¹Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

¹In slišal je Sefatija, sin Matanov, in Gedalija, sin Pashurjev, in Jukal, sin Selemijev, in Pashur, sin Malkijev, besede, ki jih je Jeremija govoril vsemu ljudstvu, rekoč:

²Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

²Tako pravi GOSPOD: Kdor ostane v tem mestu, umrje od meča, lakote ali kuge; kdor pa pojde ven h Kaldejcem, bo živel, in življenje mu bo namesto plena in se ohrani v življenju.

³Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

³Tako pravi GOSPOD: Vsekakor bo to mesto dano v pest vojski kralja babilonskega, in on ga vzame.

⁴Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

⁴In rekli so knezi kralju: Usmrti naj se vendar ta mož! ker on dela, da pešajo roke bojevalcem, ki so še ostali v tem mestu, in roke vsemu ljudstvu, ko jim govori take besede; zakaj ta mož nikakor ne išče blaginje temu ljudstvu, ampak le nesreče.

⁵Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

⁵Njim pa reče kralj Zedekija: Glejte, v vaši roki je; kajti nič ne more kralj zoper vas.

⁶Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

⁶Vzemo torej Jeremija in ga vržejo v jamo Malkija, sinu kraljevega, ki je bila ob veži straže, spustivši Jeremija doli po vrveh. V jami pa ni bilo nič vode, ampak blato, in Jeremija se je pogreznil v blato.

⁷Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

⁷In slišal je Ebedmelek, Etiopec, komornik, ki je bil v hiši kraljevi, da so vrgli Jeremija v tisto jamo; kralj pa je tedaj sedel v vratih Benjaminovih.

⁸Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying,

⁸In šel je Ebedmelek ven iz hiše kraljeve ter govoril kralju, rekoč:

⁹My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

⁹Gospod moj, kralj! hudobno so delali ti možje v vsem, kar so storili Jeremiju proroku, ki so ga vrgli v jamo; umrje skoraj tam, kjer je, od glada, ker ni več kruha v tem mestu.

¹⁰Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

¹⁰In kralj ukaže Ebedmeleku Etiopcu takole: Vzemi si s seboj odtod trideset mož in potegni Jeremija proroka iz jame, dokler še ne umrje.

¹¹So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

¹¹Tedaj vzame Ebedmelek s seboj tiste može ter stopi v hišo kraljevo, v kraj pod zakladnico, odkoder vzame stare cunje in strohnele krpe; te spusti doli k Jeremiju v jamo po vrveh.

¹²And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

¹²In reče Ebedmelek Etiopec Jeremiju: Deni si te stare cunje in strohnele krpe pod pazduhe in na vrvi! In Jeremija stori tako.

¹³So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

¹³In vlekli so Jeremija po vrveh in ga potegnili iz jame. Potem je ostal Jeremija v veži straže.

¹⁴Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

¹⁴In pošlje kralj Zedekija in pokliče Jeremija proroka k sebi k tretjemu vhodu, ki je bil pri hiši GOSPODOVI. In kralj veli Jeremiju: Prosim te besede božje, nič mi ne prikrivaj!

¹⁵Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

¹⁵In reče Jeremija Zedekiju: Če ti jo naznanim, me li gotovo ne usmrtiš? In če ti svetujem, me ne boš poslušal.

¹⁶So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

¹⁶Tedaj priseže kralj Zedekija skrivaj Jeremiju, rekoč: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki nam je ustvaril to dušo, ne usmrtim te in te ne dam v roko tistih mož, ki ti strežejo po življenju.

¹⁷Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

¹⁷Reče torej Jeremija Zedekiju: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov: Če pojdeš in se vdaš knezom kralja babilonskega, ohraniš svoje življenje in to mesto ne bo sežgano z ognjem; in živel boš ti in hiša tvoja.

¹⁸But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

¹⁸Če pa ne pojdeš h knezom kralja babilonskega, bo to mesto dano v roko Kaldejcem, ki ga požgo z ognjem; ti pa se ne otmeš iz njih rok.

¹⁹And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

¹⁹Ko je pa rekel kralj Zedekija Jeremiju: Hudo se bojim Judov, ki so uskočili h Kaldejcem, da bi me ne dali v njih roko in se ne norčevali z menoj,

²⁰But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

²⁰je dejal Jeremija: Ne bodo te dali. Poslušaj, prosim, glas GOSPODOV, ki ti ga jaz oznanjam, in bode ti dobro in živela bo duša tvoja.

²¹But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:

²¹Če se pa braniš iti tja, je to beseda, katero mi je pokazal GOSPOD:

²²And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

²²Glej, vse žene, ki so ostale v hiši kralja Judovega, bodo odpeljane h knezom kralja babilonskega, in one bodo govorile: Premamili so te in premagali prijatelji tvoji; zdaj, ko so v blato pogreznjene noge tvoje, so se umeknili.

²³So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

²³In vse žene tvoje in sinove tvoje odpeljejo h Kaldejcem, in ne iztrgaš se njih roki tudi ti ne, ampak roka kralja babilonskega te zgrabi in boš kriv, da se to mesto požge z ognjem.

²⁴Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

²⁴Tedaj reče Zedekija Jeremiju: Nihče naj ne zve teh besed, da ne umrješ.

²⁵But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

²⁵Če pa slišijo knezi, da sem govoril s teboj, ter pridejo k tebi in ti reko: Povej nam brž, kaj si govoril kralju, nič nam ne prikrivaj, pa te ne usmrtimo; in kaj je kralj rekel tebi?

²⁶Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

²⁶tedaj jim porečeš: Padel sem pred kralja in ga prosil, naj mi ne pusti zopet iti v hišo Jonatanovo, da tam ne umrjem. –

²⁷Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

²⁷Prišli so pa vsi knezi k Jeremiju ter ga vprašali; in jim je povedal po vseh tistih besedah, ki mu jih je zapovedal kralj. Tako so molčali in ga pustili, ker se ni razvedela ona beseda.In ostal je Jeremija v veži straže prav do dne, ko je bil vzet Jeruzalem.

²⁸So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

²⁸In ostal je Jeremija v veži straže prav do dne, ko je bil vzet Jeruzalem.