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Jeremiah 16
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 16
English Standard Version
Famine, Sword, and Death
16 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who fathered them in this land: 4 (A)They shall die of deadly diseases. (B)They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. (C)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. (D)They shall perish by the sword and by famine, (E)and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
5 “For thus says the Lord: (F)Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the Lord. 6 Both great and small shall die in this land. (G)They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or (H)cut himself (I)or make himself bald for them. 7 No one shall (J)break bread for the mourner, to comfort him for the dead, nor shall anyone give him the cup of consolation to drink for his father or his mother. 8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink. 9 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (K)Behold, I will silence in this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
10 “And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, (L)‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 then you shall say to them: (M)‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the Lord, and (N)have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law, 12 and because (O)you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, (P)every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me. 13 Therefore (Q)I will hurl you out of this land into (R)a land that neither you nor your fathers have known, (S)and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
The Lord Will Restore Israel
14 (T)“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, (U)‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ 15 but (V)‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel (W)out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For (X)I will bring them back to their own land that I gave to their fathers.
16 “Behold, (Y)I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out (Z)of the clefts of the rocks. 17 For (AA)my eyes are on all their ways. (AB)They are not hidden from me, (AC)nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes. 18 But first (AD)I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and (AE)have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 (AF)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
(AG)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(AH)to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
(AI)worthless things in which there is no profit.
20 Can man make for himself (AJ)gods?
Such are not gods!”
21 “Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that (AK)my name is the Lord.”
Jeremiah 16
New King James Version
Jeremiah 16
New King James Version
Jeremiah’s Lifestyle and Message
16 The word of the Lord also came to me, saying, 2 “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land: 4 “They shall die (A)gruesome deaths; they shall not be (B)lamented nor shall they be (C)buried, but they shall be (D)like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their (E)corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”
5 For thus says the Lord: (F)“Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people,” says the Lord, “lovingkindness and mercies. 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; (G)neither shall men lament for them, (H)cut themselves, nor (I)make themselves bald for them. 7 Nor shall men break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to (J)drink for their father or their mother. 8 Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.”
9 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, (K)I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of [a]mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
10 “And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, (L)‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ 11 then you shall say to them, (M)‘Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ says the Lord; ‘they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My law. 12 And you have done (N)worse than your fathers, for behold, (O)each one [b]follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me. 13 (P)Therefore I will cast you out of this land (Q)into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.’
God Will Restore Israel(R)
14 “Therefore behold, the (S)days are coming,” says the Lord, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ 15 but, ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the (T)north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For (U)I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Behold, I will send for many (V)fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17 For My (W)eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes. 18 And first I will repay (X)double for their iniquity and their sin, because (Y)they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”
19 O Lord, (Z)my strength and my fortress,
(AA)My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and (AB)unprofitable things.”
20 Will a man make gods for himself,
(AC)Which are not gods?
21 “Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know,
I will cause them to know
My hand and My might;
And they shall know that (AD)My name is the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 16:9 rejoicing
- Jeremiah 16:12 walks after the stubbornness or imagination
Giê-rê-mi 16
Bản Dịch 2011
Giê-rê-mi 16
Bản Dịch 2011
Cuộc Ðời và Sứ Ðiệp của Giê-rê-mi
16 Có lời của Chúa đến với tôi, 2 “Ngươi chớ cưới vợ, ngươi đừng có các con trai và các con gái trong đất nước này. 3 Vì Chúa phán thế này về các con trai và các con gái được sinh ra ở nơi đây, về những người mẹ sẽ đẻ ra chúng, và về những người cha sẽ sinh ra chúng trong xứ này, 4 ‘Chúng sẽ chết vì các bịnh nan y. Chúng sẽ không được ai than khóc và cũng không được ai chôn cất. Thân xác chúng sẽ tan rữa như phân trên mặt đất. Chúng sẽ chết vì gươm và nạn đói, và thân xác chúng sẽ thành thức ăn cho chim trời và thú vật trên đất.’”
5 Vì Chúa phán thế này, “Ðừng vào nhà có tang để than van và khóc lóc tiếc thương chúng, vì Ta đã cất đi sự bình an, tình thương, và lòng thương xót của Ta đối với dân này,” Chúa phán. 6 “Già trẻ giàu nghèo trong xứ này đều sẽ chết. Chúng sẽ không được chôn cất và không còn ai để than khóc thương tiếc chúng. Không ai sẽ nghiến răng than khóc hay cạo đầu để tang cho chúng. 7 Không ai sẽ mang thức ăn cho những kẻ than khóc người thân qua đời hầu chia buồn với chúng. Không ai sẽ mời chúng uống một ly rượu phân ưu vì cha hay mẹ chúng qua đời.
8 Ngươi sẽ không vào nhà có tiệc tùng, ngồi với chúng, ăn, và uống, 9 vì Chúa các đạo quân, Ðức Chúa Trời của I-sơ-ra-ên, phán thế này, ‘Ta sẽ làm im bặt khỏi nơi này tiếng reo cười và vui vẻ, tiếng hân hoan của cô dâu và chú rể lúc thành hôn ngay trong thời của các ngươi và trước mắt các ngươi.’
10 Khi ngươi nói những lời ấy với dân này, và nếu chúng hỏi ngươi, ‘Tại sao Chúa lại tuyên bố mọi điều dữ quá đỗi này với chúng tôi? Chúng tôi đã phạm tội gì? Chúng tôi đã làm điều gì có lỗi với Chúa, Ðức Chúa Trời của chúng tôi?’
11 Bấy giờ ngươi sẽ bảo chúng: Chúa phán: Bởi vì tổ tiên các ngươi đã lìa bỏ Ta mà theo các thần khác. Chúng đã phục vụ và thờ phượng các thần ấy; chúng đã bỏ Ta và không giữ luật pháp Ta, 12 và vì các ngươi đã tệ hơn tổ tiên các ngươi, vì đây này, các ngươi hãy xem, ai nấy trong các ngươi đều làm theo lòng dạ xấu xa bướng bỉnh của mình mà không nghe theo lời Ta. 13 Vì thế Ta sẽ đuổi các ngươi ra khỏi xứ này, để các ngươi sẽ vào một xứ mà chính các ngươi và tổ tiên các ngươi chưa từng biết, để ở đó các ngươi sẽ tha hồ phục vụ các thần khác cả ngày lẫn đêm, vì Ta không còn thương các ngươi nữa.”
Chúa Sẽ Tái Lập I-sơ-ra-ên
14 Vì thế Chúa phán, “Chắc chắn sẽ đến ngày khi người ta không còn nói, ‘Nguyện Chúa Hằng Sống, Ðấng đã đem dân I-sơ-ra-ên ra khỏi Ai-cập, làm chứng cho,’ 15 nhưng sẽ nói, ‘Nguyện Chúa Hằng Sống, Ðấng đã đem dân I-sơ-ra-ên ra khỏi đất bắc và ra khỏi những xứ Ngài đã đuổi họ tới làm chứng cho,’ vì Ta sẽ đem chúng trở về đất nước Ta đã ban cho tổ tiên chúng.”
16 Chúa phán, “Nhưng bây giờ Ta sai các ngư phủ ra để gom bắt chúng. Sau đó Ta sẽ sai nhiều thợ săn ra để họ săn bắt chúng trên mọi núi, mọi đồi, và mọi hốc đá, 17 vì mắt Ta hằng theo dõi mọi đường lối của chúng. Chúng không thể giấu gì khỏi mặt Ta. Những tội ác của chúng không thể giấu được mắt Ta. 18 Ta sẽ trả gấp đôi cho chúng những tội ác và tội lỗi của chúng, bởi vì chúng đã làm ô nhiễm đất của Ta bằng xác của các sinh vật chúng cúng tế cho các thần tượng gớm ghiếc, và chúng đã làm đầy dẫy trong cơ nghiệp của Ta những thứ gớm ghiếc ấy.”
19 “Lạy Chúa, Ngài là sức mạnh và thành lũy của con,
Ðấng con nương náu trong ngày hoạn nạn,
Ðấng mà các dân ngoại ở những nơi cực kỳ xa xăm trên đất sẽ đến và thưa:
Những gì tổ tiên chúng con thừa hưởng chỉ là giả dối,
Ðó là những niềm tin vô dụng và chẳng đem lại lợi ích gì.
20 Làm sao loài người lại tạo ra các thần tượng cho mình?
Những thứ đó thật ra nào phải là thần thánh gì đâu!”
21 “Vì thế, Ta chắc chắn sẽ dạy chúng;
Này, Ta sẽ dạy cho chúng biết quyền năng và sức mạnh của Ta,
Rồi chúng sẽ biết rằng danh Ta là Chúa.”
Jeremiah 16
New International Version
Jeremiah 16
New International Version
Day of Disaster
16 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “You must not marry(A) and have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:(B) 4 “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried(C) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(D) They will perish by sword and famine,(E) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”(F)
5 For this is what the Lord says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity(G) from this people,” declares the Lord. 6 “Both high and low will die in this land.(H) They will not be buried or mourned,(I) and no one will cut(J) themselves or shave(K) their head for the dead. 7 No one will offer food(L) to comfort those who mourn(M) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console(N) them.
8 “And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.(O) 9 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds(P) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride(Q) and bridegroom in this place.(R)
10 “When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’(S) 11 then say to them, ‘It is because your ancestors forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped(T) them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.(U) 12 But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors.(V) See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts(W) instead of obeying me. 13 So I will throw you out of this land(X) into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known,(Y) and there you will serve other gods(Z) day and night, for I will show you no favor.’(AA)
14 “However, the days are coming,”(AB) declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(AC) 15 but it will be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north(AD) and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’(AE) For I will restore(AF) them to the land I gave their ancestors.(AG)
16 “But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them.(AH) After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt(AI) them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.(AJ) 17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden(AK) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.(AL) 18 I will repay(AM) them double(AN) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(AO) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(AP) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(AQ)”(AR)
19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
my refuge(AS) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(AT)
from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(AU)
worthless idols(AV) that did them no good.(AW)
20 Do people make their own gods?
Yes, but they are not gods!”(AX)
21 “Therefore I will teach them—
this time I will teach them
my power and might.
Then they will know
that my name(AY) is the Lord.
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