¹Sõna, mis Jeremijale tuli Issandalt pärast seda, kui ihukaitsepealik Nebusaradan oli lasknud tal Raamast ära minna. Kui ihukaitsepealik laskis ta kohale tuua, oli ta käeraudadesse aheldatuna kõigi Jeruusalemma ja Juuda vangide seas, kes viidi Paabelisse.

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, 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 the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.

²Ja ihukaitsepealik võttis Jeremija ning ütles temale: 'Issand, sinu Jumal, on tõotanud selle õnnetuse sellele paigale.

²The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;

³Issand on saatnud selle ja on teinud nõnda, nagu ta on rääkinud; sest te olete pattu teinud Issanda vastu ega ole kuulanud tema häält, ja nõnda on see asi teiega sündinud.

³and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.

⁴Ja nüüd, vaata, ma vabastan su täna raudadest, mis sul on käte ümber. Kui sulle meeldib tulla koos minuga Paabelisse, siis tule ja ma kannan su eest hoolt; aga kui sulle ei meeldi tulla koos minuga Paabelisse, siis ära tule. Vaata, kogu maa on su ees lahti: kuhu pead heaks ja õigeks minna, sinna mine!'

⁴Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.

⁵Ja kui ta ei olnud veel tagasi läinud, ütles Nebusaradan: 'Mine tagasi Gedalja, Saafani poja Ahikami poja juurde, kelle Paabeli kuningas pani Juuda linnade valitsejaks, ja jää tema juurde rahva sekka; või mine ükskõik kuhu paika sa heaks arvad minna!' Ja ihukaitsepealik andis temale teerooga ja kingituse ning saatis ta ära.

⁵Now while he had not yet gone back, Go back then, he said, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.

⁶Ja Jeremija tuli Gedalja, Ahikami poja juurde Mispasse ning jäi tema juurde rahva sekka, kes oli jäänud maale.

⁶Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

⁷Kui kõik sõjaväepealikud, kes olid väljal olnud, kuulsid, nemad ja nende mehed, et Paabeli kuningas oli pannud Gedalja, Ahikami poja, maavalitsejaks ja et ta oli andnud tema hoole alla need mehed ja naised ja lapsed, need maa vaesema rahva hulgast, keda ei viidud vangi Paabelisse,

⁷Now when all the captains of the forces who 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 to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

⁸siis tulid nad Gedalja juurde Mispasse: Ismael, Netanja poeg, Joohanan ja Joonatan, Kaareahi pojad, Seraja, Tanhumeti poeg, netofalase Eefai pojad ja Jaasanja, maakatlase poeg, nemad ja nende sõjamehed.

⁸then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 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 the Maacathite, they and their men.

⁹Ja Gedalja, Saafani poja Ahikami poeg, vandus neile ja nende sõjameestele, öeldes: 'Ärge kartke kaldealasi teenida; jääge maale ja teenige Paabeli kuningat, siis on teil hea põli!

⁹Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

¹⁰Ja mina ise, vaata, jään Mispasse, et olla kaldealaste teenistuses, kes tulevad meie juurde; aga teie koguge veini ja suvist puuvilja ja õli ning pange oma astjaisse ja elage linnades, mis te võtate oma valdusesse!'

¹⁰As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.

¹¹Ja kõik needki juudid, kes olid Moabis, ammonlaste hulgas, Edomis ja kõigis teistes maades, kuulsid, et Paabeli kuningas oli Juudasse osa alles jätnud, ja et ta oli pannud neile valitsejaks Gedalja, Saafani poja Ahikami poja.

¹¹Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who 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;

¹²Siis tulid kõik juudid tagasi kõigist paigust, kuhu neid oli aetud, ja tulid Juudamaale Gedalja juurde Mispasse; ja nad kogusid väga palju veini ja suvist puuvilja.

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

¹³Aga Joohanan, Kaareahi poeg, ja kõik sõjaväepealikud, kes olid väljal olnud, tulid Gedalja juurde Mispasse

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

¹⁴ja ütlesid temale: 'Kas sa ka tead, et ammonlaste kuningas Baalis on läkitanud Ismaeli, Netanja poja, sind surnuks lööma?' Aga Gedalja, Ahikami poeg, ei uskunud neid.

¹⁴and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.

¹⁵Siis Joohanan, Kaareahi poeg, rääkis salaja Gedaljaga Mispas, öeldes: 'Lase ma lähen ja löön kellegi teadmata Ismaeli, Netanja poja maha! Miks ta peaks surnuks lööma sinu, millega kogu Juuda, kes on kogunenud sinu juurde, hajutatakse ja Juuda jääk hukkub?'

¹⁵Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

¹⁶Aga Gedalja, Ahikami poeg, vastas Joohananile, Kaareahi pojale: 'Ära tee seda asja, sest sa räägid valet Ismaeli kohta!'

¹⁶But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.