¹The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

¹Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od GOSPODA, ko se je vojskoval Nebukadnezar, kralj babilonski, in vsa vojska njegova in vsa kraljestva zemlje, ki so bila pod njegovo oblastjo, in vsa ljudstva zoper Jeruzalem in zoper vsa mesta njegova:

²Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

²Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Pojdi in govori Zedekiju, kralju Judovemu, in mu reci: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz izročam to mesto v roko kralja babilonskega, da ga požge z ognjem.

³And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

³Ti pa ne ubežiš roki njegovi, ampak ujet boš gotovo in dan v roko njegovo; in oči tvoje bodo gledale kralju babilonskemu v oči, in usta njegova bodo govorila tvojim ustom, in prideš v Babilon!

⁴Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

⁴Vendar čuj besedo GOSPODOVO, Zedekija, kralj Judov! Tako pravi GOSPOD o tebi: Ne umrješ z mečem.

⁵But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.

⁵V miru umrješ, in kakor so napravili očetom tvojim, prejšnjim kraljem, ki so bili pred teboj, tako napravijo ogenj tebi, in bodo tožili po tebi: Gorje, gospod! Kajti to besedo govorim jaz, veli GOSPOD.

⁶Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

⁶Tedaj je Jeremija prorok govoril Zedekiju, kralju Judovemu, vse te besede v Jeruzalemu,

⁷When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

⁷ko so se krdela kralja babilonskega bojevala zoper Jeruzalem in zoper vsa ostala mesta Judova, zoper Lahis in Azeko, kajti ti sta bili ostali od mest Judovih, mesti utrjeni.

⁸This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

⁸Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od GOSPODA, potem ko je bil kralj Zedekija sklenil zavezo z vsem ljudstvom v Jeruzalemu, da jim okliče svobodo,

⁹That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

⁹da naj oprosti vsak svojega hlapca in vsak svojo deklo, Hebrejca in Hebrejko, da naj ne zahteva nihče več sužnosti od Juda, brata svojega.

¹⁰Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.

¹⁰In poslušali so vsi knezi in vse ljudstvo, ki je stopilo v zavezo, da naj odpusti v prostost vsak svojega hlapca in vsak svojo deklo, da naj ne zahteva več sužnosti od njih. Poslušali so, pravim, in jih odpustili.

¹¹But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

¹¹Zopet pa so pozneje nazaj vzeli tiste hlapce in dekle, ki so jih bili odpustili, in jih prisilili za hlapce in za dekle.

¹²Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

¹²Prišla je torej beseda GOSPODOVA Jeremiju od GOSPODA, govoreč:

¹³Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,

¹³Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Jaz sem bil sklenil zavezo z očeti vašimi tisti dan, ko sem jih izpeljal iz dežele Egiptovske, iz hiše sužnjev, in rekel sem:

¹⁴At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

¹⁴Konec sedmih let odpustite vsak svojega brata Hebrejca, ki se ti je prodal; potem ko ti je služil šest let, odpusti ga prostega od sebe. Ali niso me poslušali očetje vaši in niso nagnili ušesa svojega.

¹⁵And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

¹⁵Vi ste se res povrnili danes in storili, kar se vidi pravo v očeh mojih: oklicali ste svobodo vsak svojemu bližnjiku in ste sklenili zavezo vpričo mene v hiši, ki se kliče po mojem imenu.

¹⁶But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

¹⁶Ali zopet ste se odvrnili in oskrunili moje ime, ko ste vzeli nazaj vsak svojega hlapca in vsak svojo deklo, ki ste jih bili odpustili proste po njih želji, in jih silite, da naj vam bodo hlapci in dekle.

¹⁷Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁷Zatorej pravi tako GOSPOD: Niste me poslušali, ko ste oklicali svobodo vsak svojemu bratu in vsak svojemu bližnjiku; glejte, zato jaz oklicujem zoper vas svobodo, govori GOSPOD, meču, kugi in lakoti in vas dam v pestenje vsem kraljestvom na zemlji.

¹⁸And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,

¹⁸In tiste može, ki so prestopili zavezo mojo, ki niso držali besed zaveze, katero so bili sklenili vpričo mene, storim enake teletu, ki so ga razrezali na dvoje in so šli skozi med telečjima polovicama:

¹⁹The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;

¹⁹kneze Judove in kneze jeruzalemske, dvornike in duhovnike in vse ljudstvo te dežele, ki so šli skozi med polovicama tistega teleta,

²⁰I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

²⁰izdam v roko njih sovražnikov in v pest njim, ki jim strežejo po življenju; in njih trupla bodo v jed pticam nebeškim in živalim zemeljskim.

²¹And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.

²¹Tudi Zedekija, kralja Judovega, in njegove kneze dam v roko njih sovražnikov in v pest njim, ki jim strežejo po življenju, v roko vojske kralja babilonskega, ki je odšla od vas.Glej, jaz ukažem, govori GOSPOD, in jih pokličem nazaj zoper to mesto, da ga oblegajo in ga vzamejo in požgo z ognjem, in mesta Judova dam v pustošenje, tako da v njih ne bode prebivalca.

²²Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

²²Glej, jaz ukažem, govori GOSPOD, in jih pokličem nazaj zoper to mesto, da ga oblegajo in ga vzamejo in požgo z ognjem, in mesta Judova dam v pustošenje, tako da v njih ne bode prebivalca.