¹Sõna, mis Jeremijale tuli Issandalt, kui Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar ja kogu ta sõjavägi, kõik maa kuningriigid, mille üle tema käsi valitses, ja kõik rahvad sõdisid Jeruusalemma ja kõigi selle linnade vastu; ta ütles:

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying:

²'Nõnda ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Mine ja räägi Juuda kuninga Sidkijaga ja ütle temale: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Vaata, ma annan selle linna Paabeli kuninga kätte ja tema põletab selle tulega maha.

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

³Ka sina ei pääse tema käest, sest sind võetakse tõesti kinni ja antakse tema kätte; sina saad Paabeli kuningat näha silmast silma ja tema räägib sinuga suust suhu ning sa lähed Paabelisse.

³and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.

⁴Kummatigi kuule Issanda sõna, Sidkija, Juuda kuningas! Nõnda ütleb Issand sinu kohta: Sa ei sure mõõga läbi!

⁴Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says Yahweh concerning you, You shall not die by the sword;

⁵Sa sured rahus! Ja nõnda nagu su isade, endiste kuningate, kes enne sind on olnud, auks põletati koolnusuitsutusi, nõnda põletatakse sinugi auks, ja sõnadega 'Oh isand!' leinatakse ka sind! Sest mina ise olen öelnud selle sõna, ütleb Issand.'

⁵you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh.

⁶Ja prohvet Jeremija rääkis Juuda kuningale Sidkijale kõik need sõnad Jeruusalemmas,

⁶Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

⁷kui Paabeli kuninga sõjavägi sõdis Jeruusalemma ja kõigi järelejäänud Juuda linnade vastu, Laakise ja Aseka vastu, sest need olid Juuda linnadest, kindlustatud linnadest, järele jäänud.

⁷when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.

⁸Sõna, mis Jeremijale tuli Issandalt pärast seda, kui kuningas Sidkija oli teinud lepingu kogu Jeruusalemmas oleva rahvaga, et kuulutada neile vabastust:

⁸The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;

⁹igaüks pidi vabastama oma sulase ja teenija, heebrealase ja heebrealanna, et keegi ei orjaks juuti, oma venda.

⁹that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.

¹⁰Ja kõik vürstid ja kogu rahvas, kes olid astunud lepingusse, kuulsid, et igaühel tuleb vabastada oma sulane ja teenija, et neid ei tohi enam orjastada; nad kuulasid sõna ja vabastasid need.

¹⁰All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

¹¹Aga hiljem nad taganesid ja võtsid tagasi sulased ja teenijad, keda nad olid vabastanud, ja sundisid neid taas sulaseiks ja teenijaiks.

¹¹but afterwards 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.

¹²Siis tuli Issandalt Jeremijale Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

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

¹³'Nõnda ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Mina tegin teie vanematega lepingu päeval, kui ma tõin nad ära Egiptusemaalt, orjusekojast, öeldes:

¹³Thus says Yahweh, 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 bondage, saying,

¹⁴Igal seitsmendal aastal vabastagu igaüks oma heebrealasest vend, kes enese sulle on müünud; kui ta sind on teeninud kuus aastat, siis lase ta enese juurest vabaks; aga teie vanemad ei kuulanud mind ega pööranud oma kõrva.

¹⁴At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn’t listen to me, neither inclined their ear.

¹⁵Teie olete küll äsja pöördunud ja teinud, mis minu silmis õige on, kuulutades igaüks oma ligimesele vabastust, ja olete teinud lepingu mu palge ees kojas, millele on pandud minu nimi.

¹⁵You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

¹⁶Aga te olete jälle taganenud ja teotanud mu nime: olete võtnud tagasi igaüks oma sulase ja teenija, keda te olite vabastanud nende soovi kohaselt, ja olete neid sundinud olema teile sulaseiks ja teenijaiks.

¹⁶but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.

¹⁷Seepärast ütleb Issand nõnda: Te ei ole kuulanud mind, et oleksite kuulutanud vabastust igaüks oma vennale ja ligimesele; vaata, mina kuulutan teile vabastust, ütleb Issand, mõõga, katku ja nälja läbi ja panen teid hirmutuseks kõigile kuningriikidele maa peal.

¹⁷Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁸Ja mehed, kes rikkusid mu lepingut, kes ei pidanud selle lepingu sõnu, mille nad tegid minu ees, ma teen vasikaks, kelle nad raiusid pooleks ja kelle tükkide vahelt nad käisid läbi -

¹⁸I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts;

¹⁹Juuda vürstid ja Jeruusalemma vürstid, hoovkondlased ja preestrid ja kogu maa rahva, kes käisid läbi vasika tükkide vahelt -,

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

²⁰ja ma annan nad nende vaenlaste kätte ja nende kätte, kes püüavad nende hinge; ja nende surnukehad jäävad taeva lindude ja maa loomade roaks.

²⁰I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.

²¹Ka Juuda kuninga Sidkija ja tema vürstid annan ma nende vaenlaste kätte ja nende kätte, kes püüavad nende hinge, ja Paabeli kuninga sõjaväe kätte, kes teie kallalt on ära läinud.

²¹Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, who have gone away from you.

²²Vaata, ma käsin, ütleb Issand, ja toon nad tagasi selle linna kallale; nad sõdivad selle vastu, vallutavad selle ja põletavad tulega maha; ja ma teen Juuda linnad lagedaks, kus ükski ei ela.'

²²Behold, I will command, says Yahweh, 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 inhabitant.