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 fulfill 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 recognized 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.
真假先知
1同一年，就是猶大王西底迦執政的第四年五月，基遍人押朔的兒子哈拿尼雅先知在耶和華的殿中當著祭司和全體民眾的面對我說： 2「以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說，『我必折斷巴比倫王奴役你們的軛。 3兩年之內，我必把巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒從耶和華殿中擄到巴比倫的一切器皿帶回來； 4我也必把約雅敬的兒子猶大王耶哥尼雅和其他所有被擄到巴比倫的猶大人帶回來，因為我要折斷巴比倫王奴役你們的軛。這是耶和華說的。』」
5耶利米先知當著站在耶和華殿裡的祭司和民眾的面對哈拿尼雅先知說： 6「誠願如此！願耶和華這樣做，願耶和華應驗你的預言，把祂殿中的器皿和所有被擄的人從巴比倫帶回來。 7不過，請你和眾人都聽我說， 8在你我之前的古代先知曾預言許多地方和強國要遭遇戰爭、災禍和瘟疫。 9至於那預言會有平安的先知，只有他的話應驗了，才能確認他是耶和華派來的。」
10哈拿尼雅先知把軛從耶利米先知的頸上取下並折斷， 11然後當眾說：「耶和華說，『兩年之內，我要照樣折斷巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒加在列國頸上的軛。』」於是耶利米先知離開了那裡。
12哈拿尼雅先知把耶利米先知頸上的軛折斷後不久，耶和華對耶利米說： 13「你去告訴哈拿尼雅，耶和華說，『你折斷了木軛，卻要換來鐵軛。 14我要把鐵軛放在所有這些國家的頸上，他們都要臣服於巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒，連田野的走獸也要交給他管轄。』這是以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說的。」 15耶利米先知就對哈拿尼雅先知說：「哈拿尼雅，聽著！耶和華並沒有差派你，你卻誘使這些民眾相信你的謊話。 16因此，耶和華說，『我要把你從世上除掉，你今年必死，因為你說了悖逆耶和華的話。』」 17哈拿尼雅先知便在當年七月死了。
