¹Ja Konja, Joojakimi poja asemel sai kuningaks Sidkija, Joosija poeg, kelle Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar pani Juudamaale kuningaks.

¹Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

²Aga ei tema ega ta sulased ega maa rahvas võtnud kuulda Issanda sõnu, mis ta rääkis prohvet Jeremija läbi.

²But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the words of Yahweh, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

³Kord läkitas kuningas Sidkija Jehukali, Selemja poja, ja preester Sefanja, Maaseja poja, prohvet Jeremijale ütlema: 'Palu ometi meie eest Issandat, meie Jumalat!'

³Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.

⁴Jeremija käis siis alles rahva keskel siia ja sinna, sest veel ei olnud teda vangikotta pandud.

⁴Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

⁵Aga Egiptusest oli välja tulnud vaarao sõjavägi; ja kui kaldealased, kes piirasid Jeruusalemma, kuulsid neist sõnumeid, siis nad läksid ära Jeruusalemma alt.

⁵Pharaoh’s army had come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.

⁶Ja prohvet Jeremijale tuli Issanda sõna; ta ütles:

⁶Then came the word of Yahweh to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

⁷'Nõnda ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Öelge nõnda Juuda kuningale, kes teid läkitas minu juurde mind küsitlema: Vaata, vaarao sõjavägi, kes tuli teile appi, läheb tagasi oma maale, Egiptusesse.

⁷Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

⁸Ja kaldealased tulevad tagasi ning sõdivad selle linna vastu, ja nad vallutavad selle ning põletavad tulega.

⁸The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.

⁹Nõnda ütleb Issand: Ärge petke iseendid, mõeldes: Kaldealased lähevad kindlasti ära meie kallalt! Sest nad ei lähe.

⁹Thus says Yahweh, Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.

¹⁰Kuigi te lööksite kogu kaldealaste sõjaväge, kes sõdib teie vastu, ja neist jääksid järele ainult haavatud mehed, tõuseksid nad ometi püsti, igaüks oma telgis, ja põletaksid selle linna tulega maha.'

¹⁰For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

¹¹Aga kui kaldealaste sõjavägi oli ära läinud Jeruusalemma alt vaarao sõjaväe pärast,

¹¹It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

¹²läks Jeremija Jeruusalemmast välja, et minna Benjamini maale osa saama sealsest pärisosa jaotusest rahva keskel.

¹²then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

¹³Aga kui ta jõudis Benjamini väravasse, siis oli seal vahtkonnaülem, Jirija nimi, Hananja poja Selemja poeg, ja too võttis prohvet Jeremija kinni, öeldes: 'Sa tahad põgeneda kaldealaste juurde!'

¹³When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.

¹⁴Aga Jeremija vastas: 'See on vale! Mina ei põgene kaldealaste juurde!' Kuid Jirija ei kuulanud teda, vaid võttis Jeremija kinni ja viis vürstide juurde.

¹⁴Then Jeremiah said, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

¹⁵Ja vürstid vihastusid Jeremija peale ja nad peksid teda ning panid ta vangikotta kirjutaja Joonatani majasse, sest nad olid selle teinud vangikojaks.

¹⁵The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

¹⁶Nõnda tuli Jeremija kaevuhoonesse, võlvitud ruumi, ja Jeremija jäi sinna kauaks ajaks.

¹⁶When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

¹⁷Aga kord läkitas kuningas Sidkija tema järele ja laskis ta enese ette tuua; ja kuningas küsis temalt salaja oma kojas ning ütles: 'Kas on Issandalt sõna?' Ja Jeremija vastas: 'On!' Ja ta ütles: 'Sind antakse Paabeli kuninga kätte!'

¹⁷Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahweh? Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

¹⁸Ja Jeremija ütles kuningas Sidkijale: 'Mis pattu ma olen teinud sinu ja su sulaste ja selle rahva vastu, et te olete pannud mind vangikotta?

¹⁸Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

¹⁹Ja kus on teie prohvetid, kes teile kuulutasid, öeldes: Ei tule Paabeli kuningas teie ega selle maa kallale?

¹⁹Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

²⁰Ja nüüd kuule ometi, mu isand kuningas! Lase ometi mu alandlik palve langeda sinu ette ja ära saada mind tagasi kirjutaja Joonatani kotta, et ma seal ei sureks!'

²⁰Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

²¹Siis kuningas Sidkija andis käsu ja Jeremijat valvati vahtkonnaõues, temale anti kakuke leiba päevas pagarite tänavast, kuni linnast lõppes kõik leib; ja Jeremija jäi vahtkonnaõue.

²¹Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.