¹Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od GOSPODA, ko se je vojskoval Nebukadnezar, kralj babilonski, in vsa vojska njegova in vsa kraljestva zemlje, ki so bila pod njegovo oblastjo, in vsa ljudstva zoper Jeruzalem in zoper vsa mesta njegova:

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:

²Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Pojdi in govori Zedekiju, kralju Judovemu, in mu reci: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz izročam to mesto v roko kralja babilonskega, da ga požge z ognjem.

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:

³Ti pa ne ubežiš roki njegovi, ampak ujet boš gotovo in dan v roko njegovo; in oči tvoje bodo gledale kralju babilonskemu v oči, in usta njegova bodo govorila tvojim ustom, in prideš v Babilon!

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.

⁴Vendar čuj besedo GOSPODOVO, Zedekija, kralj Judov! Tako pravi GOSPOD o tebi: Ne umrješ z mečem.

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

⁵V miru umrješ, in kakor so napravili očetom tvojim, prejšnjim kraljem, ki so bili pred teboj, tako napravijo ogenj tebi, in bodo tožili po tebi: Gorje, gospod! Kajti to besedo govorim jaz, veli GOSPOD.

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.

⁶Tedaj je Jeremija prorok govoril Zedekiju, kralju Judovemu, vse te besede v Jeruzalemu,

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

⁷ko so se krdela kralja babilonskega bojevala zoper Jeruzalem in zoper vsa ostala mesta Judova, zoper Lahis in Azeko, kajti ti sta bili ostali od mest Judovih, mesti utrjeni.

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.

⁸Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od GOSPODA, potem ko je bil kralj Zedekija sklenil zavezo z vsem ljudstvom v Jeruzalemu, da jim okliče svobodo,

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;

⁹da naj oprosti vsak svojega hlapca in vsak svojo deklo, Hebrejca in Hebrejko, da naj ne zahteva nihče več sužnosti od Juda, brata svojega.

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.

¹⁰In poslušali so vsi knezi in vse ljudstvo, ki je stopilo v zavezo, da naj odpusti v prostost vsak svojega hlapca in vsak svojo deklo, da naj ne zahteva več sužnosti od njih. Poslušali so, pravim, in jih odpustili.

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:

¹¹Zopet pa so pozneje nazaj vzeli tiste hlapce in dekle, ki so jih bili odpustili, in jih prisilili za hlapce in za dekle.

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.

¹²Prišla je torej beseda GOSPODOVA Jeremiju od GOSPODA, govoreč:

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

¹³Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Jaz sem bil sklenil zavezo z očeti vašimi tisti dan, ko sem jih izpeljal iz dežele Egiptovske, iz hiše sužnjev, in rekel sem:

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,

¹⁴Konec sedmih let odpustite vsak svojega brata Hebrejca, ki se ti je prodal; potem ko ti je služil šest let, odpusti ga prostega od sebe. Ali niso me poslušali očetje vaši in niso nagnili ušesa svojega.

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.

¹⁵Vi ste se res povrnili danes in storili, kar se vidi pravo v očeh mojih: oklicali ste svobodo vsak svojemu bližnjiku in ste sklenili zavezo vpričo mene v hiši, ki se kliče po mojem imenu.

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:

¹⁶Ali zopet ste se odvrnili in oskrunili moje ime, ko ste vzeli nazaj vsak svojega hlapca in vsak svojo deklo, ki ste jih bili odpustili proste po njih želji, in jih silite, da naj vam bodo hlapci in dekle.

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.

¹⁷Zatorej pravi tako GOSPOD: Niste me poslušali, ko ste oklicali svobodo vsak svojemu bratu in vsak svojemu bližnjiku; glejte, zato jaz oklicujem zoper vas svobodo, govori GOSPOD, meču, kugi in lakoti in vas dam v pestenje vsem kraljestvom na zemlji.

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.

¹⁸In tiste može, ki so prestopili zavezo mojo, ki niso držali besed zaveze, katero so bili sklenili vpričo mene, storim enake teletu, ki so ga razrezali na dvoje in so šli skozi med telečjima polovicama:

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;

¹⁹kneze Judove in kneze jeruzalemske, dvornike in duhovnike in vse ljudstvo te dežele, ki so šli skozi med polovicama tistega teleta,

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;

²⁰izdam v roko njih sovražnikov in v pest njim, ki jim strežejo po življenju; in njih trupla bodo v jed pticam nebeškim in živalim zemeljskim.

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.

²¹Tudi Zedekija, kralja Judovega, in njegove kneze dam v roko njih sovražnikov in v pest njim, ki jim strežejo po življenju, v roko vojske kralja babilonskega, ki je odšla od vas.Glej, jaz ukažem, govori GOSPOD, in jih pokličem nazaj zoper to mesto, da ga oblegajo in ga vzamejo in požgo z ognjem, in mesta Judova dam v pustošenje, tako da v njih ne bode prebivalca.

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.

²²Glej, jaz ukažem, govori GOSPOD, in jih pokličem nazaj zoper to mesto, da ga oblegajo in ga vzamejo in požgo z ognjem, in mesta Judova dam v pustošenje, tako da v njih ne bode prebivalca.

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.