¹Sõna, mis Jeremijale tuli Issandalt, kui kuningas Sidkija läkitas Pashuri, Malkija poja, ja preester Sefanja, Maaseja poja, temale ütlema:

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

²'Küsi ometi Issandalt meile nõu, sest Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar sõdib meie vastu! Vahest talitab Issand meiega kõigi oma imetegude eeskujul, nõnda et ta läheb ära meie kallalt?'

²Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

³Ja Jeremija vastas neile: 'Öelge Sidkijale nõnda:

³Then Jeremiah said to them, You shall tell Zedekiah:

⁴Nõnda ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Vaata, ma pööran ümber sõjariistad, mis teil käes on, millega te väljaspool müüri sõdite Paabeli kuninga ja kaldealaste vastu, kes teid piiravad, ja kogun need selle linna keskele.

⁴Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

⁵Ja mina ise sõdin teie vastu väljasirutatud käe ja vägeva käsivarrega vihas ja raevus ja suures meelepahas.

⁵I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

⁶Ja ma löön maha selles linnas asujad, niihästi inimesed kui loomad: nad surevad suurde katku.

⁶I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.

⁷Ja seejärel, ütleb Issand, annan ma Sidkija, Juuda kuninga, ja tema sulased ja rahva, need, kes sellesse linna katkust, mõõgast ja näljast on üle jäänud, Paabeli kuninga Nebukadnetsari kätte, ja nende vaenlaste kätte, nende kätte, kes püüavad nende elu. Ja tema lööb nad maha mõõgateraga, ta ei kurvasta nende pärast, ei anna armu ega halasta.

⁷Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

⁸Ja ütle sellele rahvale: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Vaata, ma panen teie ette elu tee ja surma tee!

⁸To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

⁹Kes jääb sellesse linna, see sureb mõõga läbi ning nälga ja katku; aga kes läheb välja ja alistub teid piiravatele kaldealastele, see jääb elama ja võib pidada oma hinge enesele saagiks.

⁹He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

¹⁰Sest ma olen pööranud oma palge selle linna vastu õnnetuseks, aga mitte õnneks, ütleb Issand; linn antakse Paabeli kuninga kätte ja ta põletab selle tulega.

¹⁰For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good, says Yahweh: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

¹¹Ja ütle Juuda kuningakojale: Kuulge Issanda sõna!

¹¹Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of Yahweh:

¹²Taaveti sugu! Nõnda ütleb Issand: Mõistke igal hommikul õiget kohut ja päästke riisutu rõhuja käest, et mu viha ei süttiks nagu tuli ega põleks kustutamata teie kurjade tegude pärast!

¹²House of David, thus says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

¹³Vaata, ma olen su vastu, sina, oru elanik, tasandiku kalju, ütleb Issand. Teie ütlete: 'Kes astub alla meile vastu ja kes tuleb meie eluasemeisse?'

¹³Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, says Yahweh; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

¹⁴Aga mina nuhtlen teid teie tegude vilja mööda, ütleb Issand; ma süütan teie metsas tule ja see neelab kogu teie ümbruskonna.'

¹⁴I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.