¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

¹V začetku kraljestva Jojakima, sina Josijevega, kralja na Judovem, je prišla ta beseda Jeremiju od GOSPODA, govoreč:

²Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

²Tako mi je rekel GOSPOD: Napravi si spone in jarme ter si jih deni na vrat.

³And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

³Nato jih pošlji kralju Edomcev in kralju Moabcev in kralju sinov Amonovih in kralju v Tiru in kralju v Sidonu po poslancih, ki pridejo v Jeruzalem k Zedekiju, kralju Judovemu;

⁴And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

⁴in véli jim, da naj sporoče svojim gospodom: Tako pavi GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov: Povejte gospodom svojim tole:

⁵I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

⁵Jaz sem naredil zemljo, ljudi in živali, ki so na površju zemeljskem, s svojo veliko krepkostjo in z iztegnjeno ramo svojo; zato jo dajem, komur se mi prav vidi.

⁶And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

⁶In zdaj sem dal jaz vse dežele v roko Nebukadnezarju, kralju babilonskemu, hlapcu svojemu, in tudi zveri poljske sem mu dal, da naj mu služijo.

⁷And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

⁷In služili mu bodo vsi narodi in sinu in vnuku njegovemu, dokler ne pride tudi njegovi deželi čas, ko ga v sužnost spravijo mnogi narodi in veliki kralji.

⁸And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

⁸Narod pa in kraljestvo, ki ne bo hotelo služiti Nebukadnezarju, kralju babilonskemu, in ne ukloni vratu svojega v jarem kralja babilonskega, tisti narod, govori GOSPOD, bom kaznoval z mečem in lakoto in kugo, dokler jih ne pokončam z roko njegovo.

⁹Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

⁹Vi torej ne poslušajte prorokov in vedežev svojih in sanj svojih in zvezdogledov in čarovnikov svojih, ki vam govore in pravijo: Ne boste služili kralju babilonskemu.

¹⁰For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

¹⁰Kajti laž vam oni prorokujejo, da bi vas spravili daleč od dežele vaše in da vas bom pregnal, da poginete.

¹¹But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

¹¹Narod pa, ki ukloni vrat svoj v jarem kralja babilonskega in mu bo služil, pustim v njegovi deželi, govori GOSPOD, da naj jo obdeluje in prebiva v njej.

¹²I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

¹²In govoril sem Zedekiju, kralju Judovemu, po vseh teh besedah, rekoč: Vteknite vratove svoje v jarem kralja babilonskega ter služite njemu in ljudstvu njegovemu, in ohranite si življenje.

¹³Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

¹³Zakaj hočete umirati ti in ljudstvo tvoje od meča, lakote in kuge, kakor je govoril GOSPOD o narodu, ki ne bo podložen kralju babilonskemu?

¹⁴Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

¹⁴Ne poslušajte torej besed tistih prorokov, ki vam govore in pravijo: Ne boste služili kralju babilonskemu; kajti laž vam oni prorokujejo.

¹⁵For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

¹⁵Zakaj nisem jih poslal, govori GOSPOD, ampak sami prorokujejo v mojem imenu krivo, da vas bom pregnal in da bi poginili vi in proroki, ki vam prorokujejo.

¹⁶Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

¹⁶Tudi duhovnikom in vsemu temu ljudstvu sem govoril, rekoč: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ne poslušajte besed prorokov svojih, ki vam prorokujejo in pravijo: Glejte, posode hiše GOSPODOVE se skoraj pripeljejo nazaj iz Babilona; kajti laž vam prorokujejo.

¹⁷Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

¹⁷Ne poslušajte jih; služite kralju babilonskemu, da boste živeli! čemu naj pride v razvalino to mesto?

¹⁸But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

¹⁸Če pa so res proroki in če je beseda GOSPODOVA ž njimi, naj vendar stopijo pred GOSPODA nad vojskami, proseč, da ne pridejo v Babilon posode, ki so ostale v hiši GOSPODOVI in v hiši kralja Judovega in v Jeruzalemu.

¹⁹For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city.

¹⁹Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami o templjevih stebrih in o morju in o stojalih in o drugem posodju, kar ga je ostalo v tem mestu,

²⁰Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

²⁰ki ga ni vzel Nebukadnezar, kralj babilonski, ko je odpeljaval Jekonija, sinu Jojakimovega, kralja Judovega, iz Jeruzalema v Babilon in vse plemenitnike z Judovega in iz Jeruzalema;

²¹Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;

²¹da, tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov, o tistem posodju, ki je ostalo v hiši GOSPODOVI in v hiši kralja Judovega in v Jeruzalemu:V Babilon se odnese in tam ostane do dne, ko se ozrem po njih govori GOSPOD; tedaj storim, da pojdejo gori in jih nazaj pripeljem v ta kraj.

²²They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

²²V Babilon se odnese in tam ostane do dne, ko se ozrem po njih govori GOSPOD; tedaj storim, da pojdejo gori in jih nazaj pripeljem v ta kraj.