Jeremias 37
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Ang Kahilingan ni Zedekias kay Jeremias
37 Si(A) Zedekias na anak ni Haring Josias ang inilagay ni Haring Nebucadnezar ng Babilonia bilang hari ng Juda, kahalili ni Conias, na anak ni Haring Jehoiakim. 2 Ngunit ang pahayag ni Yahweh na ipinapasabi kay Propeta Jeremias ay hindi rin dininig ni Zedekias, ng kanyang mga pinuno, at ng mga tao.
3 Inutusan ni Haring Zedekias si Jehucal, anak ni Selemias, at ang paring si Zefanias na anak ni Maasias, upang hilingin kay Jeremias na idalangin kay Yahweh ang bansa. 4 Hindi pa nabibilanggo si Jeremias nang panahong iyon; kaya malaya pa siyang nakakausap ang mga tao. 5 Samantala, lumabas na ng Egipto ang hukbo ng Faraon upang tumuloy sa Juda. Nang mabalitaan ito ng hukbo ng Babilonia na sumasalakay sa Jerusalem, iniwan muna nila ito upang harapin ang mga Egipcio.
6 Noon sinabi ni Yahweh kay Jeremias, 7 “Sabihin mo sa hari ng Juda na nagsugo sa iyo upang sumangguni sa akin, ‘Ang hukbo ng Faraon na inaasahan mong darating upang tumulong sa inyo ay babalik sa Egipto. 8 At ang mga taga-Babilonia ay babalik. Muli nilang sasalakayin ang lunsod, sasakupin at susunugin. 9 Akong si Yahweh ay nagbababala sa iyo. Huwag mong dayain ang iyong sarili. Huwag mong akalaing ligtas ka na sa mga taga-Babilonia. Tiyak na babalik sila. 10 At kahit na matalo mo pa ang buong hukbo ng Babilonia, kahit walang matira sa kanila kundi ang mga sugatang nasa kanilang mga tolda, babangon ang mga ito at sasakupin nila ang lunsod at tuluyang susunugin!’”
Ibinilanggo si Jeremias
11 Nang umatras ang mga taga-Babilonia upang harapin ang hukbo ng Faraon na sasaklolo sa Jerusalem, 12 binalak ni Jeremias na pumunta sa lupain ng Benjamin para kunin ang kanyang bahagi sa ari-arian ng kanyang sambahayan. 13 Ngunit pagsapit niya sa Pintuan ng Benjamin, pinigil siya ng pinuno ng pintuan na si Irijas, anak ni Selemias at apo ni Hananias at sinabi sa kanya, “Tumatakas ka upang kumampi sa mga taga-Babilonia!”
14 Sumagot si Jeremias, “Hindi totoo ang bintang mo. Hindi ako kumakampi sa kanila!” Subalit ayaw maniwala ni Irijas; dinakip niya si Jeremias at dinala sa mga pinuno. 15 Galit na galit ang mga ito kay Jeremias; siya'y ginulpi saka ibinilanggo sa bahay ni Jonatan, ang kalihim ng hari. Ang bahay niya ay ginawang bilangguan. 16 Ikinulong si Jeremias sa isang selda sa ilalim ng lupa at matagal na pinigil doon.
Kinausap ni Zedekias si Jeremias
17 Isang araw, ipinatawag ni Haring Zedekias si Jeremias at pagdating nito ay kanyang palihim na tinanong, “May pahayag ka ba mula kay Yahweh?” Sumagot si Jeremias, “Mayroon. Ikaw ay bibihagin ng hari ng Babilonia.” 18 Pagkatapos ay itinanong pa ni Jeremias, “Anong kasalanan ang nagawa ko sa iyo o sa iyong mga pinuno o sa mga taong-bayan at ako'y iyong ipinabilanggo? 19 Nasaan ngayon ang iyong mga propeta na nagsabi sa iyo na hindi sasalakayin ng hari ng Babilonia ang bansang ito? 20 Kaya ngayon, mahal na hari, isinasamo kong pakinggan mo ang kahilingan ko. Huwag na po ninyo akong ibalik sa bahay ni Jonatan na iyong kalihim. Ako po'y tiyak na mamamatay doon.”
21 Kaya iniutos ni Haring Zedekias na dalhin si Jeremias sa himpilan ng mga bantay at dalhan siya roon ng isang pirasong tinapay araw-araw hanggang sa maubos ang lahat ng tinapay sa lunsod. Kaya sa himpilan ng mga bantay nanatili si Jeremias.
Jeremiah 37
New International Version
Jeremiah in Prison
37 Zedekiah(A) son of Josiah was made king(B) of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he reigned in place of Jehoiachin[a](C) son of Jehoiakim. 2 Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention(D) to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
3 King Zedekiah, however, sent(E) Jehukal(F) son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah(G) son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray(H) to the Lord our God for us.”
4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.(I) 5 Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt,(J) and when the Babylonians[b] who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew(K) from Jerusalem.(L)
6 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: 7 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire(M) of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched(N) out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt.(O) 8 Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture(P) it and burn(Q) it down.’
9 “This is what the Lord says: Do not deceive(R) yourselves, thinking, ‘The Babylonians will surely leave us.’ They will not! 10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[c] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(S) this city down.”
11 After the Babylonian army had withdrawn(T) from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, 12 Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property(U) among the people there. 13 But when he reached the Benjamin Gate,(V) the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, arrested him and said, “You are deserting to the Babylonians!”(W)
14 “That’s not true!” Jeremiah said. “I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested(X) Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. 15 They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten(Y) and imprisoned(Z) in the house(AA) of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.
16 Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time. 17 Then King Zedekiah sent(AB) for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked(AC) him privately,(AD) “Is there any word from the Lord?”
“Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered(AE) into the hands of the king of Babylon.”
18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What crime(AF) have I committed against you or your attendants or this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Where are your prophets(AG) who prophesied to you, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’? 20 But now, my lord the king, please listen. Let me bring my petition before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, or I will die there.”(AH)
21 King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread(AI) in the city was gone.(AJ) So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.(AK)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 37:1 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin
- Jeremiah 37:5 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 9, 13 and 14
- Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11
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