1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. 3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
8 ¶ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Labās un sliktās vīģes
1 Kungs man lika redzēt, un redzi – divi grozi vīģu nolikti Kunga tempļa priekšā pēc tam, kad Bābeles ķēniņš Nebūkadnecars no Jeruzālemes izveda trimdā Jūdas ķēniņu Jehonju, Jehojākīma dēlu, Jūdas augstmaņus, amatniekus un kalējus un aizveda viņus uz Bābeli. 2 Viens grozs pilns visai labām vīģēm – agra brieduma vīģēm, un otrs grozs pilns visai sliktām vīģēm – tik sliktām, ka nevar ēst!
3 Un Kungs man teica: “Ko tu, Jeremija, redzi?” Un es atbildēju: “Vīģes – labās vīģes jo labas, sliktās jo sliktas, tik sliktas, ka nevar ēst!”
4 Kunga vārds nāca pār mani: 5 “Tā saka Kungs, Israēla Dievs: Jūdas bēgļus, kurus es aizdzinu no šīs vietas uz kaldiešu zemi, es uzlūkošu kā šīs labās vīģes – ar labu! 6 Manas acis raudzīsies, lai tiem labi, – es atvedīšu tos atpakaļ šai zemē. Es tos celšu, ne plēsīšu, dēstīšu tos, ne raušu! 7 Es došu tiem tādu sirdi, ka tie pazīst mani – ka es esmu Kungs, un tie būs mana tauta, un es būšu viņu Dievs, – tie atgriezīsies pie manis no visas sirds!
8 Bet Jūdas ķēniņam Cedekijam, viņa augstmaņiem un tiem, kas Jeruzālemē atlikuši, kas palikuši šajā zemē, un tiem, kuri mīt Ēģiptes zemē, es darīšu kā sliktajām vīģēm, ko nevar ēst, jo tās sliktas, saka Kungs. 9 Es darīšu viņus par briesmu un ļaunuma tēlu visām zemes valstībām – par izsmieklu, līdzību, paļām un lāstu visur, kur es tos aiztriekšu! 10 Es uzsūtīšu viņiem zobenu, badu un mēri, līdz tie iznīks no zemes, ko es devu viņiem un viņu tēviem!”
