¹To pa so besede pisma, ki ga je poslal prorok Jeremija iz Jeruzalema ostalim starejšinam preseljencev in duhovnikom in prorokom in vsemu ljudstvu, ki ga je bil odpeljal Nebukadnezar iz Jeruzalema v Babilon

¹Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

²(ko je odšel iz Jeruzalema, Jekonija kralj in kraljica in dvorniki, knezi iz Jude in Jeruzalema, in rokodelci in kovači),

²(after that Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem),

³po Elasu, sinu Safanovem, in Gemariju, sinu Hilkijevem, ki ju je poslal Zedekija, kralj Judov, v Babilon h kralju Nebukadnezarju, in se je glasilo:

³by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,

⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov, vsem preseljencem, ki sem jih dal odpeljati iz Jeruzalema v Babilon:

⁴Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:

⁵Zidajte hiše in prebivajte v njih; sadite vrtove in uživajte njih sad.

⁵Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.

⁶Jemljite žene in rodite sinove in hčere, dobivajte tudi sinom svojim žene in svoje hčere možite, da rode sinove in hčere, in množite se in se ne manjšajte.

⁶Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don’t be diminished.

⁷In iščite blaginje tistemu mestu, kamor sem vas preselil, in prosite zanje GOSPODA; ker v blaginji njegovi bode vam blaginja.

⁷Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.

⁸Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov: Naj vas ne varajo vaši proroki, ki so med vami, in vedeži vaši; in ne poslušajte svojih sanj, ki si jih sami radi sanjate.

⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Don’t let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

⁹Zakaj krivo vam oni prorokujejo v mojem imenu; nisem jih poslal, govori GOSPOD.

⁹For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says Yahweh.

¹⁰Kajti tako pravi GOSPOD: Brž ko se izpolni Babilonu sedemdeset let, vas obiščem in vam izpolnim tisto svojo besedo predobro in vas pripeljem nazaj v ta kraj.

¹⁰For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

¹¹Zakaj jaz dobro vem misli, ki jih mislim za vas, govori GOSPOD, misli o miru, ne pa o nadlogi, da vam dam srečen konec in upanje.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

¹²In klicali me boste in pojdete molit k meni, in uslišim vas.

¹²You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

¹³In ko me boste iskali, me najdete, ker boste vprašali po meni iz vsega srca svojega,

¹³You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

¹⁴in dal se bom najti vam, govori GOSPOD. In pripeljem nazaj ujetnike vaše in vas zberem izmed vseh narodov in iz vseh krajev, kamor sem vas pregnal, govori GOSPOD, in vas pripeljem nazaj v ta kraj, odkoder sem vas preselil v sužnost.

¹⁴I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.

¹⁵Ker pravite: Obudil nam je GOSPOD proroke v Babilonu –

¹⁵Because you have said, Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;

¹⁶zato pravi tako GOSPOD o kralju, ki sedi na prestolu Davidovem, in o vsem ljudstvu, ki prebiva v tem mestu, o vaših bratih, ki niso šli z vami v sužnost,

¹⁶thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone forth with you into captivity;

¹⁷tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami: Glejte, jaz pošljem nadnje meč, lakoto in kugo in jih naredim, da bodo kakor smokve ostudne, ki jih ni moči jesti, tako so slabe.

¹⁷thus says Yahweh of Armies; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.

¹⁸In preganjal jih bom z mečem, lakoto in kugo, in dam jih v pestenje vsem kraljestvom na zemlji, v preklinjanje in strmenje ter v zasmehovanje in zasramovanje pri vseh narodih, kamor jih preženem:

¹⁸I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;

¹⁹zato ker niso poslušali besed mojih, govori GOSPOD, s katerimi sem k njim pošiljal hlapce svoje, proroke, od ranega jutra in neprenehoma; tudi vi niste poslušali, govori GOSPOD.

¹⁹because they have not listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, says Yahweh.

²⁰Vi torej čujte besedo GOSPODOVO, vsi preseljenci, ki sem jih poslal iz Jeruzalema v Babilon.

²⁰Hear therefore the word of Yahweh, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

²¹Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov, o Ahabu, sinu Kolajevem, in o Zedekiju, sinu Maasejevem, ki vam laž prorokujeta v mojem imenu: Glej, jaz ju dam v roko Nebukadnezarju, kralju babilonskemu, da ju umori pred vašimi očmi.

²¹Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;

²²In od njiju se vzame kletev pri vseh preseljencih Judovih, ki so v Babilonu, da bodo govorili: Stóri s teboj GOSPOD kakor z Zedekijem in Ahabom, ki ju je kralj babilonski pekel na ognju!

²²and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

²³zato ker sta storila nesramnost v Izraelu, prešeštvujoč s prijateljev svojih ženami in govoreč lažnive besede v mojem imenu, česar jima nisem ukazal. Jaz pa vem za to in sem priča, govori GOSPOD.

²³because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh.

²⁴Semaju Nehelamljanu pa govóri in veli:

²⁴Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,

²⁵Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov, rekoč: Zato ker si poslal v imenu svojem pismo vsemu ljudstvu, ki je v Jeruzalemu, in Zefaniju, sinu Maasejevemu, duhovniku, in vsem duhovnikom in si rekel:

²⁵Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

²⁶GOSPOD te je postavil za duhovnika namesto Jojada duhovnika, da bodo nadzorniki v hiši GOSPODOVI zoper vsakega blaznega moža, ki se dela proroka, da ga deneš v klado in v ječo.

²⁶Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Yahweh, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

²⁷Zdaj torej, zakaj nisi pokaral Jeremija Anatotčana, ki vam prorokuje?

²⁷Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,

²⁸ker je vsled tega poslal k nam v Babilon s sporočilom: Dolga bo še sužnost; zidajte hiše in prebivajte v njih, in sadite vrtove in uživajte njih sad...

²⁸because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long: build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit?

²⁹Bral je pa Zefanija, duhovnik, to pismo, da je slišal prorok Jeremija.

²⁹Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

³⁰In prišla je beseda GOSPODOVA Jeremiju, veleč:

³⁰Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

³¹Pošlji k vsem preseljencem in sporoči: Tako pravi GOSPOD o Semaju Nehelamljanu: Ker vam prorokuje Semaja, dasi ga jaz nisem poslal, in stavi vaše upanje na lažnivost,zato pravi GOSPOD tako: Glej, jaz bom kaznoval Semaja Nehelamljana in seme njegovo: ne bo imel nikogar, ki bi prebival sredi tega ljudstva, in ne bo videl dobrote, ki jo storim svojemu ljudstvu, govori GOSPOD, ker je odpad svetoval zoper GOSPODA.

³¹Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;

³²zato pravi GOSPOD tako: Glej, jaz bom kaznoval Semaja Nehelamljana in seme njegovo: ne bo imel nikogar, ki bi prebival sredi tega ljudstva, in ne bo videl dobrote, ki jo storim svojemu ljudstvu, govori GOSPOD, ker je odpad svetoval zoper GOSPODA.

³²therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.