1When Jeremiah had finished telling the people all the words of the Lord their God—everything the Lord had sent him to tell them— 2Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to settle there.’ 3But Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians,43:3 Or Chaldeans so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon.”
4So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed the Lord’s command to stay in the land of Judah. 5Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered. 6They also led away all those whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan—the men, the women, the children and the king’s daughters. And they took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah along with them. 7So they entered Egypt in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.
8In Tahpanhes the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 9“While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you and bury them in clay in the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes. 10Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy above them. 11He will come and attack Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword. 12He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd picks his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart. 13There in the temple of the sun43:13 Or in Heliopolis in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’ ”
耶利米被带到埃及
1耶利米向众人宣告了他们的上帝耶和华的话，就是他们的上帝耶和华派他去说的一切话。 2何沙雅的儿子亚撒利雅、加利亚的儿子约哈难和一些狂妄之徒对耶利米说：“你在撒谎！我们的上帝耶和华并没有派你来告诉我们不可去埃及居住。 3是尼利亚的儿子巴录怂恿你反对我们，好叫我们落在迦勒底人手中，任由他们宰杀或掳到巴比伦。” 4于是，加利亚的儿子约哈难和众将领及民众都不听从耶和华让他们留在犹大的命令。 5-7加利亚的儿子约哈难和众将领率领民众下到埃及的答比匿。他们没有听从耶和华的命令。民众中有流亡到各国又返回犹大的余民和护卫长尼布撒拉旦留给沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子基大利管理的男女妇孺、公主以及耶利米先知和尼利亚的儿子巴录。
8耶和华在答比匿对耶利米说： 9“你当着犹大人的面搬几块大石头，埋在答比匿的法老宫门口铺砖路面的灰泥中， 10然后告诉他们以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘看啊，我必召来我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，把他的宝座安置在我让你埋的石头上面，他要在上面搭起他的帐篷。 11他要前来攻打埃及，叫那些该死的死、该被掳的被掳、该被杀的被杀。 12他要点火焚烧埃及的神庙，掳走神像；他要像牧人披上外衣一样轻而易举地征服埃及，然后安然离去。 13他要摧毁埃及太阳神庙的神柱，烧毁埃及的神庙。’”
