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:

¹Viešpats kalbėjo Jeremijui, kai Nebukadnecaras, Babilono karalius, su visa kariuomene, visomis jo valdžioje esančiomis karalystėmis ir tautomis kariavo prieš Jeruzalę ir Judo miestus:

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:

²“Eik ir pranešk Zedekijui, Judo karaliui, kad taip sako Viešpats: ‘Aš atiduosiu šį miestą į Babilono karaliaus rankas, ir šis jį sudegins.

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.

³Ir tu neištrūksi iš jo rankų, būsi sugautas ir jam atiduotas. Tu matysi Babilono karalių ir kalbėsi su juo veidas į veidą, ir tave nugabens į Babiloną.

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

⁴Tačiau klausykis Viešpaties žodžio, Zedekijau, Judo karaliau. Tu nežūsi nuo kardo,

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.

⁵bet mirsi ramybėje. Kaip tavo tėvams, kurie karaliavo pirma tavęs, sukurdavo laidotuvių ugnį, taip tau padarys ir tave apraudos: ‘O mūsų valdove’. Aš taip pasakiau,­sako Viešpats’ ”.

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

⁶Pranašas Jeremijas kalbėjo šituos žodžius karaliui Zedekijui Jeruzalėje.

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.

⁷Babilono karaliaus kariuomenė kariavo prieš Jeruzalę ir Judo miestus­Lachišą ir Azeką, nes tie sutvirtinti Judo miestai dar buvo nepaimti.

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;

⁸Viešpats kalbėjo Jeremijui, kai karalius Zedekijas padarė sandorą su Jeruzalės gyventojais ir paskelbė,

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.

⁹kad kiekvienas suteiktų laisvę vergams hebrajams, kad nelaikytų vergais žydų.

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:

¹⁰Kunigaikščiai ir visa tauta, kurie padarė sandorą suteikti laisvę vergams ir vergėms, kad jie nebevergautų, pakluso ir paleido juos.

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.

¹¹Bet po to jie persigalvojo ir susigrąžino vergus bei verges, ir privertė juos toliau vergauti.

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

¹²Todėl Viešpats kalbėjo Jeremijui:

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,

¹³“Aš sudariau sandorą su jūsų tėvais, kai juos išvedžiau iš Egipto vergijos, ir įsakiau:

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.

¹⁴‘Baigiantis septyneriems metams, kiekvienas privalo paleisti savo brolį hebrają, kuris jam vergavo. Šešerius metus jis tedirba, o po to suteikite jam laisvę’. Bet jūsų tėvai neklausė manęs ir nepalenkė savo ausies girdėti.

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:

¹⁵Dabar jūs buvote atsivertę ir padarę tai, kas teisinga mano akyse, paskelbdami laisvę savo broliams. Jūs sudarėte sandorą mano akivaizdoje, namuose, vadinamuose mano vardu.

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.

¹⁶Bet jūs persigalvojote ir sutepėte mano vardą, susigrąžindami vergus ir verges. Jie buvo laisvi, galėjo gyventi, kaip norėjo, o jūs juos vėl pavergėte.

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.

¹⁷Kadangi jūs neklausėte manęs ir nesuteikėte laisvės broliui ir artimui, Aš išlaisvinu jus kardui, marui ir badui. Aš išsklaidysiu jus visose žemės karalystėse.

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;

¹⁸Žmones, nesilaikiusius sandoros, sudarytos mano akivaizdoje, sandoros, kurią sudarėte, perpjaudami veršį ir praeidami tarp jo dalių,

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;

¹⁹Judo ir Jeruzalės kunigaikščius, valdininkus, kunigus ir visus žmones, kurie praėjo tarp veršio dalių,

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.

²⁰Aš atiduosiu į jų priešų, kurie siekia jų gyvybės, rankas. Jų lavonai bus maistu padangių paukščiams ir laukiniams žvėrims.

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.

²¹Taip pat Zedekijas, Judo karalius, ir jo kunigaikščiai pateks į priešų, siekiančių jų gyvybės, rankas, į rankas Babilono karaliaus kariuomenės, kuri šiuo metu yra pasitraukusi.

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.

²²Aš įsakysiu,­sako Viešpats,­ir sugrąžinsiu ją prieš šitą miestą. Jie kariaus, paims ir sudegins jį. Judo miestus Aš padarysiu dykyne be gyventojų”.