1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit , Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes , against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
34 ¶ Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes , ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Vēstījums par Bābeles trimdu
1 Vārdi, kas Jeremijam bija par visu Jūdas tautu Jehojākīma, Jošijāhu dēla, ceturtajā gadā – tas bija pirmais Bābeles ķēniņa Nebūkadnecara gads. 2 Tā runāja pravietis Jeremija uz visu Jūdas tautu un uz visiem Jeruzālemes iedzīvotājiem: 3 “No Jūdas ķēniņa Jošijāhu, Amona dēla, trīspadsmitā gada līdz šai dienai, divdesmit trīs gadus Kunga vārds ir bijis uz mani, un es tiku runājis, bez mitas es runāju, bet jūs neklausījāties! 4 Kungs sūtīja pie jums savus kalpus praviešus – bez mitas sūtīja, bet jūs neklausījāties, pat ausi nepastiepāt, lai klausītos! 5 Pravieši sacīja: atgriezieties no sava ļaunā ceļa un saviem ļaunajiem darbiem un dzīvojiet zemē, ko Kungs ir devis jums un jūsu tēviem no mūžiem uz mūžiem. 6 Nesekojiet citiem dieviem, lai tiem kalpotu un zemotos, nekaitiniet mani ar saviem roku darbiem sev pašiem par ļaunu! 7 Bet jūs mani neklausījāt, saka Kungs, kaitinādami mani ar saviem darbiem sev pašiem par ļaunu!
8 Tādēļ tā saka Pulku Kungs: tādēļ ka jūs neklausījāties manos vārdos, 9 redzi, es ņemšu un uzsūtīšu jums visas ziemeļu ciltis, saka Kungs, un manu kalpu Bābeles ķēniņu Nebūkadnecaru! Es vedīšu viņus pret šo zemi un tās iemītniekiem, un pret visām tautām, kas ir visapkārt, es tos svētīšu ar nīcību, par šaušalām padarīšu, par izsmieklu un par mūžīgām drupām! 10 Es izdeldēšu no viņiem gan līksmi, gan prieka balsi, līgavaiņa balsi un līgavas balsi, gan dzirnu dūkoņu, gan gaismekļa gaismu! 11 Šī zeme būs drupas un postaža! Šīs tautas vergos Bābeles ķēniņam septiņdesmit gadus! 12 Un, kad paies septiņdesmit gadi, es piemeklēšu Bābeles ķēniņu un šo tautu viņu grēku dēļ, saka Kungs, un arīdzan kaldiešu zemi un padarīšu to par mūžam izdeldētu! 13 Es likšu, lai nāk pār šo zemi visi tie vārdi, ko es runāju, – viss, kas šajā grāmatā rakstīts, ko Jeremija pravietoja par visām tautām. 14 Jo tie vergos daudzām tautām un lieliem ķēniņiem, un es jums atdarīšu par jūsu darbiem un jūsu roku darinājumiem!”
Dieva dusmu kauss
15 Kungs, Israēla Dievs, man teica tā: “Ņem no manas rokas šo dusmu vīna kausu un dzirdini no tā visas tautas, pie kurām es tevi sūtu. 16 Un tās dzers – grīļosies un streipuļos zobena priekšā, ko es tām sūtu.” 17 Un es paņēmu kausu no Kunga rokas un dzirdīju visas tautas, pie kurām Kungs mani sūtīja: 18 Jeruzālemi un Jūdas pilsētas, to ķēniņus un augstmaņus, – lai darītu tās par drupām, par postažu, par izsmieklu un par lāstu – kā šodien! 19 Un es dzirdīju arī Ēģiptes ķēniņu faraonu un viņa kalpus un augstmaņus, un visu viņa tautu. 20 Un visas jauktās tautas, un visus Ūczemes ķēniņus, un visus filistiešu ķēniņus, un Aškelonu, un Gazu, un Ekronu, un tos, kas vēl atlikuši Ašdodā, 21 un Edomu, un Moābu, un Amona dēlus, 22 un visus Tīras ķēniņus, un visus Sidonas ķēniņus, un visus ķēniņus, kuri mīt jūras malā un aizjūras salās, 23 un Dedānu, un Tēmu, un Būzu, un tos, kuru matiem apgriezta mala, 24 un visus Arābijas ķēniņus, un visus jaukto tautu ķēniņus, kuri tuksnesī mīt, 25 un visus Zimrī ķēniņus, un visus Ēlāma ķēniņus, un visus Mēdijas ķēniņus, 26 un visus ziemeļu ķēniņus – tuvus un tālus, un visas valstības, kas vien uz zemes virsas, – un pēc tam dzers Šēšahas ķēniņš!
27 Un tu saki viņiem: tā saka Pulku Kungs, Israēla Dievs: “Dzeriet, reibstiet, vemiet un krītiet, un jūs vairs necelsieties no zobena, ko es jums uzsūtu! 28 Un, ja viņi liegsies ņemt kausu no tavas rokas un dzert, tad tu saki viņiem: tā saka Pulku Kungs: dzeriet gan! 29 Jo, redzi, tagad es sāku darīt ļaunu pilsētai, kas ir saukta manā vārdā, un jūs, bez vainas nevainīgie, būsiet vainīgi, jo es piesaukšu zobenu pār visiem, kas mīt uz zemes, saka Pulku Kungs!
30 Un tu pravieto viņiem visus šos vārdus, saki viņiem:
Kungs no augšienes rēc,
no sava svētuma paceļ balsi,
pār savu mājokli rēktin rēc,
kā vīnspaidu mīdams
atdara visiem,
kas mīt uz zemes.
31 Dārdēs līdz zemes malām,
jo strīds Kungam pret tautām,
pret visiem viņš tiesājas,
ļaundarus viņš zobenam atdos,”
saka Kungs.
32 Tā saka Pulku Kungs:
“Redzi, no tautas uz tautu
iet ļaunums,
no zemes dzīlēm
ceļas varena vētra!”
33 Un tajā dienā Kunga nokautie klās zemi no malas līdz malai, tos nedz apraudās, nedz savāks, nedz apraks – tie būs kā mēsli uz zemes virsas!
34 Gani, kauciet un kliedziet,
vārtieties, avju sargi,
pienākusi jūsu kaušanas diena!
Jūs patrieks!
Jūs saplēsīs kā dārgu trauku!
35 Vairs nepamukt ganiem,
vairs neaizbēgt avju sargiem!
36 Kliedz gani,
un avju sargi kauc,
jo Kungs ganības posta!
37 Miera pļavas ir izdeldētas
Kunga dusmu kvēles dēļ!
38 Kā lauva viņš pameta migu,
visa zeme kļuva par postažu –
apspiedēju niknuma dēļ,
viņa dusmu kvēles dēļ!
