¹Beseda, ki je prišla Jeremiju od GOSPODA, potem ko ga je izpustil Nebuzaradan, glavar telesne straže, iz Rame, ko ga je bil dobil zvezanega z verigami sredi vseh ujetnikov iz Jeruzalema in iz Judeje, ki so jih odpeljavali v Babilon.

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.

²Sprejme torej glavar telesne straže Jeremija ter mu reče: GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, je napovedal to nesrečo zoper ta kraj;

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

³in GOSPOD jo je pripeljal in storil, kakor je bil govoril, ker ste grešili zoper GOSPODA in niste poslušali glasu njegovega; zato se vam je to zgodilo.

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.

⁴A sedaj glej, danes te oproščam teh verig, ki so na tvojih rokah; če se ti dobro vidi priti z menoj v Babilon, pridi; pazil bom dobro nate. Če se ti pa slabo zdi iti z menoj v Babilon, ostani tu. Glej, vsa dežela ti je odprta: kamor se ti zdi dobro in prav iti, tja pojdi!

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.

⁵Toda ker se on še ne more odločiti, mu veli: Povrni se h Gedaliju, sinu Ahikama, sina Safanovega, ki ga je kralj babilonski postavil čez mesta Judova, in bivaj pri njem sredi ljudstva; ali kamorkoli se ti prav vidi iti, tja pojdi! In glavar telesne straže mu je dal brašna in darilo ter ga je odpustil.

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.

⁶In Jeremija je prišel h Gedaliju, sinu Ahikamovemu, v Micpo, in prebival je ž njim sredi ljudstva, ki je bilo ostalo v deželi.

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

⁷Ko so pa slišali vsi poveljniki vojske, ki so bili na polju, oni in njih moštvo, da je kralj babilonski postavil čez deželo Gedalija, sina Ahikamovega, in da mu je izročil može in žene in otroke in nekaj ubožnega ljudstva dežele izmed tistih, ki se niso odpeljali v Babilon,

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;

⁸pridejo v Micpo h Gedaliju: Izmael, sin Netanijev, in Johanan in Jonatan, sinova Kareahova, in Seraja, sin Tanhumetov, in sinovi Ofaja Netofatčana in Jezanija, sin Maakatovca, oni s svojimi možmi.

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.

⁹In Gedalija, sin Ahikama, sinú Safanovega, priseže njim in njih možem in reče: Ne bojte se služiti Kaldejcem; ostanite v deželi in služite kralju babilonskemu, in vam bode dobro.

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.

¹⁰Kar se pa mene tiče, glejte, ostanem v Micpi, da služim Kaldejcem, ki pridejo k vam. Vi pa berite vino in poletni sad in olje in shranjujte jih v posode svoje; in stanujte v mestih svojih, ki ste jih posedli.

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.

¹¹In tudi vsi Judje, ki so bili v Moabu in med Amonci in med Edomci in v vseh tistih pokrajinah, ko so slišali, da je kralj babilonski ostavil ostanek na Judovem in da je čezenj postavil Gedalija, sina Ahikama, sinu Safanovega,

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;

¹²so se vrnili vsi tisti Judje iz vseh krajev, kamor so bili odgnani, in prišli so v deželo Judovo h Gedaliju v Micpo. In nabrali so vina in poletnega sadu prav mnogo.

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.

¹³Johanan pa, sin Kareahov, in vsi vojaški poveljniki, ki so bili na polju, pridejo h Gedaliju v Micpo

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

¹⁴in mu reko: Ali pač veš, da je Baalis, kralj Amoncev, poslal Izmaela, sina Netanijevega, da te pripravi ob življenje? Ali jim ni verjel Gedalija, sin Ahikamov.

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.

¹⁵In Johanan, sin Kareahov, je govoril skrivaj v Micpi Gedaliju, rekoč: Naj grem vendar in ubijem Izmaela, sina Netanijevega, in nihče ne bo vedel. Čemu naj te pripravi ob življenje, da bi se razkropili vsi Judje, ki so se zbrali pri tebi, in bi poginil ostanek Judov?Ali Gedalija, sin Ahikamov, je rekel Johananu, sinu Kareahovemu: Ne stori tega, kajti lažnivo govoriš o Izmaelu.

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?

¹⁶Ali Gedalija, sin Ahikamov, je rekel Johananu, sinu Kareahovemu: Ne stori tega, kajti lažnivo govoriš o Izmaelu.

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.