Jeremiah Accuses Hananiah of Being a False Prophet
1 Later that same year, in the fifth month of the fourth year that Zedekiah was king, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur from Gibeon came up to me in the temple. And while the priests and others in the temple were listening, 2 he told me that the Lord had said:
I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and I will smash the yoke that Nebuchadnezzar put on the necks of the nations to make them his slaves. 3 And within two years, I will bring back to Jerusalem everything that he took from my temple and carried off to Babylonia. 4 King Jehoiachin and the other people who were taken from Judah to Babylonia will be allowed to come back here as well. All this will happen because I will smash the power of the king of Babylonia!
5 The priests and the others were still standing there, so I said:
6 Hananiah, I hope the Lord will do exactly what you said. I hope he does bring back everything the Babylonians took from the temple, and that our people who were taken to Babylonia will be allowed to return home. 7 But let me remind you and everyone else 8 that long before we were born, prophets were saying powerful kingdoms would be struck by war, disaster, and disease. 9 Now you are saying we will have peace. We will just have to wait and see if that is really what the Lord has said.
10 Hananiah grabbed the wooden yoke from my neck and smashed it. 11 Then he said, “The Lord says this is the way he will smash the power Nebuchadnezzar has over the nations, and it will happen in less than two years.”
I left the temple, 12 and a little while later, the Lord told me 13-14 to go back and say to Hananiah:
I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. You smashed a wooden yoke, but I will replace it with one made of iron. I will put iron yokes on all the nations, and they will have to do what King Nebuchadnezzar commands. I will even let him rule the wild animals.
15-16 Hananiah, I have never sent you to speak for me. And yet you have talked my people into believing your lies and rebelling against me. So now I will send you—I'll send you right off the face of the earth! You will die before this year is over.
17 Two months later, Hananiah died.
1 Notika tanī pašā gadā, Jūdas ķēniņa Cedekijas valdīšanas sākumā, ceturtā gada piektajā mēnesī, ka pravietis Hananja, Asura dēls, no Gibeonas uzrunāja mani Tā Kunga namā priesteru un visas tautas priekšā un sacīja: 2 "Tā saka Tas Kungs Cebaots, Israēla Dievs: Bābeles ķēniņa jūgu Es salauzīšu! 3 Vēl nebūs pagājuši ne divi gadi, kad Es atvedīšu atpakaļ šinī vietā visus Tā Kunga nama piederumus, ko Bābeles ķēniņš Nebukadnēcars aizveda no šejienes uz Bābeli. 4 Arī Jehonju, Jojakīma dēlu, Jūdas ķēniņu, un visus no Jūdas uz Bābeli trimdā aizvestos Es atvedīšu šinī vietā, tā saka Tas Kungs, jo Es nokratīšu Bābeles ķēniņa jūgu." 5 Tad pravietis Jeremija deva pravietim Hananjam priesteru un visas tautas klātbūtnē Tā Kunga namā šādu atbildi: 6 "Āmen! Tas Kungs lai to dod! Tas Kungs lai piepilda tavu pravietojumu, ka Viņš atvedīs no Bābeles atpakaļ Tā Kunga nama traukus un citus piederumus un visus trimdā aizvestos ļaudis! 7 Bet uzklausies arī šādus vārdus, ko es tev un visas tautas priekšā teikšu skaļā balsī: 8 pravieši, kas bija priekš manis un priekš tevis jau sensenos laikos, tie sludināja daudzām zemēm un lielām valstīm par karu, par postu un mēri. 9 Bet pravieti, kas sludina mieru un apsola kādu laimīgu notikumu, to atzīst par patiesu pravieti, ko Tas Kungs sūtījis, tikai tad, kad viņa pravietojums piepildās!" 10 Tad pravietis Hananja noņēma jūgu no pravieša Jeremijas kakla un to salauza. 11 Un Hananja sacīja visas tautas priekšā: "Tā saka Tas Kungs: tāpat Es salauzīšu Bābeles ķēniņa Nebukadnēcara jūgu un nokratīšu to no visu tautu kakla, pirms divi gadi būs pagājuši!" Bet pravietis Jeremija aizgāja savu ceļu. 12 Kad pravietis Hananja bija salauzis jūgu Jeremijas kaklā, nāca Tā Kunga vārds pār Jeremiju un tam teica: 13 "Ej un saki Hananjam: tā saka Tas Kungs: koka jūgu tu salauzi, bet tā vietā esi uzlicis dzelzs jūgu." 14 Jo tā saka Tas Kungs, Israēla Dievs: "Dzelzs jūgu Es uzlieku visām šīm tautām kaklā, ka tām jākalpo Bābeles ķēniņam Nebukadnēcaram, tām viņam jākalpo, pat lauku dzīvniekus Es piešķiru viņam." 15 Tad vēl pravietis Jeremija sacīja pravietim Hananjam: "Klausies, Hananja! Tas Kungs tevi taču nav sūtījis, bet tu esi maldinājis šo tautu, lai tā paļaujas uz meliem!" 16 Tādēļ Tas Kungs saka: "Redzi, Es tevi paņemšu projām no zemes virsus; jau šinī gadā tu mirsi, tādēļ ka tu mudināji ļaudis būt nepaklausīgiem Tam Kungam un atkāpties no Viņa!" 17 Un pravietis Hananja tiešām nomira tā paša gada septītajā mēnesī.
