Geremia 43
La Nuova Diodati
43 Or avvenne che quando Geremia ebbe finito di riferire a tutto il popolo tutte le parole dell'Eterno, il loro DIO, tutte quelle parole, per cui l'Eterno, il loro Dio, lo aveva mandato a loro
2 Azaria, figlio di Hoshaiah e Johanan, figlio di Kareah, e tutti gli uomini superbi dissero a Geremia: «Tu dici il falso; l'Eterno, il nostro DIO, non ti ha mandato a dire: "Non andate in Egitto per dimorarvi".
3 ma Baruka, figlio di Neriah, ti incita contro di noi per darci in mano dei Caldei, per farci morire o per farci condurre in cattività a Babilonia».
4 Cosí Johanan, figlio di Kareah, tutti i capi delle forze e tutto il popolo non ubbidirono al comando dell'Eterno di rimanere nel paese di Giuda.
5 Ma Johanan, figlio di Kareah e tutti i capi delle forze presero tutti i superstiti di Giuda che erano ritornati da tutte le nazioni dove erano stati dispersi, per dimorare nel paese di Giuda:
6 gli uomini, le donne, i fanciulli, le figlie del re e tutte le persone che Nebuzaradan, capo delle guardie, aveva lasciato con Ghedaliah figlio di Ahikam, figlio di Shafan, assieme al profeta Geremia e a Baruk, figlio di Neriah,
7 e andarono nel paese d'Egitto, perché non ubbidirono alla voce dell'Eterno, e giunsero fino a Tahpanhes.
8 Allora la parola dell'Eterno fu rivolta a Geremia in Tahpanhes, dicendo:
9 «Prendi nelle tue mani delle grosse pietre e nascondile nell'argilla della fornace da mattoni che è all'ingresso della casa del Faraone a Tahpanhes, sotto gli occhi degli uomini di Giuda.
10 Quindi dirai loro: Cosí dice l'Eterno degli eserciti, il DIO d'Israele: Ecco, io manderò a prendere Nebukadnetsar re di Babilonia, mio servo, e porrò il suo trono su queste pietre che io ho nascosto, ed egli stenderà il suo padiglione reale sopra di esse.
11 Egli verrà e colpirà il paese d'Egitto, e manderà alla morte chi è destinato alla morte, alla cattività chi è destinato alla cattività, e alla spada chi è destinato alla spada.
12 Io appiccherò il fuoco ai templi degli dei d'Egitto; egli li brucerà e li porterà in cattività, e si avvolgerà del paese d'Egitto come il pastore si avvolge nella sua veste; poi se ne andrà di là in pace.
13 Frantumerà pure le colonne sacre del tempio del sole, che sono nel paese d'Egitto, e darà alle fiamme i templi degli dèi d'Egitto».
Jeremiah 43
Easy-to-Read Version
43 So Jeremiah finished telling the people the message from the Lord their God. He told them everything that the Lord their God had sent him to tell them.
2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and some other men were proud and stubborn. They became angry with Jeremiah. They said to him, “Jeremiah, you are lying! The Lord our God didn’t send you to say to us, ‘You must not go to Egypt to live there.’ 3 Jeremiah, we think that Baruch son of Neriah is encouraging you to be against us. He wants you to give us to the Babylonians. He wants you to do this so they can kill us. Or he wants you to do this so that they can make us captives and take us to Babylon.”
4 So Johanan, the army officers, and all the people disobeyed the Lord’s command. The Lord had commanded them to stay in Judah. 5 But Johanan, son of Kareah, and the army officers did not obey this command. Instead, they took the survivors from Judah to Egypt. In the past the enemy had taken the survivors to other countries, but they had come back to Judah. 6 Now Johanan and all the army officers took all the men, women, and children and led them to Egypt. Among those people were the king’s daughters. (Nebuzaradan had put Gedaliah in charge of those people. Nebuzaradan was the commander of the king of Babylon’s special guards.) Johanan also took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah. 7 These people didn’t listen to the Lord. So they all went to Egypt to the town of Tahpanhes.[a]
8 In the town of Tahpanhes, Jeremiah received this message from the Lord: 9 “Jeremiah, get some large stones. Take them and bury them in the clay and brick sidewalk in front of Pharaoh’s official building in Tahpanhes. Do this while the people of Judah are watching you. 10 Then say to those who are watching you: ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: I will send for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to come here. He is my servant, and I will set his throne over these stones I have buried here. Nebuchadnezzar will spread his canopy[b] above these stones. 11 He will come here and attack Egypt. He will bring death to those who are to die. He will bring captivity to those who are to be taken captive. And he will bring the sword to those who are to be killed with a sword. 12 Nebuchadnezzar will start a fire in the temples of the false gods of Egypt. He will burn the temples and he will take the idols away. Shepherds pick the bugs and thorns off their clothes to make them clean. In the same way Nebuchadnezzar will pick Egypt clean. Then he will safely leave Egypt. 13 He will destroy the memorial stones that are in the temple of the Sun God[c] in Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the false gods of Egypt.’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 43:7 Tahpanhes A town in northeastern Egypt.
- Jeremiah 43:10 canopy A temporary covering used for shade. It is like a tent without sides.
- Jeremiah 43:13 Sun God This was the most important god in Egypt.
Jeremiah 43
American Standard Version
43 And it came to pass that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, wherewith Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 2 then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there; 3 but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon. 4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah; 6 the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 And they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.
8 Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 Take great stones in thy hand, and [a]hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 10 and say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his [b]royal pavilion over them. 11 And he shall come, and shall smite the land of Egypt; such as are for death shall be given to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword. 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 13 He shall also break the [c]pillars of [d]Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 43:9 Or, lay them with mortar in the pavement (or, square)
- Jeremiah 43:10 Or, glittering
- Jeremiah 43:13 Or, obelisks
- Jeremiah 43:13 Or, The house of the sun. Probably Heliopolis, that is, On. See Gen. 41:50.
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