¹The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

¹Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od GOSPODA, potem ko ga je izpustil Nebuzaradan, glavar telesne straže, iz Rame, ko ga je bil dobil zvezanega z verigami sredi vseh ujetnikov iz Jeruzalema in iz Judeje, ki so jih odpeljavali v Babilon.

²And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

²Sprejme torej glavar telesne straže Jeremija ter mu reče: GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, je napovedal to nesrečo zoper ta kraj;

³Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

³in GOSPOD jo je pripeljal in storil, kakor je bil govoril, ker ste grešili zoper GOSPODA in niste poslušali glasu njegovega; zato se vam je to zgodilo.

⁴And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

⁴A sedaj glej, danes te oproščam teh verig, ki so na tvojih rokah; če se ti dobro vidi priti z menoj v Babilon, pridi; pazil bom dobro nate. Če se ti pa slabo zdi iti z menoj v Babilon, ostani tu. Glej, vsa dežela ti je odprta: kamor se ti zdi dobro in prav iti, tja pojdi!

⁵Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

⁵Toda ker se on še ne more odločiti, mu veli: Povrni se h Gedaliju, sinu Ahikama, sina Safanovega, ki ga je kralj babilonski postavil čez mesta Judova, in bivaj pri njem sredi ljudstva; ali kamorkoli se ti prav vidi iti, tja pojdi! In glavar telesne straže mu je dal brašna in darilo ter ga je odpustil.

⁶Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

⁶In Jeremija je prišel h Gedaliju, sinu Ahikamovemu, v Micpo, in prebival je ž njim sredi ljudstva, ki je bilo ostalo v deželi.

⁷Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

⁷Ko so pa slišali vsi poveljniki vojske, ki so bili na polju, oni in njih moštvo, da je kralj babilonski postavil čez deželo Gedalija, sina Ahikamovega, in da mu je izročil može in žene in otroke in nekaj ubožnega ljudstva dežele izmed tistih, ki se niso odpeljali v Babilon,

⁸Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

⁸pridejo v Micpo h Gedaliju: Izmael, sin Netanijev, in Johanan in Jonatan, sinova Kareahova, in Seraja, sin Tanhumetov, in sinovi Ofaja Netofatčana in Jezanija, sin Maakatovca, oni s svojimi možmi.

⁹And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

⁹In Gedalija, sin Ahikama, sinú Safanovega, priseže njim in njih možem in reče: Ne bojte se služiti Kaldejcem; ostanite v deželi in služite kralju babilonskemu, in vam bode dobro.

¹⁰As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

¹⁰Kar se pa mene tiče, glejte, ostanem v Micpi, da služim Kaldejcem, ki pridejo k vam. Vi pa berite vino in poletni sad in olje in shranjujte jih v posode svoje; in stanujte v mestih svojih, ki ste jih posedli.

¹¹Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

¹¹In tudi vsi Judje, ki so bili v Moabu in med Amonci in med Edomci in v vseh tistih pokrajinah, ko so slišali, da je kralj babilonski ostavil ostanek na Judovem in da je čezenj postavil Gedalija, sina Ahikama, sinu Safanovega,

¹²Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

¹²so se vrnili vsi tisti Judje iz vseh krajev, kamor so bili odgnani, in prišli so v deželo Judovo h Gedaliju v Micpo. In nabrali so vina in poletnega sadu prav mnogo.

¹³Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

¹³Johanan pa, sin Kareahov, in vsi vojaški poveljniki, ki so bili na polju, pridejo h Gedaliju v Micpo

¹⁴And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

¹⁴in mu reko: Ali pač veš, da je Baalis, kralj Amoncev, poslal Izmaela, sina Netanijevega, da te pripravi ob življenje? Ali jim ni verjel Gedalija, sin Ahikamov.

¹⁵Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

¹⁵In Johanan, sin Kareahov, je govoril skrivaj v Micpi Gedaliju, rekoč: Naj grem vendar in ubijem Izmaela, sina Netanijevega, in nihče ne bo vedel. Čemu naj te pripravi ob življenje, da bi se razkropili vsi Judje, ki so se zbrali pri tebi, in bi poginil ostanek Judov?Ali Gedalija, sin Ahikamov, je rekel Johananu, sinu Kareahovemu: Ne stori tega, kajti lažnivo govoriš o Izmaelu.

¹⁶But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

¹⁶Ali Gedalija, sin Ahikamov, je rekel Johananu, sinu Kareahovemu: Ne stori tega, kajti lažnivo govoriš o Izmaelu.