaya inutusan ng hari si Jehudi na kunin ang kasulatan. Kinuha ito ni Jehudi sa silid ni Elishama at binasa sa hari at sa lahat ng pinuno na nakatayo sa tabi niya. 22Taglamig noon kaya ang hari ay nasa silid niyang pangtaglamig at nakaupo siya malapit sa apoy. 23Sa bawat mababasa ni Jehudi na tatlo o apat na hanay, pinuputol ng hari ang bahaging iyon sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kutsilyo at itinatapon niya sa apoy hanggang sa masunog ang lahat ng kasulatan. 24Hindi natakot ang hari at ang lahat ng pinuno niya sa narinig nila na isinasaad ng kasulatan. Ni hindi nila pinunit ang damit nila tanda ng pagdadalamhati. 25Bagamaʼt nakiusap sina Elnatan, Delaya at Gemaria sa hari na kung maaari ay huwag sunugin ang kasulatan, hindi rin nakinig ang hari. 26Sa halip, inutusan niya sina Jerameel na kanyang anak, Seraya na anak ni Azriel, at Shelemia na anak ni Abdeel na hulihin sina Baruc na kalihim at Propeta Jeremias. Pero itinago sila ng Panginoon.
27Nang masunog ng hari ang nakarolyong kasulatan na ipinasulat ni Jeremias kay Baruc, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Jeremias, 28“Muli kang kumuha ng nakarolyong sulatan at muli mong isulat ang lahat ng nakasulat sa unang kasulatan na sinunog ni Haring Jehoyakim ng Juda. 29Pagkatapos, sabihin mo sa hari na ito ang sinasabi ko, ‘Sinunog mo ang nakarolyong kasulatan dahil sinasabi roon na wawasakin ng hari ng Babilonia ang lupaing ito, at papatayin ang mga tao at mga hayop. 30Kaya ito ang sasabihin ko tungkol sa iyo, Haring Jehoyakim ng Juda: Wala kang angkan na maghahari sa kaharian ni David. Ikaw ay papatayin, at ang bangkay moʼy itatapon lang at mabibilad sa init ng araw at hahamugan naman pagsapit ng gabi. 31Parurusahan kita at ang mga anak mo, pati ang mga pinuno mo dahil sa kasamaan ninyo. Ipaparanas ko sa inyo, at sa mga taga-Jerusalem at taga-Juda ang lahat ng kapahamakang sinabi ko laban sa inyo dahil sa hindi kayo nakinig sa akin.’ ”
32Kaya muling kumuha si Jeremias ng nakarolyong sulatan at ibinigay kay Baruc, at isinulat ni Baruc ang lahat ng sinabi ni Jeremias, katulad ng ginawa niya sa unang nakarolyong kasulatan na sinunog ni Haring Jehoyakim ng Juda. Pero may mga idinagdag si Jeremias sa kasulatang ito na halos katulad ng unang isinulat.
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.
